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Neocons and the truth: Bitter enemies to the end

The fact-free extremists who brought us the invasion of Iraq haven't gone anywhere and are busy trying to exert their influence before this administration ends.

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  • Thursday, May 8, 2008 08:35 PM

    @ L.W.M. re. definitions of fascism

    Thanks, that looks quite good. I am not too keen on Chip Berlet, or Martin Lee's "the Beast Reawakens," because you will find a cumulative blurring of fascism, nazism, anti-semitism, and anti-zionism in them, which seems to be coordinated with the ADL.

    Now, the ADL under Abe Foxman has actually engaged in totalitarian thought control campaigns of its own, which go far beyond any legitimate program to prevent a rise of anti-Semitism, and indeed stand anti-fascist values on their head, such as when they coordinated with the South African secret police to bribe a San Francisco cop to steal police files on anti-zionist activists, for which they eventually admitted culpability and settled out of court on condition of non publicity. the go-to guy for this is Jeff Blankfort, who has archived a lot of it at

    http://www.adlwatch.org/

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