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Religions > Atheism |
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"maff" |
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22 Jul 2006 02:40:47 AM |
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OT: If not pacifism, then what? |
If not pacifism, then what?
Brian Brivati
July 21, 2006 02:15 PM
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/brian_brivati/2006/07/happy_birthday_michael_foot.html
The great democratic socialist Michael Foot edges closer to his century
this weekend. I have written him birthday cards in the Guardian before,
and remain devoted to him, his writing, his politics and his example.
Lazy profile writers make a common mistake when they call him a
pacifist: he has never been that - though he has mountains of respect
for people, such as George Lansbury, who were. The author of Guilty Men
and the champion of intervention in Kosovo is also one of the founders
of CND and a staunch opponent of the Iraqi invasion. His positions on
things, though consistent (to him, at least), are also complex. But
though not a pacifist, it is peace rather than the mere absence of war
that sums up so much of Michael's politics. And this week I have been
thinking a great deal about the pacifist position.
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