An letter to Against the Current

[jenyan1]

On Thu, 17 May 2001, Louis Proyect wrote:

>
> Jared, you should take the trouble to study up on Zimbabwe. You are taking
> one sentence out of context. Mugabe has spent 15 years bending over
> backwards to keep the World Bank and the IMF placated. The only reason he
> is kicking up dust with the MDC today is to hold on to power. It is
> completely demagogic. The Marxist left has no business solidarizing itself
> with Mugabe, nor Thabo Mbeki for that matter. We should be looking out for
> the next Thomas Sankara, not these bums.
>
Where Mugabe has bent over backwards, the MDC is going to assume a
horizontal posture.