Comments on: Dead and Gone http://www.joelschalit.com/2010/07/15/dead-and-gone/ Commentary and Criticism by Joel Schalit Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:07:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Alison http://www.joelschalit.com/2010/07/15/dead-and-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-1673 Alison Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:57:22 +0000 http://www.joelschalit.com/?p=3463#comment-1673 That would be interesting indeed. My recollection was Chechyna wasn't a activist issue until 1999-2000. Although by then, half the 'progressives' I knew had concluded NATO bombs = humanitarian intervention. When it was discussed (among socialists, in academic fashion) around the time of Samashki, three major points were made: 1) Russian imperialism, using analogies to France and Algeria, and Gulf War 'allies' hypocrisy, with reference to Kuwait; 2) Caspian pipeline, Grozny refineries, Russian manufacturing collapse and slide into a natural resource economy; 3) what the war meant for the Russian ruling class, Yeltsin's hold on power, and the military corruption cases (Kholodov murder). Point 3 especially. File under: blown backwards into the future! Despite the French-Algeria parallels, there was no real discussion about Islamic aspects until long after the Chechen presidential elections (96-97). That would be interesting indeed.
My recollection was Chechyna wasn’t a activist issue until 1999-2000. Although by then, half the ‘progressives’ I knew had concluded NATO bombs = humanitarian intervention.

When it was discussed (among socialists, in academic fashion) around the time of Samashki, three major points were made: 1) Russian imperialism, using analogies to France and Algeria, and Gulf War ‘allies’ hypocrisy, with reference to Kuwait; 2) Caspian pipeline, Grozny refineries, Russian manufacturing collapse and slide into a natural resource economy; 3) what the war meant for the Russian ruling class, Yeltsin’s hold on power, and the military corruption cases (Kholodov murder). Point 3 especially. File under: blown backwards into the future!

Despite the French-Algeria parallels, there was no real discussion about Islamic aspects until long after the Chechen presidential elections (96-97).

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