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From: "Noam Chomsky" To: "Jeffrey E." <jeevacation®gmail.com> Subject: RE: Re: Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:31:17 +0000 Have been off mail and am slowly catching up with a deluge. He's right that the sports boycott, mainly rugby, really hit home. But there is more to say. After the sanctions and boycotts really hit home, the supporters of apartheid were confident, for a simple reason, which was quite explicit: they were counting on the US to support them, and if it did, recognized that the rest of the world didn't matter. And in fact Reagan supported them to the end of his term, the last holdout in the world. Not long after the US joined the rest of the world and apartheid collapsed. But there were reasons why the US did so: Cuba. Cuban forces drove South African aggressors out of Angola, compelled them to abandon illegally held Namibia, and made it clear to them that their hope for dominating the region couldn't be realized. And there also was a solution acceptable to South African elites and to Washington: keep the socioeconomic system in place and allow some black faces in the limousines. From: Jeffrey E. [mailto Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 10:48 PM To: Noam Chomsky Subject: Re: he sees the south african experience as the current path. not pleasant. he said that it also was some sport penalty maybe cricket. that put people on notice back then - he thought that the fall would be difficult for the current govt. and that local politics was clumsy at best. On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 10:33 PM, Noam Chomsky < > wrote: That is amusing. Soccer is where it really hurts. He probably has a good sense of the state of the country, which is sinking into a morass. From: Jeffrey E. [mailto:jeevacSngaln Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 8:45 PM To: Noam Chomsky Subject: i thought you would find it amusing „ that ehud thought the proposed soccer boycott , had the most potential to change the fate of the country.. that the people really paid attention. ? he also thought that publicly disagreeing with the current situation would be counter productive, to fostering real change please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by EFTA00710745 return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved EFTA00710746