From a friend and former research assistant:
Good interview in Salon. I think you understate left-wing
racism/nationalism. As you know, the problem goes well beyond the
regimes you mention. It encompasses the whole of the Bandung
generation, not to mention the western academic left which has
attempted to import such sordid provincialism into the domestic
“multicultural” landscape, and, of course, the naive “liberals” who
have welcomed such a Trojan horse with open arms. For the Neiwarts of
the world, the political spectrum, in Europe, America — anywhere on
the globe – is defined very simply: If you are a white
nationalist/socialist, you are a fascist. If you are a non-white
nationalist/socialist, you are a “postcolonial leader,” “progressive,”
“liberal,” “humanitarian,” “anti-imperialist,” or, at worst, someone
good people (i.e. leftists and “liberals”) can tolerate. This, of
course, bolsters your argument about the racial essentialism of the
left. After all, if the leftist understanding of the political
spectrum is so defined by race, then it follows leftist politics is as
well.
Keep it up Jonah!
What he said.