Bookworm remembers an interesting gathering in Beirut: In September 2004, there was a huge gathering of anti—American, anti—Israeli organizations in Beirut to attend a conference entitled 'Where Next For The Global Anti—War And Anti—Globalization Movements? An International Strategy Meeting.' The resulting manifesto, simultaneously turgid and strident, has as its primary goal attacking the U.S. war in Iraq. It's secondary goal is to challenge Israel's 'occupation' of Palestinian lands. It's a nasty document, with a decidedly anti—American tone. What makes it interesting today is the identity of one of the organizations playing host to all these anti—American Leftist organizations: Hezbollah (identified on the last page as one of the Local Welcoming Committees). [emphasis added] Guess who was there? One interesting group, in particular. ...one of the participants from the United States was a group called United for Peace and Justice. Ordinarily,...(Read Full Post)