Anti-Americanism on the left

Counterpunch

This is part of the left-wing Counterpunch's fund-raising campaign! As a former leftist myself---I'm now a mere liberal Democrat---I find this fascinating. Is it anti-Americanism that assumes the US is a malign force in the world or pro-Russian leftist sentiment that dates back to the early 20th Century? 

Probably a little of both, but it seems to be a perverse political alliance with the anti-American Assange, who evidently got those DNC email messages from the Russians and released them during the campaign last year. 

Why would an ostensibly democratic American left want to be allied, even indirectly, with the Russian government's attempt to undermine US elections? The apparent answer: they're blinded by their hatred of American liberals and the Democratic Party.

See also Anti-Americanism, Alternet, and Seymour Hersh and Julian Assange Has Officially Lost the Moral High Ground in Wired.

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