"I believe in the right of self-defense, and support the Iraqi resistance on that basis. I also believe that the United States, as the dominant superpower in the world, needs to be defeated in Iraq," he said.
But while US right-wingers love to attack their leftist and anarchist opponents as anti-American, there's a history of anti-Americanism on the right, too, as evidenced by the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing by conservative extremists.
Hollander said right-wing attacks on the US arise from a rejection of modernity, which the country -- with its religious and ethnic pluralism, technology and materialism -- embodies.
For now, however, with the right in control of the White House and the US Congress, the sentiment branded by some as "anti-Americanism" seems to reside at places like Left Bank.
Chris Pugmire, another collective member, laid out a vision for a different America: "I think people should govern themselves as they see fit in a non-hierarchical way so everyone's needs are taken care of, rather than people being taken advantage of."
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