Criticizing the auto bailout from the left

William Grieder at the Nation laments the (relative, to be sure) lack of economic nationalism in the auto bailout.

In contrast, I lament the decline of internationalism on the left. In my view, the old left had it right when it coded nationalism as a way to distract the public's attention from more important issues.

Moreover, the old left's internationalism also avoided the racism that sometimes seems implicit in concerns about "exporting jobs".