From: "Charles F. Moreira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Dr Mahathir was right about Western neo-imperialists [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- Comrades, One good thing about the current world events is that it's waking up people in Malaysia to the US and Western-imeperialist startegy of globalisation and neo-liberalism to penetrate and dominate the economies of countries around the world. The letter writer's statement below accurately describes the attitude especially of middle-class, English-educate Malaysians at the onset of the 1997 Asian economic crisis and the subsequent currency controls and refusal to accept IMF assistance. "At that time, many Malaysians just boycotted the mainstream newspapers for publishing the truth about US hypocrisy and Western neo-imperialism. Now, we see how true these facts of life are in the world today." At that time, there were many detractors who wanted a reason to denounce Mahathir and thus seized upon and amplified any criticism of his currency controls to thwart the activities of international currency speculators and his refusal to seek IMF intervention as being contrary to the prevailing neo-liberal "Gospel" of free markets, open borders and minimum government regulation. The sacking and subsequent arrest of deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim also reinforced this attitude and it's believed that Anwar favoured IMF intervention and was more favourable to the US imperialists who saw his as being a more pliable leader. Around that time, while visiting Malaysia, former US vice-president Al Gore clearly expressed his support for the Reformasi movement created by Anwar and during the subsequent trial of Anwar, all the major Western media like CNN and others were clearly biased in Anwar's favour. However, Dr. Mahathir has not been consistent in his anti-globalisation. Before the Asian economic crisis hit, he was courting companies in the West to invest in Malaysia but after the crisis hit, he called for controls of speculators but continues to favour attracting foreign direct investment into the country. Anyway, it's better than nothing. Charles www.malaysiakini.com LETTER Monday October 8 Dr Mahathir was right about Western neo-imperialists Zilian 6:26pm, Mon: Chng's letter, 'Strings attached to American aid' (Oct 2), is very agreeable to me. Allow me to add a few more points. What Chng said is not much different from what Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad had been telling us Malaysians since the outbreak of the Asian financial crisis and the election of George W Bush as the president of the United States last year. Many Malaysians seem to have forgotten those inspiring and foresighted words of our beloved prime minister. For example, Mahathir correctly attacked the International Monetary Fund as the tool of the US neo-imperialists and a small group of ultra-capitalists like the rogue speculator, George Soros, in Wall Street. We were also told not to be agents of any foreign powers, especially the United States which determines to conquer the world by gunboat diplomacy, or economic domination as in the case of Indonesia. The premier also warned us against the propaganda tool of the neo-imperialists, like the CNN, which merely aims at brainwashing the minds of the people of the Third World, including Malaysians. He also courageously warned us against the unjust financial architecture and the industrial-military complex manipulated by the US and the West to serve their selfish-interests to the detriment of the developing countries. How far-sighted Mahathir is! At that time, many Malaysians just boycotted the mainstream newspapers for publishing the truth about US hypocrisy and Western neo-imperialism. Now, we see how true these facts of life are in the world today. It is time we Malaysians rally around Mahathir for his anti-US, anti-imperialism and anti-neo-colonialism struggle. It is time we give support to Mahathir for developing a strategic alliance with China, Iraq, North Korea, Libya, Afghanistan and Syria to counter the Anglo-Saxon neo-imperialist alliance of the US and UK. Last modified:Monday October 8, 8:07 pm Close window (c) Copyright Malaysiakini.com _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
