i read your position and definitions of what you call "working people" and their participation in electoral politics and i'm just surprise that you call yourself "communist". let me tell you that today the communist position is deeply related to an intend to produce a revolutionary rupture to get rid of capitalist polarization. So, what should be the issue in this electoral moment,,,,look, we're trying to push the proletariat from the electoral process while you're asking him to vote for this or that bourgeois capitalist agent, that's not fear!!! in fact, you're consolidating the essence of democracy since historically it is related to capitalism...in relation to irak, the resistance there does not need social democracy support!!! now, when you talk about the middle class or capitalist struggle, the development of capitalism, i just want to remind you that since the Communist manifesto we already know that capitalist development goes together with the destruction of capital's fractions and therefore the growing of missery. you know that democrats have historically mislead the proletariat, whose intention in the last and longer tentative was to destroy the nation, the fucking Republic and the State, institutions you want to preserve, and you still call yoursel a "communist" or "marxist"....in relation to the participation of mr. obama's family in war world ii shows how the capitalist class has been able to divide the proletariat to participate in its war of capital and productive forces destruction since they were not conscious of their class nature. let finish by telling you that as a communist i'm against any reform since they won't change radically and destroy the nation.
default.htm May 12, 2008 A Special Message from Pittsburgh on the 2008 Presidential Election Campaigns In a recent meeting of the International Executive Board, concerns were raised about the mediaâs ongoing attempts to sensationalize and mischaracterize the contest between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to become the Democratic Party presidential nominee. Most disturbing have been attempts to define working peopleâs voting decisions in this contest as somehow racially based, while completely ignoring the fact that for years Senator McCain and many of his Republican colleagues have treated all working people with complete disdain, whether those workers are white, Black, Hispanic or otherwise. Shouldnât that be the issue for 2008, and not this absurd and unfair focus on race and sometimes on religion? There is a lot of talk that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is now fated to lose the Democratic nomination and should pull out of the race. We believe it is her right to stay in the fight and challenge Senator Barack Obama as long as she has the desire and the means to do so. That is the essence of democracy, and of the Democratic Party process. But we believe just as strongly that Mrs. Clinton will be making a terrible mistake â for herself, her Party and for the nation â if she continues to press her candidacy through negative campaigning with disturbing racial undertones. America needs a clean break from eight catastrophic years of George W. Bush, and it needs it now. And so far, Senator John McCain is shaping up as simply the âBush Sequelâ â with more war in Iraq, even more tax cuts for the rich while the middle class struggles mightily, and courts packed with even more right-wing activists intent on undoing decades of progress in civil rights, civil liberties and other vital areas. The Democratic Party must field the most effective and vibrant candidate it possibly can. And more attack ads and squabbling will not help achieve that goal. The IEB feels, therefore, that we need to make it absolutely clear to our staff and local leadership that both Democratic candidates would be far superior advocates for the rights of working people and their families than Senator McCain, and to make it equally clear that neither Democrat should urge a choice based on the race or the age of working-class voters. All workers have a common need to be represented better than they have been by George Bush or will be by John McCain, whether he or she is a retiree, a worker in one of our facilities, or one of the fine young men and women fighting right now to protect our nation. Itâs bad enough that John McCainâs supporters are already engaged in the politics of divide and conquer, especially if Senator Obama is the Nominee, which now seems likely. These destructive Republican tactics are deeply troubling and completely unfair, as Senator Obamaâs grandparents, who raised him during much of his youth, fought in World War II and worked honorably in manufacturing jobs to support their family. And they are deeply troubling because the Senator has pledged his own undying allegiance to our country and to working-class Americans, and because of his outspoken commitment to a vibrant middle class which grows from the bottom up and which recognizes that when it comes to economic policies and trade, American workers must come first. Dividing working people along racial and ethnic lines is the oldest and meanest game in the book, and it is the one the Republicans are already using to distract attention from the fact that Senator McCain has made it abundantly clear that he offers nothing more than a continuation of the Bush administrationâs sorry record of relentlessly assaulting the well-being and interests of working people and of our nationâs unions. John McCain is proposing a health care âplan,â for example, that is a health care industry-driven rehash of the approach that employers have been trying to shove down our throats for years in bargaining â and he is doing it with the full support of Bush and their Republican cronies in Congress and the insurance industry. John McCain has never seen a free trade deal that he doesnât love â and as a candidate heâs already cheerleading for even more of them. He is calling for more Bush-type tax cuts for the wealthy that are creating the worst income inequality the country has seen since 1928. He opposes the Employee Free Choice Act, which Senator Obama supports for all workers, including for part-time and contract employees. John McCain will keep doling out subsidies to big oil. And he (along with Senator Clinton, unfortunately) has pandered to working peopleâs struggle to pay for rising gasoline prices by calling for a microscopic âgas tax holidayâ that will only save working people pennies while robbing our country of the funds needed to rebuild our failing infrastructure â which is just one of the job-creating functions that our government should be investing in instead. Given these troubling circumstances, the IEB urges all staff and local leadership to share Senator McCainâs vicious anti-worker record with our members, and to encourage them to understand that media attempts to sensationalize differences among working people based on race, ethnicity or religion will only distract us from the real need to change our nationâs policies on health care, trade, workersâ rights, energy and foreign affairs. Getting that message out immediately to all our members and supporters is crucial, and we must not let either the last few days of the Democratic primary process or the everyday McCain lies rob us of the chance to end the Bush assault on us, our union and our families. 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