Louis Proyect wrote: >> I think that Charles was referring to a fight taking place in the dominant >> classes. The sector of the bourgeoisie that is fully behind Obama >> (Goldman-Sachs, etc.) is trying to use the power of the government to >> resolve a capitalist crisis that is of its own making, particularly the >> banking sector symbolized by Goldman. I am on neither side in this dispute. > > raghu wrote: > It is funny how our enemies don't seem to have any such doubts: > http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=D7BFEFEA-A6B3-421B-863B-695FBBCFBF5C > ---------------------------------------------------snip > >From the moment he launched his presidential campaign, it was clear > that Barack Obama had big plans for the country he proposed to lead. > Barely a month into his tenure, President Obama has put a price on > that transformational vision: $3.5 trillion.
it's a mistake to quote David Horowitz for any purpose. Just because he's against Obama in a vehement manner does not mean that we should favor Obama with any similar degree of fervor. Horrorwitz is a nut, with heavy fascist leanings. (Look at the "Front Page" logo, for example.) Just because he's for fighting antisemitism doesn't mean we should be in favor of it: rather, we should oppose his version of anti-antisemitism, which justifies any and all crimes of the Israeli state and settlers. I believe that serious GOPsters view Horowitz as a nut, too. However, since my GOP connections have atrophied over the years, it would be great to hear confirmation (or falsification) of this opinion. By the way, the idea that Obama represents the working class in a battle with the bourgeoisie reminds me of a paper I once read (by two authors associated with Latin American Perspectives magazine) that argued that the Mexican PRI represented the proletariat in battle with PAN, which represented the bourgeoisie. PRI, of course, represented an authoritarian and paternalistic nationalism, feathering its own leaders' nests with gold (and providing its members with jobs) at the same time they allied with the non-PAN wing of the Mexican bourgeoisie. There were some welfare-state programs, but those seemed a hangover from the Cárdenas years. In 1976, when I was visiting Mexico, the PRI government shut down an opposition newspaper (EXCELSIOR) for being critical of the government. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
