On 11/7/2012 1:47 AM, david barkin wrote:
Interesting to read the Pen-L comments on the election.. from the
perspective of Mexico, and perhaps the rest of Latin America, it
seems the opinion is that it would make a great deal of difference
in terms of international relations and the treatment of
Mexicans/Latins in the US -- does the group of heterodox
economists on this list agree?
Of course Obama is preferable to Romney. But in Africa, it's been
US-imperialism-as-usual the last four years:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/10/05/which-africans-will-obama-whack-next/
I spent yesterday walking around the worst slums in Nairobi, and the
difference between four years ago and today is remarkable: total apathy
today.
And add climate, where activists gave Obama a pass, at least that
suicidal behavior has to end:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/01/obama-strategy-silence-climate-change
So with Sandy a big reminder - even in South Durban where I live,
http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/11/06/what-sandy-shows-south-africa/ -
it's time for activists to remobilize.
And Elizabeth Warren has won, that's good, she can bash Obama on his
Wall Street bias, and hopefully that subsides since the bankers defunded
him a bit this time...
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