Chomsky favours Kerry

[Marvin Gandall]

Though he admires Ralph Nader, Noam Chomsky tells the Guardian he supports
John Kerry over George Bush because small differences can translate into
large outcomesin this case as in 2000.

The description of Kerry as Bush-lite is not inaccurate, he says,
describing the Republicans and Democrats as two factions of the business
party. But Chomsky notes the choice between the two can make a
difference, even if only a fraction in foreign policy and maybe even
more dramatically domestically.

Chomsky fears the people around Bush are very deeply committed to
dismantling the achievements of popular struggle through the past
centurythe present group in power is particularly cruel and savage in this
respect.

Chomsky also told his interviewer that Americans would be more strongly
opposed to the Iraq occupation if they were made more fully aware by the
media that the US was planning a powerful, permanent, military and
diplomatic presence in Iraq, and he called for an international trial for
Saddam Hussein where US and Western complicity in his crimes could be
subjected to public scrutiny.

Chomsky interview reproduced on www.supportingfacts.com

Sorry for any cross posting.

Re: Chomsky favours Kerry

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Chomsky fears the people around Bush are very deeply committed to
dismantling the achievements of popular struggle through the past
centuryŠthe present group in power is particularly cruel and savage in this
respect.
The people around Bush are cruder and franker about their intentions
to dismantle the achievements of popular struggle than the Democratic
Party, so they have been less successful and will be voted out of the
White House in November.
On 90% of the issues the Republicans are worse than the Democrats,
but, on the rest, the Democrats manage to deliver bigger blows
against workers than the Republicans.  The tragedy is that the
impacts of the issues on which the Democrats outdistance the
Republicans in the rightward movement are often more devastating than
the others on which they are better than the Republicans.  Moreover,
if the liberal elite manage to help elect John Kerry by neutralizing
the main left-wing electoral alternative to the Democratic Party and
allowing Kerry to run to the right of Bush, e.g., on fiscal
discipline, the occupation of Iraq, etc., they can move both the
Democratic and Republican Parties to the right -- just imagine what
Democratic and Republican candidates we will face in 2008, 2012, and
later!
--
Yoshie
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