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In terms of London and racism, London voted to remain. Britain in or out of the EU may be irrelevant *in abstract* to how racist a country it is, but this campaign was run ion a racist, anti-immigrant and especially anti-refugee basis and has given real momentum to the racists. there is already reports of far right demonstrations calling for all immigrants to be repatriated, [plus the long list of racist incidents http://www.huffingtonpost.co .uk/entry/eu-referendum-racism_uk_576fe161e4b08d2c5639607. It seems clear the racist movement *is* making gains. the idea it has no ruling class backing is odd. It is backed by key sectors of the corporate media and ruling class politicians. that does NOT mean everyone who votes to leave is a racist or did so on a racist basis, just that that was the main dynamic of that campaign. No doubt people want to give Cameron and the establishment a kick and see the EU as undemocratic and unaccountable body -- which it is, although the British state is hardly more democratic and the British state is waging class war, not at behest of the EU, but at behest of the British ruling class. I don't think there was any progressive content to either mains sectors of the debate (the laudable efforts of Another Europe is Possible notwithstanding), but the leave vote was lead by a dangerous reactionary campaign that has gathered momentum. On 27 June 2016 at 15:51, Philip Ferguson via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > Will do. > > phil > > > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 5:45 PM, MM <marxmai...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Jun 27, 2016, at 1:36 AM, Philip Ferguson <philipfergus...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > There is an attempt by the liberal-left to portray the Brexit vote as a > > vote by backward white workers against immigrants and people other than > > white. In my view, this indicates the class prejudices of the > liberal-left > > rather than the reality. > > > > > > Please allow me to encourage you to follow the link I provided: > > http://huff.to/28VSnb5 > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/stuartmunckton%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
