On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:40:45 EDT midhurs...@aol.com writes: > I am beginning to fear that Obama is being drowned by the forces of > > reaction and cannot deal with them as FDR did > I hope I am not being too gloomy > George Anthony >
FDR was able to deal to deal with the forces of reaction and was motivated to do so by the fact that there were popular movements in motion at the time. Remember that when he first took office in March 1933, the country was on the brink of civil unrest, Hence, FDR's actions like the "bank holiday," and the "first hundred days." Later on the 1930s saw the emergence of labor organizing like the US had never seen before or since with the rise of the CIO. Thus far, we have not seen anything comparable yet under Obama. Despite the economic downturn, the country was not on the brink of civil unrest when he was inaugurated as president and we have not seen the emergence of strong popular movements like those of the 1930s or 1960s for that matter. Jim F. ____________________________________________________________ Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTFoYcAGibPFnPIRXif1wOCcQR3vKjNke2oP0bNLIOtvNqcVQAJQwo/ ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
