Sabri Oncu wrote: > > Jim: > > > I agree, but the strategies are different. The Dems > > want cooperation with other core (imperialist) powers, > > whereas the GOPs under Dubya's lead want to do it alone. > > This means that we are in full agreement. > > It is better for the citizens of the US to have the Democrats in power, > although I believe it will take a while until they realize that. But I am > not sure which one is better for the rest of the world, whatever better > means.
This does not seem to be true. During the Clinton Administration not one single policy move of the Reagan Administration was reversed, nor has there ever been a serious DP effort to repeal the Taft-Hartley law. What the Clinton Administration _added_ to the policy mix was (a) the final destruction of public aid, (b) the smashing of the movement for single-payer health insurance, (c) the opening up of Social Security as a legitimate issue of public debate, (d) the Effective Death Penalty and Anti-Terrorism Act, (e) the invasion of Yugoslavia and the legitimation of humanitarian bombing, (f) the ravaging of Iraq by bombing and sanctions. Moreover, only the cooperation of the DP leadership made Bush's Iraq war a possibility. There will never be a strong left in the u.s., even or especially a strong left reformist movement, until the hold of the DP over progressive forces in the U.S. is broken. The historic function of the DP at least since the Populist Movement has been to absorb, blunt, and destroy all movements for social change. The DP is our main enemy. The use of the word "Repugs" for the RP is part of a steady pitter-patter of collaboration with the DP that helps block the rise of a left force in the United states. Carrol
