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Obama's main flaw is that he has an american l...

2009-06-30T15:43:09.326-04:30

Obama's main flaw is that he has an american libertarian capitalist world view. Which is a flawed world view. What we need in this country is a change toward collectivism, and marxism.

Read this from:

http://marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1924/foundations-leninism/ch07.htm

"Only Marxism," says Lenin, "has precisely and correctly defined the relation of reforms to revolution. However, Marx was able to see this relation only from one aspect, namely, under the conditions preceding the first to any extant permanent and lasting victory of the proletariat, if only in a single country. Under those conditions, the basis of the proper relations was: reforms are a by-product of the revolutionary class struggle of the proletariat... After the victory of the proletariat, if only in a single country, something new enters into the relation between reforms and revolution. In principal, it is the same as before, but a change in form takes place, which Marx himself could not foresee, but which can be appreciated only on the basis of the philosophy and politics of Marxism...After the victory (while still remaining a 'by-product' on an international scale) they (i.e., reforms-J.St.) are, in addition, for the country in which victory has been achieved, a necessary and legitimate respite in those cases when, after the utmost exertion of effort, it becomes obvious that sufficient strength is lacking for the revolutionary accomplishment of this or that transition. Victory creates such a 'reserve of strength' that it is possible to hold out even in a forced retreat, to hold out both materially and morally" (see Vol. XXVII, pp. 84-85).

The Tea Pary demagoguery is an apt comparison of t...

2009-06-30T10:29:10.192-04:30

The Tea Pary demagoguery is an apt comparison of the right-wing disinformation against even moderate presidents such as Obama or Zelaya. Both Obama and Zelaya are "accused" of communists. Obama was "accused" of communist when he defended a reform in the US health system. Zelaya has been "accused" of communist for signing Honduras in ALBA-TCP. This is the very same situation Marx and Engels described in 1848 ("A spectre is haunting Europe..."). Red baiting is the strategy (?) used by right-wingers in All The Americas and in the "Old" Europe to spread fear and intimidation.

the world right wing is nervous and violent, they ...

2009-06-30T00:07:36.965-04:30

the world right wing is nervous and violent, they are seeing that the left is gaining grounds. Even within the USA, the Tea Party terrorists want to stage a coup de etat against Obama