From: Paul Bullock (paulbullock@EBMS-LTD.CO.UK)
Date: Wed Apr 23 2003 - 17:41:06 EDT
Hi Jerry, Yes thanks, clearly interimperialist rivalries are central ...If you check the latest 'Fight racism! Fight Imperialism!' on the wesite, you'll see there is a box on the new american century + an article US: Closer to Fascism, that deals with the 2001Patriot Act and the additional 2003 Domestic SecurityEnhancement Act , cheers paul. ----- Original Message ----- From: <glevy@PRATT.EDU> To: <OPE-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 10:27 PM Subject: (OPE-L) Re: Consequences of the War against Iraq > Paul B wrote: > > > what BushBlair 'think/decide' will be a function of their role, as > > leaders of imperialist states, what they 'believe' is pretty much > > secondary. > > There typically are, though, divisions within the ruling > class which often appear as policy differences within > capitalist states, including imperialist states. In the UK > government, for instance, there is considerable opposition > to Blair and his pro-war, pro-US policy. In the US > government, both bourgeois parties basically supported the > war against Iraq -- indeed, the sanctions against Iraq > which resulted in the death of huge numbers of children > (by one estimate a half-million) were a basic part of > former President Clinton's Middle East policy. But, there > are differences which we must note. Are you familiar with > the "Project for a New American Century" > (http:/www.newamericancentury.org -- I believe)? This is a > right-wing think tank that is very influential in writing > Bush foreign policy. It is composed of many leading members > of the Bush administration and some of their stuff is pretty > scary. I think we have to seriously consider the prospect of > an incipient fascist movement, led by Bush and Cheney and Co. > Along the same lines -- have you read about the proposed > "Patriot Act"? It is unclear whether these initiatives > will be supported by the entire ruling class or whether > there will be increased divisions on state and economic > policy. > > In solidarity, Jerry >
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