[Marxism] The relentless and obsessive opposition to

[Jon Flanders]

On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 13:09 -0400, Mike Friedman wrote:
> Given the altered context and the motion around the Obama campaign and
> what he represents in the context of our society, we need to ask
> ourselves, is labeling Obama “a Clintonite with a Black face” the best
> way to do this? In the context of the racist under (and over) tones of
> the campaign against Obama, how would this sound to millions of people
> desirous of change and expressing this through the Obama campaign? Is
> dismissing the movement currently focused on Obama as “coopted” the
> best way to do this? I’m not convinced this business-as-usual approach
> is anything more than self-flagellation.

All worthy points from a tactical perspective. But this is a Marxism
list. Surely we must be clear that from the point of view of the ruling
class, a successful Obama campaign would serve greatly to refurbish the
USA brand in the world?

Then the cruise missiles could be launched against brown people by a
brown president.

The question is, to me, how to present this reality to Obama supporters.

Jon Flanders