[Marxism] Vote for Obama, McQuain, Nader, or McKinney-vote for the oppression of the Palestinians and imperialist wars .

[yossi schwartz]

Our position during the Russian –Georgian war was that while this war
reflects the growing tension between US and Russian imperialism; the right
wing regime in Georgia  which  at the same time is not an imperialist state,
acted on his own when it sent its army to Oppress South Ossetia and Abhazia.










However, once the Russian imperialist army entered the war we took the
position of revolutionary defeat for Russia and for Revolutionary defense
for Georgia . To besure it  does not imply any political support for the
regime. In our opinion this is the only internationalist stand that can
unite the workers for a new workers revolution that will unify the region
under a workers state.



At that time many of the left groups refused to see the essential point that
Russia is an imperialist state unlike Georgia. They either took openly or
indirectly the position of defense of Russia. In this position they  echoed
the position of Hugo Chavez of Venezuela that is moving  to close
cooperation with Russia on oil and weapons.



Venezuela has the right of course to receive weapons from Russia to defend
itself from US imperialism; however this does not mean that the concern of
Chavez a bourgeois populist is with  working class internationalism.



Interestingly enough this is the same position of  Boris Spiegel the head of
the Zionist United Israel Appeal a close supporter of Putin







"Six weeks ago, during Russia's conflict with Georgia, Spiegel condemned
Georgia's leaders in the name of the World Congress of Russian Jewry,
claiming they should be tried for war crimes and genocide against the
residents of South Ossetia".



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Avi Pazner, world chairman of Keren Hayesod, told Haaretz: "I don't want to
see him faulted for being an associate of Putin. He is a Russian Jew and he
is a senator from Putin's party, and it's totally legitimate that he adheres
to our positions



While being on the same side as the Zionists in a world event not necessary
proves that the position is wrong from Marxist point of view. It is likely
so.

For example not only Obama and Mc Quain compete who is a stronger supporter
of Israel, but Ralph  Nader  is for peace between Israel and the Arab
states, thus supports the Israeli state even though may critical of this or
other government.


And what about  Cynthia    McKinney  According to the Jewish Times: "Despite
her strained relationship with AIPAC, her votes on their issues rates a
"pretty good" from Mark Moskowitz, AIPAC regional director in Atlanta"



The most radical vote she took eas to cut 30 millions out of 2.88 billion to
support Israel.



So it is clear that those who do not want to struggle for building a
revolutionary workers party in the US at the end of the day ends with one or
another version of supporters  of the Israeli state's  oppression of the
Palestinians.