[Marxism] "Sarkozy Calls for Revamping of Capitalist System"

[Shawn Redden]

At 10:54 AM -0400 10/19/08, S. Artesian wrote:
>Comrade Redden,
>
>But does that mean Sarkozy is an "improvement"?
>
>And FWIW, I actually do not think in 1999 Clinton or Obama would have you
>used racist perjoratives if the demonstrators had been African-American.
>Obama and Clinton certainly didn't do that regarding New Orleans in 2005.

By no means is Sarko an improvement.  Like Obama, he's a 
manifestation of what Capital needs at the moment.  In the US, 
capitalism needs the facelift that only Obama can provide.   That's 
why he's able to send $5m to West Virginia at the drop of a hat.

I would argue that the treatment given to the victims of what Tracey 
James of Slave Revolt Radio calls 'Hurricane Sam' - the Gretna attack 
and the bridge murder, Ray Nagin foaming at the mouth about [Black] 
'looters' and calling for Martial Law, Kathleen Blanco giving 'shoot 
to kill' orders, the fictionalized and animalized accounts (often the 
fabricated testimonials of New Orleans' finest) from the Superdome & 
Convention Center, the reporting of Jeremy Schahil and Malik Rahim, 
the ethnic cleansing of the housing projects, the declarations by the 
elites that NO will re-emerge more white - all suggest that the 
operation was carried out in the manner it was because of the social 
composition of the victims.

What they would have said - I don't know.  At the end of the day, 
though, I'm pretty sure both Blackwater and the National Guard would 
have been there keeping order.

Solidarity,
Shawn