[Marxism] A promising interview with El Sal. pres-elect Funes

[nada]

Fred, wrote:

"But Greg has put forward the right reasons
for a positive assessment so far,"

But Greg actually wrote "I agree it doesn't sound too promising...".  
Hmmm....anyway...

I don't think there is anyone who didn't smile when the heard the "FMLN" 
party won the elections there. I'm glad. But I reject there is anything 
particularly that Funes stated in his interview that really points to a 
revolutionary transformation or even radical reforms which is the only 
way I can interpret the term "promising" on a list dedicated to Marxism.
 
Since he *pledged* to maintain the status quo, that the ARENA lost is 
probably the only good thing that came out of this. The fact that Funes 
will be a good guy, and a democrat, is all fine, but everything he would 
like to do, stated or unstated, is subordinated to CAFTA and maintaining 
capitalism and thus the conditions of the people of El Salvador will, 
likely, continue to decline. So there is little to "promise" to the 
people that elected him. There will be no "national liberation" under 
the FMLN, unfortunately, and despite it's name.

David