[R-G] terrorism at home

[Malky53 at aol.com]

In a message dated 03-10-01  04:41:46,  Gorojovsky at arnet.com.ar writes:

<<  On the other hand, the masses in  the third world are BOTH harassed the 
way masses in the central world are, AND  miliatrily or otherwise further 
attacked.  >>

Comrade 

I agree and would go further or charactarise the situation a little 
differently.

Workers everywhere are exploited in the sense that they are ripped off as 
they toil.

workers everywhere are ripped off as consumers - when they can afford to 
consume.

There have been e-coli outbreaks in Britain killing elderly people in homes.

The militarisation of much of the less developed world doubles their 
oppression but even as they struggle for 'democracy' they should have no 
illusions in 'formal bourgoise' democracy as it allows you to choose which 
rich dictator ignores your for the next four or five years.

In the extreme 'our' democracy can and will be brutally suspended just as 
german and italian democracy was in the thirties.

for me the bigger issue is those LDCs who export their natural resources for 
a pittance 

The reality - just as with slavery and the cotton trade in the 19th century 
is that workers in the advanced economies benefit from it and - until things 
get really tough for the bosses - are bought off.

Every war - every conflict - has a material basis no matter the pretext.

There would not have been a gulf war after Iraq invaded Kuwait had it not 
been for oil.

Oil is critical in Afganistan again.

There is a mineral used in mobile phones (cell phones) that is at the heart 
of the issue in Congo

It was diamonds in Sierra Leone

Dont get me wrong in each and every case there is the legacy of colonialism 
and adversaries created to divide and rule.

But when those situations explode the advanced imperialist powers only act 
when it affects them materially.