[R-G] (USA) The far-right's violent return

[Intense Red]

On Tuesday 02 June 2009, Sid Shniad wrote:
 > The murder of George Tiller is an chilling reminder that the violent
 > extremism of America's far-right hasn't gone away

   From a strictly revolutionary standpoint, you've got to admire the 
right-wing in the US.

   Since Bush was put out of office, have the neo-cons backed off? Not in the 
least -- they're still in attack mode and are as uncompromising as ever. And 
Cheney's antics are playing well and he's successfully rewriting history.

   The population seems somewhat turned off by the religious right after 8 
years of gov't funding and Bush's gospel act. But yet this one nut case goes 
out and shoots a doctor and it has fired up the anti-abortion movement and 
caused all of the corporate mass media to "debate" the issue in a "he said, 
she said" manner -- tons of free publicity with surprisingly little negative 
commentary.

   Uncompromising militancy like that has not been seen in the American left 
since the 1960s. Is it any wonder the American left is an afterthought?

   It pains me to say, but I predict that the US right-wing will make huge 
future electoral gains -- militancy on such a scale usually pays off.

 .
 Randy

-- 
"My father was a slave and my people died to build this country, and I'm going 
to stay right here and have a part of it, just like you. And no 
fascist-minded people like you will drive me from it. Is that clear?" -- 
Singer Paul Robeson addressing the US Congress' House Un-American Activities 
Committee anti-communist witchhunt in 1956.