Re: Fascism Seminar -- Guerin, Part 1.

[CKates@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 96-01-16 10:37:25 EST, you write:

>Ross is, or was, a demogogue and opportunist. He's very rich, for sure, but
>wealth alone doesn't make you a member of the big bougeoisie. He's just not
>clubbable, you know? Bad manners and unsound politics. The big boys seem to
>prefer Dole for president, though there's no doubt they could live with
>Clinton. The freshman Republicans make them very nervous.
>
>

He is as you say, a demagogue and oportunist. However, look at how he has
obtained his wealth--by exploiting workers here and abroad and building a
multinational corporate empire. And as for his "unsound politics," Perot
constantly serves the interests of monopoly capitalists. That qualifies for
the ranks of the "big bourgeoisie". As for his independence, there is no
independence without independence from the Contract on America. He has not
shown that independence. He is serving his class inerests, as are Dole,
Clinton, Bo Gritz, the freshman Republicans and the others in the capitalist,
corporate-dominated two-party system--and that is why we need independent
political action of the working class and other progressive forces--to take
power form the two branches of one party of capitalism and spread it around a
bit, even in the structure of the capitalist system, to grant some reforms.
That true independence is necessary for this time of struggle todefeat the
Republicans' Contract on the People and to move forward from that defeat.
Comradely, charlotte


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