RE: gastarbeiters

["Michael Jovic" <Mike_Jovic@xxxxxxx>]

Should'nt mention also be made of the Marshall Plan which helped set West
Germany up as an anti-communist outpost post ww2?

The USA pumped lots of capital and military assistance not only into WGermany,
but Japan, South Korea, etc...in an effort to encircle the then USSR and
contain Stalin. By boosting the ravaged economies ot these cold war locations,
the US ensured their future development.

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From:   owner-marxism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of
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Sent:   05 August 1996 17:37
To:     marxism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:        gastarbeiters

     Before people get too worked up explaining
the different performances of WE and EE econommies
by the access of WE capitalists to gastarbeiters from
Turkey and other poorer countries, let me note that
the USSR had gastarbeiters from North Korea and Vietnam,
sent apparently as payment for "fraternal assistance"
rendered by the USSR.  It is my understanding that the
Vietnamese in particular experienced racism and other
unpleasant stuff.
     If my response to Chris Burford did not get
through:  yes, German capital exploits foreign workers,
but that is not sufficient to explain the differential
in FRG and GDR economic performances.
Barkley Rosser


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