Re: Forwarded from Anthony

["Jose G. Perez" <jgperez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

O.K. Louis, admit it:

    There is no "Anthony", you made this up.

José

----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Proyect" <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <marxism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 12:34 PM
Subject: Forwarded from Anthony


> Hello Lou. I finally got the time to look at your list
> - and browsed everything from Feb to now.  I didn't
> read it all. But I like what you wrote about feminism
> and gay liberation. I also finally opened your web
> page, and sarted to read some of the articles there.
>
> On Elian.
>
> The case of Elian Gonzalaez is very interesting from
> this vantage point. It seems to me there are several
> overlapping issues, all of which should be seen in the
> light of the medium term strategy of neo-liberal wing
> of US capital USA to extend NAFTA to Patagonia.
>
> 1. Clinton et. al. are determined to maintain the
> integrity of the barriers against 'illegal
> immigration'. When Clinton talks about 'maintaining
> the rule of law', this is a code for this. Despite
> what many supporters fo Cuba think, Clinton has always
> wanted to ship Elian home.
>
> 2. This is a key issue for Clinton et. al. because
> they favor 'normalizing' relations with Castro, rather
> than having Castro overthrown by the Gusanos in Miami.
> Once relations with Cuba are 'normalized, it will be
> easier to plug the hole of illegal immigration - since
> the sympathy of anticommunists with the immigrants
> will whither away. Cuban immigrants will lose their
> priveleges compared to Haitians, Colombians, and above
> all Mexicans.
>
> 3. The gusano mafia has a big political stake in this
> issue. They fear normalization of relations with Cuba,
> because even if big US corporations are free to build
> hotels, go back into the sugar biz, etc. the Gusanos
> will not be able to reclaim their old positions,
> properties, etc. - nor get vengeance against their
> enemies.
>
> They will only get what they want by overturning
> Castro. For them the issue is not simply the
> 'restoration of capitlaism' - which Castro is not
> really an obstacle to - ask any Canadian capitalist-
> their issue is the restoration of the old regime.
>
> 4. The gusano mafia also has a short term financial
> stake in the issue - they make a lot of money as
> coyotes bringing people into the US illegally. They
> stand to make a lot more if the Elian case shows other
> Cubans that it is becoming easier to get in - and they
> stand to lose business if the case ends up with more
> cubans wanting to stay home than before the issue
> began.
>
> 5. Clinton and Castro have played this issue
> brilliantly from the point of view of the upcoming
> elections. The Republican coalition that put Ronald
> Reagan and George Bush into office used the battering
> ram of 'family values' to great effect. Family values
> and anti-communism were promoted as being one and the
> same. George W. Bush would like to do the same - but
> the fact is he is and was against reuniting Elian with
> his father, along with most of the rest of the family
> values=anit-communism bunch. Those nice churchgoing
> ladeis don't like that kind of hypocrisy on an issue
> that they understand and believe in. Bush lost the
> election over this issue already.
>
> And the gun toting police won't phase the nice
> Christian ladies - after all they were reuniting a
> family.
>
> 5. Castro's enemies are not stupid - not Clinton, not
> the Gusanos, not even George Bush. The people who say
> this are underestimating their own enemies.
>
> The gusanos have consolidated and extended their own
> political base far beyond the realm of Dade county.
> They are more powerful than before.
>
> Clinton and Gore have moved closer to winning an
> election, and closer to making a deal with Castro.
>
> Castro has also gained, by reinvigorating his
> political support at home - just what he needs to make
> a potentially unpopular deal with the USA.
>
> Thank you for your work putting together, maintaining,
> and developing your list - and also for your
> contributions to it.
>
> Anthony
>
> Louis Proyect
>
> (The Marxism mailing list: http://www.marxmail.org)
>

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