'The Militant' on Giuliani

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

[From the upcoming issue of the Militant, posted on their web site.]

BY BRIAN WILLIAMS

NEW YORK--At a time when a number of class conflicts are unfolding
here--from city government attacks on city teachers to the fight to remove
the U.S. Navy from the Puerto Rican island of Vieques--the city's
big-business media has for the past several weeks bombarded the public with
details about Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's divorce dispute with his spouse Donna
Hanover.

The barrage of sensational news and commentary about the personal life of
the mayor is damaging to the interests of working people. It seeks to draw
workers and middle-class layers into becoming riveted on gossip and
exposures about the morals of the "elite," and to drag them into the morass
of the politics of resentment against rich and prominent figures. It is a
distraction from the pressing struggles unfolding in the city and around the
world and undercuts the ability of working people to take the moral high
ground in confronting the offensive by the bosses and their government.

http://www.themilitant.com/2001/6525/652537.html

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I was struck by this article on the Giuliani scandal. I do not recall the
Militant having taken a similar approach around impeachment/Lewinsky.

Of late, it seems the Militant has become a more political, less "economist"
paper, compared to what it had been over the previous 2-3 years. Any ideas
on what it might all mean?

José