Re: [Marxism] Blacks, Latinos and the Democratic Primaries -- a Bureau of Electoral Cretinism special report

[Walter Lippmann <walterlx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are probably less than 1% of the population of the United States
who consider themselves to be socialist. Probably less than 1%, and if
socialists or Marxists want to be able to communicate with the majority
who do not consider themselves socialists, it's imperative that we see
what they see, and have an understanding of what they are thinking and
seeing and believing. That is likely to be the basis on which they go
into action later on.

Dismissing the thinking which the overwhelming majority does means we
cannot communicate with them, should they be open to hearing our views.

The difference between Obama and Clinton ON PAPER are modest, but not
insignificant. For example, Obama favors undocumented immigrants being
able to get driver's licenses while Clinton is opposed to that, and so
Obama is openly and clearly more progressive on this rather symbolic 
domestic issue in a country where racist hatred against undocumented
immigrants is being actively stirred up by many on the ultra-right.

While I've not taken the time to compare the stated programs of the
candidates, but somehow I can't imagine someone like Mrs. Clinton
speaking up and out strongly as Senator Obama did two weeks ago at
the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. 


Walter Lippmann
Disneylandia, California

Excerpts;

We are told that those who differ from us on a few things are
different from us on all things, that our problems are the fault of
those who don't think like us or look like us or come from where we
do. The welfare queen is taking our tax money. The immigrant is
taking our jobs. The believer condemns the non-believer as immoral,
and the non-believer chides the believer as intolerant.
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And yet, if we are honest with ourselves, we must admit that none of
our hands are entirely clean. If we're honest with ourselves, we'll
acknowledge that our own community has not always been true to King's
vision of a beloved community. We have scorned our gay brothers and
sisters instead of embracing them. The scourge of anti-Semitism has,
at times, revealed itself in our community. For too long, some of us
have seen immigrants as competitors for jobs instead of companions in
the fight for opportunity.

Every day, our politics fuels and exploits this kind of division
across all races and regions, across gender and party. It is played
out on television. It is sensationalized by the media. And last week,
it even crept into the campaign for president, with charges and
counter-charges that served to obscure the issues instead of
illuminating the critical choices we face as a nation.
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r. King led this country through the wilderness. He did it with words
- words that he spoke not just to the children of slaves, but the
children of slave owners. Words that inspired not just Black but also
white, not just the Christian but the Jew, not just the Southerner
but also the Northerner.

He led with words, but he also led with deeds. He also led by
example. He led by marching and going to jail and suffering threats
and being away from his family. He led by taking a stand against a
war, knowing full well that it would diminish his popularity. He led
by challenging our economic structures, understanding that it would
cause discomfort. Dr. King understood that unity cannot be won on the
cheap, that we would have to earn it through great effort and
determination. 
http://www.sfbayview.com/News/Editorial/The_great_need_of_the_hour.html
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DR. NO-NO-N0 writes:
On domestic issues, she is slightly to the left of Obama and on 
foreign policy, he is slightly to her left. In any case, socialists 
would view these differences as negligible.

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     WALTER LIPPMANN
     Los Angeles, California
     Editor-in-Chief, CubaNews
     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews/
     "Cuba - Un ParaÃso bajo el bloqueo"
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