Re: [Marxism] Obama concedes remarks were ill chosen

[Shane Mage <shmage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 12, 2008, at 10:30 PM, David Picón Álvarez wrote:

> From: "Shane Mage" <shmage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> I also find it interesting that none of Bush's opponents on list have
> made any comments on Bush's determination to show up in Beijing."
>
> It is the default for a chief of State to represent their country in  
> events
> of this nature, so it doesn't in my opinion deserve comment. It  
> would be
> newsworthy if he took the opposite position though.


It is "default" for the chief of an imperialist state to act in the  
imperialist interest.  Carter in 1980 Moscow. Chernenko in 1984 L.A.   
It is newsworthy when pressure from below forces an imperialist  
statesman (Brown, Sarkozy, Merkel) to act differently.

Shane Mage

"Thunderbolt steers all things...it consents and does not consent to  
be called Zeus."

Herakleitos of Ephesos




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