Re: RE: Economic revolutions

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Max:
>Whether anyone here likes it or not, the action against
>Milo has all the signs of a popular uprising.  The fact
>that it may be founded on reactionary tendencies, funded
>by the CIA or Kapital, or that
>it greases the skids for Serbia's integration into the new
>neo-liberal order means that one could legitimately oppose
>it out of positive support for Milo, for which there is not
>much justification, or negative support for NATO, for which
>there is a great deal of justification.

What makes you think that rightwing revolts can not have mass support? The
coup in Chile was preceded by massive street mobilizations, including
truckers and housewives banging pans. As in Chile, there would have not
been a rightwing revolt if the United States had not meddled in these
country's internal affairs. As Kissinger said, "We can not allow the
foolishness of a people to allow them to choose socialism" or some such thing.

>
>But it has nothing to do with Serbia's national rights versus
>NATO's grasping.  If self-determination means anything, it
>means the right to be what you want to be, including a slave
>to the EU/NATO/US.  All this crap about the rude opposition . . .
>if the same tactics were employed by the glorious proletariat,
>or by some primitive anti-NATO nationalists, think of all the
>cheering.

Self-determination? Gore took heat because he was involved with taking
money from East Asian millionaires. And then we turn around and pour money
into the Yugoslav elections that proportionately would represent something
like 1 billion dollars in contributions to Gore from the Chinese Communist
Party. And then we talk about it openly like its okay? This is an
absolutely slap in the face to democracy and self-determination.


Louis Proyect
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