Re: The impending political crisis in Mexico

[Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/7/06, Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Obrador won't be as good as Evo, let alone Chavez, but he sounds like
> >he might _possibly_ be to the left of Lula, and even if he is about
> >the same as Lula, the country he may get to run is MEXICO, right next
> >to the US of A, so he and his voters are worthy of our support.
> >
> >Yoshie
>
> This is an *important* point. Having a left-of-center government abutting
> the USA, even if it is on the tepid side, would have much more impact on
> our politics than a firebrand being elected in Paraguay.

Yes, and a left-of-center victory there will energize a large segment
of Mexican immigrant workers here.  After all, the May Day boycott was
organized across the border!

> I have a feeling,
> however, that his very tepidness insures that Calderon will be president
> just as Bush was in 2000 and 2004.

Possible.  I wish he were a wee bit more messianic in the sense of
believing in his historic mission, if not as messianic as the ruling
class press mistakenly claim he is.  But leaders are merely composite
figures, as good or bad as their supporters make them.

--
Yoshie
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