Nathan, learn to read, was Re: Bill Fletcher Jr. on Internationalism (Jim O'Connor)

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Sat May 6 20:04:53 PDT 2000


Nathan Newman wrote:


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> Why folks like you and O'Connor want to defend European capitalists as some
> kind of more virtuous form of economic elite is beyond me.

Nathan, can you read? O'Connor says not one word in defense of European capitalists. He is merely making a strategic point: the main enemy (because it is on top and seems likely to stay on top, is U.S. capital.


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> The problem is
> the international capitalist class wherever they are-- playing games
> choosing between them is the wrong strategy. The right approach is global
> labor solidarity against all of them.

Yes. The global insurrection has been scheduled for 9:17 a.m., July 17, 2000. You mistake an ultimate goal for the strategy in reaching that goal. O'Connor suggests a strategy, and you ignore his argument.

Carrol



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