Terror etc.

[joanna bujes]

At 05:46 PM 05/06/2002 -0400, Chuck Grimes wrote:
>It goes like this. The interest of the people in the US is not with
>the unlimited expansion of US power that absolutely privileges and
>harnesses US corporate capitalism and is therefore imperialism. This
>direction is leading into an era of endless wars of defense of Empire
>and now terrorist reactions against it. Instead that public interest
>is in building a better standard of living in the US, better
>communities in the US, and a more focused national policy toward the
>rest of the world that reflects the public interest of the people
>rather than privilaging a ruling elite and the imperial aspirations of
>neoliberal capitalism.

Chuck,

If it were possible to convince the working class of the U.S. (95%) of the 
population that their  long-term interests are not synchronous to those of 
the U.S. bourgeoisie (5%), we could have a peaceful socialist revolution in 
this country tomorrow.

Alas, the whole notion of a long-term has been wiped from public 
consciousness; in fact, consciousness has been wiped from public 
consciousness. I suspect it will take something like another economic 
depression to change things.

Otherwise, of course, you're right.

Joanna