RES: [lbo-talk] Lula's party purges leftists in Brazil

[Mike Ballard]

The "left" alternative seems to be
>insisting in the same reforms that are devastating
our country. So,
>what is to be done??? It´s curious that Lula was a
great admirer of
>Jospin, and when he was punished for his policies, he
blamed "the
>radicals". Now he is playing the same stupid
game....alienating his
>supporters in a desperate attempt to seem reliable to
finacial
>capital. Each improvement in the stocks value is
hailed as a great
>achievemnt even if the economy won´t grow this year
and mean wages
>dropped by 15%!!!! And I voted for those idiots!!
>
>                      Alexandre

Lula da Silva may well fail. But if he gets undercut
by the left, the 
chance that he will fail rises to 100%.

Brad DeLong
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Alexandre seems to be saying that Lula has already
failed to serve his interests.  Success for one class
is failure for another.  Keeping one's mouth shut
"like a good German", is a nice way to play the game
of "race ya to the bottom."  Roll over Rover. 

What is to be done?

I'd say, try to organize classconsciously.  You can't
depend on the polytricksters to serve your interests
unless you can make them pay at the point of prodution
and in the streets, if they fail.

Mike B)

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