[lbo-talk] Belarus elections

Jim Devine jdevine03 at gmail.com
Sat Apr 1 13:35:24 PST 2006


this proves my point, I guess: first, it depends on the specifics. And Timoshenko represents a third alternative.

On 4/1/06, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Not really true. Ukraine after the Orange Revo pursued
> extremely populist, non-neo-lib policies courtesy of
> Timoshenko. That got her excoriated by Anders Aslund,
> among others. (Ukraine's GDP growth rate dropped from
> 16% to 0.5% at the same time, BTW.)
>
> --- Jim Devine <jdevine03 at gmail.com> wrote:
> \
> >
> > doesn't it depend on the specifics of the case?
> >
> > Further, are there any third alternatives? The
> > "colored revolutions"
> > have mostly using "democratic" rhetoric but realling
> > have been
> > neo-liberal in orientation, aiming at uniting
> > Fillintheblankistan with
> > the EU and global capitalism. On the other hand, the
> > generally popular
> > autocrat is more like Hizzoner da Mare of Chicago
> > (the late) Richard
> > J. Daley or the old Mexican PRI, using control of
> > the state to garner
> > popular support with patronage.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jim Devine / "There can be no real individual
> > freedom in the presence
> > of economic insecurity." -- Chester Bowles
> >
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