Category: Hillary Clinton
Who are the Deplorables?
| September 11, 2016 | 11:39 am | Analysis, class struggle, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, political struggle | Comments closed

By James Thompson

Could we just exhale for a minute? This electoral cycle has bordered on unleashed barbarism. Insults are flying from both major party candidates for president. The level of depravity of the candidates is unprecedented.

Hillary Clinton, who routinely bashes President Vladimir Putin of Russia and has made this a cornerstone of her campaign, has now painted with a broad brush half of Donald Trump’s supporters as deplorable and irredeemable.

Unless we want a rapid descent into vicious fascism, we should define our terms and understand the implications of what our potential leaders are saying.

First of all, no human being is deplorable. The ideology and behavior of some human beings is deplorable. When a potential leader condemns millions of people, this is highly regrettable. Indeed, some might say that this behavior is deplorable.

Nevertheless, former Secretary of State Clinton seems to have struck a chord and may raise the awareness of the sleeping masses. There is a sizable sector of the people of the US who hold deplorable views and engage in deplorable behavior. She is right, racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia, Islamophobia are deplorable attitudes stemming from deplorable ideology. Nazism, Fascism, imperialism are all deplorable ideologies. The exploitation of the poor by the rich is deplorable. Police murders of innocent people is deplorable. Chauvinism in all its forms is deplorable. War whose purpose is to increase profits and/or expand global domination is deplorable. It is deplorable when children are denied the basic right to education. It is deplorable when people are denied the basic rights to housing, jobs, healthcare, education and food. It was deplorable when the Nazis slaughtered millions. It was deplorable when the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It has been deplorable every time the United States manipulated and started wars in foreign countries to increase US global domination. It was deplorable when the US bourgeoisie supported and financed the rise of fascism in Germany. It was deplorable when the US committed genocide against African-Americans, and Native Americans. It was deplorable when Japanese Americans were put in concentration camps. It was deplorable when the Nazis put trade unionists, socialists, communists, Catholics and Jews in concentration camps and slaughtered them or worked them to death. The blockade against Cuba and the Helms-Burton act are deplorable.

There is a great need for scientific research in this country to study the views and opinions of people. Proper opinion polls should be conducted to determine the percentage of the population that hold these negative views such as racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia, Islamophobia, etc.

There should also be a massive effort to educate that portion of the population who hold negative views. There should also be a massive effort to combat hate speech and hate crimes through the criminal justice system.

Trumpkopf vs. Billary: What could the US working class be thinking of?
| May 27, 2016 | 8:00 pm | Analysis, class struggle, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, political struggle | Comments closed

By James Thompson

As the US working class bumbles down the old familiar path of the capitalist democracy, many people are wondering WTF is going on. People in the US have been spectators to the political chaos for centuries. Astute observers of the political process in the US have noted that nothing is resolved in any bourgeois dominated political struggle.

Democracy in the US serves the purpose of propelling the bourgeoisie in the US to higher heights of political control. This means mass repression of progressive movements in the service of bolstering and consolidating bourgeois political power. The current political struggle could not be clearer in exemplifying this political fact.

Let us examine the current political climate in the US in light of the eternal class struggle.

Trumpkopf

Donald Trump has proven himself to be a phenomenal candidate for the office of the President of the United States (POTUS). Similar to another Teutonic politician, Adolf Hitler a.k.a. der Fuhrer, he is a great orator and is highly skilled at exploiting the fears and ignorance of the working class. Following in Hitler’s footsteps, he rails against immigrants first and then anyone who disagrees with him. The remarkable thing is that he seeks to conceal his Germanic heritage rather than flaunt it. This may be a fatal flaw in his campaign.

Trump excoriates his opponents in a brutish, bullying fashion. He clearly seeks to intimidate his opponents. He has degraded and insulted various sectors of the population to include Muslims, Mexicans, women, and working people in general. No one should forget that he had a reality show in which the slogan was “You are fired!” His misogynistic and xenophobic views are well documented in the popular press.

It is important to note that Trump represents himself as a member of the bourgeois class in the US. Since he won’t release his tax records, it is unclear whether he is a member of the bourgeoisie or merely a flunky. The reality awaits us.

Billary

At this stage in the political struggle, it appears that Hillary Clinton is the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party of the USA. Working people appear to be split between Hillary and Trumpkopf. This is not surprising given the weaknesses of both Clinton and Trump in terms of providing some relief for the misery of the working class. Trump’s answer appears to be “You’re fired!” Clinton’s answer appears to be “More war!” Trump argues for military expansion and Clinton is not opposed to this. Clinton tells us that she intends to resurrect her reprobate husband and former POTUS, Bill, to fix the economy. We must read this as Bill and Hillary are one, i.e. Billary.

Former POTUS Bill Clinton with his wife “standing by his side” are guilty of unfathomable war crimes during his administration. The most notable was the destruction of the sovereign nation of Yugoslavia. Clinton’s intervention in this region resulted in the splintering of the population into unending war and destruction and decimation of the existing social structure in this region.

Secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, presided over the destruction of a sovereign state, Libya, and the assassination of its leader, Moammar Qaddafi. She served as a pathetic cheerleader for her husband’s excesses. Once propelled into high office, she replicated his policies of destruction and annihilation of sovereign nations and their leaders. Some have dubbed her “Killery,” but this is too kind. She appears to be a new beast never before pushed onto the world stage by the bourgeoisie.

Class Analysis

Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are close to the nomination of their respective political parties which represent the interests of the bourgeoisie. It is important for the working class to be clear on the class interests of these two candidates. Both are members of the bourgeoisie and might be considered to be “on the take” of the corrupt bourgeois political and economic system in the United States. It is well documented that Clinton has been repeatedly a recipient of massive amounts of money for various speaking engagements to major bourgeois interests. Through corruption, manipulation and intimidation, Donald Trump has sought to neutralize any opposition.

Conclusion

It appears likely that both candidates will represent the interests of the bourgeoisie and fight for the current political process which serves to bolster and prop up the bourgeoisie in the US. It appears likely that nothing will be accomplished under a Clinton or Trump administration. Under Clinton, working people can expect more war. Under Trump, working people can expect more repression.

Take your pick, working people. Another alternative would be to oppose specific policies advocated by the bourgeois party in power.

Do working people want unending global war or do they prefer a world in which universal world peace is possible?

PHill1917@comcast.net

Who is Hillary Clinton?
| May 9, 2016 | 9:44 pm | Analysis, class struggle, corporate crime, Hillary Clinton, Imperialism, political struggle, war profiteering | Comments closed

Empire Files: Abby Martin Exposes What Hillary Clinton Really Represents

Published on Apr 17, 2016

Digging deep into Hillary’s connections to Wall Street, Abby Martin reveals how the Clinton’s multi-million-dollar political machine operates.

This episode chronicles the Clinton’s rise to power in the 90s on a right-wing agenda, the Clinton Foundation’s revolving door with Gulf state monarchies, corporations and the world’s biggest financial institutions, and the establishment of the hyper-aggressive “Hillary Doctrine” while Secretary of State. Learn the essential facts about the great danger she poses, and why she’s the US Empire’s choice for its next CEO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV_PLCC6jeI&sns=em

Clinton fights to make the world safe for reactionary hypocrisy
| April 1, 2016 | 8:38 pm | Analysis, Hillary Clinton, political struggle | Comments closed

Hillary Clinton has a meltdown over questions about her indebtedness to oil companies
| April 1, 2016 | 8:36 pm | Hillary Clinton, political struggle | Comments closed

Too many riff-raff, who abhor political struggle, infest Left organizations
| March 26, 2016 | 6:25 pm | Analysis, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, political struggle | Comments closed
By A. Shaw
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders fights to win the nomination, as critics ask him why doesn’t he quit and endorse Hillary Clinton.
There are a number of reasons why Sanders doesn’t quit and endorse her.
(1) The race for the DP nomination isn’t over. Clinton hasn’t clinched.
(2) Sanders aims to build a mass movement that parallels his campaign for the Democratic Party (DP) nomination.
(3) The mass movement is different from the Sanders campaign.
Whether Clinton wins or loses the DP race, the outcome of the DP race will not determine anything that belongs to the mass movement.
From the 2015 beginning of the mass movement and campaign, Sanders emphasized that the mass movement, not the Sanders campaign, will continue its operations after the November 2016 general election.
Sanders has never said that the mass movement that parallels his campaign is a part of the DP, like his campaign.
The mass movement is an independent political force outside the DP and campaign is an independent political force within the DP.
Some critics question whether Sanders campaign is independent within  the DP.
Before an opponent clinches the DP nomination, Sanders can either endorse or not endorse the DP opponent. In practice, most losing candidates don’t endorse their opponents.
After an opponent clinches, Sanders can either endorse or not endorse the victorious DPÂ opponent. In practice, most defeated candidates don’t endorse their opponents.
The political independence lies in the right of the candidate to choose whether to endorse or not endorse his or her opponent.
If a candidate chooses to endorse, his choice doesn’t show dependency or lack of independence.
Party rules, especially the rules of bourgeois and left opportunist parties, often forbid its candidates from endorsing candidates who represent OTHER parties.
Some people have difficulty with the difference between “a party” and “another party.”
The function of the Sanders campaign is to win a slice of state power, like for instance the office of USA president.
The function of the mass movement is to train liberal and leftist operatives how to win slices of state power or, in other words, how to win elections.
The training that the mass movement supplies to receptive revolutionaries and other political operatives entails training in both political theory and political practice.
There are a number of elements within both the campaign and mass movement that are at least attempting to perform these complex tasks.
Clinton may or may not win the DP nomination.
If she wins, her campaign for the general election Clinton will then offer splendid opportunities for revolutionaries and other operatives, affiliated with the mass movement, to get additional practical political training, regardless of theoretical differences between revolutionaries and Clinton.
In the Manifesto, Marx and Engels warned the proletariat that the bourgeoisie may prove to be a better source for the type of “weapons” necessary to wage practical politics. Marx and Engels pointed out that sectors of the bourgeoisie may first have to “drag” the proletariat into the political arena where “weapons” of practical politics are commonly used.
Surely, Clinton now represents a sector of the bourgeoisie and, surely, the youth now campaigning as well as fighting in the mass movement for Sanders represent the best of the liberal working and middle classes.
Here are Marx and Engels’ own words on this question of the source of the tools of practical political training:
“In all these battles, it [the bourgeoisie] sees itself compelled
to appeal to the proletariat, to ask for help, and thus, to drag
it into the political arena. The bourgeoisie itself, therefore, supplies
the proletariat with its own elements of political and general
education, in other words, it furnishes the proletariat with weapons
for fighting the bourgeoisie.”
Marx and Engels evidently drew the conclusion that too many riff-raff, who abhor political struggle with an insane passion, infest Left organizations, preventing such organizations from supplying the proletariat with “weapons” necessary for struggle in the political arena