File spoon-archives/marxism-general.archive/marxism-general_1997/marxism-general.9705, message 127


Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 11:43:17 +0200 (MET DST)
To: marxism-general-AT-jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU
From: rolf.martens-AT-mailbox.swipnet.se (Rolf Martens)
Subject: Re: M-G: FOERENA ER! Info #35se: Varfoer JA till EU, 1994


"American-Russian" Bob M. wrote, on 31.05, the "short story":


>For anybody who can not read Rolf's Swedish Leaflett Here is the short
>version. He is for joining the monetary union. He wants a stronger
>imperialist Sweden and Europe against those horrible Russians and Americans.

Sweden and some other European countries in fact *are* imperialist, true.
But they're in an *intermediary position* in the world and are being
subjugated to no small extent by - today above all - US imperialism
too. Only a coulpe of days ago, a writer in the US paper the
International Herald Tribune, William Pfaff, pointed out how detrimental
to US govt. intersests were the European strivings towards an EMU,
European Monetary Union, which would then create a currency actually
strong enough to compete with the dollar, and so, "the USA would
no longer be able to have *its deficits paid by other countries*" -
NB this! He meant not least, European countries, including Sweden
of course.

So Bob M. shows up once more - as also in the question of the
sabotage plans against the Barseb=E4ck nuclear power plant - as
a "RESERVE US AMBASSADOR" to this country. - Well, there are
many others too, of Swedish origin also. Only, this one is
noticeable, since he does write in English and to this list -
which in itself absolutely is a good thing and not a bad one;
I'm not complaining about that.

Ambassador Bob on the Barseb=E4ck sabotage plans wrote, firstly,
that the majority of the Swedish bourgeoisie were "IN FAVOUR
OF" nuclear energy - which of course is why they've put forward
this mad and criminal sabotage proposal, to begin with, and
secondly, that the whole thing was "NO BIG DEAL" - since that
plant only produces 6% of all electricity here in this country;
its closure would only be equivalent to cutting off the current
for half a million people or so; thirdly, he complained about
my "SINGLE-ISSUING" on this question, one, you see, which among
other things *demonstates the true character in society* of the
Trotskyite and other revisionist trends - an *ultra-rightist*
character.

Here now in this posting, he again *equates* the imperialist
powers the USA and Russia with - THE PEOPLE of those countries;
well, no, with the people of the entire American continent too
(plus that of Russia).

Isn't he a very worthy "American Ambassador"?

I've said before: Bob does have some good points too.
But look at these horrible things, please, young people, to see
where Trotskyism lands you.

Rolf M.




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