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Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 11:38:48 -0400
From: malecki-AT-algonet.se (Robert Malecki)
Subject: M-TH: New Zealand "reforms"?


As I did recieve a note from the moderater of Thraxis who wanted to discuss 
a few things off list, i noticed he was from New Zealand. After replying to 
his quite honest letter and sending it off I realized that I actually had 
something important to say..And naturally did not keep his address. But in 
fact this is my first intervention on the list. The other two letters I sent 
were in fact and answer to the provacation which Proyect crossed posted to 
Thraxis and do not count. Naturally if Proyect continues to provacate by 
sending the latest fart of the now Stalinist run M-I list he will certainly 
be answered in kind...Anyhow...

A delegation of Swedish Social Democrats in power here in Sweden are now 
down in New Zealand getting the grand tour of New Zealand politics. And as 
it is linked into the discussion going on here about economies I thought I 
should take it up.

It appears that the Swedish Social democratic delagation is in reality dowm 
in NZ to learn about the system used by the present government which 
effectively biulds a "tier" system of wages-- which for capitalism means 
driving down wage labor and splitting the class along high pay, middle pay 
and low paid jobs..According to the news here NZ has been particularly 
sucessful in this manuver and the Swedish Social Democratic class traitors 
want to learn how it was done!

As this is connected to the present drive in different parts of the world by 
social democratic governments and trade union bureaucracies as 
administrators of the capitalist/imperialist drive by different imperialist 
spheres to create economic spheres at the expense of the working class 
connected to downsizing and wripping apart the welfare states I though our 
NZ moderator could give some background, not only on the program, but the 
why's and what's and needs of the NZ capitalist class in this part of the 
world...

At least here in Sweden the big picture is to use this "reform" is to 
increase profits in order to do two things. 

1. To join the wild west atmosphere capitalist counter-revolution which has 
taken place in the east (the Baltic States, Poland, the former USSR)..Labor 
their is probably cheaper then in the former South East Asia "Tiger" 
economies these days but enormous capital investment in machines and 
technical equipment is need by the capitalists in order to set up operations 
and use these countries as a cheap labor market in increasing 
inter-imperialist rivilry..

2. Of playing the monetary union card of building and economic sphere and 
fortess Europa based on the Geman Central Bank and its drive to build the 
Fourth Reich!
Because it is not sweden or France or Italy --But Germany which is the 
economic powerhouse in this part of the world as is America is in its part 
of the world and Japan in its part of the world..

So what is the game play for NZ and Australia? As I can't see these 
ex-english colonies becoming equal partners or even mini partners in Japans 
drive in preparations in for the next imperialist confrontation. Whereas the 
Swedes historically have always been pro German..

I think that the discussions here must be far more linked to living Social 
and Economic reality rather then the rather dusty economist excercise it 
presently has the form of here. All this in ara but unless we poor and 
working class people can relate to this shit most of your theory even for 
those few who really want to make a revolution on this list are in deep shit 
without a paddle..

Another thing that bugs me is Doug's pretentions of being a "Marxist" 
economist with his recent book "Wall Street". I shall in the future come 
back to this as I am now in the process of collecting material in Workers 
Vanguard which I believe points out the many fallacies in Henwoods work. And 
the material they are producing, although quite steep for me is very 
interesting and certainly should be explored. Who knows maybe somebody will 
learn something including me!

Warm regards
Bob Malecki
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