Den amerikanska vänster som finns och som jag har regelbundna politisk kontakter med har också åsikter om primärvalen. Främst har man åsikter om de demokratiska primärvalen. Men även om de republikanska.
Så här skriver exempelvis ISO:s tidning Socialist Worker om Obama och Clinton och deras till kriget i Irak:
Millions of people are planning to vote for Clinton or Obama out of the hope that their talk about wanting peace is genuine. But Clinton and Obama belong to a party that has always waged war as enthusiastically and ruthlessly as the Republicans–and will continue to do so unless it faces the mobilized resistance of a mass antiwar movement.
Här kan ni läsa mer om vad ISO anser om demokraterna, om republikanerna och om eventuella alternativ. Här skriver de om det ruttna valsystemet som jag också kommenterat några gånger.
Tidningen Against the Current som ges ut av organsiationen SOlidarity skriver om hur svarta uppfattar Obama:
A recent Pew Research Poll (November 2007) confirms the divergent views of the Black population along class lines, and the convergence of the Black middle class with the white middle class on “values.” A striking number is that some 61% of African Americans believe the values of the middle-class and poor Blacks are becoming “more different.”
Those with some college education are more likely to see Obama “sharing the Black community’s values and interests a lot,” while only 41% of Blacks with a high school education or less see Obama as part of the Black community. Working-class African Americans, in other words, are less likely to assume that Obama will speak up for Black people’s interests than the traditional civil rights leaders who focus on racism, discrimination and Black-centered issues.
The “electability” issue is also rarely mentioned by Black voters who backed in large majorities previous Black presidential candidates (e.g. Jesses Jackson) even though none were expected to win the nomination.
In short, it’s not that poor Blacks reject Obama. They simply aren’t sure how focused Obama will be on their concerns.
Majoriteten av den svarta arbetarklassen ser alltså inte Obama som ett alternativ för dem. Det här ligger i linje med de allmänna tankegångar jag uttryckte i mitt förra inlägg om presidentvalet i USA. Och vill ni läsa en mer allmän kommentar från den amerikanska vänstern om presidentvalet kan ni läsa den här från Solidarity.
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