Obama, president of the US monopolies
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After 8 years of Bush government, many people not only in the USA but in the whole world link many hopes for changes, for more democracy and peace with Obama, but actually there are no concrete reasons for such hopes.

01 December 2008 /International Bulletin / Issue 76

 

In the US elections of November 4, Barack Hussein Obama was elected as the 44th president of the USA and will overtake the presidency on January 20, 2009 from his predecessor Bush.
The fact, that he is the first black president of a country, which was founded on the systematic oppression of the black and indigenous peoples, caused a lot of discussions in the whole world. However, even if it is doubtlessly an important symbol having a black president, this says nothing about the political nature of this new president and his government. In order to understand whose president he will be it is not enough to look at his colour, as the example of C. Rice has already shown. After 8 years of Bush government, many people not only in the USA but in the whole world link many hopes for changes, for more democracy and peace with Obama, but actually there are no concrete reasons for such hopes.
The fact that the aggressive policy in the Middle East, the Balkans and other parts of the world of the US imperialism caused a lot of protests together with the financial crisis breaking out shortly before the elections increased the chances of Obama a lot. It is true, that the election of Obama is on one hand the expression of the American people wanting a change, being tired of war, neo-liberal attacks, racism and poverty. But on the other hand it is the answer of the monopolies to the economic crisis and the stagnation in the war policy at international scale, because they need a new image in order to continue with the order of exploitation and war, that is the reason why they need somebody like Obama, who feds the hopes of the people. Thus, Obama is the hope of the big monopolies to refresh the American economy again and relieve the monopolies. Of course it is not only about a new image, under the condition of the economic crisis, which has the potential to change all the balances of the capitalist world, they also feel the need for some new economical and political orientations. These kinds of changes, which can come to the agenda during the government of Obama, will not result from him but from the needs of the US bourgeoisie.
Obama spoke a lot of changes during the election campaign and managed to get many votes for this promise of a change. However, what will he change?
He already announced that he does not plan to withdraw the American soldiers earlier than 2011 from Iraq; he demands a strong NATO and more support of Europe for the occupation of Afghanistan. With all that he announced that he wants to strengthen the so called anti-terror war and continue with the policy of imperialist war and the application of neoliberal programs.
When we look at the people on Obamas side we can easily see, that there is no sign of change but repeating the old policy. Among the candidates for his cabinet is Joe Biden, who was one of the most important people during the attack on Iraq. Next to him, we find the Chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, who has criticized Bush for being "too soft" on the Palestinians. One candidate for the secretary of defence is Richard Holbrooke, one of the architects of the war against Yugoslavia. Paul Volcker might become responsible for the economy; in the early 80s, he had been one of the chief designers of neo-liberalism. Or Robert Rubin, who had that job under Clinton and was responsible for the deregulation of the banking sector. There are many more people on the side of Obama, who were already in the cabinets of Bush and Clinton, so there is nothing really new about this new government of the US bourgeoisie. Z. Brzezinski, one of the theoreticians of the aggressive US foreign policy, also supports Obama. He was his adviser for foreign policy during the electoral campaign and another candidate for the new government is M. Albright, Minister of foreign affairs under Clinton.
We can see many examples in the US history that those, who came to power with the claim of change, took the most vital decisions: It was Wilson, who made the USA entering World War I, it was Kennedy who started the war on Vietnam and it was Clinton who decided to attack Somalia and Yugoslavia.
The US imperialism faces a very hard situation; it is on decline in all fields and tries to find ways to strengthen its world hegemony again. The USA aims at saving its shaken image and to overcome the stoppage of being the world police and to overcome the defeats with Obama. Obama will continue the aggressive, occupations and expansionist policies of the US imperialism. He concluded his speech made after his electoral victory with the words "God save you and America" and thus has shown that he will follow the footsteps of all white presidents before him. Those, who link their hopes to Obama, will see soon that they were wrong because he, as the president of a strong imperialist country, will continue the state police of the US imperialism and he will continue to attack the workers and labourers and their struggle for freedom and socialism.

 

 

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After 8 years of Bush government, many people not only in the USA but in the whole world link many hopes for changes, for more democracy and peace with Obama, but actually there are no concrete reasons for such hopes.

01 December 2008 /International Bulletin / Issue 76

 

In the US elections of November 4, Barack Hussein Obama was elected as the 44th president of the USA and will overtake the presidency on January 20, 2009 from his predecessor Bush.
The fact, that he is the first black president of a country, which was founded on the systematic oppression of the black and indigenous peoples, caused a lot of discussions in the whole world. However, even if it is doubtlessly an important symbol having a black president, this says nothing about the political nature of this new president and his government. In order to understand whose president he will be it is not enough to look at his colour, as the example of C. Rice has already shown. After 8 years of Bush government, many people not only in the USA but in the whole world link many hopes for changes, for more democracy and peace with Obama, but actually there are no concrete reasons for such hopes.
The fact that the aggressive policy in the Middle East, the Balkans and other parts of the world of the US imperialism caused a lot of protests together with the financial crisis breaking out shortly before the elections increased the chances of Obama a lot. It is true, that the election of Obama is on one hand the expression of the American people wanting a change, being tired of war, neo-liberal attacks, racism and poverty. But on the other hand it is the answer of the monopolies to the economic crisis and the stagnation in the war policy at international scale, because they need a new image in order to continue with the order of exploitation and war, that is the reason why they need somebody like Obama, who feds the hopes of the people. Thus, Obama is the hope of the big monopolies to refresh the American economy again and relieve the monopolies. Of course it is not only about a new image, under the condition of the economic crisis, which has the potential to change all the balances of the capitalist world, they also feel the need for some new economical and political orientations. These kinds of changes, which can come to the agenda during the government of Obama, will not result from him but from the needs of the US bourgeoisie.
Obama spoke a lot of changes during the election campaign and managed to get many votes for this promise of a change. However, what will he change?
He already announced that he does not plan to withdraw the American soldiers earlier than 2011 from Iraq; he demands a strong NATO and more support of Europe for the occupation of Afghanistan. With all that he announced that he wants to strengthen the so called anti-terror war and continue with the policy of imperialist war and the application of neoliberal programs.
When we look at the people on Obamas side we can easily see, that there is no sign of change but repeating the old policy. Among the candidates for his cabinet is Joe Biden, who was one of the most important people during the attack on Iraq. Next to him, we find the Chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, who has criticized Bush for being "too soft" on the Palestinians. One candidate for the secretary of defence is Richard Holbrooke, one of the architects of the war against Yugoslavia. Paul Volcker might become responsible for the economy; in the early 80s, he had been one of the chief designers of neo-liberalism. Or Robert Rubin, who had that job under Clinton and was responsible for the deregulation of the banking sector. There are many more people on the side of Obama, who were already in the cabinets of Bush and Clinton, so there is nothing really new about this new government of the US bourgeoisie. Z. Brzezinski, one of the theoreticians of the aggressive US foreign policy, also supports Obama. He was his adviser for foreign policy during the electoral campaign and another candidate for the new government is M. Albright, Minister of foreign affairs under Clinton.
We can see many examples in the US history that those, who came to power with the claim of change, took the most vital decisions: It was Wilson, who made the USA entering World War I, it was Kennedy who started the war on Vietnam and it was Clinton who decided to attack Somalia and Yugoslavia.
The US imperialism faces a very hard situation; it is on decline in all fields and tries to find ways to strengthen its world hegemony again. The USA aims at saving its shaken image and to overcome the stoppage of being the world police and to overcome the defeats with Obama. Obama will continue the aggressive, occupations and expansionist policies of the US imperialism. He concluded his speech made after his electoral victory with the words "God save you and America" and thus has shown that he will follow the footsteps of all white presidents before him. Those, who link their hopes to Obama, will see soon that they were wrong because he, as the president of a strong imperialist country, will continue the state police of the US imperialism and he will continue to attack the workers and labourers and their struggle for freedom and socialism.