as identified with the liberal slash labor wing of the democratic party obama raised the hopes of tens of millions of people and while he has not delivered he is not sarkozy he is not the new british government he has pursued a counter cyclical keynesian policy of pumping large sums of money into the economy . so that. the american situation is a little different is that why people sorry i'm jealous are so different that yes the united states does not have a welfare state in the european sense it has if we just talk about psychological reaction yet do you feel like inertia is sort of becoming a trend in the united states because we know for example recently there have been polls out that are seeing in the united states nearly half of the population is believe that the federal government poses some kind of threat to u.s. freedoms and civil rights but it seems that you know instead of acting this

philosophy of sort of i'm going to sit on the couch and see what happens has some somehow prevailing why is that first. americans are the most media saturated society on earth they are bombarded with counterfeit opinions that come from the mass media to them and they are encouraged to believe that these are their their ideas they become consumers as against actors and producers of political culture whose ideas are reflected in the media is that the other actions are the ideas of the right the far right and a center that would be considered conservative in the european context so by no means no opinions of not all sides of the spec by no means. are responsible left to find that one must search. and it does not exist on media in media

labor leaders are almost never taken seriously in media unless they go on strike is that why people feel like there is no real labor movement in the united states because we were seeing millions of people who've lost their jobs whereas the labor movement the labor movement. is one third rough we have was what it was at the end of the second world war the little movement is there but its history has been the formed by cold war anticommunism and by some of the worst labor was in the developed world what kind of relationship would you say the labor movement has with the government the us well the labor movement has aligned itself with the democratic party. since the one nine hundred thirty s. . that alliance made sense and was essentially an orphan sivan positive alliance in the one nine hundred thirty s. and one nine hundred forty s.

and over the last fifteen years or so beginning with the election of john sweeney now richard trumka the national leadership has been. a lot better in terms of its commitment to workers' rights and its attempt to sort of in instilling encourage militancy brought at the same time the relationship with the democratic it's been called by some like a bad marriage the union are sort of like the women within the bad marriage they know it's bad but they're afraid to get out i want to ask about the middle class in the u.s. you know teach and right from a marxist standpoint yes and recently a lot of attention has been brought to the issue of the gap between the rich and poor in the united states that this gap keeping that keeps expanding has become bigger than it's ever been is the middle class basically going to cease to exist at some point well in the united states. the people who are called the middle class

are the working class that's a very important point and the consciousness of what happens if the working class is not working what happens if the working class is not working. then they become what in marxist terms would be the open proletariat the marginalized poor do you know the the utopian movie bladerunner yeah a world where you have a small group of enormously powerful super corporations and a world and the masses of people living in a kind of endless slum and the rich in that in that novel the elites are planning to colonize outer space but if we're showing to the other planets and speaking of you know you know we could be holding the situation on the masses really being in terrible conditions many are saying that that is what's going on right now yeah well so it's not it and isn't it is yes yes no it's not a fantasy at all the united states is the richest country in human history in terms

of its general wealth and it has had more poor people than any other rich country in human history the united states was never seriously invaded the united states never had to work for any ports the united states had the richest agriculture for any developed country on earth the united states had ports of course the atlantic and the pacific and the gulf coast and the mississippi valley nights it's all these fantastic advantages along with being a magnet for capital and labor for the whole world and these advantages these advantages bred a consciousness of basically having it all. and not really looking at the people below you right now in the united states many people are disadvantaged millions of people tells me that tens of million right post the economic collapse yes do you think this american sort of pride and patriotism that

you mention will that end up feeding and where will this end up leading the country where there are great dangers today in the united states there are dangerous and sinister reactionary forces. on like european countries where these forces are organized in groups like the national front and and in france and here these forces have become a significant force in the republican party and. the dangers of these elements becoming a major power in the us government and what they would do to immigrants to minorities to workers what they would do in terms of. at the very least creating a deadlock with the obama administration. the possibilities are catastrophic potentially potentially as a term for a third party in the u.s.

what's interesting is you know americans are at a distrust you know a lot of them are to distrust with governments right with congress right as a time to create a third party and who should carry out this push so that this actually happened was because there's been a lot of talk about it's you know what can change the political establishment or how do we how do we create a third party i have always believed that the best way and. the communist party of the united states puts the state steward and states stands for this in the long run to create a kind of broad party of labor and the people amass labor party what we face is the reality that. the people who are most committed to progressive political action have been the most loyal to the democratic party what's going to make a shift forward for the country hopefully hopefully the working people will fight off their reactionary and quasi fascist forces who call themselves tea party

and other absurd names that have nothing to do with what they really are hopefully . the. obama administration will begin to lie itself with labor and progressive forces radically improve on the united states used to present health care legislation as the beginning for a real national health care legislation and most of all most of all. a policy of the kind that roosevelt launched in one nine hundred thirty five when social security unemployment insurance national labor relations act and a whole series of was eventually adding three years later in minimum wages fair labor standards begin to provide legislation to create a real public sector and called bail out the people begin to invest in the masses

begin to invest in labor this brings us to my last question you have said before that you believe that barack obama could be a unifying leader for the working class in the united states do you still believe that our yes i still believe that because. there is no other alternative in the short run or in the medium run. the defeat of the obama administration will be can only mean the strengthening of not only reactionary but reactionary and racist forces. and set back. people struggles in the united states the big. wealthy british style is not. the time to.

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a sec. thanks for taking the time to join us this is for today i'm you know visas are stories and bring. wide open leaders need to lose out spartak moscow to ensure a thrilling last few weeks in the russian premier league. a dream. quest to end the year as world number one gets closer after an event full day until . next last drop their first points of the euro league season going into partisan and again they really should have all. russian football fans are strapping themselves in for a frantic finale to the russian premier league season after top of the tables and suffered their first defeat of the year away to spar took moscow it was alternate

in the first half however the clearest cut chance falling to be in form alexander cough but usually for the russian international a shot failed to test this pantech shot stopper if the opening period belonged to zinni the second half was red and white but going close on the hour mark chance after chance would come but it wasn't until two minutes from time not to worry karpen would have reason to smile another samba boy you're about to see ari doing it all himself before being a judge to have been felled in the area no problem forwards me tree come far off from the spot one final score defeats fours and eat a feeling behalf and experience the new league since two thousand on my. system all still have the opportunity to move from third to second and put five points between themselves and eat on the day but they would need to win a delayed darby up to do just that they have the perfect option. seven minutes

after the break see do don't be brought on forever alan's a go ahead misses the penalty and wagner love the sinner with the rebound then will the end up serious still in with a title shot but they need to start winning very soon. so with the run a month to go it still is and trying to lose this in petersburg side with a game in hand on the lead by six points the reading champions themselves in a curious position sitting just one point ahead of c.s. cap the good news for neutrals is that's neat. in the championship run in all very much to play for. let's move across europe not for a midweek football update starting in england where arsenal have booked their place in the carling cup last eight the gunners taking care of business i can. now goal number one was a jumbled refer to a wall cuts corners and cleared with any real conviction the ball finds its way

into the newcastle six yard box then we need a close up to see just how arsenal secured the lead ryan taylor's attempted clearance crossing the line by the head of my prized pool keeper tim cruel. at the comedy of errors continued in the second half walcott getting a massive benefit of dogs against the team after his teammates nicklas bendtner seemed to body check newcastle the founder michael williamson in the build up no way back after that for the home to more strikes would come in the final ten minutes including speedster walcott second for for. over against spain valencia hopes of thinking their second top at the rate hike in four years remains on course that from or a league a side to me three in the first leg win over the grammys when state goals are almost carbon copies of one another the smooth direct style of the visitors paying

the ultimate dividend. of jury. scoring both goals within a five minute period the last sixteen kasich was then all but guaranteed ten minutes from time the chains a having with movement in a moment of skill three nil the final score. the goals of the night though coming from the urge of busy moving to within a when all of the table top holding some superb finishing against her in vain near al hunt making the difficult look easy eleven minutes in mid table in vain then got back into it twenty five minutes in us just just a split second quicker than your post on the defense the home size advantage was restored moments into the second half and that was another trucker from. them are often making the fans on a notable form riot star sit up and take notice to then became three off it doesn't minutes from time again one for the highlight reel vernon anita with perhaps the

goal of the game on votes is saying something three one i. courtside. is marching on and her mission to become the world's top female tennis player the russian grinding out a win over familiar folk victoria azarenka to improve for a chance of taking over the number one spot the twenty six year old had lost to us or twice earlier this year but was able to successfully stand on the russian in the opener smaller over rallying from for two dollars in the first to see the second six with a similar story unfolding in the second azarenka building a three one lead to start the set this time before the russian stormed back for a seven six six four when it's all are over remaining on beaten in her white group after the effort the muscovite needs to get to the final to rise to the top of those w t a run the hope current incumbent buying wozniacki loses a group flushing the toilet. to do it herself surprised by. seated samantha stosur

on the night is truly and started well against the world's best taking the opener six four while for straightening her opponent in the process i seen was not the father and coach peter help turn things around recently for her and other events but the pair couldn't come up with a successful game plan to hold still reserve a superb six four six three when. a bigger window but wasn't actually needs to win just one more watch to take her ranking to deal with. russia's northern cup it all has been kind to me to date the top seeded russian easily progressing into the second round of the same petersburg open against german daniel brands the muscovite well he was a no mood to drive perceiving swiftly racing to take the first set six for the twenty eight year old just an even better tennis in the second finishing up with a six four six one win an hour and two minutes usually has a solid record on these courts he won the title back in two thousand and four and

has a twenty one win seven losses total in the. streets again through to the start of each meanwhile became the first player to make it into the last eight the recent kremlin cup victory holding his nerve in the second set to overcome american veteran michael russell the opener belong completely to the serve who took it six two but thirty two year old russell put up more of a fight in the second to the holding on the first six two seven five win in just under two hours on. the rug a house made his position clear on the recent fee for a vote selling scandal the international olympic committee president calling for the same strong measures that his body took following the salt lake city bribery scandal of one thousand nine hundred eight. had a discussion with mr blunt to mr bliss of us all kind to call me when the whole issue emerged and he get mean formed about what he had done and the decision that

had been taken by fisa. of course saying good of him to do exactly what he has done and to try to clean out as much as possible. we've been through this peter does you know in salt lake city. i think the i.o.c. do the right conclusions of something that was very in place and we took a lot of measures at dick's commission. we've all board members to visit to come to d.c. this we went to st tools of conflict of interest so i do we did everything we good . partisan belgrade took advantage of a raucous home crowd to knob their first win of the euro league basketball season on wednesday edging him key moscow region the teams are now tied in group a with one win on one loss apiece keith langford tarring the scoring early on tallying nineteen point helping his side to

a forty two thirty six time lead the home team cam are fired after the break there's only cuts to the basket for an easy two points early in the third baseman joe why was partisans biggest contributor with fifteen points he slices to him to lead to just one in the final one hundred. relatively quiet night but signed a key three late on to help the belgrade man to a seventy two sixty eight i on the team everybody is chiming in to watch on the n.b.a. hardwood have delivered their first win of the season they miami heat living up to the preseason hype finally with dwayne wade carrying the rest of the big three to a rude win over philadelphia now lebron james is usually known for his highlight reel dropping plays but it was the seventy six shined in the department early on under a dollar with a great steal and finish on the other end a sprained right wrist seemingly not bothering the twenty six year old doing weight

improving his form after a slow reshooting night in the opener but in miami all forty three thirty two in the second the final part of the big three on the same page in the fourth james' finding chris bosh for the slot ninety seven eighty seven to find used to. be an american football meanwhile former heisman trophy winner troy smith is set to make his first n.f.l. start since two thousand and seven for the forty niners when they face the denver broncos at wembley this sunday with alex smith ruled out for three weeks for some francisco this decatur childer smith has been promoted to the starting line up ahead of second option david carr for current this is the price for throwing a close the lid interception. he appeared as replacement in their latest game against carolina the forty niners have lost six of their last seven and see the broncos trash and being stopped at all as a vital step to turning their season around and with denver losing fifteen and fourteen up the open raiders last weekend they are also struggling for form but smith believes the mile high side should not be underestimated. any team in the

n.f.l. came on a beach on sunday so we prepare in the same way you know not taking anything for granted that they're doing and looking at the needs and also everything figured i would do with what i've been doing you know see the study. play my game that's what i do each week to tour that come out of the form you know he he got to lower his pace he has to come out no matter what the condition is and perform at a high level i'm not as all your support for now i'll see you soon where the weather is coming up in just a tick hungry for the full story we've got it first the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. most

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a good up until the stroke or less the topic on the photo. printer down to head out to the streets to protest against pension reform angry of the senate for moving the new bill closer to enforce. how to make an enemy r.t. looks at how the f.b.i. creates fake watts to arrest in homegrown terror cases. and global junk e-mail has fallen by a record fifty billion a day after the man thought to be the world's biggest spammer was tracked down. this is artsy coming to life from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program more protests in france have more damage to its crippled finances public anger is now beginning to switch from the government to the trade unions blamed for

paralyzing the country's economy as a country towards demonstrators seem to be losing the war they waged. saving face the french trade unions are still taking people to streets despite the fact that reform they're protesting against is a given still angry french citizens say the show must go on as ordinary persons look on drinking their coffee and mineral water members of trade unions and students continue taking to the streets just outside the french senate protesting a reform that is pretty much already guaranteed to take place they haven't even had a chance to learn the new slogans but it's not enough to stop them. this is overheard we can strike and we're demonstrating against the reform we have decided to montreux distance with no possibility of retreat we're here because we have resolved that we have an obligation to complete our plan of the.