Obama y la autogestión

Acabo de recibir una de las mejores comunicaciones por parte de la campaña de Obama desde que arrancó. El texto es en defensa de los ataques republicanos contra la experiencia en organización comunitaria de Obama.

Las teorías políticas progresistas en el mundo cada vez se acercan más a estos experimentos anarquistas que han probado ser eficaces para atender necesidades de la gente pasando por encima de la burocracia y los sistemas establecidos de poder... desde cualquier frente en cualquier parte del mundo: comunidades enteras que se organizan para autoemplearse después de ser despedidas para contratar mano de obra barata con bajos estándares de salud y protección al ambiente en el tercer mundo, campesinos sin tierra en Brasil, caracoles zapatistas en Chiapas o sindicatos mutualistas en Italia... en todos estos experimentos la gente se organizó para satisfacer sus necesidades sin esperar a que los mecanismos establecidos de poder les dieran algunas migajas para mantenerlos bajo control.

Esto es lo que Obama conoce y sabe como operar... McCain y su equipo no pueden tolerar ser substituidos ni transferir el poder a la gente común... en verdad es tan difícil elegir???

Mensaje enviado la madrugada de hoy por David Plouffe:

I wasn't planning on sending you something tonight. But if you saw what I saw from the Republican convention, you know that it demands a response.

I saw John McCain's attack squad of negative, cynical politicians. They lied about Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and they attacked you for being a part of this campaign.

But worst of all -- and this deserves to be noted -- they insulted the very idea that ordinary people have a role to play in our political process.

You know that despite what John McCain and his attack squad say, everyday people have the power to build something extraordinary when we come together. Will you make a donation of $25 or more right now to remind them?

Both Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin specifically mocked Barack's experience as a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago more than two decades ago, where he worked with people who had lost jobs and been left behind when the local steel plants closed.

Let's clarify something for them right now.

Community organizing is how ordinary people respond to out-of-touch politicians and their failed policies.

And it's no surprise that, after eight years of George Bush, millions of people have found that by coming together in their local communities they can change the course of history. That promise is what our campaign has been about from the beginning.

Throughout our history, ordinary people have made good on America's promise by organizing for change from the bottom up. Community organizing is the foundation of the civil rights movement, the women's suffrage movement, labor rights, and the 40-hour workweek. And it's happening today in church basements and community centers and living rooms across America.

Meanwhile, we still haven't gotten a single idea during the entire Republican convention about the economy and how to lift a middle class so harmed by the Bush-McCain policies.

It's now clear that John McCain's campaign has decided that desperate lies and personal attacks -- on Barack Obama and on you -- are the only way they can earn a third term for the Bush policies that McCain has supported more than 90 percent of the time.

But you can send a crystal clear message.

Enough is enough. Make your voice heard loud and clear by making a $25 donation right now:

https://donate.barackobama.com/fightback

Thank you for joining more than 2 million ordinary Americans who refuse to be silenced.

David

David Plouffe
Campaign Manager
Obama for America