tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9872787.post110978376689579531..comments2020-07-01T08:06:22.247+02:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9872787.post-1114985364490121322005-05-02T00:09:00.000+02:002005-05-02T00:09:00.000+02:00im an american who currently lives in romania (and sometimes the country of moldova -- a former republic of the ussr where romanian and russian are spoken.)<BR/>anyways, i know the romanian language well and follow politics in the country (and in the states, and everywhere) a great deal. i get alot of my info from wsws.org<BR/>romania -- a country where the majority of people are quite poor -- is dominated by ultra-reactionary politicians.<BR/>the country's government recently massively cut taxes for the rich minority in the country. in order for the country to have the "privilege" of joining the EU, the government is pushing through privatizations which are already leading to large price increases for basic goods and mass layoffs. the effects of these measures are just starting to be felt now.<BR/>in order to kiss the butt of their masters in washington, romania's political leaders are refusing to pull the country's troop contingent from iraq -- this in spite of the fact that a group in iraq has kidnapped some romanian journalists and has threatened to kill them if romania's troops aren't pulled out of iraq immediately.<BR/>the rich and upper-middle class minority in the country are fanatical anti-communists with a soft spot for fascism (and, of course, the bush administration.) the country's workers and poor generally are of the view that even the harsh stalinist dictatorship of ceasusescu was preferable to this new IMF-EU-NATO controlled capitalist regime. again and again, the country's workers have taken to the streets in order to protect their social position and democratic rights; i am sure that this will happen again as they realize that the attacks which the current government is preparing to launch against them are really serious.<BR/>jos regimul basescu-tariceanu!<BR/>victorie oamenilor de rand in lupta lor justificata impotriva acestui regim al milionarilor!!<BR/>pentru o revolutie adevarata, care va duce la egalitate, libertate si pace!permrevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13734600263500791535noreply@blogger.com