Thursday, July 22, 2010

The Shirley Sherrod firing: Once again, the Obama administration cowers before ultra-right

by David Walsh from World Socialist Web Site

The author zeros in on this astonishing episode where the Obama administration couldn't act quickly enough to fire and trash this heroic women because of its fear of the US right wing. I believe the episode (along with endless others--see this, this, and this) illustrates the power of the incipient fascist forces that exist in the US rather than the incident being merely a careless, ill considered act of the Administration. 

The fact that the NAACP acted likewise provides more evidence to show how this organization is so integrated with, and subservient to, the ruling class.