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1、ANTI-COMMUNISMINGUATEMALA:WASHINGTON'SALLIANCEWITHGENERALSANDDEATHSQUADSJamesF.Petras&MorrisH.MorleyIntroduction:LiberalandConservativeanti-communismInthecontemporaryUSsocialformation,bothliberalandconservativepolitical,economicandsocialforceshavemadetheissue,ofanti-
2、communismcentraltothedomesticandforeignpolicydcbate.)~onflictsbetweenpoliticalandeconomicnationalistregimesinthe~hi'rdWorldandtheUSimperialstate,overtheconditionsforcapitalaccumulationandthenatureofThirdWorldclassrelations,havebeenconceptualizedbypost-WorldWarI1Ameri
3、canpolicymakersintermsofanti-communistideologyinordertojustifyaninterventionistforeignpolicy.TheutilityofthenotionispreciselythatitallowstheUStodisguisethebasisofitstiestoclientregimesandrulingclasses:economicinterestsareobscuredandnational-classstrugglesareredefined
4、asEast-Westconflicts.Foreignpolicyisnotdiscussedintermsofasecureenvironmentformultinationalstoextracttheeconomicsurplusorpolitical-strategicconcerns,butlargelyithreferencetoThirdWorldallies'oppositionto'communistsubversion7/?Whiletheresorttoanti-communistideologyhasf
5、unctionedtodiveitattentionfromthesystemicconcernsoftheUSimperialstate,ithasalsoservedtorationalizetheimpactoflarge-scaleviolenceperpetratedbyalliedregimesagainsttheirownpopulations.Incountriessuchaspost-1954Guatemala,themostheinousactsofpro-USmilitaryrulersaresubsume
6、dwithintheanti-communiststruggle.TherequirementthatliberalforcesinUSsocietydeveloppoliticsfromtheterrainofanti-communisminacontextwherethemostreactionarygroupshavebeen,andremain,dominanthashadprofoundconsequencesforliberaleffortstopromoteareformistanti-communistoptio
7、nintheThirdWorld.Ultimately,~heliberalandconservativevariantshavegeneratedsimilaroutcomes:politicalterroristregimes;socialandeconomicregression;massivestate-centredcorruption;fraudulentelections;foreigneconomicdomination;andrulerswhocollaboratewithUSregionalandglobal
8、objectives.DuringtheKennedyandCarterpresidencies,theWhiteHouselaunchedmajoreffortstocombinereformistpolicieswithanti-communistideol
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