Dr. Edward Demenchonok
Philosophical Reflections During the 2004 Elections: Essays and Letters to The New York Times, USA Today, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The October 15 editorial "Dangerous Territory" shows that the Republicans, having no positive programs of their own, are desperately running a negative campaign of "character assassination" against John Kerry. The Republican big corporate money "speaks" through Big Media propaganda. The huge media corporations have became the "fourth branch" of the radical right's power.
The editorial's parallel between the Republican campaign and elections in post-Soviet Russia is a bitter irony. After totalitarianism, the Russians learned to recognize the hypocrisy of propaganda, to distinguish between genuine values of morality and patriotism vs their ideological abuse by politicians. They are familiar with labels like "liberal", by which the Bolshevik Lenin stigmatized his democratic opponents, or Stalin's slogan "who is not with us - is against us".
The necessity to regain the democratic tradition in America, as expressed during the Democratic Convention in Boston, is an urgent task.
Dr. Edward Demenchonok is a university professor, the author of numerous books and articles. He is listed in several biographical dictionaries, including
Who's Who in the World, 2000 Outstanding Scholars of the 21st Century, and One Thousand Great Americans, and he is the recipient of the 21st Century Award for Achievements in Philosophy from the International Biographical Centre.
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