It can't be said any plainer. As long as we pretend that we American
Workers are better than Workers around the world, the Corporate Bosses
will play us, one against the other.
And while our collective enemy is Capitalism, we need to also keep in
mind that after we defeat Capitalism, we must then work to defeat
individual greed. Capitalism is nothing more than Greed on Steroids.
As long as we do not re-educate ourselves to think in terms of,
"Community", we will continually see Greed raising its ugly head.
Carl Jarvis
On 5/9/16, Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://themilitant.com/2016/8019/801901.html
The Militant (logo)
Vol. 80/No. 19 May 16, 2016
(lead article)
Workers need international solidarity,
not ‘Americanism’
The following statement was released May 3 by Osborne Hart, Socialist
Workers Party candidate for U.S. vice president.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he’s going to “make
America great again.” Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton says
America is already great.
Both want workers to think of ourselves as “Americans,” and to view
working people across the globe as our enemies. We need to recognize
ourselves as part of a worldwide working class with common interests and
a common enemy: capitalism.
Clinton is for using U.S. military might to defend American interests
and argues for more “robust” intervention than President Barack Obama.
Trump claims to be the “peace” candidate who will put America First by
building up a strong military and let nations around the world know they
should come to the table or else.
What America are they talking about? The America of the Verizon workers,
forced out on strike by bosses who want to slash medical coverage,
contract out work at lower pay and close down call centers? Or the
America of the Verizon bosses? The America of fast-food workers fighting
for $15 and a union? Or the America of the propertied rulers who have
nothing but scorn for working people here and abroad?
Capitalism is in a deep worldwide crisis. Unable to make the high
profits they want by investing in production-expanding factories, the
capitalist class instead speculates on everything from stocks and bonds
to the future prices of oil and other commodities. In the factories,
mills and mines they speed up the work pace with total disregard for
safety and the lives of workers, slash pay and attack our unions.
The U.S. bosses’ foreign policy is an extension of their course at home.
Washington emerged victorious from World War II as the dominant
imperialist power. Today, the world order they established is coming
apart. From the Middle East to Europe to the South China Sea, Washington
faces challenges, conflicts and disorder.
That’s what’s at the root of the disputes between Trump, Clinton and Obama.
More drones or fewer, more diplomacy or less, more special forces or
more infantry, more money for NATO or less, trade pact or no trade pact
— everything Washington does, whoever the occupant of the White House
happens to be, is to defend the interests of U.S. capitalists around the
world, not working people anywhere.
Clinton and Trump’s tactical differences are on how to best defend
imperialist interests.
Working people need our own foreign policy independent of the bosses.
Revolutionary Cuba proves that this is possible. Cuban revolutionaries
don’t say “Cuba first.” They start with recognition of the right of
self-determination of every nation and offer solidarity to all those
fighting imperialist domination.
The Socialist Workers Party stands shoulder to shoulder with Verizon
workers standing up to the bosses here. We stand with workers and
farmers in Syria who are being battered by the dictatorial regime of
Bashar al-Assad and its backers in Moscow and Tehran, the reactionary
Islamic State, and the efforts of Washington to defend its imperialist
interests in the region. We demand the withdrawal of all U.S. troops
abroad, from Korea to Syria to Latin America.
Under capitalism there is no peace.
Building a movement capable of replacing the dictatorship of the
propertied rulers here at home with a government of workers and farmers
is decisive to the future of all humanity.
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