Commenting on the below article. I am so glad that the Militant
published this article making it clear that they do not support Donald
Trump in any way. These articles expressing disdain for the impeachment
drive have been making me very uncomfortable. I could see that they were
not expressing support for Trump, but I was afraid that it was not clear
to everyone and I can't blame Virginia Wilkinson for thinking that the
Militant did support Trump. It really seemed to be coming close to that.
I am not a supporter of impeachment myself. The reasons given here for
not giving impeachment our support are legitimate enough, but in my case
I just don't see it as our fight. It is a question of squabbling among
the bourgeoisie and if Trump is impeached or if Trump is removed from
office it really doesn't effect the rest of us all that much. I don't
see that Mike Pence would be any better than Trump. But having disdain
for the impeachment drive is a far cry from supporting Trump. I can only
say that I would really like the Militant to make that as clear?? in
every article about that subject as it does in this article.
https://themilitant.com/2019/11/09/why-working-people-shouldnt-join-the-liberals-impeachment-crusade/
Reply to a reader
Why working people shouldn???t join the liberals??? impeachment crusade
??By Terry Evans
Vol. 83/No. 42
November 18, 2019
In a letter to the Militant?? reader Virginia Wilkinson says she started
reading the paper for its good labor coverage, but cannot ???sympathize
with your support for Donald Trump, who has shown no signs of genuine
support for working people.???
But the Militant?? has never offered one ounce of support to the
president. For 90 years since it first came out, the Militant?? has never
backed any Democrat, Republican or other capitalist politician. And
there is no question Donald Trump ??? a real estate mogul ??? rules for the
propertied class.
The Militant?? campaigned in every 2016 issue for Alyson Kennedy, the
Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. president, and urged workers
to break from the two parties of capitalist rule, the Democrats and
Republicans, no matter who they nominated.
The paper???s headline that Wilkinson cites ??? ???Liberals Drive to Oust
Trump Built on Fear of Working Class??? ??? accompanies an article that
explains, ???All wings of the Democratic Party, like Trump and all the
Republicans, defend the interests of the country???s capitalist rulers at
home and stand ready to wield Washington???s military might to advance
their interests abroad.??? And the Militant?? champions battles by labor
and all those oppressed and exploited against the bosses, their
politicians and the government in power that serves them, including
Trump???s.
But there are crucial questions for working people in opposing the
campaign of the liberals and their craven media that seek to overturn
the 2016 election. Their real target is the working people who voted for
Trump, or who couldn???t bring themselves to vote for any of the bosses???
candidates.
This includes millions of workers Hillary Clinton called ???deplorable,???
who were looking for a change from what successive Democratic and
Republican administrations have done to aid the bosses in their assaults
on workers. These attacks have not let up during the so-called economic
recovery that followed the 2007 financial crisis. Millions were drawn to
vote for someone like Trump, who stood outside the factions of both
bourgeois parties, and who demagogically claimed he would halt the
carnage facing working people and ???drain the swamp??? in Washington.
The liberals ??? who have backed the capitalist rulers??? drive to boost
profits whenever they???ve been in office ??? think they???re entitled to
???regulate??? and control the lives of the rest of us, especially those who
don???t vote the way they think we should. Democratic Congressman Al Green
says the reason Trump must be impeached is to prevent people from
reelecting him.
Rising fear of working people
Liberals along with the ruling rich have a rising fear of working
people. They fear us because growing numbers of working people recognize
that the bosses and their parties have no solution to the crisis of
their system that doesn???t involve making workers pay. This has made more
workers open to fighting declining living and working conditions and to
discussing an independent working-class political road forward.
The capitalist rulers fear coming working-class struggles ??? battles in
which our confidence in our own capacities will grow, as we acquire
consciousness of ourselves as a fighting class with interests in common
with other workers worldwide.
The Militant?? tells the truth about the methods used by the liberals in
their witch hunt of the president that are dangerous for the working class.
These include using and praising Washington???s political police, the FBI
and CIA; grand juries and secret star chamber ???hearings???; and hearsay
claims from secret witnesses you have no chance to confront or refute.
All these are features of the capitalist ???justice??? system that???s
regularly used against workers. But in this case it involves an effort
to impeach and indict a capitalist politician who was elected to the
presidency. They???re taking steps to limit the franchise to prevent us
???voting the wrong way.???
They trample on constitutional protections working people have fought
for??? from the Bill of Rights to the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to
the U.S. Constitution conquered in the second American Revolution. These
are crucial to protect our ability to discuss and act in our own class
interests without government disruption. The anti-Trump ???resistance???
sets precedents to be used against fighting workers and opponents of
Washington???s wars as the crisis of capitalism deepens, as the rulers
have done time and time again.
Opposing the liberals??? drive to oust the president can???t be equated with
giving him one iota of political support. Working people have nothing to
gain from relying on the bosses, their parties or their government, and
everything to win by organizing ourselves independently of them to fight
for our own class interests. Jealously guarding our hard-won rights is a
cornerstone of working people???s line of march forward.
In This Issue
Front Page Articles ???Asarco strike deserves support of all workers
???US-Chinese rulers??? rivalry grows despite new trade deal
??????Break from bosses 2-party system, build a labor party???
???New book ???The Turn to Industry??? boosts fall ???Militant,??? book drive
???Why working people shouldn???t join the liberals??? impeachment crusade
???California blackout, fire show need for workers control of power companies
Feature Articles ???Iraqi protests grow, demand halt to Tehran???s interference
???Socialist Workers Party 2020 campaign program
Also In This Issue ???As competition heats up, retail bosses tell workers,
???Speed up???
???DC meeting: ???US hands off Cuba and Venezuela???
???UK election: ???Workers need our own political party???
???Fight continues to keep last abortion clinic in Missouri
???Israel protest: ???Don???t deport Filipino classmates???
???Courts back two capitalist parties??? ballot monopoly
???After GM workers settle, workers at Ford debate, vote on new contract
???Fall Campaign to sell Militant subscriptions and books (week 4)
???Socialist Workers Party Fund Drive (week 4)
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evidence. A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence. ???
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