Category: class struggle
17th World Trade Union Congress: WFTU Video Report
| November 13, 2016 | 8:30 pm | Analysis, class struggle, Imperialism, Labor, political struggle, WFTU | Comments closed

Fascism
| November 12, 2016 | 10:37 pm | Analysis, class struggle, Donald Trump, Imperialism, political struggle, socialism | Comments closed

Fascism

by James Thompson

Let’s examine Georgi Dimitrov’s classic definition of fascism:

Fascism has also been described as “the open terrorist dictatorship of the most reactionary, most chauvinistic and most imperialist elements of finance capital.” According to Georgi Dmitrov in a collection of his reports in 1935 and 1936 Against Fascism and War, fascism is “the power of finance capital itself. It is the organization of terrorist vengeance against the working class and the revolutionary section of the peasantry and intelligentsia. In foreign policy, fascism is jingoism in its most brutal form, fomenting bestial hatred of other nations.”

Let’s break down this classic definition into its key components:

  1. An open terroristic dictatorship of the bourgeoisie

The bourgeoisie represents the most reactionary sector of the population. The bourgeoisie displays astounding unity in its effort to fight for the interests of the bourgeois class. The bourgeoisie always fights against the interests of the working class. This is why the working class has been subjugated to abject poverty. The bourgeoisie is not shy about employing terroristic tactics to oppress the working class. Indeed, the bourgeoisie has been very effective in destroying any efforts to fight for the interests of the working class.

  1. A dictatorship of the reactionary sector of the population

Although the bourgeoisie represents the most reactionary sector of the population, they, the 1%, could not survive without the support of the general reactionary sector of the population. Currently, the bourgeoisie has the steadfast support of large numbers of sycophants, opportunists and revisionists. In the most recent electoral cycle (2016), 47% of people who voted expressed their support for extreme reaction.

  1. A dictatorship of chauvinism

Chauvinism is an expression of the belief of superiority of certain sectors of the population over others. The bourgeoisie inherently views itself as superior to everyone else. The bourgeoisie represents an extremely small sector of the population, however they have the support of large numbers of opportunists. In the most recent electoral cycle (2016), 47% of the population who voted expressed their support for extreme chauvinism.

  1. A dictatorship of imperialism

Imperialism is a strategy of subjugating the working people in other sovereign nations to the will of the bourgeoisie. It is a fight to the death for cheap labor, appropriation of natural resources and ultimately, global domination. Extreme chauvinism dictates hatred of other nations and minority sectors of the population. Terroristic tactics are used under fascist governments to destroy resistance and maximize profit for capitalist enterprises around the globe. Under fascism, working class and revolutionary resistance around the globe are mercilessly suppressed “by any means necessary.” The needs of working people around the upload are ignored and the demands of the capitalists receive first priority. “The ends justify the means” is the slogan of fascist perpetrators. Fascists also seek to confuse people by conflating fascism with socialism and/or communism. The differences between fascism and socialism/communism are stark and unmistakable.

  1. Finance capital

According to Wikipedia:

Finance capitalism or financial capitalism is the subordination of processes of production to the accumulation of money profits in a financial system.[1]

Financial capitalism is thus a form of capitalism where the intermediation of saving to investment becomes a dominant function in the economy, with wider implications for the political process and social evolution:[2] since the late 20th century it has become the predominant force in the global economy,[3] whether in neoliberal or other form.[

Finance capitalism subjugates industrial production to the maximization of profits. In order to achieve the maximization of profits, Karl Marx has proven that the capitalists must seek the cheapest labor possible.

It is no secret that Donald Trump transported Polish workers to the USA in order to construct the buildings he owns. It is easy to surmise that his agenda was to secure the cheapest labor possible in order to complete his building projects.

The working class around the world is waiting to see if a Donald Trump administration meets all the criteria of fascism. The working class around the world is also considering its options to oppose fascism in all its forms. The recent demonstrations in the USA epitomize the possibilities for resistance. The question is “Will the working class be able to continue its resistance to fascist extremism?”

La Riva: Solidarity with Standing Rock!
| November 3, 2016 | 8:05 pm | class struggle, environmental crisis, police terrorism, political struggle, socialism, Struggle for Native American equality | Comments closed

http://icp.sol.org.tr/americana/la-riva-solidarity-standing-rock

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The Gloria La Riva for President Campaign stands in solidarity with the water protectors at Standing Rock and calls for an end to the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. La Riva calls for freedom for all those who have been arrested at Standing Rock including the 141 people arrested on Oct. 27; all charges should be dropped. Millions of people witnessed the arrests over social media; the police have exposed themselves as protectors of private property and the oil companies, and as agents of ongoing colonialism.

October 27 started out normally in the camps surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline and Standing Rock Sioux tribal lands. People had begun morning prayers and activities but police began to converge on an area outside of the main camp known as Treaty Camp or bridge 1806.

By 11 am the police were reinforced with light armored vehicles and riot police. As resistance increased, the police attacked the people with concussion grenades, bean bag rounds, rubber bullets, and other weaponry. .

Police actions included attacking people in a sweat lodge at gunpoint and shooting at horseback riders via ATV. This resulted in a horse being so severely injured it had to be put down.

As protectors continue to stand up for clean water and energy, the voices of Native people have been heard across the world. The UN has called for the United States to end the Dakota Access Pipeline and people in many major cities are gathering in support of the NO DAPL stance of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. We can’t drink oil, keep it in the soil!

La Riva in solidarity with Standing Rock
| November 3, 2016 | 7:44 pm | Analysis, class struggle, environmental crisis, political struggle, Struggle for Native American equality | Comments closed

http://icp.sol.org.tr/americana/la-riva-solidarity-standing-rock

Within the context of Vote Socialist in 2016 campaign, Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) issued a statement in soldarity with the water protectors at Standing Rock.

ICP, 2 November 2016

The Gloria La Riva for President Campaign of the Party for Socialism and Liberation issued a statement in solidarity with the water protectors at Standing Rock, demanding an end to the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The campaign also demanded the release of all those who have been arrested at Standing Rock and that all charges be dropped.

“As protectors continue to stand up for clean water and energy, the voices of Native people have been heard across the world. The UN has called for the United States to end the Dakota Access Pipeline and people in many major cities are gathering in support of the NO DAPL stance of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. We can’t drink oil, keep it in the soil!” says the statement.

For the full statement see the link.

Communist Party of India (Marxist): Another Murderous Attack by the RSS in Kerala
| October 12, 2016 | 7:56 pm | Analysis, class struggle, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Discrimination against communists, political struggle | 3 Comments

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Communist Party of India (Marxist): Another Murderous Attack by the RSS in Kerala

 https://communismgr.blogspot.com/2016/10/communist-party-of-india-marxist.html
Press Statement by the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
October 10, 2016.
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the brutal murder of its Paduvilai Local Committee member, K Mohanan, by RSS hoodlums this morning. A group of heavily armed RSS goons entered the toddy shop where the 52 year old Mohanan was working and hacked him to death. There were around 30-40 sharp wounds inflicted on his body. This is the second murder of a CPI(M) worker in the Dharmadom constituency represented by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Earlier, RSS workers had attacked a CPI(M) victory procession in the same constituency on the day of counting leading to the death of CPI(M) worker Ravindranath.
The Polit Bureau calls upon the law enforcement agencies to ensure that they speedily arrest the culprits responsible for this heinous crime and get them punished.
This heinous murder took place even as a motley group of BJP workers marched to the CPI(M) headquarters in Delhi, purportedly to protest the attacks on RSS workers in Kerala.
The fact is that in Kerala it is the CPI(M) and other constituents of the LDF that have been at the receiving end of the murderous attacks mounted by the RSS and its outfits. Such attacks increase whenever the LDF is in government in the state.
In the short duration that the current LDF government has been in office as many as six CPI(M) workers have been killed and around 300 of its members injured in brutal attacks launched by the RSS. Thirty five offices of the Party have been attacked and destroyed and eighty houses of Party workers attacked and damaged. The sheer volume of these concerted and planned attacks exposes the perfidy that the BJP is resorting to.
The RSS/BJP has always used the goebbelsian tactics of repeating a lie a hundred times and peddling it as the truth. While it clear that is the RSS which is mounting largescale attacks against the CPI(M) all over Kerala, it is fallaciously seeking to portray itself as the victim. This bluff shall be called.
The assembly results have clearly shown that the people of Kerala have rejected the communal politics of the RSS/BJP and their terror and violent methods. The BJP thus failed to realise its expectations in the elections. Further, the BJP is facing stiff resistance from the CPI(M) and the LDF against its attempts to communalise society. It is therefore resorting to such violent attacks.
The people of Kerala and the entire country are determined to defeat such diabolical politics of the BJP.
Quotes by Ernesto Che Guevara (Hasta Siempre Comandante, Soledad Bravo) www.guevaristas.org
| October 9, 2016 | 7:50 pm | Che Guevara, class struggle, Cuba, political struggle | Comments closed

Who are the Deplorables?
| September 11, 2016 | 11:39 am | Analysis, class struggle, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, political struggle | Comments closed

By James Thompson

Could we just exhale for a minute? This electoral cycle has bordered on unleashed barbarism. Insults are flying from both major party candidates for president. The level of depravity of the candidates is unprecedented.

Hillary Clinton, who routinely bashes President Vladimir Putin of Russia and has made this a cornerstone of her campaign, has now painted with a broad brush half of Donald Trump’s supporters as deplorable and irredeemable.

Unless we want a rapid descent into vicious fascism, we should define our terms and understand the implications of what our potential leaders are saying.

First of all, no human being is deplorable. The ideology and behavior of some human beings is deplorable. When a potential leader condemns millions of people, this is highly regrettable. Indeed, some might say that this behavior is deplorable.

Nevertheless, former Secretary of State Clinton seems to have struck a chord and may raise the awareness of the sleeping masses. There is a sizable sector of the people of the US who hold deplorable views and engage in deplorable behavior. She is right, racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia, Islamophobia are deplorable attitudes stemming from deplorable ideology. Nazism, Fascism, imperialism are all deplorable ideologies. The exploitation of the poor by the rich is deplorable. Police murders of innocent people is deplorable. Chauvinism in all its forms is deplorable. War whose purpose is to increase profits and/or expand global domination is deplorable. It is deplorable when children are denied the basic right to education. It is deplorable when people are denied the basic rights to housing, jobs, healthcare, education and food. It was deplorable when the Nazis slaughtered millions. It was deplorable when the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It has been deplorable every time the United States manipulated and started wars in foreign countries to increase US global domination. It was deplorable when the US bourgeoisie supported and financed the rise of fascism in Germany. It was deplorable when the US committed genocide against African-Americans, and Native Americans. It was deplorable when Japanese Americans were put in concentration camps. It was deplorable when the Nazis put trade unionists, socialists, communists, Catholics and Jews in concentration camps and slaughtered them or worked them to death. The blockade against Cuba and the Helms-Burton act are deplorable.

There is a great need for scientific research in this country to study the views and opinions of people. Proper opinion polls should be conducted to determine the percentage of the population that hold these negative views such as racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia, Islamophobia, etc.

There should also be a massive effort to educate that portion of the population who hold negative views. There should also be a massive effort to combat hate speech and hate crimes through the criminal justice system.

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