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Palestine, quartiers, retraites :LFI paralyse les luttesOrganisons un pôle ouvrier révolutionnaire !
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Que mort et défaite avec le HamasUne voie révolutionnaire pour la libération palestinienne
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Suffit les débrayages platoniques !Comment préparer la grève
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Libération de la Palestine !Libération du Québec !
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Le Front commun doit casser cette dictature de mononcles !
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Contre la censure et l'intimidation dans la gaucheLettre ouverte à La Riposte
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Pour le droit à l’autodéfenseMexique: Des fusils pour les femmes !Pour un mouvement communiste pour la libération des femmes !
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Que mort et défaite avec le HamasUne voie révolutionnaire pour la libération palestinienne
- Hände weg von Samidoun!
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Sofortige Freilassung aller Pro-Palästina-Aktivisten und
Einstellung aller Verfahren! - Verteidigt Gaza!
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For National Liberation and Black Proletarian Power!Lessons of the Anti-Apartheid StruggleTrotskyism vs Black Nationalism
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Introducing AmaBolsheviki AmnyamaSpartacist/South Africa Refounded!
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USA: Workers Take On Auto BossesHow the UAW Can Win
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Detroit: General Strike Now!Capitalists Destroyed Motor City, Labour Can Rebuild It!
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No Tiers, Reindustrialisation, Black Liberation!
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From the Archives of MarxismLetter to South African Revolutionariesby Leon Trotsky
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It’s Time! Drive the AUKUS Supporters Out of the Australian Labor Party!
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For the Right of Self-DefenceMexico: Guns for Women!For a Communist Movement for Women’s Liberation!
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Pro-NATO-Arbeiterführer bauen AfD auf: Schmeißt sie raus!Werneke, Scholz, Fahimi, Wissler...
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Hamas bringt nur Tod und NiederlageEin revolutionärer Weg zur Befreiung der Palästinenser
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USA: Streik der AutoarbeiterKeine Lohnstaffelung, Reindustrialisierung, Befreiung der Schwarzen!
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Für das Recht auf SelbstverteidigungMexiko: Waffen für die Frauen!Für eine kommunistische Bewegung zur Frauenbefreiung!
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Frankreich: Die Rechte geht in die OffensiveDie Jugendlichen in den Stadtvierteln müssen verteidigt werden!
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Offener Brief an Klasse Gegen Klasse/RIOWas ist ein revolutionärer Bruch?
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Detroit: General Strike Now!Auto Bosses Destroyed It, Labor Can Rebuild It!
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UAW: One Out, All Out!No Tiers, Reindustrialization, Black Liberation!
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Left Strikes Out on UAW
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Mississippi Atrocity Only Tip of the IcebergOpen All Police Archives!A Proposal to Rebuild the Movement
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La atrocidad en Mississippi es sólo la punta del iceberg¡Abrir todos los archivos policiales!Una propuesta para reconstruir el movimiento
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Hands Off Cop City Protesters!
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Liberalism: Obstacle to Black Liberation(Quote of the Issue)
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On Liberals, Self-Defense and Racial Polarization(Letters)
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New York City Subway KillingNeely No Angel, Penny No Hero
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In Memoriam
- Stephen Bloomer 1947-2022
- Todd Nolan 1945-2022
- Linda Thurston 1949-2023
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Workers Need Class-Struggle LeadershipWhat Next for ILWU, UPS Teamsters
- UPS Workers: How to Win
- UPS, ILWU: Vote No!
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The Crisis Of Germany's Liberal OrderA Communist Answer
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Por el derecho a la autodefensaMéxico: ¡Pistolas para las mujeres!¡Por una lucha comunista para la liberación de la mujer!
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For the Right of Self-DefenseMexico: Guns for Women!For a Communist Movement for Women’s Liberation!
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Drop All Charges Against Uhuru!



以下の翻訳は、国際共産主義者同盟(第四インターナショナリスト)第8回国際大会で採択された主要な文書である。
どう見ても、ソ連邦崩壊後の30年間は、世界史的に比較的安定した時期であった。この間にも危機や血なまぐさい衝突はあったが、それらはやはり例外的なことであり、20世紀の動乱に比べれば穏やかなものだった。武力衝突は低強度のものであり、何百万もの人々の生活水準は改善され、世界の多くの地域で社会の自由化が起こった。国際労働者階級にとって破滅的な敗北であったソビエト社会主義共和国連邦の崩壊後に、どうしてこのようなことが可能だったのだろうか?
帝国主義支配階級とそのおべっか者たちは、これらの発展が共産主義に対する米国のリベラルな資本主義の優位性を決定的に証明したと宣言した。マルクス主義を標榜する人々の反応はどうであったか?中国共産党は経済のグローバル化の旗手となり、世界貿易機関に取り入り、社会主義を単なる儀礼的な目的に追いやっている。多くの親モスクワのスターリニストたちは、単に崩壊した。トロツキスト・グループはどうかと言えば、彼らは戦争、緊縮財政、人種差別主義に反対する自由主義運動を追いかけ、革命党の必要性を正当化することができなかった。多少の「マルクス主義者」は未来のための社会主義を説き続けたが、自由主義の勝利主義に対する革命的な反対勢力を築いた者はいなかった。(読み続けて)
Só morte e derrota com o Hamas Um caminho revolucionário para a libertação palestina
Esclareceremos duas coisas. A primeira: os palestinos enfrentam uma opressão nacional brutal e assassinatos indiscriminados por parte do estado de Israel; eles têm todo o direito a se defender, inclusive mediante a força. Em segundo lugar, o assassinato deliberado de civis israelenses pelo Hamas e seus aliados é um crime depreciável, totalmente contraproducente para a libertação palestina. Enquanto a população de Gaza está agora esfomeada e massacrada pelas mãos das Forças de Defesa de Israel (FDI), é urgente que o movimento operário internacional se oponha à ofensiva israelita. Mas para que a luta de libertação palestiniana avance e seja vitoriosa, terá de seguir um caminho totalmente diferente de quaisquer propostas existentes, seja o islamismo ou o nacionalismo secular. O que é necessário não é a solidariedade barata oferecida por todo o bando de liberais de esquerda e falsos socialistas, mas sim um caminho revolucionário para a libertação palestina.
Como derrotar o estado sionista
Para derrotar seu inimigo, você deve explorar seus pontos fracos e neutralizar seus pontos fortes. A resiliência do estado de Israel assenta no fato de que milhões de judeus que moram dentro das suas fronteiras veem-no como a única forma de se defenderem em uma região hostil. Enquanto assim for, os israelenses vão lutar até à morte para defender o estado sionista. Isto fazia parte do plano desde que o imperialismo britânico decidiu apoiar o projeto sionista. Hoje, os Estados Unidos e Israel asseguram os seus interesses no Oriente Médio violando os direitos nacionais do povo palestino e fomentando um estado permanente de hostilidade entre judeus e muçulmanos. A combinação de uma população militarizada e o respaldo imperialista dá ao estado israelense a sua força e uma aparência de invencibilidade.
Mas esta estrutura é frágil e é mantida apenas pela mentalidade de assédio promovida pela classe dominante. O ponto fraco é precisamente o fato de se tratar de um estado teocrático militarizado, liderado por uma camarilha cada vez mais extrema de fanáticos corruptos. Os trabalhadores israelenses enfrentam conscrição, arregimentação religiosa, condições brutais de trabalho e de vida. Qualquer resistência a este estado de coisas é considerada traição contra os judeus. Esta situação cria profundas divisões raciais, sociais e políticas em Israel, que devem ser exploradas para quebrar o estado sionista e libertar os palestinos.(continuar lendo)
Indignazione liberale e appelli all’Onu non fermeranno il massacro di Gaza
I sindacati devono AGIRE:
•Bloccare le armi ad Israele!
•Mettere il governo alle corde!
•Lottare contro l’imperialismo!

Da quasi un mese Israele massacra ogni giorno centinaia di uomini, donne e bambini di Gaza. Le manifestazioni a sostegno del popolo palestinese sono state vietate in Francia e in Germania, in quest’ultima con il consenso della sinistra ufficiale. In Italia, chiunque sostenga la lotta di liberazione del popolo palestinese rischia l’accusa di essere antisemita o terrorista. Ma le intenzioni genocide del governo israeliano diventano ogni giorno più chiare, lo scontento monta e le manifestazioni per la Palestina continuano a chiedere inutilmente alla comunità internazionale di fare qualcosa.
Che fare? La risposta di tutta la sinistra è più o meno la stessa: denunciare i crimini di Israele in modo che la comunità internazionale apra gli occhi e fermi il massacro. Ecco ad esempio Potere al Popolo, che è tra i principali organizzatori del corteo contro la guerra del 4 novembre:
“1) Fare girare informazione corretta, le immagini dalla Palestina che i nostri media non mostrano, costruire identificazione anche con la parte palestinese, presentata dai nostri media come “Altro” e “nemico” (...) 2) Fare pressione sul nostro Governo, sulle istituzioni internazionali, sulle strutture di potere USA in Italia per impedire che Israele entri nella Striscia e acuisca il massacro, chiedere un cessate il fuoco e un negoziato vero che ponga al centro l’esistenza e l’autodeterminazione del popolo palestinese. Si può fare con le mobilitazioni di piazza, con i social, con il mail bombing, con le campagne di Boicottaggio, Disinvestimento e sanzioni. (…) 3) Se Israele dovesse entrare nella Striscia, scendere in piazza, occupare scuole e università, spingere per uno sciopero generale, per segnalare in tutti i modi la nostra contrarietà” (poterealpopolo.org, 18 ottobre).
Siamo realisti: far girare informazioni corrette, segnalare la propria contrarietà, fare mail bombing con i video dell’orrore che vivono i palestinesi non cambierà niente. Joe Biden, Olaf Scholz, Giorgia Meloni e la “comunità internazionale” di ladri e assassini imperialisti che domina il mondo e aiuta Israele nella sua impresa omicida, non cambierà strada perché gli “uomini di buona volontà” mostrano a tutti cosa succede. I governanti imperialisti sanno benissimo cosa sta succedendo e hanno deciso di tracciare uno spartiacque: Israele è un loro avamposto e lo difenderanno fino in fondo. Le mozioni dell’Onu, i camion di aiuti umanitari mandati col contagocce, i summit, servono solo a confondere le masse lavoratrici. (continua...)
Throw the Zionists out of Labour & TUC!

The Zionist war machine is massacring Palestinians in Gaza with the full backing of the American and British governments. As for Keir Starmer and the leadership of the Labour Party, they are toeing the line, defending Israel’s “right” to raze the Gaza strip and murder an entire people. The trade union leaders? At best they have issued timid “criticisms”, at worst, they support him. This is intolerable.
Support to Zionism and the right of Israel to oppress Palestinians is a red line for the (Protestant, anti-Jewish) British ruling class. For Starmer and his clique, support to Zionism is their loyalty oath to the British establishment, the necessary political passport to be admitted to their ranks. Corbyn and his supporters were purged from Labour and slandered as “anti-Semites” precisely because they crossed this line.
The only force which can actually put a stop to the current massacre is the working class. But the British workers cannot take a single step in this direction as long as they are led by Zionists like Starmer and his trade union backers! Hell, this unholy alliance with Zionists is just as much an obstacle to the fight for higher wages, a better NHS, decent schools and affordable housing. The struggle of the working class in Britain and the cause of Palestinian freedom are linked by their common enemy. Now is the time for a real fight to throw the pro-establishment leaders out of the labour movement!
But most people are trying to pressure Starmer to come out for a “ceasefire”, as opposed to “humanitarian pauses”. This is just a debate over how long to pause during the slaughter. The point is not to get a short break from the blitzkrieg but for Labour and the TUC to stand for the liberation of Palestine! But again, this obviously will not happen as long as Labour and the TUC are led by Zionists!(read on)
하마스와 함께는 죽음과 패배가 있을 뿐 팔레스타인 해방을 위한 혁명적 길
두 가지 것들을 분명히 하자. 첫째, 팔레스타인 인민들은 이스라엘 국가에 의한 잔혹한 민족적 억압과 무차별적인 살인에 직면해 있다 - 그들은 힘에 의한 것을 포함하여 그들 자신을 방어할 모든 권리를 가지고 있다. 둘째, 하마스와 그 동맹들에 의한 이스라엘 시민들에 대한 표적살해는 팔레스타인 해방을 위해서는 완전히 역효과만을 내는 비열한 범죄이다. 가자가 기아와 이스라엘방위군(IDF)에 의한 대량살해에 직면해 있는 지금, 국제노동자운동은 이 맹공격을 시급하게 반대해야만 한다. 그러나 전진하고 승리하기 위해서는, 이슬림주의건 비종교적 민족주의건 상관없이, 팔레스타인 해방을 위한 투쟁은 현재 거론되고 있는 모든 것들과는 완전히 다른 길을 필요로 한다. 필요한 것은 다양한 좌익 자유주의자들과 사이비 사회주의자 패거리들로부터 나오는 공감이라는 공허한 감정들이 아니라 팔레스타인 해방을 위한 혁명적 길이다.
어떻게 시온주의 국가를 물리칠 것인가
자신의 적을 물리치기 위해서는, 사람들은 적의 약점들을 이용하고 적의 강점들을 무력화해야만 한다. 이스라엘이라는 국가의 활력은 국경 안에 살고 있는 수백만명의 유대 인민들이 국가를 적대적인 지역에서 스스로를 방어하기 위한 유일한 길로 여긴다는 사실로부터 나온다. 이게 사실인 한, 이스라엘인들은 시온주의 국가를 방어하기 위하여 죽을때까지 싸울 것이다. 이것이 영국 제국주의가 시온주의 프로젝트를 지지하기로 결정했던 때부터 계획의 일부였다. 오늘 미국과 이스라엘은 팔레스타인 인민들의 민족적 권리들을 침해함으로써, 그리고 유대인들과 무슬림들 사이의 적대이라는 항구적인 상태를 조성함으로써 중동에서 자신들의 이해관계를 지킨다. 군사화된 국민들과 제국주의에 의한 지지의 결합이 이스라엘 국가에 아무도 꺾을 수 없는 그것의 힘과 겉모습을 부여한다.
하지만, 이 구조는 깨지기 쉽고 지배계급에 의해 조장되는 항상 적들에게 둘러싸여 있다는 강박관념에 의해서만 유지될 뿐이다. 어느 때보다도 극단적인 부패한 광신도들의 패거리들이 지배하는 군사화된 신정국가라는 것이 정확하게 이스라엘의 약점이다. 이스라엘 노동인민들은 징병, 엄격한 종교적 통제, 그리고 잔혹한 노동과 삶의 조건들에 처해 있다. 이것 중 어느 하나에 대한 저항도 유대인에 대한 배신으로 규탄받는다. 이 상황이 이스라엘에 있는 깊은 인종적, 사회적, 그리고 정치적 틈들을 창출하는데, 시온주의 국가를 타도하고 팔레스타인 인민들을 해방하기 위하여 이 점을 활용해야만 한다. (...)
Το Εργατικό Κίνημα σε Σταυροδρόμι: Τι Πρέπει να Κάνουμε

7 Νοέμβρη — Αυτό που είναι ξεκάθαρο στη χώρα και που φάνηκε με τις βουλευτικές και τις δημοτικές εκλογές είναι ότι υπάρχει μια σαφής αναδιάταξη στον συσχετισμό των αστικών πολιτικών δυνάμεων. Η συντριπτική ήττα του Τσίπρα στις εκλογές και η επικράτηση του Κασελλάκη στην ηγεσία του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ σηματοδοτεί την κατάρρευση του αριστερού λαϊκισμού και το τέλος της περιόδου που είχε βρει την ανώτερη έκφρασή της το 2015. Με τη δεξιά στροφή του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ προς τον νεοφιλελευθερισμό, οι όποιες διαφοροποιήσεις υπήρχαν με τη ΝΔ και το ΠΑΣΟΚ έχουν εκμηδενιστεί. Η στροφή αυτή ήδη έχει οδηγήσει σε πόλωση μέσα στον ΣΥΡΙΖΑ και θα οδηγήσει αναπόφευκτα στο να αποβάλλει τα αριστερά απομεινάρια του αστικού αυτού κόμματος ή και σε μία διάσπαση. Η μάχη συντελείται στο ποιο κόμμα θα κερδίσει την απογοητευμένη βάση του. Παράλληλα, η κύρια διαμάχη μεταξύ ΠΑΣΟΚ και ΣΥΡΙΖΑ είναι για το ποιος θα κυριαρχήσει στο κέντρο. Η ΝΔ παρ’ όλες τις απώλειες στις δημοτικές εκλογές παραμένει πολιτικά σταθερή.
Το ΚΚΕ ενώ πανηγυρίζει για την αύξηση των ποσοστών του στις εκλογές, στην πραγματικότητα απέτυχε να κερδίσει από την τεράστια δυσαρέσκεια των εργαζόμενων. Από την άλλη, η αριστερά βρίσκεται αμήχανη και μετέωρη μπροστά στην υποτιθέμενη προδοσία του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ, περιμένοντας καρτερικά την διάσπασή του ώστε να έχει κάποιον άλλον να ακολουθήσει. Ταυτόχρονα, οι εργαζόμενοι στην έλλειψη μιας επαναστατικής απάντησης από την ηγεσία του εργατικού κινήματος, από τις συνεχόμενες ήττες και την παρακμή σε όλους τους τομείς της ζωής τους, οδηγήθηκαν στη μεγαλύτερη εκλογική αποχή από την περίοδο της μεταπολίτευσης.
Η αστική τάξη ελπίζει ότι με τη ΝΔ θα καταφέρει να τα βγάλει πέρα σε μια κατάσταση στην οποία υπάρχει μια φαινομενική πολιτική σταθερότητα. Όμως, η χώρα είναι εξαιρετικά ασταθής τόσο λόγω της εσωτερικής όσο και της διεθνούς κατάστασης. Οι ιμπεριαλιστές και οι ντόπιοι λακέδες τους έχοντας ρημάξει όλες τις υποδομές, έχοντας ξεπουλήσει και ιδιωτικοποιήσει τα πάντα καθώς και η εκτεταμένη διαφθορά έστρωσαν το έδαφος για τις καταστροφές που ακολούθησαν. Με τις πυρκαγιές και τις πλημμύρες το 23 τοις εκατό της εγχώριας αγροτικής παραγωγής έχει καταστραφεί και η γη δεν θα είναι καλλιεργήσιμη για τα επόμενα 5 χρόνια. Οι αγρότες, οι κτηνοτρόφοι και οι μικρομαγαζάτορες έχουν χάσει την περιουσία τους και εκατοντάδες οικογένειες έχουν χάσει τα σπίτια τους. Στο μεταξύ η ακρίβεια θερίζει τα νοικοκυριά. Οι επαναλαμβανόμενες δηλώσεις του Μητσοτάκη ότι «Θα χρειαστούμε τη βοήθεια της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης» δεν προμηνύουν τίποτα καλό.(περισσότερα)
Hands Off Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators!

On October 26 the Partisan Defense Committee sent protest letters demanding the dropping of charges against scores of pro-Palestinian demonstrators in New York City and we urge others to do the same.
The next day over 300 were arrested at NYC’s Grand Central Station--many more are sure to follow. There has been widespread repression against pro-Palestine demonstrations in cities in the U.S. and around the globe, and a frenzied McCarthyite backlash against pro-Palestinian activism around the country, especially on campuses. It is all part of a vile campaign to brand those showing solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian people as being anti-Semitic or even terrorists. These acts of repression represent a threat to anyone opposing the Israeli massacre of Palestinians, which is backed to the hilt by the U.S and other imperialist powers.
The organized working class is the only force that can really defeat the murderous policy of the imperialists and take a real step towards stopping the current massacre. Trade unions in the U.S., from railway to longshore workers, must take concrete action to stop arms shipments to Israel. The unions must also take actions against the repression of pro-Palestinian groups and demonstrations. These actions must be prepared and carried out against support of genocide by the U.S. imperialist government.
The major impediment to such workers action in the U.S. is the pro-imperialist trade union bureaucracy who either join the bosses in their “stand with Israel” chorus or who seek to pressure the White House to negotiate a “cease-fire.”But a cease-fire brokered by the imperialists solves nothing: it means the continuation of Palestinian oppression and the conditions that led to this crisis to begin with.
Even worse are those union officials who silence and purge members who actively oppose the Israeli atrocities. At least two union activists have recently lost their jobs for speaking out in defense of Palestinians. Tania Singh was terminated from her job as a union organizer for her pro-Palestinian stance. Similarly, Kooper Caraway, a former Service Employees International Union official in Connecticut, was forced to resign his post for speaking in solidarity with Gaza at a rally in New Haven. Union workers must oppose this political censorship and witchhunting. We demand that Singh and Caraway be reinstated in their positions with full back pay!
The LFI Chooses Sectarianism

We publish below recent correspondence between the League for the Fourth International (LFI), known in the U.S. as the Internationalist Group, and the International Communist League, which was first published on their website.
In accordance with the mandate of our recent international conference, the ICL reached out to the LFI proposing to hold leadership discussions between our two organizations and to explore possibilities of common work in defense of basic interests of the workers movement (see “The ICL’s Post-Soviet Revisionism,” Spartacist [English edition] No. 68, September 2023).
Since it is the ICL that provoked the unprincipled and shallow split which led to the creation of the LFI, we consider it our responsibility to do everything we can to bring clarity to what has been a confusing and disorienting rivalry. We are determined to reduce organizational and personalist tensions between our two parties and to engage in thorough and clarifying debates. As the correspondence shows, the LFI showed no interest at all in this. The LFI responded to our extended hand with a series of denunciations and accusations. The one redeeming part of their response is their proposal to hold a debate, which we have gladly accepted. It is planned for January 13 in New York. (read more)
احتجاج سبارتكوسي ناجح في برلين اليوم دافعوا عن الفلسطينيين في غزة و ألمانيا

قام الرفاق في حزب العمال السبارتكي الالماني عصر اليوم بأخذ زمام المبادرة في القيام بأعمال احتجاجية فى ساحة هيرمان في برلين- نويكولن و في ساحة ريو رايزير في كرويتسبورغ, من أجل الدفاع عن غزة و ضد الحظر المفروض على صامدون و ضد جميع أشكال القمع الذى تمارسه الدولة ضد المنظمات الفلسطينية.
بينما احتفل البرجوازيون اليوم عند بوابة براندنبورغ بدعمهم لاسرائيل و هجمومها ضد الفلسطينيين وبتغطية من قادة اتحاد نقابات العمال الالماني والحزب الديموقراطي الاشتراكي الألماني, و الحزب اليساري, تم مجددا حظر المظاهرة المؤيدة لفلسطين التي كان مخطط لها ان تقام في ساحة بوستدامر. أن قمع الدولة هذا الداعم للقتل الجماعي للفلسطينيين يجب أن يتم الرد عليه عن طريق أخذ موقف من قبل اليساريين و العمال – و هذا ما قمنا بفعله. بعد أن تم ايقاف احتجاجنا الأول في ساحة هيرمان من قبل الشرطة, واصلنا الاحتجاج بعدها في كرويتسبيرغ.
حتى الان رفضت كل المجموعات اليسارية اقتراحنا بأنشاء جبهة موحدة من أجل الدفاع عن الفلسطينيين, و برفضهم هذا فأنهم يساهمون في أستمرار عزلة وأضعاف الحركة بالنسبة للفلسطينيين. لقد اقتصر تضامن اليسار الاشتراكي مع الفلسطينيين على الكلمات اللطيفة و يا له من تعاطف عظيم! لقد رفض اليسار الاشتراكي حتى الان الانضمام إلينا فى العمل من أجل الدفاع عن صامدون. أن العبارات الليبرالية عن معاناة الشعب الفلسطييني لن تتمكن أبدا من تحقيق الحرية!
يجب علينا أن نبدأ العمل للنضال ضد القمع المناهض للفلسطينيين والمضى قدما فى النضال من أجل تحرير الفلسطينيين. لقد كانت وقفتنا الاحتجاجية اليوم صغيرة و لكنها تمثل موقفا مهم جدا. هذه الوقفة الاحتجاجية يجب أن تكون بداية و مقدمة للنضال من أجل بناء جبهة واسعة لليسار والحركة العمالية ضد قمع الدولة و من أجل الدفاع عن الفلسطينيين. نحن ندعو كل يساري و كل مناضل من أجل القضية الفلسطينية للتواصل و النضال معنا من اجل المطالب التالية:
ارفعوا أيديكم عن صامدون!
الافراج الفوري عن جميع النشطاء المتضامنين مع فلسطين و الانهاء الفوري لجميع القضايا ضدهم!
دافعوا عن غزة!
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25% Won’t Turn the Tide!

A 25 percent raise, promises of COLA and other items on offer from the Big 3 aren’t nothing. But they won’t turn the tide for the working class and oppressed in this country or even in Detroit. On October 20, Fain said: “If we stand together, if we have faith, we will win. Not just a good contract. Not just a record contract. But a contract that turns the tide.” We all know this is a fight for the whole working class, but what’s on offer is just a drop in the bucket compared to what’s needed. The deal also leaves tiers in place and temp workers out in the cold. In the beginning, Fain was clear that 40 percent wasn’t just a bargaining tactic. It reflected the raises the bosses got and, more importantly, what workers need to be able to survive.
We are being ruined by deindustrialization and inflation. Attacks by the bosses during the COVID-19 pandemic destroyed workers’ lives and livelihoods worldwide. Sellout contracts and givebacks in auto have devastated the whole metro Detroit area. The UAW strike has the potential to turn things around, but to do that requires a fundamentally different perspective and strategy from Fain’s.
The situation in Detroit is potentially explosive, despite Fain sending workers back without even having seen the contract. BCBS is still out. The casino workers are still out. Detroit is still the most segregated city in America, and black people are still fed up with the racist abuse they get from the bosses and their cops. Auto workers must resume and escalate the strike to get what they need—end tiers, rebuild Detroit and fight for black liberation. If auto workers keep up the fight and unite all these struggles against the common enemy, it would rapidly change things.
The bosses and their government are weakened and overextended. They’re funding the war in Ukraine and genocide in Gaza to try and maintain their international standing. A hard fight in auto right now would not only throw a wrench in their destructive plans but could also quickly win far more than what’s on offer in the current tentative agreement with Ford.
It’s possible to turn the tide. The problem is Fain’s strategy. Fain has dragged this on, refused to mobilize the masses in Detroit and demoralized workers who have been out since the beginning. Six weeks of reporting to picket duty and being told by the leadership that they can’t stop scabs has made some folks question why they have been out there. Now many just want to get back to work. It’s not time to settle just because the Ford TA is all Fain’s strategy can get. Now is the time for the strategy required to get what we need and advance the cause of the working class and oppressed worldwide! Don’t abandon the picket lines! Vote down this contract! Spread the strike! Stop the scabs!
Erfolgreicher Protest der Spartakisten heute in Berlin Verteidigt die Palästinenser in Gaza und Deutschland!

Heute Nachmittag haben Genossen der Spartakist-Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands am Hermannplatz in Berlin Neukölln und am Rio-Reiser-Platz in Kreuzberg die Initiative ergriffen und sich mit Protestaktionen für die Verteidigung von Gaza und gegen das Verbot von Samidoun und die ganze Staatsrepression gegen palästinensische Organisationen gestellt.
Während die Bourgeoisie mit Rückendeckung der Führer von DGB, SPD und Linkspartei heute am Brandenburger Tor ihre Unterstützung für Israel und seine anti-palästinensischen Angriffe zelebriert hat, wurde die auf dem Potsdamer Platz geplante Pro-Palästina-Demo wieder verboten. Diese Staatsrepression in Unterstützung des Massenmords an den Palästinensern muss durch Aktionen der Linken und Arbeiter beantwortet werden – und das haben wir gemacht. Unser erster Protest am Hermannplatz wurde von der Polizei gestoppt, weswegen wir ihn dann in Kreuzberg fortgesetzt haben.
Bisher hat jede linke Gruppe unseren Vorschlag für eine Einheitsfront zur Verteidigung der Palästinenser abgelehnt und so dazu beigetragen, dass die Bewegung für die Palästinenser weiter isoliert und schwach bleibt. Die sozialistische Linke beschränkt ihre Solidarität mit den Palästinensern auf schöne Worte und ach-so-großes Mitgefühl und hat es bisher abgelehnt, mit uns in Aktion zu treten zur Verteidigung von Samidoun. Aber liberale Phrasen über das Leid des palästinensischen Volkes werden niemals die Befreiung erkämpfen können!
Wir müssen zur Tat schreiten, um die anti-palästinensische Repression niederzukämpfen und voranzugehen im Kampf für die Befreiung der Palästinenser. Unser Protest heute war eine kleine, aber sehr wichtige Aktion. Das muss der Auftakt sein für einen Kampf, um eine breite Front der Linken und Arbeiterbewegung gegen die Staatsrepression und zur Verteidigung der Palästinenser aufzubauen. Wir laden jeden Linken und Kämpfer für die palästinensische Sache ein, uns zu kontaktieren und mit uns zusammen für die folgenden Forderungen zu kämpfen:
Berlin, 22. Oktober 2023
ハマスとは死と敗北あるのみ パレスチナ解放への革命的な道

二つのことをはっきりさせておこう。第一に、パレスチナ人は、イスラエル国家による残忍な民族抑圧と無差別な殺害に直面している。彼らは、武力によるものも含めて、彼ら自身を防衛するあらゆる権利を持っている。第二に、ハマスとその同調者によるイスラエルの民間人を標的にした殺害は、パレスチナの解放にとってまったくの逆効果となる卑劣な犯罪行為である。ガザが現在イスラエル国防軍の手で飢餓と大量の殺害に直面しているなか、国際労働運動はこの猛攻撃に緊急に反対しなければならない。しかし、前進し勝利するためには、パレスチナ解放闘争が、イスラム主義であろうと世俗的な民族主義であろうと、提供されたすべてのものとはまったく異なる道が必要である。必要となるのは、左翼リベラルや似非社会主義者の陰謀団による空虚な共感の情ではなく、パレスチナ解放のための革命的な道である。
いかにしてシオニスト国家を敗北させるのか
敵を倒すには、その弱点を利用し、その強みを無力化しなければならない。イスラエル国家の強靭さは、その国境内に住む何百万人ものユダヤ人が、この国家を敵対的な地域のなかで自身を防衛する唯一の方法だと考えているという事実からきている。これが事実である限り、イスラエル人はシオニスト国家を防衛するため死力を尽くして戦うだろう。これこそ、ブリテン帝国主義がシオニスト・プロジェクトを後押しすると決めたときから、全てが計画のうちだった。今日、米国とイスラエルは、パレスチナ人の民族的権利を侵害し、ユダヤ人とイスラム教徒の間に恒久的な敵対状態を助長することにより、中東における彼らの利益を確保している。軍事化された人口と帝国主義の支援という組み合わせが、イスラエル国家にその強さと無敵の外見を与えている。
しかしながら、この構造は、もろいものであり、支配者階級に助長された包囲心理によってのみ維持されている。弱点はまさに、これがますます極端に腐敗した狂信者の一派によって支配される軍事化された神政国家であるということである。イスラエルの労働者たちは、徴兵制、宗教的統制、残忍な労働・生活条件に直面している。これらに対するいかなる抵抗も、ユダヤ人の裏切りだという烙印を押される。この状況は、イスラエルに人種的、社会的、政治的な深い亀裂を生み出している。こうした亀裂は、シオニスト国家を砕け散し、パレスチナ人を解放するために利用されなければならない。(読み続けて)
UAW: Let’s Win This Already!

The UAW strike is going into week six. Workers are hurting and struggling to survive on strike pay. Fain’s strategy isn’t working—it’s just dragging this out. We need to take decisive action to wrap this up—and win!
Workers want to fight, and not just in auto. Blue Cross Blue Shield workers have been out for nearly seven weeks. Thousands of casino workers just walked off the job. The black masses in Detroit are fed up with racist abuse from the cops and the bosses. The situation is explosive and would take only a spark to ignite. But the leadership still refuses to broaden the fight and mobilize the power necessary to force the bosses to submit.
We can’t keep waiting to see what Fain will do. Workers have to take matters into their own hands. The first step is to organize meetings with co-workers and plan the next steps. Strike committees must be formed to carry out a winning strategy despite the current course of the leadership. We need to shut down the plants, stop the scabs and wage a battle to unite all the workers and oppressed in Detroit in struggle against our common enemy. (read more)
DRINGENDES UPDATE 22:30 UHR
zur Einheitsfront-Veranstaltung:
Verteidigt die Palästinenser in Gaza und Deutschland!

Heute Abend wurde zum zweiten Mal unser Raum für morgen, Sonntag, den 22. Oktober für eine Einheitsfront-Veranstaltung in Verteidigung der Palästinenser in Gaza und Deutschland gekündigt – offensichtlich auf Druck des Staates.
Während der DGB morgen mit dem Segen der Ampel-Regierung und unter Schutz des Staates eine pro-Israel Demo am Brandenburger Tor durchführt und so die anti-palästinensische Hetze weiter anfacht, wurde die pro-Palästina Demo für morgen zur gleichen Zeit am Potsdamer Platz verboten. Die Regierung unterdrückt und kriminalisiert jegliche Solidarität mit den Palästinensern, wie mit dem Verbot der palästinensischen Gefangenenorganisation Samidoun. Gleichzeitig stehen die Führungen von SPD, Gewerkschaften und der LP Gewehr-bei-Fuß und drücken diese reaktionäre Unterstützung für Israel den Arbeitern rein.
Für jeden Linken und Arbeiter gilt: jetzt ist die Zeit zur Tat zu schreiten und sich der Repression des deutschen kapitalistischen Staates entgegenzustellen! Wir müssen das Verbot von Samidoun und die anti-palästinensische Staatsrepression durch eine möglichst breite Front zurückkämpfen.
Aber, bis zur Stunde, hat keine der kontaktierten linken Organisationen sich gemeldet, um an diesem notwendigen Kampf teilzunehmen. Die sozialistischen Gruppen können ihre „Solidarität“ mit Palästina noch und nöcher beteuern, die Brutalität Israels und der deutschen Polizei auf ihren Social Media Accounts darstellen… und? Was sind sie bereit zu tun, um sich gegen die Politik von SPD- und LP-Führern zu stellen, Samidoun zu verteidigen und an einer Einheitsfront mit diesem Zweck teilzunehmen? Nichts.
Wir Kommunisten dagegen werden weiter kämpfen, um morgen unsere Veranstaltung durchzuführen und in Aktion zu treten in Verteidigung der Palästinenser in Gaza und Deutschland. Weg mit dem Verbot von Samidoun!
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Berlin, 21. Oktober 2023
Liberal outrage won’t stop Gaza massacre Organise the anti-imperialist struggle!

Israel is raining death and fire on Gaza, murdering children and innocents by the thousands. In the Western world, individuals and groups who dare to stand up against this ethnic cleansing are being banned and arrested. Pro-Palestine demonstrations have been made illegal in France and Germany, in the latter with the support of the established left. While the world seems to be going mad, many feel powerless.
What to do? Those of us in imperialist countries who want to fight are told that the way to resist is to refuse to be silenced. To post on social media, to denounce, to be outraged. Many on the left have made it their main task to “speak up” about the oppression of Palestinians. Talk about the number of dead and the biases and hypocrisy of the media, remind people of the horrors of the Nakba, the deadly occupation of the West Bank and its illegal Israeli settlements. The more outrage, the better. And meanwhile, we are just supposed to continue watching news coverage of the horrors, with the hope that the world comes to its senses.
Let’s get real for a second: liberal outrage, social media posts, calling out the BBC and writing long descriptions of the very real horrors suffered by Palestinians won’t change a damn thing. Joe Biden, Rishi Sunak, Olaf Scholz, Emmanuel Macron and all the imperialist robbers of the “international community” lording over the world and helping Israel in its murderous enterprise will not suddenly come to reason because the “good people” showed that genocide is taking place.
The imperialist rulers know full well what is going on and have decided to draw a red line: anyone who refuses to fully support Israel’s carpet-bombing of Gaza risks being branded as an anti-Semite or terrorist sympathiser. Those who want to fight for Palestine must drop all illusions in the imperialist governments and the UN, which have made clear where they stand. What is needed is not liberal outrage or keeping “our” governments accountable to “international law” (which they always violate anyway—remember Iraq). What is needed is working-class actions against imperialism! (read on)
Hamas’ın Getireceği Sadece Ölüm ve Yenilgi Filistin’in Kurtuluşu için Devrimci Bir Yol

İki şeyi açıklığa kavuşturalım. Birincisi, Filistinliler İsrail devletinin acımasız ulusal baskısı ve ayrım gözetmeksizin işlediği cinayetlerle karşı karşıyadır; güç kullanmak da dahil olmak üzere kendilerini savunmak için her türlü hakka sahiptirler. İkincisi, Hamas ve müttefikleri tarafından İsrailli sivillerin hedef gözetilerek öldürülmesi, Filistinlilerin kurtuluşuna tamamen ters düşen alçakça bir suçtur. Gazze şu anda İsrail Savunma Kuvvetleri’nin (IDF) elinde açlık ve kitlesel katliamla karşı karşıyayken, uluslararası işçi hareketi bu saldırıya acilen karşı çıkmalıdır. Ancak Filistin’in kurtuluşu mücadelesinin ilerlemesi ve zafere ulaşması için, ister İslamcılık ister seküler milliyetçilik olsun, sunulan her şeyden tamamen farklı bir yola ihtiyacı vardır. İhtiyaç duyulan şey, sol liberaller ve sahte sosyalistler güruhunun boş duyguları ve empatileri değil, Filistin’in kurtuluşu için devrimci bir yoldur.
Siyonist Devlet Nasıl Yenilir?
Bir düşmanı yenmek için onun zayıflıklarından faydalanmak ve güçlü yanlarını etkisiz hale getirmek gerekir. İsrail devletinin dayanıklılığı, sınırları içinde yaşayan milyonlarca Yahudi’nin, düşmanca bir bölgede kendilerini savunmanın tek yolu olarak bu devleti görmelerinden kaynaklanmaktadır. Durum böyle olduğu sürece İsrailliler Siyonist devleti savunmak için ölümüne savaşacaklardır. İngiliz emperyalizmi Siyonist projeyi desteklemeye karar verdiği andan itibaren tüm bunlar planın bir parçasıydı. Bugün ABD ve İsrail, Filistin halkının ulusal haklarını ihlal ederek ve Yahudiler ile Müslümanlar arasında kalıcı bir düşmanlık durumunu teşvik ederek Orta Doğu’daki çıkarlarını güvence altına almaktadır. Militarize edilmiş bir nüfus ve emperyalist desteğin birleşimi İsrail devletine güç ve yenilmezlik görüntüsü vermektedir.
Ancak bu yapı kırılgandır ve yalnızca egemen sınıf tarafından teşvik edilen bir kuşatma zihniyetiyle sürdürülmektedir. İsrail devletinin zayıf noktası açıkça, yozlaşmış fanatiklerden oluşan daima aşırı bir klik tarafından yönetilen askerileştirilmiş teokratik bir devlet olmasıdır. İsrailli emekçiler zorunlu askerlik, dini alaycılık ve acımasız çalışma ve yaşam koşullarıyla karşı karşıyadır. Tüm bunlara karşı direniş Yahudilere ihanet olarak yaftalanıyor. Bu durum İsrail’de Siyonist devleti yıkmak ve Filistinlileri özgürleştirmek için kullanılması gereken derin ırksal, sosyal ve siyasi çatlaklar yaratmaktadır. (devamı için)
لا تجلِب «حماس» سوى الموت والهزيمة طريق ثوري لتحرير فلسطين

بدايةً، لِنكُنْ واضحين في أمريْن: أولاً، يواجه الفلسطينيون قمعاً وطنياً وحشياً وعمليات قتل عشوائية على يد دولة إسرائيل ـ ولهُم كل الحقُ في الدِّفاع عن أنفسِهم، بما في ذلك باِستعمال القوَّة. ثانياً، إنَّ القتلَ المُتعمَّد للمدنيِّين الإسرائيليين الذي اِرتكبتْه «حماس» وحلفاؤها هو جريمةٌ بغيضة تؤدي إلى نتائج عكسية تماماً للتحرُّر الفلسطيني. واليوم حيث يواجه سُكان غزَّة المجاعة والقتل الجماعى على أيدى قوات الدِّفاع الإسرائيليةيجب على الحركة العُمَّالية العالمية أنْ تُعارِض وبشكل عاجل هذه الهَجمة الإسرائيليَّة. ولكنْ، ولكى يتقدَّم وينتصر، فإن الكفاح التحرُّري الفلسطيني يحتاج نهْجاً مُخالفاً تمامآ عن كل ما هو مطروح الآن، سواء كان ذلك الاِسلامويَّة أو القوميَّة العِلمانيَّة. إن المطلوب الآن ليس مشاعر التعاطف الرخيصة من جانب عصبة الليبراليين اليساريين والاشتراكيين المزيفين، بل المطلوب مسار ثوري لتحرير فلسطين..
ما هو السبيل لهزيمة الدولة الصُّهيونيَّة
للتَّغلُّب على العدوِّ، يجِب اِستغلالَ نقاط ضُعفه وشلَّ نقاط قوَّته. إنَّ قوة دولة إسرائيل تأتي من حقيقة أن ملايين اليهود الذين يعيشون داخل حدودها يرون أنها الطريقة الوحيدة للدفاع عن أنفسهم في منطقة معادية. وطالما بقيَ هذا الاِعتقاد سائداً، فإنَّ الإسرائيليين سيقاتلون إلى حدِّ الموتِ، للدِّفاع عن الدولة الصُّهيونية. لقد كان هذا جزءاً مِن الخطة منذ الوقت الذي قرَّرتْ فيه الإمبريالية البريطانية دعمَ المشروع الصُّهيوني. واليوم، تُؤمِّنُ الولايات المتحدة الأمريكيَّة وإسرائيل مصالحِهِما في الشرق الأوسط مِن خِلال خرْق الحقوق الوطنيَّة للشعب الفلسطيني والإبقاءِ على وتعزيز حالة العَداء الدَّائم بين اليَّهود والمُسلمين. إنَّ حاصل جمع عسكرة السُكان وتشريبهم بالروح الحربية والدَّعم الاِمبريالي يُعطي للدولة الإسرائيلية قوَّتَها ومَظهَرها كقُوَّة لا تُقهَر.
لكنَّ هذا الهيكل هشٌ ولا يمكن الحفاظ علبه إلا مِن خِلال ذهنيَّة القَلْعة المُحاصَرة التي تعززها الطبقة الحاكمة. أنَّ نقطةُ الضُّعف بالتحديد هي أنَّ هذه ِدولةٍ دينيَّة عسكرية تحكمها عصابة متزايدة التطرف من المتعصبين الفاسدين. أمَّا العمالَ الإسرائيليون فإنَّهُم يعانون مِن التَّجنيد الإجباري، والتقييد الديني وظروفِ عملٍ ومعيشة قاسية. وكلُّ مقاومة لهذا الواقع من جانبهم توصَف بأنَّها خِيانة لليهود. إنَّ هذا الوضع يخلق شروخا عنصرية واجتماعية وسياسية عميقة في إسرائيل يتوَجَّب اِستغلالَها لتفكيك الدولة الصُّهيونيَّة وتحرير الفلسطينيِّين. إنَّ اِستراتيجيَّة الجِهاد التي تتَّبِعُها «حماس» لا تحقق أياً مِن هذا، ولا تأثيرَ لها سوى مَزيد مِن تدعيم نِقاط قوَّة إسرائيل. ومِن خِلال اِستهداف المدنيين الإسرائيليِّين، نجحت «حماس» فقط فى تعبئة كل الإسرائيليين خلف حكومة «نتنياهو» المكروهة، وضمان توحيد المجتمع بأكمله وراء الرد العسكري الدموي ضد غزة. ومن ثم، فإن المواجهة العسكرية في ظل هذه الظروف ستؤدي إلى هزيمة وموت لا حدود له للشعب الفلسطيني. ولنْ يتحقَّق أيُّ اِنتصارٍ دون كسر الرابطة بين العُمال اليهود وحكامهم. وهذا لا يمكن تحقيقه دون الاعتراف بالحق الديمقراطي للشعب اليهودي الإسرائيلي في العيش كأمة في إسرائيل/فلسطين. (واصل القراءة)
Con Hamas solo morte e sconfitta Una via rivoluzionaria per liberare la Palestina

Mettiamo in chiaro due cose. Primo: i palestinesi si scontrano con una brutale oppressione nazionale e con il massacro indiscriminato commesso dallo Stato di Israele. Hanno tutto il diritto di difendersi, anche con la forza. Secondo: l‘omicidio mirato di civili israeliani da parte di Hamas e dei suoi alleati è un crimine spregevole che è totalmente controproducente per la liberazione palestinese. Gaza ora rischia la fame e una strage per mano delle Forze di difesa israeliane (Idf) e il movimento operaio internazionale deve opporsi con urgenza a questo assalto. Ma per avanzare e trionfare, la lotta per la liberazione della Palestina ha bisogno di una strada totalmente diversa da tutto quello che c’è sul mercato, che si tratti di islamismo o di nazionalismo laico. Non serve la solidarietà gratuita della congrega dei liberali di sinistra e dei falsi socialisti, ma una strada rivoluzionaria per la liberazione della Palestina.
Come sconfiggere lo Stato sionista
Per sconfiggere il proprio nemico, bisogna sfruttarne le debolezze e neutralizzare i suoi punti di forza. La forza dello Stato di Israele deriva dal fatto che i milioni di ebrei che vivono all’interno dei suoi confini lo vedono come l’unico modo per difendersi in una regione ostile. Finché sarà così, gli israeliani combatteranno fino alla morte per difendere lo Stato sionista. Fa tutto parte del piano iniziato quando l’imperialismo britannico decise di sostenere il progetto sionista. Oggi gli Stati Uniti e Israele assicurano i loro interessi in Medio Oriente violando i diritti nazionali del popolo palestinese e favorendo uno stato di ostilità permanente tra ebrei e musulmani. La combinazione di una popolazione militarizzata e del sostegno imperialista conferisce allo Stato israeliano la sua forza e l’apparente invincibilità.
Tuttavia, questa struttura è fragile ed è mantenuta solo da una mentalità di assedio promossa dalla classe dirigente. Il punto debole è proprio il fatto che si tratta di uno Stato teocratico militarizzato, governato da una cricca sempre più estrema di fanatici corrotti. I lavoratori israeliani devono affrontare la coscrizione, l’irreggimentazione religiosa e condizioni di lavoro e di vita brutali. Chi si oppone è accusato di essere un traditore degli ebrei. Questa situazione crea profonde fratture razziali, sociali e politiche in Israele, che devono essere sfruttate per spezzare lo Stato sionista e liberare i palestinesi. (continua…)

Μόνο Θάνατος και Ήττα με τη Χαμάς Ένας Επαναστατικός Δρόμος για την Απελευθέρωση της Παλαιστίνης

Ας ξεκαθαρίσουμε δύο πράγματα. Πρώτον, οι Παλαιστίνιοι αντιμετωπίζουν βάναυση εθνική καταπίεση και αδιάκριτες δολοφονίες από το κράτος του Ισραήλ - έχουν κάθε δικαίωμα να υπερασπιστούν τον εαυτό τους, ακόμα και με βία. Δεύτερον, οι στοχευμένες δολοφονίες Ισραηλινών πολιτών από τη Χαμάς και τους συμμάχους της είναι ένα κατάπτυστο έγκλημα που είναι εντελώς αντιπαραγωγικό για την απελευθέρωση των Παλαιστινίων. Με τη Γάζα να βρίσκεται τώρα αντιμέτωπη με λιμοκτονία και μαζικές δολοφονίες στα χέρια των Ισραηλινών Αμυντικών Δυνάμεων (IDF), το διεθνές εργατικό κίνημα πρέπει επειγόντως να αντιταχθεί σε αυτή την επίθεση. Αλλά για να προωθηθεί και να θριαμβεύσει, ο αγώνας για την απελευθέρωση της Παλαιστίνης χρειάζεται έναν εντελώς διαφορετικό δρόμο από οτιδήποτε προσφέρεται, είτε πρόκειται για Ισλαμισμό είτε για κοσμικό εθνικισμό. Αυτό που χρειάζεται δεν είναι κενά συναισθήματα ενσυναίσθησης από τη συμμορία των αριστερών φιλελεύθερων και των ψεύτικων σοσιαλιστών, αλλά ένας επαναστατικός δρόμος για την απελευθέρωση της Παλαιστίνης.
Πώς να Ηττηθεί το Σιωνιστικό Κράτος
Για να νικήσει κανείς τον εχθρό του, πρέπει να εκμεταλλευτεί τις αδυναμίες του και να εξουδετερώσει τις δυνάμεις του. Η ανθεκτικότητα του κράτους του Ισραήλ προέρχεται από το γεγονός ότι τα εκατομμύρια των Εβραίων που ζουν εντός των συνόρων του το βλέπουν ως τον μόνο τρόπο για να υπερασπιστούν τον εαυτό τους σε μια εχθρική περιοχή. Όσο ισχύει αυτό, οι Ισραηλινοί θα πολεμούν μέχρι θανάτου για να υπερασπιστούν το Σιωνιστικό κράτος. Όλο αυτό ήταν μέρος του σχεδίου από τη στιγμή που ο βρετανικός ιμπεριαλισμός αποφάσισε να υποστηρίξει το Σιωνιστικό σχέδιο. Σήμερα οι ΗΠΑ και το Ισραήλ διασφαλίζουν τα συμφέροντά τους στη Μέση Ανατολή με το να παραβιάζουν τα εθνικά δικαιώματα του παλαιστινιακού λαού και να καλλιεργούν μια μόνιμη κατάσταση εχθρότητας μεταξύ Εβραίων και Μουσουλμάνων. Ο συνδυασμός ενός στρατιωτικοποιημένου πληθυσμού και της ιμπεριαλιστικής υποστήριξης δίνει στο ισραηλινό κράτος τη δύναμή του και την εντύπωση του αήττητου.
Ωστόσο, αυτή η δομή είναι εύθραυστη και διατηρείται μόνο με τη νοοτροπία της πολιορκίας που προάγεται από την άρχουσα τάξη. Το αδύναμο σημείο βρίσκεται ακριβώς στο ότι πρόκειται για ένα στρατιωτικοποιημένο θεοκρατικό κράτος που κυβερνάται από μια όλο και πιο ακραία κλίκα διεφθαρμένων φανατικών. Οι Ισραηλινοί εργαζόμενοι αντιμετωπίζουν τη στρατολόγηση, τον θρησκευτικό καθεστωτισμό και τις βάναυσες συνθήκες εργασίας και διαβίωσης. Η αντίσταση σε οποιοδήποτε από αυτά χαρακτηρίζεται ως προδοσία των Εβραίων. Αυτή η κατάσταση δημιουργεί βαθιά φυλετικά, κοινωνικά και πολιτικά ρήγματα στο Ισραήλ, τα οποία πρέπει να αξιοποιηθούν για να σπάσει το Σιωνιστικό κράτος και να απελευθερωθούν οι Παλαιστίνιοι. (περισσότερα)

Hamas bringt nur Tod und Niederlage Ein revolutionärer Weg zur Befreiung der Palästinenser

Lasst uns zwei Dinge klarstellen. Erstens: Die Palästinenser sind brutaler nationaler Unterdrückung und wahlloser Ermordung durch den Staat Israel ausgesetzt – sie haben jedes Recht, sich zu verteidigen, auch mit Gewalt. Zweitens: Die gezielte Ermordung israelischer Zivilisten durch die Hamas und ihre Verbündeten ist ein verabscheuungswürdiges Verbrechen, das für die Befreiung der Palästinenser völlig kontraproduktiv ist. Angesichts der Tatsache, dass dem Gazastreifen nun Aushungerung und Massenmord durch die Israelischen Verteidigungsstreitkräfte (IDF) drohen, muss sich die internationale Arbeiterbewegung diesem Angriff dringend entgegenstellen. Aber um voranzukommen und zu siegen, braucht der Kampf für die Befreiung der Palästinenser einen völlig anderen Weg als alles, was angeboten wird, ob Islamismus oder säkularer Nationalismus. Was wir brauchen, sind keine leeren Mitleidsbekundungen der linksliberalen und der pseudosozialistischen Meute, sondern einen revolutionären Weg zur Befreiung der Palästinenser.
Wie man den zionistischen Staat besiegt
Um seinen Feind zu besiegen, muss man seine Schwächen ausnutzen und seine Stärken neutralisieren. Die Widerstandsfähigkeit des Staates Israel beruht auf der Tatsache, dass die Millionen von Juden, die innerhalb seiner Grenzen leben, ihn als die einzige Möglichkeit sehen, sich in einer feindlichen Region zu verteidigen. Solange dies der Fall ist, werden die Israelis bis zum Tod kämpfen, um den zionistischen Staat zu verteidigen. Das alles war Teil des Plans, seit der britische Imperialismus beschlossen hat, das zionistische Projekt zu unterstützen. Heute sichern die USA und Israel ihre Interessen im Nahen Osten, indem sie die nationalen Rechte des palästinensischen Volkes verletzen und einen permanenten Zustand der Feindseligkeit zwischen Juden und Muslimen befeuern. Die Kombination aus einer militarisierten Bevölkerung und imperialistischer Unterstützung verleiht dem israelischen Staat seine Stärke und den Anschein der Unbesiegbarkeit.
Dieses Gebilde ist jedoch brüchig und wird nur durch eine Belagerungsmentalität aufrechterhalten, die von der herrschenden Klasse gefördert wird. Der Schwachpunkt ist eben, dass es sich um einen militarisierten theokratischen Staat handelt, der von einer immer extremeren Clique korrupter Fanatiker regiert wird. Die arbeitende Bevölkerung Israels ist mit Wehrpflicht, religiöser Reglementierung und brutalen Arbeits- und Lebensbedingungen konfrontiert. Widerstand gegen irgendetwas davon wird als Verrat an Juden bezeichnet. Diese Situation schafft tiefe rassische, soziale und politische Risse in Israel, die ausgenutzt werden müssen, um den zionistischen Staat zu zerschlagen und die Palästinenser zu befreien. (Weiterlesen)
Sólo muerte y derrota con Hamás Un camino revolucionario para la liberación palestina

Aclaremos dos cosas. Primera, los palestinos enfrentan una opresión nacional brutal y asesinatos indiscriminados por parte del estado de Israel; tienen todo el derecho a defenderse, incluso mediante la fuerza. En segundo lugar, el asesinato deliberado de civiles israelíes por Hamás y sus aliados es un crimen despreciable, totalmente contraproducente para la liberación palestina. Con Gaza enfrentando ahora la inanición y el asesinato en masa a manos de las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI), el movimiento obrero internacional debe oponerse urgentemente a este ataque. Pero para avanzar y triunfar, la lucha por la liberación palestina necesita un camino totalmente diferente de todo lo que se le ofrece, ya sea islamismo o nacionalismo secular. Lo que se necesita no son sentimientos baratos de empatía por parte de toda una banda de liberales de izquierda y falsos socialistas, sino un camino revolucionario para la liberación palestina.
Cómo derrotar al estado sionista
Para derrotar al enemigo, hay que explotar sus debilidades y neutralizar sus puntos fuertes. La fortaleza del estado de Israel proviene del hecho de que los millones de judíos que viven dentro de sus fronteras lo ven como la única forma de defenderse en una región hostil. Mientras esto sea así, los israelíes lucharán hasta la muerte para defender al estado sionista. Todo esto era parte del plan desde que el imperialismo británico decidió apoyar el proyecto sionista. Hoy, Estados Unidos e Israel aseguran sus intereses en el Medio Oriente violando los derechos nacionales del pueblo palestino y fomentando un estado permanente de hostilidad entre judíos y musulmanes. La combinación de una población militarizada y el respaldo imperialista le confiere al estado israelí su fuerza y una apariencia de invencibilidad.
Sin embargo, esta estructura es frágil y sólo se mantiene gracias a una mentalidad de asedio fomentada por la clase dominante. El punto débil es precisamente que es un estado teocrático militarizado gobernado por una camarilla cada vez más extrema de fanáticos corruptos. Los trabajadores israelíes se enfrentan a la conscripción, la regimentación religiosa y brutales condiciones de trabajo y de vida. La resistencia a cualquiera de ellas es tachada de traición a los judíos. Esta situación crea profundas fisuras raciales, sociales y políticas en Israel, que deben ser explotadas para destruir el estado sionista y liberar a los palestinos. (continuar leyendo)
Que mort et défaite avec le Hamas Une voie révolutionnaire pour la libération palestinienne

Soyons clairs sur deux choses. Premièrement, les Palestiniens subissent une oppression nationale brutale et des meurtres indiscriminés perpétrés par l’État d’Israël – ils ont absolument le droit de se défendre, y compris en utilisant la force. Deuxièmement, les meurtres délibérés de civils israéliens par le Hamas et ses alliés sont un crime abominable totalement contre-productif pour la lutte de libération palestinienne. Alors que la population de Gaza est aujourd’hui affamée et massacrée par l’Armée de défense d’Israël (ADI), il est urgent pour le mouvement ouvrier international de s’opposer à l’offensive israélienne. Mais pour que la lutte de libération palestinienne avance et soit victorieuse, elle devra emprunter une voie totalement différente de toutes les propositions existantes, que ce soit l’islamisme ou le nationalisme laïque. Ce qu’il faut, ce n’est pas la solidarité bon marché proposée par toute la bande des libéraux de gauche et des pseudo-socialistes, mais une voie révolutionnaire pour la libération palestinienne.
Comment vaincre l’État sioniste
Pour vaincre son ennemi, il faut exploiter ses points faibles et neutraliser ses points forts. La résilience de l’État d’Israël repose sur le fait que les millions de Juifs qui vivent à l’intérieur de ses frontières le considèrent comme la seule façon qu’ils ont de se défendre dans une région hostile. Tant qu’il en sera ainsi, les Israéliens se battront jusqu’à la mort pour défendre l’État sioniste. Cela faisait partie du plan des impérialistes depuis l’époque où la Grande-Bretagne avait décidé de soutenir le projet sioniste. Aujourd’hui les États-Unis et Israël assurent leurs intérêts au Moyen-Orient en violant les droits nationaux du peuple palestinien et en entretenant un état d’hostilité permanente entre Juifs et musulmans. La combinaison d’une population militarisée et du soutien impérialiste confère à l’État israélien sa force et son apparence d’invincibilité.
Mais cette construction est fragile et ne se perpétue que par la mentalité de forteresse assiégée entretenue par la bourgeoisie. Le point faible, c’est précisément qu’il s’agit d’un État théocratique militarisé, dirigé par une clique toujours plus extrémiste de fanatiques corrompus. Les travailleurs israéliens subissent la conscription, l’embrigadement religieux et des conditions de travail et de vie brutales. Toute résistance à cet état de choses est qualifiée de trahison envers les Juifs. Cette situation crée en Israël de profonds clivages raciaux, sociaux et politiques, qu’il faut exploiter pour briser l’État sioniste et libérer les Palestiniens. (en savoir plus)
Only Death and Defeat with Hamas A Revolutionary Road for Palestinian Liberation

Let’s get two things straight. First, Palestinians face brutal national oppression and indiscriminate murder by the state of Israel—they have every right to defend themselves, including through force. Second, the targeted murder of Israeli civilians by Hamas and its allies is a despicable crime which is totally counterproductive for Palestinian liberation. With Gaza now facing starvation and mass murder at the hands of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the international workers movement must urgently oppose this onslaught. But to advance and triumph, the struggle for Palestinian liberation needs a totally different road from everything on offer, whether Islamism or secular nationalism. What is needed is not empty sentiments of empathy from the cabal of left liberals and fake socialists but a revolutionary road for Palestinian liberation.
How to Defeat the Zionist State
To defeat one’s enemy, one must exploit its weaknesses and neutralize its strengths. The resilience of the state of Israel comes from the fact that the millions of Jewish people living within its borders see it as the only way to defend themselves in a hostile region. As long as this is the case, Israelis will fight to the death to defend the Zionist state. This was all part of the plan from the time British imperialism decided to back the Zionist project. Today the U.S. and Israel secure their interests in the Middle East by violating the national rights of the Palestinian people and fostering a permanent state of hostility between Jews and Muslims. The combination of a militarized population and imperialist backing gives the Israeli state its strength and appearance of invincibility.
However, this structure is brittle and is maintained only by a siege mentality fostered by the ruling class. The weak point is precisely that it is a militarized theocratic state ruled by an ever more extreme clique of corrupt fanatics. Israeli working people face conscription, religious regimentation and brutal working and living conditions. Resistance to any of this is labeled as betrayal of Jews. This situation creates deep racial, social and political fissures in Israel, which must be exploited to break the Zionist state and liberate Palestinians.(read more)
For an Anti-Albanese Yes Campaign!

Australian society is polarised to fever pitch over Labor’s referendum on the Voice, a powerless parliamentary advisory body composed of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders. The Yes camp is led by the repressive, warmongering Albanese government backed by big business, the churches and liberal politicos. But it also has the support of a large part of the population, overwhelmingly younger people, who genuinely want to improve the conditions of Aboriginal people. However, the truth is that this cause cannot take a single step forward while it is hitched to the Albanese government, the direct overseer of Aboriginal and working-class oppression.
The No camp is led by the Coalition and a posse of reactionaries who blame Indigenous people for their own oppression and howl against this population—brutally oppressed for centuries—getting even the hint of recognition. However, the No camp also includes many working and Aboriginal people who justly hate the hypocritical tokenism and reactionary policies of the ALP government. The division of the society into these two camps is a disaster for the Aboriginal struggle and for the population as a whole. The way forward for workers, leftists and Indigenous people is to build an independent, communist Yes campaign to defeat the reactionaries and to fight the Labor government. (read more)

DETROIT: GENERAL STRIKE NOW! Auto Bosses Destroyed It, Labor Can Rebuild It!

For decades, the auto bosses have waged war against workers and made life hell for the people of Detroit—one of the most segregated and poorest cities in the U.S. Right now, the city’s population is on edge and has its eyes sympathetically set on the UAW’s next moves. At a basic level, everyone knows that a victorious outcome in this battle against the auto bosses would be a victory for them, too. Municipal services like street lights and garbage collection have been slashed, and whole chunks of the city’s infrastructure and housing are completely crumbling. Factories that could provide thousands of jobs stand empty and in ruin, while basic human needs like food, housing, medical care, transportation and education go unfulfilled, all because it is not profitable for the bosses. The UAW strike cannot afford to be limited to just an economic struggle, as Fain is doing. It must be a battle for all of Detroit and the whole Michigan region!
The bosses’ war against the workers and the oppressed extends well beyond Wayne County—from shuttered auto plants across the Midwest to Dow chemical spills in Midland to drugs and poverty in Saginaw to poisoned water in Flint. The situation is dire and someone needs to fix things. Workers must take matters into their own hands, rebuild the Midwest and make the bosses pay for it. To win this strike, the UAW needs to organize the masses of Detroit, all Wayne County and beyond on the front lines with them. It is necessary to call on all workers and the black community to join the UAW in a general strike to end tiers, reindustrialize and fight for black liberation. Shut down Motor City! (read more)
Le Front commun doit casser cette dictature de mononcles !

« Nous faisons face à un mur » dit le Front commun syndical des employés du secteur public (Info-négo, 11 septembre). « Les conditions d’exercice d’emploi sont épouvantables » a résumé Magali Picard, présidente de la FTQ. En effet : salles de classe bondées, urgences qui débordent, manque de garderies, listes d’attente partout ; bas salaires, temps supplémentaire obligatoire… Tout le monde le sait : la structure des services publics issue de la Révolution tranquille tombe en lambeaux, et si rien ne change ça va juste continuer d’empirer. Les « solutions » de Legault et de ses ministres, qui semblent tous sortir d’un film d’Elvis Gratton, consistent à augmenter encore plus les charges de travail et de couper dans les dépenses, tout en tentant de changer de sujet et de créer de l’hystérie collective contre les groupes vulnérables comme les immigrants et les personnes trans. Quant à elle, l’« opposition » parlementaire est on ne peut plus pathétique et à date rien ni personne ne se présente comme une alternative sérieuse.
Les 600 000 membres du Front commun, de la FIQ et les profs de la FAE ont démontré leur désir de se battre, et la population dans son ensemble peut et doit être mobilisée pour leur cause. Des augmentations de 20 %, défendre la caisse de retraite, l’amélioration des conditions de travail sont des demandes minimales on ne peut plus justes ; se mobiliser dans le plus grand Front commun en 50 ans est certainement un bon point de départ. Mais comment gagner cette bataille ? Même si la CAQ navigue présentement de crise en crise, le gouvernement anti-ouvrier et antisyndical de Legault ne va rien céder à moins de risquer de tout perdre. Alors la lutte actuelle du Front commun doit viser ni plus ni moins qu’à renverser la vapeur et à casser ce gouvernement rétrograde !
(en savoir plus)UAW: One Out, All Out! No Tiers, Reindustrialization, Black Liberation!

The bosses gutted the auto industry and left the workforce to die. For decades, once major industrial hubs have seen populations plummet and poverty rates soar. Remaining workers live in crumbling cities, working longer shifts in more dangerous conditions, while real wages stagnate and fall. Job loss and deindustrialization destroyed Midwest metropolises like Detroit and Flint and made life a living hell for their majority-black populations.
Now the UAW contract has expired, and a strike is underway to fight for what UAW president Shawn Fain calls “audacious” demands. He says he wants an end to tiers, restored benefits, a huge pay raise and lots of other things workers desperately need…but he’s already backtracking. He lowered the wage demands, and now has shut down only a few plants. This “strategy” is a dive that weakens the strike, minimizing the impact on the bosses. The question is: What strategy is necessary to win and why is Fain backing down?
What Fain said he’d fight for sounds good, and if the UAW wins it, it’ll be a victory for workers everywhere. But winning the things Fain promised will require a hard battle that strikes at the core of the American economy while the U.S. ruling class is desperately trying to restore its economic dominance, and the car companies are struggling to compete internationally. The bosses won’t give up easily. In this context, the fight to significantly improve workers’ living standards must be organized for what it is: a fundamental clash of class interests. (read more)
Scholz, Werneke, Wissler... Pro-NATO-Arbeiterführer bauen AfD auf: Schmeißt sie raus!

Seit einem Jahr wächst die AfD ununterbrochen und steht in Umfragen weit vor der SPD. Wie kommt das? Die bedingungslose Unterstützung der Ampel-Regierung für die NATO im Ukrainekrieg führte zu katastrophalen Angriffen auf die Arbeiterklasse wie Inflation, Heizungshammer und Lohnkürzungen. Die rechtspopulistische AfD steht gegen den NATO-Kurs der Regierung und will russisches Gas reinlassen und mit Russland Handel treiben. Weil sie als einzige Opposition zur verhassten Ampel und zum Status quo angesehen wird, erhält sie immer mehr Auftrieb.
Die AfD will einen von den USA unabhängigeren Kurs für den deutschen Imperialismus einschlagen ohne die liberale Fassade von Scholz und Baerbock und operiert dagegen mit offenem Chauvinismus. Während die AfD die Deindustrialisierung und die Angriffe auf die Renten kritisiert, steht sie genau wie die kapitalistische Ampel-Regierung für die Herrschaft der deutschen Banken und Bosse von VW, BASF und Siemens. Deshalb ist ihr Programm auch vollkommen reaktionär für die Arbeiterklasse.
Die jetzigen Führer der Arbeiterbewegung, von SPD, Linkspartei und Gewerkschaften, drücken jeweils auf ihre eigene Art den NATO-Kurs der Regierung voll durch. Das ruiniert die Wirtschaft hier und schnürt den Arbeitern die Luft ab. Um auch nur einen Schritt vorwärtszugehen, braucht es dringend einen Kampf gegen die aktuellen Führer der Arbeiterbewegung. Aber genau das lehnen Sahra Wagenknecht und alle Linken in ihrem Schlepptau ab, die an der Einheit mit diesen Führern festhalten und so verhindern, dass es vorwärtsweisende Kämpfe gegen die Regierung gibt. Das hat die Misere der Arbeiterklasse nur verstärkt und das Anwachsen der AfD befeuert. Nötig ist, mit dieser politischen Einheit zu brechen. Schmeißt die Pro-NATO-Führer wie Scholz, Werneke und Wissler aus der Arbeiterbewegung! (Weiterlesen)

Schmeißt die Pro-NATO-Führer aus ver.di raus! Vorschlag für einen Antrag an die Delegierten zum ver.di-Bundeskongress
Die Linie der ver.di-Führung zur Unterstützung der NATO und der Ampel-Regierung, für Waffenlieferungen an die Ukraine und Sanktionen gegen Russland ist eine einzige Katastrophe für die Arbeiter und treibt immer größere Teile der Bevölkerung in die Arme der AfD.
Schluss damit! Viele Arbeiter wollen dagegen kämpfen. Aber wie? Die Sagt-Nein-Petition stellt sich zu Recht gegen Waffenlieferungen und ruft zum „offenen Bruch“ mit dem Burgfrieden mit der Regierung auf. Gut. Selbstverständlich muss der auf NATO-Kurs liegende Leitantrag des Bundesvorstandes abgelehnt werden.
Man kann aber nicht gegen Waffenlieferungen kämpfen zusammen mit den Führern, die für Waffenlieferungen und Burgfrieden eintreten und diese Linie den Arbeitern auch reinwürgen! Deshalb müssen die Pro-NATO-Führer rausgeschmissen werden. Genau das tut aber weder die Petition von „Sagt Nein!“ noch irgendeiner der Änderungsanträge.
Jedem ver.di-Delegierten, der für die Interessen der Arbeiter gegen die Bosse eintreten und gegen Waffenlieferungen und Burgfrieden kämpfen will, schlagen wir als notwendigen und sofortigen Schritt vor: Bringt diesen Antrag ein und kämpft dafür.
Antrag:
Alle NATO-Unterstützer in der ver.di-Führung, allen voran Frank Werneke, den gesamten Bundesvorstand sowie Maya Schwiegershausen-Güth, sofort aus ver.di auszuschließen.
Nur wer die Einheit mit den Pro-NATO-Arbeiterführern höher stellt als die Interessen der Arbeiterklasse und seine eigenen Prinzipien, kann diese Maßnahme grundlegender gewerkschaftlicher Hygiene ablehnen.
Berlin, den 14. September 2023
Stop arms shipments to Ukraine! The main enemy is at home!

Delegates to the TUC Congress must oppose the GMB’s motion egging on the Tory government to continue and increase the supply of “moral, material, and military aid” to Ukraine. The NATO powers are flooding Ukraine with weapons not to defend it against “fascist and imperialist aggression” as the GMB motion claims, but to stick it to Russia and assert the “right” of the US to call the shots in Eastern Europe and indeed the whole world. This is what the GMB leaders want the TUC to endorse.
The working class must oppose any support to Ukraine — or Russia — in this war. A victory of either side will only mean enslavement of Ukraine to either the NATO imperialists or the Russian oligarchs. The only way out of this carnival of reaction is for the Ukrainian and Russian workers to unite against their respective rulers and kick NATO out.
The involvement of British imperialism has never done any good anywhere. Together with the US, Britain’s rulers stoked the fires of war by extending NATO to Russia’s border, and their policies since Russia’s invasion have only fuelled the current bloodbath. So, the GMB is right that workers should fight imperialism. Except that the imperialists are not in Moscow, but in Washington and in Number 10!
The British workers movement cannot strengthen its position at home unless it unconditionally opposes the machinations of the British bosses here and abroad. British capitalism has been on the decline for over a century, leaving the capitalists with little choice. The only way they can stay afloat is to turn the screw on the working class, driving down its standard of living while playing the role of the most loyal defenders of the US-dominated world order, on which their position rests. Thatcher waged war on Argentina before crushing the miners. Blair carried out privatisations and attacked unions while bleeding Iraq. Those union leaders who support the British imperialist policy in Ukraine are traitors leading the working class to defeat. (read on)
Mississippi Atrocity Only Tip of the Iceberg Open All Police Archives! A Proposal to Rebuild the Movement

For the longstanding “crime” in racist capitalist America of a black man getting too close to a white woman, six Mississippi cops, self-labelled the “Goon Squad,” inflicted on two black men hours of perverse racist sexual assault and torture reminiscent of the KKK lynch mob “tarring and feathering” that terrorized black communities in the South a century ago. In an attempt to cover for their grotesque crimes, these cops did what cops normally do: they planted drugs on their victims. Earlier this month, in what seems like an anomaly to most, the six white cops pled guilty to assaulting Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker.
Make no mistake, it’s not a matter of a few bad apples, rogue racist cops or isolated instances confined to the “red states” of the South. The entire capitalist state is the goon squad for the racist capitalist rulers and commits crimes like this on a regular basis. Recall that it was five black cops that tortured and murdered Tyre Nichols in Memphis. Two weeks ago, cops of various backgrounds were busted in Antioch and Pittsburg, California, for hunting down and siccing dogs on black people and others for “fun.” The same Fulton County Jail in Georgia where Trump’s mugshot was taken is notorious for the many gruesome deaths of mainly black prisoners. These and countless other examples show that what was exposed in Mississippi is only the tip of the iceberg: Enough! The true crimes of the capitalist state must be exposed to all!
Everyone can see that the struggle against police brutality is at a standstill. Three years ago, there was an enormous swell of anger, with millions protesting against racist cop killings. Yet today, there is no real fightback. So, what happened? The BLM movement was organized on the basis of a slogan that was an empty sentiment that could be endorsed by anyone with absolutely no consequences. Everybody could say Black Lives Matter, keep calm and carry on. From Bezos to Biden to U.S. banks, all fly the BLM banner while they continue to exploit black people, the working class and the oppressed here and across the world. For decades, every movement against innumerable police atrocities has fallen flat on its face—they have all pushed schemes to put more black faces in city office or in control of the police, working for the same capitalist government that enforces racial segregation and repression. Their strategy is based on building coalitions with progressive politicians who lie to your face while stabbing you in the back. (read more)
Labor Can Turn the Country Around! UPS, ILWU: Vote No!

Everyone can see that there’s a crisis and that conditions in the U.S. are only worsening, from housing to health care. Pensions are basically nonexistent and working people have astronomical debt. The working class is discontented but strikes to try to improve their immiserated conditions have not managed to fundamentally change anything for the working class. The country is heavily divided over which capitalist ruler should screw them, Biden or Trump. Both choices are repugnant to many workers. The Democrats’ main selling point is that Biden is not Trump. Biden is desperate to keep everything from falling apart before the elections. The last thing that “the most pro-union president” wants is a major union battle with the ILWU or Teamsters, which would cause a crisis. Crushing it would not bode well for Biden’s poll numbers. On the other side Trump is no better. Some workers sympathetic to striking think the way to stick it to Biden and the Establishment is to vote for Trump. But with all his anti-Establishment rhetoric and appeals to the working class, Trump’s loyalty lies with the bosses in charge of this country.
So what is needed? Clearly the politicians don’t have the answers and are only gearing up to make things worse. The real battle is not “democracy” vs. “autocracy” or Biden vs. Trump, but workers vs. the Establishment! The way to change things is for labor to be an independent force that fights for itself. This could not only provide pay raises but it could change the total trajectory of this country. The purpose of the deals being dangled in the face of the workers is to prevent this. UPS, ILWU workers, vote “no”!
With economic crisis and a presidential election on the horizon, the bosses are trying to corral the workers movement (especially supply chain workers) into submission, either with a carrot in the case of these contracts, or with the stick, as with the crushing of the rail workers last year. These strategic workforces could cause the most trouble for the government. This is what lies behind the bribe of substantial pay raises being offered to the Teamsters and ILWU. The bureaucrats argue that the deals are a victory, but in actuality accepting these deals means that the labor movement surrenders! These offers are not a show of the strength of the union, they are a sign of the weakness of the enemy. Biden is very unpopular and is desperately trying to buy peace in the lead-up to the elections. Instead of taking advantage of this opportunity, getting the most concessions, and changing the balance of forces for the class as a whole, the bureaucrats insist that these deals are the best that can be done. At bottom the bureaucracy is pushing these contracts because of their strategy to not challenge Biden or the capitalist order. (read more)
Por el derecho a la autodefensa ¡Pistolas para las mujeres! ¡Por una lucha comunista para la liberación de la mujer!

La situación de la mujer en México es simplemente horrible: violencia doméstica, violaciones, desapariciones forzadas, asesinatos. Tal es el caso de Milagros Monserrat, que fue apuñalada y se desangró hasta morir en las calles de León, Guanajuato, a plena luz del día el pasado 10 de agosto. Es claro que el llamado urgente de las mujeres es por acabar con esto. Pero, ¿cómo? Nosotros llamamos por ¡pistolas para las mujeres! como una demanda inmediata para protegerse de la violencia cotidiana brutal. Que las mujeres estén armadas tendría un impacto directo en el número de ataques al hacer que los potenciales agresores lo piensen dos veces antes de actuar. Como dicen: Dios creó al hombre y la mujer, y Samuel Colt los hizo iguales.
Con este llamado desafiamos directamente al paternalismo machista que considera que las mujeres tienen que depender de los hombres y del estado burgués para su defensa. A su vez se contrapone a los esquemas fallidos impulsados por las feministas y los populistas: llamados por más seguridad (lo cual significa más policía en las calles), separación de hombres y mujeres en el transporte y en las marchas, rogarle al gobierno que implemente reformas mínimas. El llamado por armar a las mujeres reta el monopolio de la violencia por parte del estado capitalista mexicano —la policía, las cárceles, el ejército y los tribunales— que sirve para mantener el dominio y las ganancias de la clase explotadora. Su interés no está en luchar por la liberación de la mujer, sino en perpetuar la opresión. (continuar leyendo)
It's Time! Drive the AUKUS Supporters Out of the ALP!

Union-busting ex-Prime Minister Paul Keating is living proof that traitors to the working class can oppose AUKUS. But to support and champion AUKUS, as Anthony Albanese and his gang of Labor Ministers and other hangers-on do, is to necessarily be a traitor to the working class. These oily servants of the bosses have no place in the workers movement and must be driven out of the Labor Party. One pacifist internal grouping, Labor Against War (LAW), is calling for a pushback against AUKUS. What that pushback consists of remains undefined. Well, we have an answer. To LAW and the growing numbers who are against this reactionary alliance, we say: You cannot fight AUKUS in league with those who support it! We must fight together now to expunge the AUKUS-lovers from the ALP!
AUKUS portends nothing but catastrophe for workers the world over, from Australia to Southeast Asia, China, the U.S. and Britain. Hell, for Australian workers it can only lead to massive job losses from the breakdown of China/Australia trade and to war, in which the U.S. spy bases in Australia would be an immediate target. Likewise, for Chinese workers AUKUS is a clear and present danger to their very existence.
There is an increasing polarisation within the ALP over the question of AUKUS. It would be a good thing and an act of political hygiene to drive out the pro-imperialist bootlickers currently running Labor. Only spineless sycophants of the Labor machine would oppose this. Although a step forward, a split with AUKUS supporters would not be our split. Our aim is not a cleaned-up/pacifist ALP but a revolutionary party. That said, putting the pacifists in charge would make it easier to show youth and workers that the real obstacle to fighting imperialism and war are not the AUKUS-lovers but the program of left Laborism. (read more)