The Worker, Vol. 39, Number 9
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Stop Funding Israeli Aggression: No More U.S. Support for the War of Liquidation Against the Palestinian People!
The conflict surrounding the U.S. response to the situation involving Hamas and Palestine brings to light a sharp contemporary illustration of the necessity for the anti-war movement in the United States to organize independently and in resolute opposition to the U.S. ruling class, its chauvinist ideology, and its two-party governmental system.
The political goal of the immediate action program of the anti-war movement is the cut off of all financial and military aid to Israel. The movement demands an uncompromising struggle against the U.S. capitalist government and its alliance with Israeli Zionism, which is financed to the tune of $4 billion a year. We must aim to achieve the defeat and elimination of U.S. imperialism and Zionism from Palestine by breaking all the links between Israeli Zionism and U.S. imperialism.
I. Opposition to the U.S. Ruling Class and Its War Program
The U.S. ruling class—the monopoly capitalist class—is the objective and determining cause of conflict, not a potential source of peace or resolution.
A. Imperialism as the Cause of War: The economic base of U.S. state monopoly capitalism mandates constant expansion and plunder, making violence and war built into the foundations of the system. The aggressive U.S. policy regarding Palestine (propping up Israeli aggression and intervention) is not a mistake but an expression of the capitalist imperative to secure their profits and assert global domination, especially over strategic, oil-rich areas. The history of the last century proves that imperialism means war.
B. Genuine Sovereignty: The necessity for a genuinely sovereign, independent Palestinian state lies in the fundamental requirement to establish a sovereign political power capable of waging an effective struggle for national liberation and self-determination against external imperialist aggression, making it unnecessary to rely on the hostile entities perpetrating the occupation for solutions. Genuine sovereignty demands the immediate establishment of an independent Palestinian state as the only political and coercive instrument capable of organizing an effective democratic revolution and seizing self-determination. Its existence as a sovereign political power is the prerequisite for fully clearing the ground of external oppression, achieving political liberty, and establishing a stable foundation for advancing the ultimate struggle against the imperialist yoke.
II. Political Independence from the Two-Party System
The ruling class deploys chauvinist ideology, notably Imperialist Pacifism, to deceive the masses and mask its aggressive aims, making ideological independence a precondition for effective anti-war action.
A. Unmasking the "White Man's Burden": The doctrine declares that imperialism reserves the exclusive right to decide if and when a people are civilized enough to live free. This ultra-chauvinist doctrine proclaims the moral superiority of the "American way of life" and the “universal values" of U.S. imperialism as self-proclaimed world policeman. This serves the neo-colonial aim of placing the determination of Palestine’s fate in the hands of the oppressor. The U.S. ruling class consistently employs slogans like "freedom," "democracy," and "human rights" to assert its “moral superiority” and to conceal its aggressive and exploiting aims.
B. Rejecting Imperialist Pacifism: Imperialist Pacifism is a counter-revolutionary Big Lie tactic used by U.S. imperialism that involves presenting itself as an “honest broker” and promising "negotiations and compromise" while actively waging war and imposing its dictate. This system acts to maintain expansionist client regimes such as Israel to serve as a strategic military outpost as part of expanding the so-called "vital economic interests" of U.S. monopoly capitalism. Imperialist Pacifism is a tactical maneuver employed in the field, leveraging the appearance of negotiation to achieve the material objectives of annexation and submission that the chauvinist ideology attempts to justify. The anti-war movement must expose such calls for Imperialist Pacifism as counter-revolutionary tactics aimed at liquidating the Palestinian nation.
C. Elections Today: Both the Republican and Democratic Parties are subservient to monopoly capital, making them the parties of war. The fundamental task is to zero in on the real target—the monopoly capitalist class and its Republican and Democratic parties. The anti-war movement must actively sever the masses from both the Republican and Democratic Parties.
D. Developing Independent Working Class Political Leadership: The crisis shows the urgent need for the working class to take the reins of decision-making power into its own hands. This necessitates building independent political organizations and political parties that represent the interests of the working class and oppressed people in opposition to the capitalist class. The ultimate goal is to win the battle for democracy by the proletariat gaining the political power.
E. Consolidating the Broad Front Against Imperialism: The political organization of the working class (the Workers Party) is the critical instrument for mobilizing the widest resistance. The uncompromising focus on targeting imperialism, the Republican and Democratic parties, provides the necessary organizational and ideological clarity to build a broad, popular front against war and imperialism. The capitalist system is fundamentally in contradiction with all of humanity, compelling the working class to rally all genuinely progressive forces into a unified front.
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The indignation and spirit of solidarity of the hundreds of millions of those brought into political opposition to the U.S. ruling class war program must be channeled into a proactive movement that directly confronts the internal foundations of U.S. imperialism. The movement can take its leadership into its own hands through:
1. Continuous struggle against the chauvinism of the capitalist class.
2. Exposing the real class interests—the interests of profit and empire—which drive the war program.
3. Taking a principled stand in support of the liberation struggles of the oppressed peoples.
4. Linking struggles together into a single, unified and mighty torrent, specifically by zeroing in on the monopoly capitalist class and its two major parties.
5. Demanding a democratic foreign policy that includes the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. troops stationed abroad and an end to U.S. interference and aggression in all its forms. This includes supporting the principle that the people are the real motive forces of progress in the contemporary era.
The conviction rests on the historical reality that the peoples—through struggle and revolution—can defeat the war plans of imperialism and overthrow it.
The political goal of the immediate action program of the anti-war movement is the cut off of all financial and military aid to Israel. The movement demands an uncompromising struggle against the U.S. capitalist government and its alliance with Israeli Zionism, which is financed to the tune of $4 billion a year. We must aim to achieve the defeat and elimination of U.S. imperialism and Zionism from Palestine by breaking all the links between Israeli Zionism and U.S. imperialism.
I. Opposition to the U.S. Ruling Class and Its War Program
The U.S. ruling class—the monopoly capitalist class—is the objective and determining cause of conflict, not a potential source of peace or resolution.
A. Imperialism as the Cause of War: The economic base of U.S. state monopoly capitalism mandates constant expansion and plunder, making violence and war built into the foundations of the system. The aggressive U.S. policy regarding Palestine (propping up Israeli aggression and intervention) is not a mistake but an expression of the capitalist imperative to secure their profits and assert global domination, especially over strategic, oil-rich areas. The history of the last century proves that imperialism means war.
B. Genuine Sovereignty: The necessity for a genuinely sovereign, independent Palestinian state lies in the fundamental requirement to establish a sovereign political power capable of waging an effective struggle for national liberation and self-determination against external imperialist aggression, making it unnecessary to rely on the hostile entities perpetrating the occupation for solutions. Genuine sovereignty demands the immediate establishment of an independent Palestinian state as the only political and coercive instrument capable of organizing an effective democratic revolution and seizing self-determination. Its existence as a sovereign political power is the prerequisite for fully clearing the ground of external oppression, achieving political liberty, and establishing a stable foundation for advancing the ultimate struggle against the imperialist yoke.
II. Political Independence from the Two-Party System
The ruling class deploys chauvinist ideology, notably Imperialist Pacifism, to deceive the masses and mask its aggressive aims, making ideological independence a precondition for effective anti-war action.
A. Unmasking the "White Man's Burden": The doctrine declares that imperialism reserves the exclusive right to decide if and when a people are civilized enough to live free. This ultra-chauvinist doctrine proclaims the moral superiority of the "American way of life" and the “universal values" of U.S. imperialism as self-proclaimed world policeman. This serves the neo-colonial aim of placing the determination of Palestine’s fate in the hands of the oppressor. The U.S. ruling class consistently employs slogans like "freedom," "democracy," and "human rights" to assert its “moral superiority” and to conceal its aggressive and exploiting aims.
B. Rejecting Imperialist Pacifism: Imperialist Pacifism is a counter-revolutionary Big Lie tactic used by U.S. imperialism that involves presenting itself as an “honest broker” and promising "negotiations and compromise" while actively waging war and imposing its dictate. This system acts to maintain expansionist client regimes such as Israel to serve as a strategic military outpost as part of expanding the so-called "vital economic interests" of U.S. monopoly capitalism. Imperialist Pacifism is a tactical maneuver employed in the field, leveraging the appearance of negotiation to achieve the material objectives of annexation and submission that the chauvinist ideology attempts to justify. The anti-war movement must expose such calls for Imperialist Pacifism as counter-revolutionary tactics aimed at liquidating the Palestinian nation.
C. Elections Today: Both the Republican and Democratic Parties are subservient to monopoly capital, making them the parties of war. The fundamental task is to zero in on the real target—the monopoly capitalist class and its Republican and Democratic parties. The anti-war movement must actively sever the masses from both the Republican and Democratic Parties.
D. Developing Independent Working Class Political Leadership: The crisis shows the urgent need for the working class to take the reins of decision-making power into its own hands. This necessitates building independent political organizations and political parties that represent the interests of the working class and oppressed people in opposition to the capitalist class. The ultimate goal is to win the battle for democracy by the proletariat gaining the political power.
E. Consolidating the Broad Front Against Imperialism: The political organization of the working class (the Workers Party) is the critical instrument for mobilizing the widest resistance. The uncompromising focus on targeting imperialism, the Republican and Democratic parties, provides the necessary organizational and ideological clarity to build a broad, popular front against war and imperialism. The capitalist system is fundamentally in contradiction with all of humanity, compelling the working class to rally all genuinely progressive forces into a unified front.
* * *
The indignation and spirit of solidarity of the hundreds of millions of those brought into political opposition to the U.S. ruling class war program must be channeled into a proactive movement that directly confronts the internal foundations of U.S. imperialism. The movement can take its leadership into its own hands through:
1. Continuous struggle against the chauvinism of the capitalist class.
2. Exposing the real class interests—the interests of profit and empire—which drive the war program.
3. Taking a principled stand in support of the liberation struggles of the oppressed peoples.
4. Linking struggles together into a single, unified and mighty torrent, specifically by zeroing in on the monopoly capitalist class and its two major parties.
5. Demanding a democratic foreign policy that includes the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. troops stationed abroad and an end to U.S. interference and aggression in all its forms. This includes supporting the principle that the people are the real motive forces of progress in the contemporary era.
The conviction rests on the historical reality that the peoples—through struggle and revolution—can defeat the war plans of imperialism and overthrow it.