March Against Capitalism U.S. Imperialism Attacks Rival Terrorist

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March Against Capitalism U.S. Imperialism Attacks Rival Terrorist

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volume 43 no. 11 May 25, 2011 suggested donation $.50 PAKISTAN U.S. Imperialism May Day: Workers Attacks Rival March Against Terrorist Capitalism The U.S. ruling class killing including a senior commander of of Osama bin Laden — who was al Qaeda in Mesopotamia. trained by the CIA (see box p. 2) Obama’s Hit on Bin — does nothing to help the inter- Laden Could Backfire national working class. It won’t stop one budget cut. It won’t let Worse bloodshed awaits if up on the attacks on workers’ bin Laden becomes a martyr, an wages and pensions worldwide. anti-U.S. rallying focus through- And it certainly won’t provide a out the turbulent Arab world. single job for the 30 million un- Obama’s hit on bin Laden could employed in the U.S. backfire into a “redirection of the Arab Spring... turning against Firstly, it only increases the the West,” worries Ed Husain of wasting of workers’ lives in a the Rockefeller-led Council on U.S. war zone that now stretches Foreign Relations. (CFR website, from Pakistan to Libya. Secondly, 5/4/) U.S. rulers will use it to intensify racism against Muslims in gen- The Exxon Mobil/JP Morgan eral and especially workers from Chase wing of U.S. imperialists Pakistan, as well as against immi- bankrolling CFR can’t afford any grants. Thirdly, it is being used to further slippage in its control foster extreme patriotic nation- of the region’s energy supplies. PAKISTAN, May 1 fer us as they shift their bank accounts to May Day was  — alism on behalf of U.S. bosses They showed no hesitation to celebrated in its historic manner but now Switzerland, the UK and the U.S. among the U.S. population. intervene militarily in Libya, a the working class here is full of fury. The Puppet trade unionists tortured air- secondary oil source. Imagine Emboldened by their Abbot- May Day marches sent a loud and clear line workers on strike at Pakistan Inter- how violently U.S. bosses would tabad “triumph,” Obama & Co. message to the Pakistani bosses that national Airline (PIA) but workers’ ac- respond to a pro-bin Laden up- are stepping up slaughter in Pa- workers won’t stand for miserable condi- tions proved they can win despite this rising in his homeland, Saudi Ara- kistan. On May 6, a CIA drone tions. These demonstrations proved that and state oppression, in PIA and on the bia, oil’s grand prize. killed 15 people, some civilians, the working class is the strongest power Railways. in North Waziristan. Grave dangers of wider war in the world if it decides to fight. Electricity and gas shortages stem also arise from the nuclear Pa- Meanwhile, bin Laden’s death This year workers’ chants were more from corrupt government officials get- kistani bosses’ open hostility to spurs retaliation by his Taliban al- radical, their slogans more revolutionary, ting commissions from private contrac- U.S. imperialism, laid bare by lies. On May 7, with a string of su- filled with red ideas, signifying they know tors in exchange for privatization. They their harboring of bin Laden. An- icide bombings, they launched a who’s responsible for all their hardships. spend billions to import power plants thony Cordesman, a leading U.S. “spring offensive” for Kandahar, The opportunist, fake-left trade unionists but no electricity is included in a national policy planer now embedded at Afghanistan’s second biggest were surprised at this anger and realized grid. In most cities there’s no electricity the Rockefeller-funded Center city and a future site along the they’re losing control. When one May Day for 12-18 hours. In villages it barely lasts for Strategic and International pipeline U.S. oil interests want to procession was transformed into a huge for the blink of an eye. This affects the Studies (CSIS), warned: build from Central Asia. And on meeting in one town, the sellout union daily lives of all wage workers. May 8, a Baghdad prison revolt “leaders” rushed to sit on the stage but The May Day marches also signified left 18 guards and inmates dead, a group of workers pulled them down, continued on page 2 that the political parties are just playing a saying you have no right shell game, while they exploit the work- to sit there. These chairs ers, trying to keep the decaying capital- are not for people like you ist system alive. Most are either capital- with your expensive cars, ists or feudalists, both organizing cartels homes and clothes; they’re to increase prices; landlords increase for the workers wearing rents while never increasing the workers’ torn cloths, living in miser- wages. From this they reap trillions. able conditions with worn Our Party is still very small but com- hands from hard work and munists are painstakingly committed to tiring labor. revolution, capable of organizing strikes, Price hikes, unem- demonstrations, marches, shut-downs ployment, layoffs, closed and sit-ins. On May Day, our comrades plants, shortages of elec- and friends succeeded in winning more tricity and gas, rising and more workers to these celebrations. poverty levels, terrorism, We made plans to increase participation, anti-worker laws, lack of distribution of Party literature and what the free medicines in gov- to discuss. In big and small cities we ernment hospitals, lousy gave out the pamphlet “Why We Fight schools, the increasing for Communism” and leaflets about May gap between poor and Day, related to the workers’ miserable rich, privatization, corrup- conditions. tion, nepotism, target kill- In our speeches, our comrade and ings, racism and fascism May Day in Palestine and more friends explained our politics and gave — all this confirms that the (see inside) bosses have nothing to of- continued on page 8 email: desafi[e-mail] www.plp.org PO Box 808, Brooklyn, NY 11202