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Sept. 15, 2001
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. The terrorist atrocity of Sept. 11 caused thousands of deaths. Since then, the Bush
administration has vowed to retaliate by committing its own atrocities against a substantial part
of the world. In the name of fighting terrorism, the Bush administration intends to step up
military imperialism around the world. It is taking aim at a wide variety of forces, from the
struggling masses in Palestine, Colombia and elsewhere, to reactionaries and former U.S. allies,
such as bin Laden, who have since bit the hand which once fed them but have not thereby
become friends of the working masses and who may be butchers in their own right. This step-up
of militarism and war will only increase the atrocities, racist attacks, and repression against the
working masses around the world and in the U.S. It will not relax world tensions or bring
freedom to the world's people. It has nothing to do with ending terrorism, with terrorists such as
bin Laden having gotten their start with encouragement from the CIA. What the Bush
administration is aiming at is not ending terrorism, but monopolizing it; not ending
bloodshed, but channeling it in accordance with current White House objectives; not
ending assassinations, but authorizing them; not ending retaliations against civilian
populations, something for which U.S. imperialism has long been known, from its
sponsoring of dirty wars to its constant recourse to economic blockades, but stepping them
up. This is a united objective of the establishment parties and trends, Democrat or Republican,
liberal or conservative. They are putting aside their usual squabbles and eagerly displaying their
true colors as great-power bullies, eager to trample on the rights of the American workers and
minorities and the very lives of working people around the world. The only answer to this is for
all progressive people to dedicate themselves to the long-term work of rebuilding an independent
proletarian movement which can stand against imperialism and the bourgeoisie, both the
arrogant, swaggering bourgeoisie of the big-powers and the local reactionary factions, and which
can support struggles for freedom and economic survival by oppressed peoples everywhere.
by Joseph Green
Editor, Communist Voice
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