What does Workers World say?
Published Jan 2, 2008 11:23 PM
FIFTY YEARS. Workers World begins its 50th year of publication
with this issue.
That’s 50 years of experience that we can use for going into the new
year.
What will happen in the coming year cannot be predicted, but we know how it is
starting.
The last year was the deadliest yet in the U.S. wars on the peoples of Iraq and
Afghanistan. Maybe less deadly but not less criminal were the covert U.S. wars,
particularly against the peoples of Venezuela and Cuba.
There’s also a war at home against immigrants and the Black
community.
It was a deadly year for Black America, as could be seen most graphically in
New Orleans. Immigrant communities were battered with military-style raids on
homes and workplaces ending in prison, deportation and dismemberment of
families.
The economy appears to be heading into a recession. Recession is a mild word
for the brutal reality. A recession means that workers are losing their jobs
through shutdowns, losing homes in foreclosures and going hungry. Health
declines because there’s no affordable care available. Recessions are
when labor unions are most needed to defend workers’ rights, so the
unions are under the most severe attack.
A recession is an unnatural disaster, something unknown in all history until
the rise of capitalism. There’s no natural law saying it has to happen.
The only reason there’s a recession is that, to capitalists, their
profits are the only thing that matters at the end of the day. Human needs are
sacrificed on the altar of big business and Wall Street.
Over the years, during the constant ups and downs of the capitalist economic
cycle, the circulation of Workers World newspaper has always risen during
recessions. People know that Marx understood capitalism and that only the
Marxists can explain what’s going on.
During the coming year, which will be filled with the grandiose speeches and
promises of Democratic and Republican politicians running for president,
Workers World can be depended on to get to the root of the issues and cut
through the politicians’ smoke and mirrors.
Ultimately the problem is not either Republicans or Democrats. The problem is
capitalism, and if you don’t understand that you won’t be able to
find the solution. The solution can be found in the class struggle against
exploitation, racist oppression and imperialist war.
Workers World will show the anti-capitalist solution every time. That’s
what we’ve done for 50 years.
Workers World is widely respected both in the U.S. and around the world for its
consistent Marxist reporting and analysis. It is common in many political
discussions for the question to come up, “What does Workers World
say?” We know because we get asked that all the time.
We’ve been able to do this for 50 years, without advertising or rich
sponsors, because of a widespread grassroots base of supporters who give
contributions to keep us going.
Please join our supporters and give your contribution to Workers World.
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