Messages to WWP conference

In this third and final report on some 25 messages of solidarity to the Nov. 15-16 Workers World Party National Conference, the focus is on the U.S. elections and the need for a deeper level of international cooperation.

The Workers’ General Confederation-Brazil wrote that the Brazilian workers showed “our joy for the impressive victory that the American people conquered with the victory of Barack Obama in the elections of Nov. 4. The multitude that came out to the streets expressing its hope in the changes shows that a new moment can begin.”

Marcia Campos of the Women’s International Democratic Federation wrote that the crisis “aided greatly in electing the Democrat Barack Obama president of the USA, vehemently defeating President Bush and all he represents. For the first time, a Black person was elected president of the USA. The participation of the people of the U.S. in the elections will remain an historic event for the USA.”

The Communist Party of Brazil wrote that “the people of the world hope that President-elect Barack Obama keeps his promise of withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq and that he removes with urgency the criminal blockade of Cuba.”

The Union of African Workers-Senegal raised important questions: “It’s certain that this electoral victory is historical and very symbolic, but one has to ask what the working class could expect from the first Black president? Is Obama capable of making any significant changes toward the national liberation of oppressed nations in the U.S. and elsewhere? Is he going to concentrate on fixing the capitalist crisis or to help get rid of the system itself, knowing that it is the cause of the crisis?”

Remarking on the same event, the Party of Liberation in Argentina wrote: “It is obvious that [WWP] will have to make a wise and very concrete analysis of the future Obama government, which in our humble judgment will also be an imperialist government. WWP will know how to resolve this contradiction.”

On the common struggle

The Socialist Front of Puerto Rico wrote: “We know that as revolutionaries in the belly of the beast you have a firm commitment to the struggle that will liberate our people of Puerto Rico, as well as to the Cuban Revolution and the developing Bolivarian Revolution in our America.”

Leila Ghanem, an organizer of an international forum to take place in Beirut on Jan. 16-18, wrote: “We salute your political stand and your solidarity with the people of the Middle East, who are in the first line of opposition to imperialism and predatory capitalism and colonialism in Iraq, in Lebanon and in Palestine. Your solidarity goes beyond compassion with the suffering that our people experience but it is a real class solidarity, which confronts imperialism on its own territory and within its machinery.”

The Energy Workers Front in Mexico said: “The collapse of capitalism is not going to happen either immediately, nor can it happen spontaneously. We lack an organized and conscious struggle on a world scale. We need a transitional program from an organization that can extend and consolidate to the movement and that can contribute in a practical way to solidarity with all workers and peoples in struggle.”

The Anti-Imperialist Camp wrote: “We believe that we will see increased wars driven by the U.S. and NATO not only in the Middle East but also in Eastern Europe and other parts of the world. In this sense we look forward to a strong cooperation, while working toward the unification of the global anti-imperialist forces as well as the construction of new anti-capitalist nuclei also in the West.”

These parties, along with the Portuguese Communist Party and the Bolivarian Continental Coordinating Committee, sent their greetings to the comrades here and wishes for our success.