Workers World Party statement answering ‘National Security Statement’

The arrogant corporate gang now controlling the White House has issued a “National Security Statement” that is nothing short of a blueprint for Washington and Wall Street’s domination of the world. It is a declaration of war on the world's working class and all oppressed peoples. Under cover of empty promises of justice and freedom, It is a message to all countries that still maintain some independence to submit their population to the capitalist market controlled by imperialist monopolies. It is a message even to all imperialist rivals—Japan and Western Europe—that they must accept U.S. hegemony or suffer consequences. It promises that U.S. forces will occupy the world and demands all other countries contribute their youth for cannon fodder and their wealth to pay the costs. 

Not even Hitler Germany could dare to make such a broad claim to the wealth, resources and hands-on control of the entire world. It even demands that there be no progressive income taxes. As the Roman Empire ruled ancient Europe and the Mediterranean, the National Security Statement would have the U.S. Empire rule the world in the 21st century.

Workers World Party notes that those who drafted this statement themselves stole a national election where they lost the popular vote and that they consorted with corporate heads who are now recognized as some of the biggest crooks in the country. Yet they have the gall to demand “democracy” and an end to corruption throughout a world market they intend to dominate.

But the Bush administration is not simply a gang of usurpers. They represent the U.S. imperialist ruling class--the bankers, billionaires, financiers, plus the generals, CEOs and politicians who serve them. They command the Pentagon, that is, the most dangerous collection of weapons of mass destruction known to human history. They can intimidate presidents and prime ministers throughout the world. They appear invincible. Except, except for one thing.

There is still one force that can stop them. It can stop them if it is conscious of its own interests and it organizes on its own behalf. That force is the working class and oppressed peoples throughout the world and especially the working class in the United States. To build the Pentagon’s weapons of mass destruction they need the submission of the U.S. workers. To command the Pentagon they need a willing supply of troops recruited from that same class. To impose their will on the world they need to stamp out resistance in every country, if every country’s people are determined to resist.

The Bush gang makes its “National Security Statement” at a time when it is robbing the working class here of all its security. It is press-ganging government workers into its security apparatus to rob them of their unions and their rights. It has overseen a massive rise in unemployment as the capitalist system enters a crisis of unknown duration. It’s main “job program” is that of occupation troop—and lightning rod for the misery of the world’s people.

Workers World Party, on the eve of its Sept. 21-22, 2002, emergency national conference, answers the “National Security Statement” with our own “International Solidarity Statement.” We reject completely the concept that the United States has any more rights than any other nation in the world, and we will fight instead for the concept of equality among all nations. We call on all class-conscious workers, progressives, anti-racist fighters, those who struggle against all forms of bigotry and for the liberation of women and of gay, lesbian, bi- and transgender people, for the rights of immigrants, to join together to struggle against this outrageous blueprint for a U.S. Empire. We promise the workers and their organizations all over the world that we will pursue this struggle and we hope for their solidarity and mutual assistance. Only the international solidarity of the workers and oppressed peoples can stop the U.S. Empire before it seizes the world.

National Committee, Workers World Party
September 20, 2002