Nestor Miguel Gorojovsky wrote:
> . And,
> before you ask me, yes, I believe that freedom from imperialism is
> the only freedom that counts in the current world. Not the only
> important one, I repeat: THE ONLY ONE THAT COUNTS. The central
> contradiction, and the most overriding one, a situation that only
> gets tougher with time.
I agree with Nestor in the sense that this is the proposition we must
*begin* with (and continuously return to). The Chinese vocabulary is useful.
Imperialism is the primary contradiction in the world today. And within that
contradiction, at this time, the core imperialist power (the U.S. / EU /
Japan) is the dominant pole.
Is this true for the working class in within the imperialist center? I would
say yes. Most U.S. leftists have been excited by the Seattle struggle last
November and have hoped, are hoping, that that struggle will contribute to
re-igniting working class struggle in the U.S. And what is one (perhaps
*the*) obstacle to such a development: the attempt by liberals in general
and the AFL-CIO in particular to turn it down chauvinist channels: I am
thinking about the struggle around PNTR for China.
That is, the U.S. working class is simply not going to be capable of
seriously fighting even in its own behalf unless it (or its active elements)
come to see that U.S. imperialism constitutes the primary contradiction in
the world today. Any struggle ignoring that fact gets trivialized.
Carrol
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