http://usmlo.org/archive/2002-10/06-33-01.htm NO WAR IN IRAQ
Fight for Alternatives! U.S. imperialism is continuing its crimes against the peace, openly discussing various plans to invade Iraq and assassinate its head of state, Saddam Hussein, including carpet bombing Baghdad in order to do so. Promotion and planning for aggression is a crime. Defending your country against aggression is not. The U.S. model of democracy, where relations are determined on the basis of Might Makes Right and where the people themselves have no say, is showing itself to be incapable of solving any problem. War against Iraq in 1991 solved no problem, neither did war against Yugoslavia. War against Afghanistan has solved nothing, with security inside the U.S. and worldwide now far worse. What problem will invading Iraq now solve? The U.S is also seeking to legitimize their planned invasion by meeting with what it calls the Iraqi opposition. Just as it is promoting as "model citizens" those who become police informants and spies, the "model Iraqis" are those who betray their people and country and submit to U.S. dictate. Such models, representing all that has been condemned by history worldwide, cannot pass. How can a system based on Might Makes Right - in business, in international relations, at home - serve the needs of a modern society and modern world? How can the results be anything other than war and crimes against humanity? There are alternatives which the people themselves are putting forward. There is the alternative of peaceful co-existence and resolving conflicts on a political basis, using the norms established since World War II, such as those embodied in the UN Charter, the UN Declaration of Human Rights, the Geneva Conventions and others. There is the alternative of democratizing the UN so that the voice of the world can indeed be heard and acted on. There is the alternative of utilizing the wealth produced by the working class and people of the U.S. to lend a hand worldwide, to assist in eliminating poverty and hunger. There is the alternative of social solidarity, standing as one here and worldwide to together take decisions and defend the rights of all. The U.S. is claiming that if it does not invade Iraq, much greater damage will occur. The peoples are saying that if the U.S. is not stopped, world war is what is likely. As the Mayor of Hiroshima recently put it, at a ceremony on the anniversary of the U.S. dropping the atomic bomb, there must be "no annihilation without representation." Representation of the interests and needs of the peoples is what is required in governance today. There is the alternative to fight for representation. There is the alternative to change the role of the U.S. in the world by demanding: No U.S. Troops on Foreign Soil! Cancel the Debts! Reparations Now! There is the alternative of eliminating a system based on violence, exploitation and oppression and giving rise to a new world of socialized humanity, a world that is possible! ============== Joshua M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
