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*There has been an interesting debate about open borders in the letters column of the British left-wing paper *Weekly Worker* in recent weeks. All the letters on the subject have been put together in the current issue. Below we are reprinting some extracts from some of the letters supporting workers’ right to free movement:* It has been asked what Marx would have done. We can easily answer by describing what the First International, of which he was a member, did. They organised! The International announced that “the emancipation of labour is neither a local nor a national, but a social problem, embracing all countries” and that “Each member of the International Association, on removing his domicile from one country to another, will receive the fraternal support of the Associated Working Men”. Furthermore, “To counteract the intrigues of capitalists – always ready, in cases of strikes and lockouts, to misuse the foreign workman as a tool against the native workman – is one of the particular functions which our society has hitherto performed with success. It is one of the great purposes of the Association to make the workmen of different countries not only feel but act as brethren and comrades in the army of emancipation.” See: http://rdln.wordpress.com/2014/05/24/workers-rights-and-open-borders/ ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
