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Gorki
7th August 2011, 22:26
FACING THE CRISIS, THE WAR AND THE TERROR ...
MEANS FIGHTING IMPERIALISM!
FOR THE STRUGGLE OF THE PEOPLES AND INTERNATIONNAL SOLIDARITY!

Call by the Revolutionary Communist Party to organize a common demonstration on September 11, 2011

Ten years ago, September 11th 2001, attacks occurred against the twin towers of the World Trade Center. That day, the world rocked. While the victims of the attacks would join the other millions of direct and indirect victims of the policies and actions of U.S. imperialism, the future was in preparation, under the auspices of the war against terrorism would turn out to really be a full-scale war against the dominated nations of the world because imperialism is domination and the drive to war.

The United States were the forerunners in the "war against terrorism» well before September 11. Assuming the right to intervene and attack anywhere the US imperialist interests were threatened. Today, many imperialist countries, including Canada, have largely relayed that politic (think of what is happening now in Libya) giving themselves the same privileges to act as they see fit, the targets being determined according to the needs of Capitalism to ensure that globally, stability and the imperialist world order reign again, of course, with the support of dictatorships submitted to the imperialist powers.

Every day since then, new measures have been taken by the governments of the various ruling classes. At the national level, draconian laws and criminalization of dissent particularly against immigrants and everywhere else wars of aggression and military intervention. In this sense, the aftermath of September 11 illustrate the contradictions in the world: contradiction between world imperialism led by the United States against the oppressed peoples and nations. But also, contradiction between the capital the working class in the imperialist countries, of whom many come from the same dominated countries. It is necessary at this conjuncture to strive for unity and struggle, here and now against our common enemies.

Indeed, the past decade was also a decade of worsening poverty and exploitation around the world. Under the name of globalization, the proletariat and the masses have seen their living conditions deteriorated. The global economic crisis gripping the capitalism since 2008 has accentuated misery and exploitation as a catalyst for the revolt from Algeria to Greece.

While wars ad up and poverty continues to grow, we appeal to the Canadian proletariat, the anti-imperialist activists, youth, women, immigrants to block and deal with the Crusade of the imperialist countries to impose a new world order. This struggle must be developed here with the various forces that wish to sincerely to fight against imperialism without falling into hardly defensible positions. With one voice, let’s condemn imperialism!

We must take the side of the resistance of the peoples of the world and take the path of social change, of revolution. Despite its shortcomings, despite its contradictions, the resistance that the people oppose to the most dominant imperialism shows every day the way forward.

Around the world proletariat, peasants, oppressed people, immigrants, the popular masses learn to fight back and win victories. In the Philippines, India, Mexico, Greece, Palestine, where more than 63 years since the occupation, the Palestinian people still resist.

More than ever these famous word "proletarians and oppressed peoples of the world unite! " Turn out to be valid. It will be even more when we take the street to show that fighting the war, crisis and terror is to fight imperialism!

We recognize the unconditional right to self determination of peoples.
We demand the abandonment of all Canadian economic interests abroad and the withdrawal of all military forces.
Against the crisis measures we put forward the right for each person to have worthy living conditions and a social life in accordance with it and we demand absolute equality of all the political and civil rights for all the migrant workers.

Please contact us for more information or to organize a meeting at the following email address:
MER @PCR-RCP.CA ([email protected])

North Star
8th August 2011, 02:21
I think this is a poor tactic. A better idea would be to have this protest on the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan on October 7th. The publicity that the RCP is going to get from the event is going to paint the protestors as indifferent to those who lost their lives in the September 11th attacks as well as the media no doubt trying to claim that the RCP supports al-Qaeda style terrorism attacks. It's going to backfire no matter what the good intentions are. Having a protest on Oct. 7th makes it far harder for those who are going to be critical of the RCP painting the protestors as apologists for random terrorism.

Parvati
8th August 2011, 22:13
Even if the actual date of October 7 could be a good idea, I do not think we can say that September 11 is a bad "tactic". It's a high time for many people in the world, even if the bourgeois media divert the message. It's also good to bring political positions - our support for people around the world who suffer imperialism - regardless of al-Qaeda or any other conspiracy theory.

ellipsis
12th August 2011, 16:42
moved to upcoming events.