[....] DEI programs were a source of perks and class advancement for the middle-class layers who ran them, and used them to deepen racial and class divisions. They are the opposite of the affirmative action programs set up in the 1970s that opened the door to the hiring of Black and women workers into jobs they’d been excluded from, gains that grew out of the Black-led movement that overthrew Jim Crow segregation.To shrink the bloated size of the government bureaucracy, the administration offered a buyout package to some 2 million government employees. They were offered their full salary and benefits for eight months if they left their jobs.The five most senior FBI bosses were fired Jan. 31. The Justice Department is considering getting rid of the 2,400 spies who carried out the FBI’s Jan. 6 inquiry, along with thousands of recently hired snoops.This isn’t a plan to cut back the FBI, rather the target is those agents who took responsibility for the Democrats’ assault on constitutional protections in their partisan drive to go after Trump and his allies. The capitalist state will retain its number one spy agency....[....] The size and scope of today’s modern capitalist state, replete with invasive welfare corps, spy agencies and huge military forces, has its roots in the rise of monopolies at the dawn of the imperialist epoch in the early 1900s.The world’s dominant ruling classes needed a larger state apparatus to pursue their conflicts over the redivision of the world’s markets and resources, conflicts that would eventually lead to two imperialist world wars. An expanding capitalist state was also required to suppress rising revolts against colonial domination and, above all, to shield the rulers from revolutionary struggles by workers and their allies.No capitalist government — Democratic or Republican — will break up what the imperialist rulers have put in place.As part of this expansion, there has been a proliferation of bloated federal agencies, with growing powers to monitor, interfere with and administer the lives of working people. Trump wants to trim some of these agencies, especially those used by Biden, Obama, Bill Clinton and others, as well as those used to target him and his supporters. For good measure, Trump also cut off the federal government’s $8.2 million worth of subscriptions to liberal mouthpiece Politico.What Trump and Musk project as “smaller government” is nothing new under capitalism. Their view is that trimming away at the government bureaucracy will leave the regulation of society to the workings of the capitalist system. But this won’t help working people either.Karl Marx, the founder of the modern communist movement, explained that only when the working class holds power can social relations be transformed and millions among the exploited and oppressed begin placing their stamp on the priorities of society.Marx spelled this out in response to the establishment of the world’s first working-class government, the Paris Commune, in 1871.“The Commune,” he wrote, “made the catchword of bourgeois revolutions, cheap government, a reality by destroying the two greatest sources of expenditure — the standing army and State functionarism.”They were replaced by the organization of the millions of working people themselves. The fight for workers power in the U.S., the only road to make that possible, is what the Socialist Workers Party exists to promote.
Mu
Saturday, February 22, 2025
What does Trump’s war against ‘big government’ mean for working people? – The Militant
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Israel’s fight to prevent a new Holocaust is at a new stage – The Militant
[....] the simple fact is every hostage should be released immediately, ceasefire or no ceasefire.
UK officials cover up years of gang rapes of working-class girls – The Militant
[....] refusal to investigate complaints about the abuse was often done under the guise that responding would be “Islamophobic.”
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Saturday, February 8, 2025
SWP campaign: All politics is class politics – The Militant
[....] Washington, the weakening but still dominant imperialist power, uses both free trade and protection to advance the U.S. rulers’ efforts to outsell their rivals. Karl Marx, the founder of modern communism, explained that whichever trade policy capitalist governments pursue, workers “go to the wall” either way....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2025
USAID: Shedding Tears for Killers
Woke liberals are keening over poor USAID. How can anybody be against international development!
But USAID has worked hand in glove for decades with the most violent antilabor organizations on earth, first of all the CIA. Together they have smashed unions, overthrown elected governments, created and trained death squads, and instructed police forces worldwide in hideous methods of rape, torture, and murder.
Development? USAID has consistently undermined any development that didn’t sufficiently advance the interests of its US corporate masters. Consequently, people starved.
Trump’s budget cuts are child’s play. One day laboring humanity will level all the institutions of imperialist repression and salt the earth where they stood.
Tip to USAID thugs: Today you’re worried about layoffs, but those might be a godsend. Eventually those who remain will be worrying about their trials.
Above, 1966: CIA & AID officers tried to defeat the Vietnamese revolution. They helped kill 3 million people, but the Vietnamese won the war.
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Israel, the Holocaust and Oct. 7 pogrom – The Militant
I stand by this editorial, in the current issue of ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต - February 10, 2025 - 100%. Read it and share it widely!
"...๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฐ-๐ก๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ’๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. Jew-hatred and pogroms are an integral part of the permanent social convulsions and wars of the imperialist epoch. ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ณ๐ข-๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐๐ฐ-๐ก๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ [my emphasis]. This is the lesson of the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust.
"...Today that fight is centered in Israel, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฐ-๐ก๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐๐ง๐. This deserves the wholehearted support of the working class and the unions.
"Israel’s defense is weakened by the fact that it is a capitalist country and it relies on backing from U.S. imperialism. ๐๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ '๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐' ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐.๐. ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ in their overriding drive to advance their economic, political and military interests.
"๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ. The current ceasefire between Hamas and Israel is inherently unstable as long as the conflict between Israel and Tehran’s 'axis of resistance' remains unsettled. ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ซ’๐ฌ ๐๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฑ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐."
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