Feb. 8, 2018, Vol. 60, No. 6
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Trump y Davos 12 Workers and oppressed peoples of the world unite! workers.org Vol. 60, No. 6 Feb. 8, 2018 $1 Unite to say ‘No war on Korea!’ By Deirdre Griswold The progressive movements in the United States — those struggling for the rights of people of color, low- wage workers, women, immigrants, the LGBTQ and disability rights communities, the environment and much more — need to take note of the discussion going on within U.S. ruling circles about whether to launch military measures against north Korea that could lead to a nuclear war. They call it the “bloody-nose option.” We could say that starting a nuclear war is unthink- able. But they are thinking about it. And planning for it. The evidence is abundant. Victor Cha, who was a leading candidate for the po- sition of U.S. ambassador to south Korea, was dropped from consideration for the post after he wrote an op- ed piece for the Jan. 29 Washington Post in which he rejected “as some Trump administration officials have suggested, a preventive military strike.” Cha, a former Bush administration official, is no dove. Nor did he express any sympathy for the people of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the north- ern, socialist half of the Korean peninsula, in the event of such a war. Cha proposed in his op-ed what he called African Americans vs. imperialism • Civil Rights hero Ruby Sales • “a forceful military option available that can address the Takiyah Thompson: Toppling white supremacy • threat without escalating into a war that would likely kill tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of Americans.” Black Liberation & Socialism tour: Feb. 11 - 13, pages 6 - 7 Even suggesting that the U.S. should not provoke a nuclear war was enough to get him barred from a post in this administration. Trump’s State of the Union address An article in The Atlantic of Jan. 31 was headlined “Is Market turmoil: Trump Preparing for War with North Korea?” It begins, “The more closely you read Donald Trump’s comments As we write this — noon on Tues- about North Korea in his State of the Union address, the day, Feb. 6 — the global financial What it means for workers more plausible it becomes that he is preparing for war.” markets are in their third day of tur- The magazine noted that in his speech, “Trump devot- moil. It is reported that stocks have already lost at least As far back as the early 1980s, three-fourths of the ed a mere sentence to Russia and China. He devoted 23 $2 trillion in value. This is not the first, or the fifth, or people in the U.S. owned shares of corporate stock or words to Israel, 34 to Afghanistan, and 48 to Iran. Even even the tenth time such a contraction has happened. stock mutual funds either directly in their own names or the war against ISIS, which Trump cites as the main for- Indeed, periodic crises in the stock market have oc- indirectly through their pension funds, insurance poli- eign-policy achievement of his first year in office, gar- curred repeatedly throughout the history of capitalism. cies, savings accounts, etc. A deep drop in the markets nered only 302 words. North Korea received 475. In the capitalist media, everything is focused on can make all this go up in smoke. “Second, there are the things Trump didn’t say. The which companies are the biggest losers and which large As Workers World Party founder Sam Marcy wrote Olympics begin in South Korea in 10 days, and the investors will be hit hardest. Not one word addresses the after the crash of 1987: “The stock market, which had South Korean government hopes participation by ath- impact this will have on workers all over the world. Continued on page 10 letes from the North will ease hostility on the Peninsula. But Trump didn’t mention the games. In fact, he didn’t mention diplomacy at all.” 3 Henry Kissinger’s testimony to Senate THEN: In defense of DACA, TPS & Chicano Park Henry Kissinger, in testimony to the Senate Armed Continued on page 10 4 Labor walks out in W. Va., Seattle Subscribe to Workers World ‘YER OUT!’ Cleveland racist symbol 9 4 weeks trial $4 1 year subscription $30 Sign me up for the WWP Supporter Program: NOW: 1968: Lessons of Tet 10 workers.org/donate Generals IN Name ________________________________________________ 5 11 Email _______________________ Phone __________________ the White House U.S. bio-war against Korea Street ________________ City / State / Zip __________________ Workers World Weekly Newspaper workers.org 3 4, 8 8 9 147 W. 24th St., 2nd Fl, NY, NY 10011 212.627.2994 PALESTINE PUERTO RICO ECUADOR CUBA Page 2 Feb. 8 2018 workers.org NYC forum ‘Smash women’s oppression’ Special to Workers World In the U.S. Unite to say: ‘No war on Korea! ...........................1 “Women and the Fight for So- cialism” was the theme of a fo- NYC forum: ‘Smash women’s oppression’ ................2 rum held on Feb. 3 in New York Harvard U. workers unite to defend immigrants ........ 3 City sponsored by the New York Detroiters defend immigrant rights..................... 3 branch of Workers World Party. Chicago: Celebrate and release Ahed Tamimi! .......... 3 The following questions and more San Diego: In defense of Chicano Park .................. 3 were discussed. West Virginia: Education workers fighting back ......... 4 In this period of mass resis- tance by women against sexual Seattle: School bus drivers strike for health care ........ 4 harassment, misogyny and sex- Strategies for workplace organizing .................... 4 ism, the question looms large of Buffalo, N.Y.: Labor support for Puerto Rico ............. 4 how to end women’s oppression. Trump, the generals and the FBI . 5 How can we take the recent victo- Read this book! ‘Generals Over the White House’ ....... 5 ries against sexual predators and Close Guantanamo naval base – U.S. OUT! ............. 9 serial sexual assaulters further? How can working-class and trans Cleveland: Partial victory against racist sports symbol .. 9 women benefit from the progress U.S. conducted biowarfare against DPRK .................11 made in Hollywood and by other WW PHOTO: BRENDA RYAN Black Liberation Month more privileged sectors? Julie Varughese, Taryn Fivek, Teresa Gutierrez, Monica Moorehead and Cosmia How can the women’s movement Bohannan-Blumke, Feb. 3. Black Liberation and the Vietnamese struggle .............6 unite with trans women to fight ‘DO IT LIKE DURHAM’: Takiyah Thompson speaks .........6 against this extra oppression and build unity between cis- summed up with a talk on “Women in Cuba show how so- Civil Rights hero Ruby Sales and white supremacy .........7 women and transwomen? How do other forms of oppres- cialism is the only solution to end women’s oppression.” sion like white supremacy intersect with sexism? What ad- Taryn Fivek chaired the meeting. To view these talks, go Around the world vancements have been achieved by women in socialist Cuba to tinyurl.com/y7dkt5uf/. Ecuador at the crossroads ..................................8 and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea? Women’s oppression is the oldest oppression of all, New York protest says ‘Puerto Rico is not for sale!’ .........8 Opening remarks were made by Workers World Party rooted in the origins of class society. It is a complex and Editorial members. Monica Moorehead reviewed the issue of “Vi- intricate web that is inculcated in every facet of life. It olence against women at Michigan State University – iso- permeates every single part of society. Sexism exists in Market turmoil: What it means for workers.................1 lated or systemic.” Cosmia Bohannan-Blumke addressed the boardroom and the bedroom, in the office and in the Lessons of the 1968 Tet Offensive .........................10 the “Fight for Trans Liberation.” Julie Varughese reported fields, in Hollywood and at McDonald’s. It can only end Noticias en Español on “Women’s status in the DPRK,” and Teresa Gutierrez when we end capitalism. Trump y la clase dominante, de Davos a DACA y Mueller 12 Workers World Party announces with sorrow the death of Milt Neidenberg -1922- 2018, founding member of the Party, steel worker, labor organizer, teacher of orga n - Workers World izers, and revolutionary communist leader. Memorial plans will be announced by 147 W. 24th St., 2nd Fl. the Party. A tribute to his life will appear in a future edition of Workers World. New York, NY 10011 Phone: 212.627.2994 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.workers.org Vol. 60, No. 5 • Feb. 1, 2018 Closing date: Jan. 30, 2018 Join us in the fight Editor: Deirdre Griswold Managing Editors: John Catalinotto, LeiLani Dowell, for socialism! Kris Balderas Hamel, Monica Moorehead, Workers World Party is a revolutionary Marxist- Wages are lower than ever, and youth are saddled with Minnie Bruce Pratt; Web Editor Gary Wilson Leninist party inside the belly of the imperialist beast. seemingly insurmountable student debt, if they even make Production & Design Editors: Coordinator Lal Roohk; We are a multinational, multigenerational and multigen- it to college. Black and Brown youth and trans people are Andy Katz, Cheryl LaBash dered organization that not only aims to abolish capital- gunned down by cops and bigots on a regular basis. Copyediting and Proofreading: Sue Davis, ism, but to build a socialist society because it’s the only WWP fights for socialism because the working class Bob McCubbin, Jeff Sorel way forward! produces all wealth in society, and this wealth should re- Contributing Editors: Abayomi Azikiwe, Capitalism and imperialism threaten the peoples of main in their hands, not be stolen in the form of capital- Greg Butterfield, G. Dunkel, K. Durkin, the world and the planet itself in the never-ending quest ist profits.