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Editorial ¡Reparaciones climáticas! 12 Crisis climática y la clase obrera 12 Workers and oppressed peoples of the world unite! workers.org Vol. 61 No. 40 Oct. 3, 2019 $1 Global climate strikes Earth crisis arouses millions By Minnie Bruce Pratt fools.” Slogans in England pointed out “Disaster capi- march, was recently nominated for the International talism = climate apocalypse” and called for “System Children’s Peace Prize for her work as Anishinabek In Montreal, Quebec province, Canada, more than change, not climate change.” In Scotland, angry signs Nation Chief Water Commissioner. 500,000 people marched on Sept. 27 in an effort to halt proclaimed: “The rich get richer, the planet gets poorer” Indigenous peoples in close relationship with the Earth the climate crisis, in the largest strike in the city’s his- and “Save the bees or I’ll break your knees!” have led in protection of the environment for millennia tory, according to organizers. The leadership of Indigenous peoples in protecting before the “green movements” of the 20th century. The This and other Global Climate Strike events ended a the Earth and its beings was highlighted in Montreal, intensified exploitation of the planet in the last century week later, when 7.5 million people participated in 6,135 where Indigenous youth led the march. Rosalie LaBillois has seen heightened measures led by Indigenous people. actions in 185 countries, along with over 70 national and (Mi’kmaw), co-chair of the Assembly of First Nations The Sacred Stone camp created in 2016 to block the international unions, and more than 800 organizations National Youth Council, said: “We must ensure that our pathway of the Dakota Access Pipeline became an inter- endorsing and marching. The Sept. 20-27 global mobili- lands, waters, non-human beings, medicines and sacred national rallying site for environmental activists. zation was the largest turnout ever of people determined sites are protected now and for the seven generations to Indigenous environmental activists in Central and to defend the planet against exploitation and destruc- come.” (turtleislandnews.com) South America have been battling settler and corporate tion. (globalclimatestrike.net) AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde, AFN Yukon seizure and exploitation of their lands for centuries, long Many marchers emphatically indicted the capitalist Regional Chief Kluane Adamek and other leaders, includ- before the Amazon began burning. economy, corporate profit-making, and bought-and- ing Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, Many activists have lost their lives in that struggle, sold politicians as responsible. In the U.S., some signs marched with the Indigenous youth. Autumn Peltier including Berta Cáceres of Honduras, winner of the declared “Capitalism created climate crisis” and “Fossil (Wikwemikong), who marked her 15th birthday at the Continued on page 9 Bigot Trump’s real crimes Let us count the crimes the current U.S. the Central Park 5, Black and Latinx president has committed against the work- youths railroaded to jail on false accusa- ing class and all the oppressed masses. tions of raping a jogger, who were finally His campaign vili- exonerated. In office, he fied Mexicans and other railed against “s— thole Central American migrants Editorial countries,” all of which and refugees, calling them were countries in Africa or Indigenous youth lead massive Montreal Climate Strike, Sept. 27. PHOTO: TURTLE ISLAND NEWS gangsters and rapists. In office, he shut inhabited by people of African descent. down legal asylum, jailing migrants and Among other things, this president has separating parents from children, and insulted people with disabilities for their restricted entry for Muslims. disability, has tried to bar trans people All his life, Trump wore his misogyny from the military, and with all the above openly, boasting of groping women. In has committed grave crimes against the office he appointed misogynist judges to working and oppressed masses. federal courts and even the Supreme Court. Yet the charges that the Democratic Long before he ran for office, Donald Party and various ruling-class sectors Trump waged a racist campaign against Continued on page 10 Racism—then and now 3 Justice for Anthony Hill Legacy of Sugar Land 95 WW PHOTO: GLORIA RUBAC Brown Berets fight racism in Houston, Sept. 28. Read more on page 5. Workers won’t back down 4 GM strike in third week SEIU 32BJ vs Philly bosses Subscribe to Workers World Climate crisis & the working class 6-7 ☐ 4 weeks trial $4 ☐ 1 year subscription $30 ☐ Sign me up for the WWP Supporter Program: workers.org/donate Title X and abortion rights 8 Name _______________________________________________________________ Editorial Biden & Ukraine 10 Email _______________________________ Phone _________________________ Street _______________________________________________________________ City / State / Zip _______________________________________________________ Haitians rebel 10 Workers World Weekly Newspaper workers.org 147 W. 24th St., 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10011 212.627.2994 Space imperialism 11 Page 2 Oct. 3, 2019 workers.org ‘Stop the wars, save the planet!’ this week By Makasi Motema New York Activists with the People’s Mobilization ◆ In the U.S. to Stop the U.S. War Machine gathered at Herald Square Sept. 22 to denounce U.S. Bigot Trump's real crimes ....................... 1 imperialism and its role in the current climate ‘Stop the wars, save the planet!’ ..................2 crisis. People’s Mobilization is a coalition that Legacy of the Sugar Land 95.....................3 includes Code Pink, the Venezuelan Embassy Justice for Anthony Hill! ........................3 Protection Collective, the International Action Center and many anti-war, environ- SEIU 32BJ members #BuildingJustice ...........4 mental and other organizations. Big pharma + big money = no blame .............4 The demonstration was scheduled to coin- Brown Berets march against white supremacy .....5 cide with the opening of the 74th session of NYC declares: Independence for Puerto Rico! .....5 the United Nations General Assembly. About 200 demonstrators correctly NYC activists welcome Bolivarian leader ..........5 pointed out that the U.N. has often been a Scapegoating the homeless for climate crisis.......8 tool of U.S. imperialism, thereby completely Title X gag rule will increase need for abortion.....8 failing to uphold its “three pillars:” peace and Workers march to end climate crisis..............9 security, human rights and development. In actuality, the U.N. has either closed its eyes Makasi Motema at Sept. 22 rally. WW PHOTO: G. DUNKEL ◆ Around the world or been an active participant in the escalation of imperialist wars, decades of human rights Global climate strikes—Crisis arouses millions.... 1 violations in Palestine and the underdevelopment of the an international incident in the Strait of Hormuz as a pre- GM strike and the global working class ...........4 global South (countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and text for war with Iran. Climate justice, system change & the working class. 6 the Caribbean) for the benefit of Western finance capital. Now the U.S. has targeted the Chinese economy through Haitians demand president leave ...............10 Many of the activists in attendance also pointed out that an escalating trade war. And through all these hostile— the Pentagon is one of the planet’s leading polluters, emit- though half-baked— stratagems, the U.S. has wielded Astronomical imperialism! Part 2 . 11 ting more greenhouse gases from its military operations deadly sanctions like a cudgel against any government that ◆ Editorial than many industrialized nations. U.S. wars pose an immi- challenges its hegemony. nent threat to civilians in targeted countries, but they also During the rally and march from Herald Square, orga- Bigot Trump’s real crimes ....................... 1 pose an existential threat to the entire biosphere, as the nizers raised all these issues and ended their demonstra- Biden’s time in Ukraine ........................10 planet careens closer and closer to climate catastrophe. tion in front of the U.N. The challenge offered was clear: The demonstration coincided with the U.S.’s increas- “Stop the wars, save the planet.” The leadership at the ◆ Noticias en Español ing hostilities against Venezuela, China and Iran. Flailing United Nations has shown that they lack the vision and Editorial ¡Reparaciones climáticas! . 12 from one target to the next in a futile attempt to shore up courage to take actions necessary to ensure the survival its deteriorating legitimacy, the U.S. policy of “maximum of the species— but the people do. With each new gener- Crisis climática y la clase obrera................. 12 pressure” can be more accurately described as “maximum ation, popular outrage against imperialist warmongering belligerency.” grows. Only the power of the masses can stop the U.S. war First, there was the attempt to topple the Venezuelan machine. And that power is growing every day. government and replace the democratically elected leader- Motema spoke at the rally on behalf of Workers World ship with a U.S. puppet. Then, the U.S. sought to fabricate Party. Workers World 147 W. 24th St., 2nd Fl. New York, NY 10011 Join us in the fight Phone: 212.627.2994 E-mail: [email protected] for socialism! Web: www.workers.org Vol. 61, No. 40 • Oct. 3, 2019 Workers World Party is a revolutionary Marxist-Leninist people are gunned down by cops and bigots on a regular Closing date: Oct. 2,