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Socialism and Current Crisis of Capitalism providing benefits for the workers EDITORIAL who are paying into this plan." According to that law Mr. This is the last question to be Obama, it states, very, very asked of Mr. Obama: '7s the directly that: "The primary forced bankruptcy of General responsibility of the pension fund Motors and the elimination of "fiduciaries" is to run this plan tens of thousands of jobs, just solely in the interests of an arranged collection grab for participants and beneficiaries and the favored U.S. financiers that for the exclusive purpose of are calling the shots? PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE BAIL OUT OF US AUTOMKERS This financial robbery of US and Canadian taxpayers hard- earned money is nothing more than the Greatest Auto Theft in history! Besides this unheard of Billions Robbery, it is also dumping 40,000 of the last 60,000 auto trade union jobs into the mass grave dug by Obama's appointee, James Dimon. Mr. Dimon is the CEO of J.P. Morgan and Citibank. While GM trade union workers are losing their jobs and retirement benefits, their life savings, but the GM shareholders are getting rich and most expect to get back a stunning $6 BILLION! Even under the present US Laws this is illegal! Helping Mr. Dimon is also the official Obama's appointee — This cartoon is from the Toronto Daily Star newspaper' showing Steven Rattner, Obama's "Auto the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) leadership that did not stand Czar" - the man who ordered up strongly enough during this financial robbery. Looking on is General Motors to go bankrupt. the Prime Minister of Canada and Premier of Ontario, Obama's man ordered GM to grab the auto workers pension funds in order to pay off Morgan and Citibank. In this way these two banks will get their $6 Billon right away. After all, that's how monopoly capitalism works! So, what's wrong in seizing worker's pension fund monies in a Bankruptcy? The answer, Mr. Obama, Mr. Law Professor that you are - IT IS ILLEGAL, ACCORDING TO THE U.S. LAW THAT YOU SWORE TO UPHOLD! Peter Westin of Aton Bank IN THE PRESIDIUM OF AGAIN, RUSSIA demographic Report said: " Russia today has one of the highest death THE ANTI-FASCIST BUCKLES TO USA rates in the world!" Russia has signed now an In the first national census since COMMITEE OF UKRAINE agreement with US Imperialism and Soviet Union time, done in 2002 - By VLADIMIR PRONIN opened up a plant in Siberia to women outnumber men by 10.1 destroy huge stock piles of US made million. Last May 16, 2009, under the artillery shells filled with deadly nerve Even the World Bank reported last chairmanship of G.V. Buyko, there agents, more than a decade after the year that because of the rapid rise of took place an important meeting of US first pledged to destroy them. tuberculosis and other diseases that our Anti-Fascist Committee. We This facility is the largest in the were eliminated during Soviet times, th examined the celebration of May 9 world, dedicated to destroying the death rate amongst men is the Day of Victory over fascism and it chemical, biological and nuclear becoming an epidemic. was significantly evident that this outdated arms. date and this victory are very deeply A very simple question is this: YES SOVIET COMRADES! ingrained in the psyche of our people since most of these stockpiles of BACK TO THE FUTURE and the role played by the Soviet artillery shells and biological arms BACK TO SOCIALISM! Union and its glorious Red Army in are products of America, why cannot the victory over fascism - that US destroy all of them on American terrible hurricane of the XX Century. territory? Why did the present NEW AFGHAN SUPPLY There were evaluations of our Russian regime allow this plant to be work since the last Conference and built and to be used in order to ROUTES TAKE SHAPE the effect of our unified work with destroy US-made weapons? US Imperialism under President other organizations and movements Obama has now completed a new that took part in this unified march to Who in the Kremlin bowed very transportation route to Afghanistan, celebrate the Victory over fascism. low to Uncle Sam and gained the to transfer war supplies to US and There were placards, signs and $$$ payoff? other forces to fight the resistance of posters: "Down with Orange the people of Afghanistan. fascism!"- "Yushenko, your heroes Former Soviet Tadjikistan and its were shooting our Red Army RUSSIAN POPULATION traitorous leadership has signed an Soldiers in the back!"- "Banderovci - agreement to allow US forces to they are fascists!"- "Away with this TO HALVE IN 60 YEARS utilize not only the airfields, but all national-fascist regime!" From MOSCOW TIMES railways and highways for the US At the meeting at the monument Even this pro-Russian government occupation forces in Afghanistan. to V.I. Lenin, members of the news media had to admit after a Tadjikistan could be handling Presidium spoke - N.F. Lavrinenko, demographic study predicted that the between 50 to 200 huge containers A. Y. Naiman, Y. V. Shilovcev and population of Russia, which now is of war supplies per week. M.K. Rodionov. 143.8 million people and is shrinking Uzbekistan, another ass-kisser of US We adopted a protest statement -because of the terrible economic Imperialism is also giving up its against the holding in Kiev on May airfields, rail and roads for this th and healthcare conditions - is now 16 "All Ukrainian Social-Nationalist shrinking by over 1 million people per American purpose. Congress. If the people of Ukraine year! In 60 years, if the conditions do Kyrgyzsten is also negotiating for a do not unite against this growing not improve drastically, the better pay-off to help USA. nationalist-fascist movement, there ethnographers predict that the History never forgets and people will be tragedies, bloodshed and loss population of Russia will shrink to 72 will never forgive these traitors, who of many lives in this struggle. Millions. forgot as to which system brought If we do not take immediate action Ten million workers will die until them from their backwardness into at this time, it means that we are year 2015. The working population the light of Socialism and their allowing fascism to grow and fell by more than 12 millions since modern development. thousands of young people shall be USSR was dismembered. the victims - is one of statements in Experts in health stated that the our Protest Declaration. We also death rate of the Russian workers demanded that the government take from accidents, poisoning and steps to bring the leaders of this also injuries at the unsafe workplace now, all those that financially support this is at the same level as it was in fascist movement in the Ukrainian Russia 100 years ago. government. The Russian State sponsored study We appealed to the people of by Aton Capital Investments Bank Ukraine to be vigilant - expose all of indicate in their study that the these nationalist-fascists, and Russian population will fall to half by always demonstrate against their 2050. The Russian population will actions. drop to 130 million by 2015 and way down to 75 millions by 2050. I DECLARE AN ANATHEMA AGAINST THESE OATH- BREAKERS AND TRAITORS! By GALINA SAVCHENKO On May 9th Victory Day, as always, the "free press" was not with or part of the main demonstration in Ukraine or in Russia, where the big columns of marchers led by Zyuganov and Simonenko were not shown over the TV media at all! In Moscow, on the Red Square, the flag of the Russian traitor Vlasov was flying over the Kremlin. In Kiev the Veterans of the Great Patriotic War allowed themselves to be taken by busses right to the Kreschatik, Square, where the Ukrainian Security Service had them march alone, supervised by these modern- day Banderite, under the watchful eyes of Yushenko and Tymoshenko. Shame on you Veterans that you allowed yourself to be herded like sheep! Why did the Head of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirilo, gave a gift to this traitor and nationalist, in the name of god in order to try and get him a bigger popular rating for the coming presidential elections in Ukraine. As our people 300 years ago when they pronounced an Anathema against the traitor Mazepa, so it is today that we declare an Anathema against these new Mazepas - When Glalina was attacked at the Eternal Flame where flowers were Yushenko and Tymoshenko. being laid, this poster with the photo of Stalin was torn to shreds by Today there is a dual policy that these Banderites, but Galina Savchenko managed to give one if affects our lives in Ukraine. these attackers a bloody nose and a black eye. The Veterans and the Heroes of the Soviet Union, living in Ukraine, they abandoned their Soldiers Oath and Frontline comradeship, they sold out our Soviet fathers and mothers - who did not return back from the fronts. They capitulated before the Banderite symbol of Trizub! What is the worth of the Victory Day greetings to these veterans from this traitor Tymoshenko? This is all done so that no one will say the word "Soviet" or mention the victory of the Soviet Union, Soviet people, Soviet Army, Soviet victory! Even Mr. Medvedev. President of Russia is afraid to utter the great meaning of the word SOVIET! In spite of the present anti-Soviet hysteria in the media of Ukraine and Russia trying desperatelv to keep on the chains that they had put around peoples' necks; who make fun of everything Soviet and Socialist; eliminating all Soviet Holidays and befuddling the old Soviet War Veterans that they were liberating only Russia and Ukraine, but not the Soviet Union! But in far away Canada, we can read and feel the warmth and the truth from Northstar Compass journal, whose Editorial Board always honor and celebrate this most important day in the life of Soviet People, the Victory Day of the Soviet People - the Soviet victory over fascism - over Hitler, over Banderites and Vlasovites! We thank you dear comrades! These are 3 Tretyak sisters who are Komsomol of Ukraine.
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