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Volume 3 No 196 9 March 2011 30P/80P for a Workers’ Government So& Wloirkdersa’ Lirbeirtty y Volume 3 No 196 9 March 2011 30p/80p For a workers’ government Defend Usama Make the unions Remembering Hasan page 3 fight! page 5 Climate Camp page 8 Picture: reportdigital.co.uk/Phil Wolmuth Doctors’ warning: Tory plan takes healthcare back to 1930s See page 3 Make 26 March springboard for fightback INTERNATIONAL What is the Alliance Protests AFL-CIO calls action on 4 April for Workers’ Liberty? In Wisconsin, the move - in North ment against the anti- Today one class, the working class, lives by selling its labour union Walker Bill is power to another, the capitalist class, which owns the means Korea entering a new phase. of production. Society is shaped by the capitalists’ relentless Protestors have been drive to increase their wealth. Capitalism causes poverty, By Dan Angell cleared out of the Capi - unemployment, the blighting of lives by overwork, imperialism, tol building, which they had been occupying the destruction of the environment and much else. According to Asian news Against the accumulated wealth and power of the since 15 February. But agencies, small scale trade unions and other capitalists, the working class has one weapon: solidarity. demonstrations have grassroots campaigners The Alliance for Workers’ Liberty aims to build solidarity sprung up in parts of against the bill are still through struggle so that the working class can overthrow North Korea. rallying and organising capitalism. We want socialist revolution: collective ownership Although the details of actions and demonstra - of industry and services, workers’ control and a democracy tions outside the Capitol much fuller than the present system, with elected these protests are not clear and there is little sugges - building; and fourteen representatives recallable at any time and an end to tion that they amount to a Democratic senators are cessful we’ll be able to re - workers’ movement. The bureaucrats’ and managers’ privileges. determination to fight for still in hiding in Illinois, verse the worst parts of the leadership are looking to - We fight for the labour movement to break with “social immediate regime change, thereby making it consti - bill. And in similar states wards closer links with the partnership” and assert working-class interests militantly they are potentially highly tutionally impossible for like Ohio where similar Democrats and rebuilding against the bosses. signficant. the Wisconsin state sen - anti-collective bargaining their institutional power. Our priority is to work in the workplaces and trade unions, The lack of food, electric - ate to pass the Bill into bills are being passed, we’ll And then there is a very supporting workers’ struggles, producing workplace bulletins, ity and basic utilities are law. Meanwhile, similar deal with that by getting a inspiring level of activity at helping organise rank-and-file groups. the most likely reason for bills are being passed in referendum which we will the rank-and-file level, ex - We are also active among students and in many campaigns the demonstrations. Chal - other states — there are perhaps win. emplified by the call for to and alliances. lenging the regime directly ongoing, large protests It’s an electoralist strat - educate members in Wis - is too dangerous, and most against a Walker-style egy which I think will be consin about the role of a We stand for: North Koreans simply anti-union bill in Ohio, very demoralising and de - general strike. G Independent working-class representation in politics. don’t have enough knowl - and state senators in In - mobilising. • A workers’ government, based on and accountable to the edge on the possible “alter - diana have copied the At the same time there is TWO PATHS Wisconsin 14 and fled The attacks can be labour movement. natives”. lot of activity in Madison. the state. stopped either way but it A workers’ charter of trade union rights — to organise, to It is also unlikely that On 3 March the National G Traven Leyshon, an really matters which way. strike, to picket effectively, and to take solidarity action. these protests have been di - Nurses United union or - rectly influenced by the up - American labour activist, ganised a march against • Taxation of the rich to fund decent public services, homes, spoke to Solidarity about The lessons of a victory, if education and jobs for all. risings in North Africa and workers making any con - it’s won by the Democratic the Middle East. The state what’s at stake in this new cessions, with 7,000 people G A workers’ movement that fights all forms of oppression. Party in the legislature with controlled media allows no phase of the fight. on it. On 5 March there Full equality for women and social provision to free women the support of the union of - news from the outside The AFL-CIO union feder - were 50,000 at two rallies from the burden of housework. Free abortion on request. Full ficials, will be that workers world. There simply isn’t ation had a national con - that occurred in the same equality for lesbian, gay and bisexual people. Black and white need to rely on the Demo - enough flow of information ference call on 7 March place. The larger one was cratic Party to defend them - workers’ unity against racism. for citizens to draw influ - with leaders of AFL-CIO organised by a grassroots G Open borders. selves, that is to keep a ence from such events. locals. The attitude dis - coalition in Madison and dependent relationship to a G Global solidarity against global capital — workers Some sources suggest the played was very contra - the smaller was organised political party which is everywhere have more in common with each other than with apparent succession of dictory . by the AFL-CIO national dominated by big business. their capitalist or Stalinist rulers. power from Kim Jong-il to leadership. On the other hand, the AFL-CIO national presi - G Democracy at every level of society, from the smallest his youngest son Kim Jong- The reason that there workers in Ohio and Wis - dent Trumke said: “this is workplace or community to global social organisation. un is unnerving the se - were two rallies was that consin and other states are really our moment right G Working-class solidarity in international politics: equal verely oppressed and the AFL-CIO leadership engaged in a battle the likes now. How do we take the rights for all nations, against imperialists and predators big hungry population. One in - were worried that speakers of which we haven’t seen in momentum and sustain it?” and small. ternet source claims that at the locally-organised 35 years, and if we win He said that events in G Maximum left unity in action, and openness in debate. North Koreans regard Kim grassroots demo would be through our economic and Madison have breathed G If you agree with us, please take some copies of Solidarity Jong-un as “bloodthirsty off-message and too left- workplace power and new life into the labour to sell — and join us! and mad”. wing. But the demonstra - through civil disobedience, movement. Further, “almost every - tion was inspiring. It had a possibly including political That’s true, and it’s not 020 7394 8923 [email protected] one thinks he was behind militant message with a strikes, then the lessons of just in the labour move - the military attacks against good speech by Michael such an experience would 20e Tower Workshops, Riley Road, ment, people beyond it are ROKS Cheonan and an is - Moore. be that workers do have looking to the trade unions London, SE1 3DG. land under South Korean The Wisconsin AFL-CIO power: it would put us on a – college and high school control, which led to re - has called for a statewide path of political independ - students and progressive strictions on humanitarian mobilisation on 12 March. It ence and rebuilding a organisations are demon - aid from the South. This will not include official working-class movement in strating. The labour move - has further worsened stan - strikes, though there might this country. dards of living in the ment is the centre of be unofficial walkouts, as There are these two al - North. North Koreans are people’s attention right there previously have been ternative paths and the GET SOLIDARITY ready to do just about any - now. with teachers. The feeling reality is of course a hy - brid. There are going to thing to stop the succes - STRATEGY in Madison is still very sion.” strong. be national demonstra - EVERY WEEK! But what’s the strategy to tions called by the na - South Korean activists win? There isn’t a coher - 4 April is the next really are reported to be planning big step in the national tional unions, there is Special offers ent one. The unstated going to be local action the sending of videos of the strategy is an electoralist AFL-CIO campaign, calling G Trial sub, 6 issues £5 revolutions in Egypt and a day of action across the including workplace ac - strategy – organising for tion in some case sup - Tunisia to North Korean the elections in 2012. country, looking to students G 22 issues (six months). £18 waged £9 unwaged citizens. and so on for broad sup - ported by national unions Although an unsuc - and then there’s going to In the interim we’ll be port. 44 issues (year). £35 waged £17 unwaged cessful “propaganda be electoral activity. G pursuing recalls of eight of I think we are at a cross - war” has existed be - That’s why I think we’re at the Wisconsin Republican roads. There are two differ - G European rate: 28 euros (22 issues) or 50 euros (44 issues) tween the two Koreas for a crossroads.
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