AUSTRALIA $1.50 · canada $1.50 · france 1.00 euro · new zealand $1.50 · uk £.50 · u.s. $1.00 INSIDE Venezuela: Workers, farmers face effects of capitalist crisis — PAGE 6 A SOCIALIST NEWSWEEKLY PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF WORKING PEOPLE vol. 82/no. 32 August 27, 2018 SWP: Fight for 15,000 Uber Gov’t immigration raid independent drivers strike sparks Nebraska protests working-class over pay cuts political action in Australia by emma johnson BY LINDA HARRIS As historic changes are taking place SYDNEY — Uber drivers across in the world — in Korea, the Middle Australia stopped work Aug. 6 to East, Europe and elsewhere — mem- protest the decline in their take-home bers and supporters of the Socialist pay caused by two new programs the Workers Party are taking their class- company has imposed on them. The action was called by Ride Share SWP speaks out for Drivers United, which reported that 15,000 drivers logged off the Uber exploited, oppressed app and refused to pick up passengers between 7 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. in Mel- struggle program broadly to working bourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and people. They knock on workers’ doors Hobart. This is the fifth work stop- in cities, towns and rural areas to ex- page the group has held since Febru- plain where these changes come from, ary 2017. and why workers need to chart an in- The explosion of Uber, Lyft and dependent political course — from other app-based ride services around Courtesy Micheal Peterson the capitalist rulers, their parties and the world has put a spotlight on the Wrestling coach Bryan Corkle addresses rally in O’Neill, Nebraska, Aug. 8 protesting ar- rest, deportation of workers without papers during ICE raid at nearby factories and farms. their state — on the road to overturn exploitative wages and working con- their system and take political power. ditions imposed on drivers. The boss- Socialist Workers Party: ‘I was surprised, pleased Where bourgeois media and par- es of “traditional” taxi companies and ‘Amnesty for immigrants!’ at the size of the turnout’ ties beholden to this oppressive sys- their app-based competitors profit by tem confuse and obfuscate, the SWP pitting the drivers against each other. The following statement was released by seth galinsky reaches out to discuss and contest the In face of growing competition Aug. 15 by Margaret Trowe, Socialist Some 80 people in O’Neill, a town Continued on page 3 Continued on page 5 Workers Party candidate for U.S. Sen- of 3,700 in northeastern Nebraska, ate from New York. Trowe lives in Al- protested immigration raids as they bany, where she works for Walmart. were taking place Aug. 8 at nearby tomato and potato processing plants Join fight against censorship and some other locations, as well as SWP statement in Minnesota and Nevada. Most of in Illinois, Florida prisons! the 133 arrested were from Nebraska. AUSTRALIA $1.50 · cAnAdA $1.50 · fRAnce 1.00 eURo · new zeALAnd $1.50 · Uk £.50 · U.S. $1.00 There are 11 million immigrant “Illegal friends, neighbors, cowork- INSIDE Class-struggle road for workers workers without visas, work permits ers, classmates,” read one prominent to take political power Lessons from 1930s Teamster struggles — PAGE 7 or other papers recognized by the protest sign. A SOCIALIST NEWSWEEKLY PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF WORKING PEOPLE vOL. 82/NO. 26 JULY 16, 2018 government living in the U.S. today. The raids had two separate targets. They are here firstly because the colo- The over 100 workers who Immigra- Build fight to Join July 12th protest New struggles Continued on page 9 Continued on page 9 win amnesty against pension cuts! today open for immigrants Join Mine Workers, Teamsters in Columbus door to build across the US labor unions Primaries expose ongoing crisis By seth gAlinsky Union officials, meritocratic heads of NEW YORK — Opposition by “progressive” nongovernmental organi- working people to recent factory raids zations and the liberal media are predict- by Immigration and Customs En- ing doom and gloom over a June 27 U.S. forcement shows that the fight to win Supreme Court ruling called the Janus wracking both capitalist parties amnesty for 11 million undocumented decision. On a 5-4 vote, the black-robed workers in the U.S. can gain broader arbiters of ruling-class “justice” held support than ever. It’s a demand we that government agencies can no longer by terry evans presidential candidates of both major have won before, and we can win be required to pay dues or “agency fees” again! The primary contests under- capitalist parties evoked such political After ICE cops raided Fresh Mark’s meatpacking plants in Ohio June 19, Editorial way to select candidates for the two distrust, disgust and aversion among both the AFL-CIO and the Teamsters union condemned it. “Seeking a bet- to the unions of public workers. ter life for yourself and your family is The court’s ruling aims “to destroy main capitalist parties contending in working people, youth and broad lay- not a crime,” said AFL-CIO spokes- public-sector unions,” wrote the New person Chip Shannon June 29. “The Florida prison Yorkcensored Times editors. “‘Preparingissue forof the the the November elections have been ers of the lower middle class.” attacks on these workers call to ques- worst’: unions brace for loss of mem- MilitantUnited Mine for Workers this article reporting on tion the freedom of all working peo- Mine Workers union rally Oct. 14, 2015, Brookwood, Alabama, protests attacks on pensions, health care. bers,” headlined the Washington Post. marked by the political crisis wrack- Continued on page 4 ple.” victory in overturningThe fact of the matterprior is unions censor have - “An attack on any one worker is an By eMMA JOhnsOn The unions are urging a big turnout been losing ground for decades, and it’s ing both the Democrats and Repub- attack on our shared goal of lifting On July 12 thousands of union coal for the protest.ship The fight attempts. for union- not Paper because of anti-unionis fighting laws or court fed - up all workers in our country,” said miners, teamsters, bakery workers, scale retirement benefits for all work- rulings. It’s because top union officials licans, a crisis that accelerated with Teamsters President James Hoffa. musicians and other workers from ers guaranteederal by the prison government ban have on tied all our issuesunions to getting in Illinois. out the But the organizers of protests that across the Midwest and beyond will needs to be the cause of the entire la- vote for mostly Democratic Party politi- drew tens of thousands across the rally in Columbus, Ohio, demanding bor movement. cians, instead of organizing the unorga- Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential country June 30 did not raise the the government take steps to main- “We have buses coming from cit- nized, building a fighting union move- Inside bydemand bri fora amnesty.n wil Instead, li they amtain pensionss of tens of thousands of iescurity across the Midwest matter.” and from Ala- ment, part of a broad social movement victory. Continued on page 3 retired and working members. bama,” Phil Smith, communications that speaks out for and inspires all work- The Militant urges readers to join in director“Banning with the United Mine theWork- Militanters, the unemployed andbecause the oppressed. it This crisis is a product of the search Protests hit Quebec festival Continued on page 5 Continued on page 10 winningProtests support win forsupport the newspaper’s in fight to covers the views and activities of the by growing numbers of workers for move to shut musical revue 2 fightjail to cop overturn who killeda ban imposed Antwon on Rose the SWPSocialist conference: Workers Workers Party respondand its tocan - ways to stand up to the bosses’ assaults paper to a subscriber at the Federal shiftsdidates shaking is an world unconstitutional capitalist ‘order’ attack on wages and working conditions, the Argentine supporters of right By teRRy evAns Active Workers Conference, held Bureau of Prisons’ medium security Andon JO hnpolitical studeR rightsJune 14-16and in Oberlin, freedom Ohio, and post- of debilitating impact on workers of the to abortion say ‘we will win’ 4 This is the second of two articles conference meeting of the party’s Na- facility in Greenville, Illinois. onthe discussions press,” and decisions said at the Militanttional Committee. editor John rulers’ ongoing wars abroad, and the Socialist Workers Party-sponsored Last week’s article described how teachers’ strikes and fights in West Warden Tom Werlich justified the Studer. “It can setVirginia a dangerous and other states this prec year - rulers’ grinding attacks on our social, TSA ‘Quiet Skies’ spy us rulers, Moscow announced a new stage in the class ban in his July 12 rejection of the edent for broaderstruggle, prison inspiring censorshipworkers across the cultural and political rights. program targets passengers 5 set summit meet to U.S. “Build the Labor Movement” Militant, saying the paper “is a news- of the Militant andwill other be the axis publicationsof work of the party’s Describing the circumstances that weekly journal associated with the discusswith points decreasing of view any Continuedwarden on page dis 8 - led to Trump’s election in 2016, So- Support grows for fight to jail Mideast tensions Socialist Workers Party and encour- Byagrees teRRy ev Answith throughoutInside the entire cialist Workers Party leader Steve cop who killed Antwon Rose 6 President Donald Trump and Rus- ages change by protesting and strik- sianprison President Vladimirsystem.” Putin have Doug Ford election in Ontario Clark wrote in the introduction to The set a July 16 summit in Helsinki, Fin- reflects working-class unrest 2 ing. Such publication can encourage land, seekingDavid a new level Goldstein, in collabora- New Jerseyfrom march thedemands noted Clintons’ Anti-Working-Class Re- US, EU rulers clash over Above, Mark Dixon/Blue Lens/Flickr; inset, taken from Pittsburgh Action 4 news video tion between the two central military driver’s licenses for all 4 Protests in Pittsburgh area have won broad support in working class to fight to convict powers in the Middle East. The lib- inmatesMichael Rosfeld, to cop protestwho killed Antwon Rose.and Above, conduct truckers say, “Killing workhas got to stop!” constitutional rights law firm Rabi- cord: Why Washington Fears Work- eral press, driven perpetually by their July 15 meeting to celebrate trade, spending for NATO 7 strikesBy MAl whichCOlM JARR becomeett tureda institution on a cellphone video that se has- been determination to oust Trump from of- political life of Wendy Lyons 6 PITTSBURGH — Protests demand- viewed by hundreds of thousands. fice, denounced the summit, hintingContinued on page 9 ing People, “Never before have the ing justice in the East Pittsburgh cop The outrage against the killing has darkly Putin must have something on ‘Militant’ challenges ongoing killing of 17-year-old Antwon Rose spanned workers of all nationalities the U.S. president. prison censorship in Florida 6 continue throughout the area. They are across the region and beyond. This opposition flies in the face of –On the picket line, p. 5– pressing for the conviction for murder Allegheny County District Attor- the progress Trump’s government is of Michael Rosfeld who shot Rose three ney Stephen Zappala Jr. filed charges making in advancing U.S. imperialist Coal miners in Ukraine times in the back after a traffic stop. The of criminal homicide against Rosfeld. interests in the region and elsewhere. mobilize to get back wages June 19 cold-blooded killing was cap- Continued on page 10 Continued on page 4 Protests hit Quebec festival move to shut musical revue BY BOB CARTER to step into someone else’s shoes, when MONTREAL — Artists, performers, it is forbidden to identify with someone writers, political figures in Quebec and else, theatre is denied its very nature … others are speaking out against a cam- and is thus rendered meaningless.” paign here to censor the work of artists “I will always demand the right for they accuse of “cultural appropriation.” theatre to talk about anything and any- “ SLAV,” shown as part of the Mon- one,” he said. treal International Jazz Festival, is Bonifassi, who has spent two decades “a theatrical odyssey based on slave researching and singing these songs and songs,” the show’s organizers explain, others like them in shows and on record- a journey “through traditional Afro- ings, also spoke out, condemning “cen- Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Facebook American songs, from cotton fields to sorship” by the Jazz Festival that “vio- Above, promotional image by Montreal Jazz Festival for production of “SLAV,” a musical construction sites, railroads, from slave lated freedom of expression.” program festival organizers canceled after songs to prison songs.” In a Montreal Gazette interview in protests claimed production was “cultural “Leave the artists in peace,” Black 2014, Bonifassi explained that her Slavic appropriation.” Director Robert Lepage, ac- actor Frédérick Pierre wrote on his roots influenced her passion for songs tors, singers, artists and workers in Quebec Facebook page. “Let the white artists that have emerged from slavery in many and beyond have opposed the censorship. be touched and moved by Black history parts of the world. “My mother comes people today. A number of Native artists La Maison des arts Desjardins in Drum- and the songs it generated.” from Serbia, and all those people from criticized Lepage for not including Na- mondville. “We still have the intention On June 26, about 100 protesters or- the Balkan empire were slaves for all of tive performers from Canada, but they of presenting the show,” said David La- ganized by the self-named SLAV Re- the European empires for six centuries,” supported the production of “Kanata.” ferrière, general artistic director of the sistance Collective protested in front of she said. Gilles-Viegneault Theatre in St. Jerome. the theater doors on opening night. The “I am for unity, not division,” said Support for free artistic expression “I just want to show art.” protesters, both Black and Caucasian, Kattia Thony, one of the two Black per- Maka Kotto, a Parti Quebecois mem- “We can’t start preventing and block- shouted, chanted and waved placards formers in “SLAV.” She said she would ber of the Quebec National Assembly ing the freedom of expression,” said accusing internationally renowned Que- not apologize for her role and had not who is Black, described the Jazz Fes- CAQ (Coalition for the Future of Que- becois producer Robert Lepage and lead only a right to participate in the produc- tival’s censorship of “SLAV” as “a to- bec) leader François Legault following singer Betty Bonifassi of being “rac- tion but also the responsibility to do so talitarian mechanism that needs to be the cancellation of “Kanata.” He added, ists” and of appropriating Black history because one scene depicted the struggle clearly denounced in order to preserve “Artists like Robert Lepage have the because they are “white” and the show of Haitian slaves, the country of her an- our freedom of artistic creation.” right to express themselves.” CAQ, a didn’t have a majority Black cast. cestors, the first Black nation to free it- Writing in the Toronto Star, theater conservative political party, is leading On July 4, Montreal Jazz Festival offi- self from colonial subjugation. director Nancy Miller condemned “the in the polls weeks before the Oct 1. pro- cials cancelled the production after only A few weeks later, as the contro- misguided notion of citing cultural ap- vincial election. two of the scheduled 16 shows. More versy over cancellation of “SLAV” propriation to impose artistic tyranny “Working people have a big stake in than 8,000 tickets had already been sold. made international headlines, Lepage and censorship on other ethnic groups.” the fight to defend the right to unfettered Officials apologized to anyone who they was forced to cancel “Kanata,” his next She noted Lepage’s production of artistic expression,” said Beverly Ber- said might have been offended by the show, scheduled for Paris in December. Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus,” currently nardo,” Communist League candidate performance. Financial backers in the U.S. pulled out. showing at Canada’s Stratford Festival, in the Montreal Viau constituency. “It “Everything that led to this cancella- “Kanata” depicts the European settlers starring a Black actor in the role of a Ro- is the working class that is the guardian tion is a direct blow to artistic freedom,” who colonized Canada and the destruc- man general, was getting rave reviews. and bearers of culture today. Lepage said in a widely circulated state- tive effects on Native people, including “It’s really wrong. It’s an attack on “Workers need the widest possible ac- ment. “When we are no longer allowed scenes about the oppression of Native freedom of expression! Don’t they real- cess to culture and the arts. Censorship ize that Blacks would not have gotten — in the name of stopping so-called cul- where we are if we had to do it alone,” tural appropriation or any other excuse Walmart worker Lancuse Dèmosthène — is dangerous for working people,” told the Militant. “Does this mean I can’t Bernardo said. “And it gives our class take up other causes? The rights of gays enemies more opportunity to reduce the and lesbians is something I hold dear.” political space we need to organize and Four other theaters in cities around fight to defend ourselves against attacks Workers’ protests in Iran challenge rulers’ wars Quebec insist they have no plans to can- by the bosses and their governments. A new round of protests cel performances of “SLAV” in 2019. The Communist League stands against “It’s a matter of artistic freedom for a all forms of censorship.” and strikes are unfolding theater to show what it wants to show,” across Iran, fueled by the im- said Marie-Pierre Simoneau, director of Annette Kouri contributed to this article. pact on the working class of

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2 The Militant August 27, 2018 SWP speaks for the exploited Continued from front page power and running society.” political issues and labor battles con- “Most people don’t know that Clin- fronting working people today. The ton signed the legislation that put all party speaks out against every at- those additional people in jail — and tack, abuse and indignity aimed at the they make money off them,” Taylor working class and the oppressed, and said, referring to the bipartisan legisla- acts to advance the fighting unity of tion President Bill Clinton signed into the working class. law in 1996 that expanded mandatory “Neither party does anything. They federal prison sentences. She was look- have us going back and forth between ing at The Clintons’ Anti-Working-Class them,” Enochio Taylor told Helen Mey- Record: Why Washington Fears Work- ers, SWP candidate for U.S. Senate ing People by SWP National Secretary from Minnesota, outside her home in St. Jack Barnes, that Meyers showed her. It Paul Aug. 12. Taylor works two jobs, as is one of five books party members offer housekeeper in a hospital and as a per- on special. (See ad below.) sonal care attendant. She said she didn’t Taylor said she remembered Clin- think there was really a choice between ton also dismantled Aid to Families Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in With Dependent Children the same Militant/Janice Lynn the last election. year, ending “welfare as we know it,” Sam Manuel met Judy Holt on her doorstep in Morristown, Tennessee, Aug. 11, as SWP mem- “I would have voted for Bernie Sand- one of the deepest attacks on Social bers went through the area to discuss the April immigration cops’ raid and arrests at a nearby meat-processing plant. Like many others, Holt opposed raid and subsequent deportations. ers,” Taylor said. “But he didn’t make it.” Security in decades. Meyers said that workers have to She decided to subscribe to the Mili- Clintons’ Anti-Working-Class Record. collaborationist course of the union of- break with the Democrats, the Re- tant and asked to be kept informed about Some workers thought the raid was ficials, identifying the interests of the publicans and all so-called indepen- what the SWP campaign was doing. good. Lee, who declined to give his workers with the fortunes of the bosses dent pro-capitalist parties. “We need last name, said he didn’t vote for either and their government, has severely to unite and fight in our own inter- Amnesty for all immigrants Trump or Clinton, but supports the weakened the labor movement for more ests,” she said. “The SWP believes In April, immigration cops raided the deportations. “I think all immigrants than half a century. working people are capable of taking Southeastern Provision meat-processing should go,” he said. “They just come The teachers strikes were a first glim- plant and arrested 97 work- here for the benefits.” mer of bigger struggles to come, Manuel ers in Morristown, Tennes- “We support amnesty for all undocu- said, where workers will transform the see. SWP members Janice mented workers,” Lynn said. “Our party unions, drawing in millions. They’ll Lynn and Sam Manuel thinks all workers, no matter their coun- mobilize to fight the bosses, and unite visited there Aug. 10-11 to try of origin, should be organized.” with others to overthrow their govern- talk to workers about the Winning an amnesty is essential to ment and take power. impact of the raid and ex- unite the working class against boss West decided to try a subscription, plain why the party calls attempts to divide us and drive down saying he was interested in finding for amnesty for all workers working conditions and wages for all, out more about how to fight for a road without papers in the U.S. the two SWP members explained. And forward for the working class. He “Growing up I used to as workers live and work side by side said he disliked both the Democrats believe what they tell you, and face attacks by the bosses side by and Republicans. that immigrants get free side, they’ve become more and more To find out more about the Socialist benefits that we don’t get,” open to this fight. Workers Party or its sister Commu- Judy Holt, a 54-year-old Lee decided not to get the paper, nist Leagues in other countries, check former factory worker, told but thanked Lynn and Manuel for out the directory on page 8. them outside her home in their discussion. a trailer park. “They say The two SWP campaigners met Keith they get free housing. No, West, 45, who works in a nearby coin Discounted books they don’t. Welfare, food mint organized by the United Steel- for prisoners stamps. No, they don’t. I workers. He got into a discussion about know, because my daugh- the unions. “My union isn’t worth any- Pathfinder Press offers books at a 50% ter married a Mexican im- thing, but what can you do?” he asked. discount plus $2.75 shipping per order. migrant. He has worked Manuel said that the protests in West Prisoners can mail their prepaid orders to: hard for everything he Virginia and elsewhere by teachers ear- Pathfinder Press, PO Box 162767 has.” She opposed the raid lier this year, and the broad support they Atlanta GA 30321-2767 and deportations, and said won from other workers, show that it’s Friends and family members can Militant/Rebecca Finch order for them online. For more info: Helen Meyers, left, SWP candidate for U.S. Senate from many others there did too. possible to build a fighting labor move- Minnesota, met Enochio Taylor in St. Paul Aug. 12. 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The Militant August 27, 2018 3 Argentine supporters of right to abortion say ‘we will win’ by Lea Sherman part of their constitution that severely After more than 16 hours of debate, restricted women’s right to abortion. with tens of thousands of protesters gathered outside on both sides of the Countrywide debate issue, Argentina’s Senate Aug. 9 in a There’s been an ongoing debate 38-31 vote defeated a bill that would throughout Argentina, a largely Catho- have legalized abortion in the first 14 lic country. In mid-April when hear- weeks of pregnancy. ings began on the bill, both women’s “We don’t see this as a defeat. The rights advocates, including family majority of people were in favor of members of those who had died from passing the law,” Silvia Juliá, executive botched abortions, and anti-abortion director of Catholics for Choice, part spokespeople testified in live, national of the National Campaign for the Right TV broadcasts debating the bill. to Safe, Legal and Free Abortion, told Pope Francis, who is from Argen- the Militant Aug. 13. “All the mobiliza- tina, intervened in the debate, calling tions we carried out showed the large abortion the “white glove” equivalent Delfina Linares/Argentine Senate support we had. The youth are over- to the Nazi’s eugenics program June Supporters, left, and opponents, right, of women’s right to choose abortion demonstrate out- whelmingly for a change.” 16, two days after the Argentine Low- side Argentine Congress Aug. 8 during Senate debate on whether to legalize procedure in first Hundreds of thousands had marched er House voted in favor. He neglected 14 weeks of pregnancy. Bill was voted down 38-31. “We don’t see this as a defeat,” said Silvia Juliá of Catholics for Choice. “Twenty-five years ago no one dared to speak out. We will win.” in favor of a woman’s right to choose to mention that the fascist regime out- abortion on International Women’s lawed both abortion and contraception. women’s rights. “We have seen many changes especial- Day March 8. This was the largest Catholic and evangelical officials “We knew there would be a reaction ly in the provinces. Twenty-five years pro-choice action in Argentine history. campaigned against the bill. Many from sections of the Catholic and evan- ago few people dared to speak out. Many wore green scarves (pañuelas), a Catholics, like Silvia Juliá, joined gelical churches that were putting on a Now there is a public debate. We are symbol of the fight. the campaign against the ban on lot of pressure,” Juliá told the Militant. optimistic we are going to win.” Founded in 2005, the National Cam- paign is a coalition of more than 300 or- ganizations, including women’s rights groups, unions and student groups. Primaries expose ongoing crisis in capitalist parties In 2015 after the murder of Chiara Continued from front page and then lost the election. European Union. Trump is pushing Paez, a pregnant 14-year-old girl, Ni- As this crisis continues to un- Although Democratic Socialists of for a series of new one-on-one deals UnaMenos (Not One Woman Less) fold, the Socialist Workers Party has America’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from Korea to Moscow to the Middle was formed and organized a dem- launched its 2018 campaign, speaking won the nomination for a New York East. He has wielded Washington’s onstration of nearly 200,000 outside out against the attacks and indignities House district bid in November, and military and economic dominance to Congress protesting violence against capitalism is heaping on the backs of joined Sanders on the stump in the re- sanction and bully the rulers there, women and demanding abortion the exploited and oppressed in the U.S. cent primaries, their wing of the party then offered to sit down and talk, with rights. Thousands more protested and around the world, and offering a made little headway in those contests. “no preconditions.” across the country. road forward for workers and farmers They aim to take over the Democrats The White House aims for greater Under Argentine law, abortion is to fight for political power. and push its reform program to the left stability and less warfare to gain room legal only in cases of rape or risk to Republicans — both those who back of bourgeois politics. for U.S. imperialism. But the admin- a woman’s health or life. Unlike the Trump and the “Never-Trumpers” Some Republicans, including John istration’s course is unintentionally wealthy or middle-class women, who who are deeply hostile to the presi- Kasich who Trump defeated in getting creating better conditions for working can afford costly doctors in big cit- dent — hold the House by a majority the 2016 presidential nomination, are people to organize and press forward ies or outside the country, working- of 23 seats. The party in the White considering whether to stand against our struggles. Tamping down wars class women and those living in rural House has lost seats in the House of him in 2020. Others, including many and war threats from Afghanistan to areas are forced to turn to “clandes- Representatives in every first mid- Never-Trumpers, view him today as Korea to the Middle East is good for tine” abortions. Botched abortions term election except once since the unbeatable. Leah Vukmir, who is con- the working class. are the leading cause of maternal Kennedy administration. This reflects testing the Republican nomination for Such questions are of great interest deaths in Argentina. how workers’ hopes for some change, U.S. Senate in Wisconsin, described to workers as we discuss and debate Some 97 percent of women in Latin as expressed in the 2016 presidential Trump as “offensive to everyone” in how our class can fight effectively and America face similar conditions. Only vote, has been dashed time after time. 2016. She now positions herself as one organize together as part of an inter- in Cuba, where workers and peasants Democrats hope this trend will con- of his most vociferous backers. national class. made a revolution, and in Uruguay and tinue in 2018. The most fervent wish of Democrat- “The Socialist Workers Party Mexico City can women freely choose Trump intends to defy that trend, ic liberals is to drive Trump from of- is going out to speak with work- to have an abortion. buoyed by the capitalist economic fice, if not into prison. They launched ers all across the country, to pose a The massive mobilizations in Ar- boom underway and steps his admin- a witch hunt against him and hope to working-class alternative to the op- gentina, like the one on March 8, have istration has taken to end some of the seize control of the House to block his pression and exploitation visited on had a significant impact on the whole rulers’ ongoing conflicts and wars administration from advancing its pro- us by the capitalist bosses and their region and worldwide. On the day of abroad. gram, while seeking to impeach him. government,” Róger Calero, Social- the vote, demonstrations in support of The fact is, Trump isn’t really a The trade union misleaders offer ist Workers Party candidate for gov- abortion rights were held in dozens of Republican. For years he was a New working people no road forward po- ernor of New York, told the Militant. countries, including Brazil, Chile, Ec- York City Democrat, and his 2016 litically, attempting yet again to cor- “We tell the truth about how the cap- uador, Guatemala, Germany and Ja- campaign blasted all the “normal” ral us into backing the Democrats. italist system works, seeking to pit pan, as well as in Ireland. Republicans of every stripe. At the “We’re setting our sights on Novem- workers against each other as they Earlier this year more than 66 percent same time he called for “draining the ber,” Richard Trumka, president of the profit from our labor. voted by referendum in Ireland to repeal swamp” of politicians of all parties in AFL-CIO union federation, said Aug. “Workers need our own party, one Washington. 9, urging trade unionists not to stray that speaks in defense of all those All five candidates Trump endorsed from the dead-end strategy of focus- who are trampled on by the dog-eat- in the Aug. 7 Republican primaries ing their attention and energy on put- dog workings of capitalism. We need Abortion Is a won their contests. They campaigned ting more Democrats into office. to look to each other,” Calero said, Woman’s Right! as boosters of the president, claim- The August primary results don’t “to fight to unify the working class by Pat Grogan, Evelyn Reed ing to be cut from the same mold. He offer them much hope either. and fight to take power into our own also backed Republican Troy Balder- hands.” Why abortion son, who defeated Democrat Danny Crisis of capitalism rights are central O’Connor in a special election for Many of the in- not only to the a House seat in Ohio. Democrats stitutions and mul- For recognition fight for the full wrongly anticipated that this would tilateral alliances of a Palestinian emancipation of be their first win in a “blue wave” of that were put in state and of Israel women, but to victories. place after the U.S. forging a united • For repeal of U.S. Since Trump took office, Demo- rulers emerged tri- Jerusalem Embassy Act and fighting labor crats have lost eight out of 10 special umphant out of the movement. — $6 House elections. Divisions within the second imperialist • For workers’ solidarity in Israel, Palestine, the world over Democratic Party have deepened as world slaughter are Socialist Workers Party statement pathfinderpress.com well since Hillary Clinton stole the coming apart today, Download ready to print flyer at www.themilitant.com 2016 nomination from Bernie Sanders from NATO to the

4 The Militant August 27, 2018 Drivers in Australia say Uber‘s new programs push down wages. Australia Uber drivers strike Upfront pricing, where Uber tells customers fare in advance based Continued from front page The new measures are “two extra lay- on estimate, shortchanges drivers. from Taxify, Didi, Ola and other com- ers of exploitation,” Max told Australian Right, drivers’ organization posts on panies, Uber introduced two policies Associated Press. internet example of how this works. here, upfront pricing and UberPool. “They say you are a contractor,” Max Unlike a traditional taxi meter, Uber added, noting Uber’s claim that the driv- formed in June 2016 to “unite with upfront pricing calculates the fare ers are not their employees, “but they fellow drivers.” They want Uber and gives it to the passenger before the don’t even treat you as a contractor.” to “treat drivers in a fair, lawful start of the trip. It does not take into ac- “You can’t make a living driving for and dignified manner.” count unexpected traffic delays, or if Uber,” Sailou Kaba told the Militant. The drivers are demanding passengers ask to stop or take detours Kaba, originally from West Africa, that Uber end upfront pricing during the trip. works in a meatpacking plant here. He and “revert back to a transparent When drivers complain to Uber that started driving for Uber as a second job system where drivers are paid by they’ve been shortchanged, they’re told last year, but hasn’t signed up for the last the actual time and distance trav- that any detour or delay is inconsequen- three months. “It’s just not worth it,” he eled,” the group says. Drivers tial and “we appreciate your understand- said. “Uber takes too much in commis- should be allowed to opt out of ing in this concern.” sion. You only get a fraction of what the UberPool and base rates should “If it’s so upfront, how come the fare is.” be increased by at least 15 per- United Drivers Share Ride Courtesy driver knows the price at the end of the “It’s good that all the drivers are get- cent. Uber should bear the brunt trip only?” Max B., spokesman for Ride ting together,” Kaba said. Ride Share of increased pay to drivers by re- Share Drivers United, told the Epoch Drivers United encourages drivers with ducing the commission it gets for Times. He asked that his last name not other ride-sharing companies, like Ola each ride, Max said. be used, for fear of being expunged from and Didi, to work together with them. If the company does not meet Uber. Max said that the shift to upfront Some drivers are signed up with more its demands Drivers United is fares saw drivers’ pay rates drop 10 to than one company. planning further stop-work ac- 30 percent, while drivers were losing up Ride Share Drivers United was tions. to 40 percent on UberPool trips. With UberPool, launched in Mel- bourne and Sydney, passengers travel- TSA ‘Quiet Skies’ spy program targets passengers ing in the same direction can share a ride for a discounted rate. If drivers try by brian williams Center for Justice, told the media. The try are automatically screened for in- to opt out they risk being “deactivated.” In a blatant attack on democratic American Civil Liberties Union de- clusion in Quiet Skies — their travel rights and an individual’s right to pri- manded July 30 that the TSA provide patterns and affiliations are checked vacy, the Transportation Security Ad- more information on the program. and their names run against TSA data- ministration has been running a secret Quiet Skies, according to a TSA in- bases, according to agency documents Trade Unions spy program targeting thousands of pas- ternal bulletin, is “based on analysis of the Globe got. sengers on U.S. domestic flights. terrorist travel trends, tradecraft and as- Even some air marshals assigned to in the Epoch The existence of this “Quiet Skies” sociations,” and is implemented against tail targets and file reports of what their of Imperialist surveillance program, which has been those who are “possibly affiliated with spying discovered have questions about in operation since 2010, was revealed in Watch listed suspects.” So you’re target- this program. “In late May, an air mar- Decay a July 28 Boston Globe exposé. ed if you fit some computer-generated shal complained to colleagues about Teams of federal air marshals are “trend.” Or for your “associations.” Who having just surveilled a working South- by Leon Trotsky deployed to collect extensive infor- decides who and why? Targets aren’t no- west Airlines flight attendant as part mation and file reports on those they tified when they’re placed on the list. of a Quiet Skies mission,” reported the target — who haven’t been accused of The secret “Watch” list is the TSA’s Globe. “‘Cannot make this up,’ the air Includes: any crime. And when they are assigned no-fly list, and it seems you get targeted marshal wrote in a message.” “Trade to fly with you, what are the “suspi- if you know someone who’s on it. But In a related development, a federal Unions: cious actions” the snoops are told to it’s secret, so you don’t know. Most court ruled July 11 that TSA agents are Their Past, look for? Do you sweat heavily, have a likely they don’t either. The list has above the law. When they work at air- Present, and “cold, penetrating stare,” fidget, use a grown from some 16 people in Septem- port checkpoints, no matter whatever computer, use the bathroom too much, ber 2001, around the time the TSA was they do, they can’t be sued over alle- Future” $16 by Karl Marx sleep on the plane, change clothes or formed, to 64,000 in 2014. If you’re on gations of abuse. The judge ruled that chat with other passengers. the list you can be prevented from flying TSA screeners, despite their badges “This program raises a whole host of or get special attention and interrogation and titles as “officers,” do not qualify civil liberties and profiling concerns,” at the airport. And there’s no way for as “law enforcement officers.” Instead, PathfinderPress.com Faiza Patel, co-director of the New York you to get off it. the court ruled, they are government University School of Law’s Brennan All U.S. citizens who enter the coun- employees endowed with sovereign immunity against being sued. The case arises over a suit filed nearly 12 years ago by Nadine Pellegrino when 25, 50, and 75 years ago she complained over harassment and abuse from TSA officials at the airport checkpoint in Philadelphia. After three pieces of her luggage passed through a metal detector, a male TSA officer August 30, 1993 August 30, 1968 August 28, 1943 said she had to step aside for additional REDWOOD FALLS, Minnesota — As the presidential candidate of the Drastic sanctions against striking screening. But his “rude” demeanor and Gene Swoboda, who farms the same Socialist Workers Party, I [Fred Hal- unions and individual strikers were de- handling of her bags led her to ask for a rich land his great-grandfather home- stead] unequivocally condemn the bru- creed by President Roosevelt in an exec- private search, her complaint says. steaded here in southwestern Minnesota tal occupation of Czechoslovakia and utive order issued on August 16. Penal- Three female TSA officers then con- in the 1880s, expresses concern as he the suppression of its reforms by the ties to be imposed against unions when ducted an intrusive pat-down search watches wheat roll under the blades of Kremlin and its stooges. the government seizes struck plants in a tiny room. “Besides being frisked his 12-year-old Case combine. The invasion by Moscow is a crimi- include suspension or denial of union and swabbed for possible explosives,” The $6.2 billion flood relief bill re- nal indefensible deed. The action vio- security provisions. Individual strikers Pellegrino told the Washington Post, cently passed in Washington, he says, lates the independence of a small nation may be drafted into the armed forces or one of the TSA agents “looked at her “is a drop in the bucket for the farmer.” and tramples on its right to self-determi- blacklisted in industry. cellphone data, delved into library and It favors the largest, wealthiest farm- nation. Roosevelt wrote to William H. Da- credit cards, examined private papers” ers. “Those with bigger acreage get big- Moscow’s military interference can vis, War Labor Board chairman, em- and spilled some of her toiletries in her ger money,” Swoboda says. no more be justified by false claims of phasizing that the Smith-Connally Act luggage, “breaking a zipper, breaking Some $2.2 billion in the package is defending the interests of socialism than provides for the criminal prosecution of eyeglasses and damaging her jewelry.” set aside to compensate farmers for crop Washington’s intervention in Vietnam strikers in industries taken over by the As the conflict accelerated, the police loss, a figure Swoboda and many other is justified by its pretext of protecting government. Thirty Pennsylvania coal were called and threw her in jail for 18 working farmers say will not cover the “freedom.” miners are now being prosecuted under hours on 10 charges for allegedly as- cost of inputs — seed, fertilizer, herbi- Indeed the Soviet invasion of Czecho- this Act. saulting two TSA agents. It took her two cide, and fuel — let alone make up for slovakia directly injures the Vietnamese The WLB has threatened striking years and a wad of money to get acquit- lost income. Farmers fear that a likely revolution since it is being exploited by newspaper drivers in New York City ted. The court ruling says that while she early frost will devastate harvests of the U.S. imperialists and their allies to with “severe penalties” and has asked might be right, there’s nothing she can crops planted late because of rains and sanction the continuation of their war the bosses for the names of employees do about it. The TSA simply never has flooding. against the Vietnamese people. failing to return to work. to answer for harassment or abuse. The Militant August 27, 2018 5 Venezuela: Workers, farmers US, EU rulers clash over trade, spending for NATO face effects of capitalist crisis Rancor reflects Washington’s new course as old imperialist ‘world order’ is coming apart New government concessions to bosses, landlords by Terry evans as they fight for markets and profits President Donald Trump and Jean- at the U.S. bosses’ expense. Claude Juncker, president of the Europe- But Trump and the U.S. capitalist by róger calero The deteriorating conditions have fu- an Commission, met at the White House rulers see this relation as increasingly In the midst of a deepening econom- eled an exodus of hundreds of thousands July 25 and announced they had reached disadvantageous, and the president de- ic crisis that is devastating workers and of Venezuelans, largely middle-class a “truce” in imposing protectionist tar- mands the European rulers step up their farmers, Venezuelan President Nicolás and professional layers, in recent years. iffs between Washington and the Berlin- contributions to NATO. Maduro announced measures July 25 But thousands of workers — desperate led EU trading bloc. In these conflicts The German rulers believe they can to give more concessions to capitalist to earn enough to feed their families — the president defends the interests of the effectively compete with rivals by im- owners. He seeks their help staunching have increased those numbers, heading U.S. propertied rulers. Juncker defends posing tariffs through the EU bloc, in- the collapse in production, winning to Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and other those of the same classes in Europe, cluding against their U.S. “ally,” yet re- foreign investment, renegotiating the nearby countries. above all in Germany, who effectively main militarily dependent on them. foreign debt and tamping down out-of- control and benefit most from the bloc. Washington has nearly 35,000 troops control inflation. Deepening crisis The night before the meeting, Trump and massive air and other weaponry The new measures include a one-year Venezuela is a capitalist country, tweeted about the EU, “I have an idea deployed in Germany. From 1995 Ber- tax exemption on imports of merchan- where the government attempts to ad- Corriente Revolucionaria Bolívar y Zamora for them. Both the U.S. and the E.U. lin began deploying its own forces in dise, machinery, raw materials, seeds minister capitalist economic relations Peasants from Barinas, Venezuela, march on Caracas Aug. 8. They demand central govern- drop all Tariffs, Barriers and Subsidies!” NATO operations. But in recent years ment stop judges, capitalist landowners and police from evicting small farmers from land and fertilizer; relaxing currency rules “for the benefit of all Venezuelans” with they won when Hugo Chávez was president, as well as release of their leaders who have been Washington, however, is continuing its military has been allowed to become to give business owners more access to “a bent towards the poor.” That was the jailed, and end to impunity for landowners’ hired thugs who have killed over 350 peasants. to impose duties on steel coming from increasingly inoperative. At the end of dollars; and encouraging the use of dol- stated goal of the “Bolivarian Revolu- nations in Europe. The Socialist Work- Reuters/Kevin Lamarque last year none of its submarines or its Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker talk to press July 25. lars inside the country. tion” and what was sometimes called The peasants demanded the govern- Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley ers Party says workers interests lie in largest transport planes were available In addition, Maduro said he was put- “21st Century Socialism” promoted ment take measures to ensure they can arrogantly said during an Aug. 8 visit to demanding the unconditional lifting of The EU grew out of the European majority of nations making up the bloc due to breakdowns. As of February this ting new bills in circulation that knock by late President Hugo Chávez and the get the materials they need, from seeds Colombia. She called on Latin Ameri- all U.S. tariffs, regardless of where im- Coal and Steel Community, set up in accelerated Berlin’s ability, and with it year the German military had 21,000 of- five zeroes off the bolivar notes. The Unified Socialist Party of Venezuela to fertilizer to water pumps, to be able to can governments to step up the pres- ported goods come from. 1951 by the rulers of France, West Ger- that of the other stronger northern Euro- ficer posts vacant. new currency, he said, would be pegged (PSUV). President Maduro has contin- grow food for the people of Venezuela. sure. Washington’s goal is to replace the The U.S. capitalists’ trade with the many and four other European nations. pean ruling classes, to plunder working Trump suggested in July that the to the petro — a stillborn “cryptocur- ued on this course. This march was “the product of ne- Maduro government with one more to EU-bloc nations is its largest world- To bolster their weaker position, they people in the weaker southern European U.S. could remove a substantial num- rency” launched earlier this year — sup- While the government instituted cessity,” said Arbonio Ortega, one of U.S. imperialism’s liking, without hav- wide by far — topping over $1.1 tril- pushed to expand the arrangement to nations. The results have led to crises for ber of its German-based troops and posedly backed by flagging oil sales. price and currency controls and distrib- its leaders. “Why did we receive no ing to intervene militarily or provoking lion in 2016. include as many of the different capital- bosses in Greece, Italy and elsewhere, redeploy them in Poland. U.S. bases The half-a-decade-long economic uted part of the oil revenues in the form support from the [PSUV] government a social explosion. The EU is a protectionist union, in ist classes in Europe as possible. The EU and far more so for the working classes in Germany provide staging hubs for crisis has been exacerbated by Wash- of welfare handouts that cut into the of Portuguesa?” “We demand an end to Washington’s which capital, commodities and labor emerged from this expansion, swelling in those countries. U.S. military operations in Africa and ington’s hostility and interference. The profits and restricted the prerogatives The marchers demanded and won sanctions against Venezuela and its vio- flow more freely across borders. For from six nations at its founding to 28 President Trump agreed with Junck- the Mideast, and the move would put U.S. government has tightened eco- of some bosses and came into conflicts a meeting with President Maduro in lations of Venezuelan sovereignty,” said a time this advanced the common in- today, and imposing tariffs on all goods er that Washington will hold off a them closer to Moscow. nomic sanctions against Venezuelan with Washington, it was still a bourgeois Caracas Aug. 2. But hours after the Edwin Fruit, Socialist Workers Party terests of the national ruling classes in coming in beginning in 1957. threatened 25 percent tariff on Ger- Liberals in Europe — and their coun- government officials and institutions government. meeting, three peasant leaders from candidate for Washington governor. Europe in competition with the more The establishment of a common cur- man autos. Currently car bosses in terparts in the U.S. — often pose Ger- and taken other steps to isolate and The leaders of the Bolivarian Revolu- Barinas state who had participated “Hand’s off Venezuela!” powerful U.S. bosses. rency — the euro — in 1999 among the the EU nations pay a 2.5 percent tar- man Chancellor Angela Merkel as an pressure the government. tion never mobilized working people to in the march were killed by masked iff on vehicles they sell in the U.S. In alternative to provide leadership to hold A U.S. federal court judge ruled take control of production and the land goons. Since 2001 over 350 peas- sharp contrast, capitalists in European together the old “world order.” But, the Aug. 9 in favor of Canadian gold min- and replace the bourgeois government ants have been killed by paramilitary nations use the EU to force U.S. auto fact is, as former Secretary of State ing company Crystallex, saying it can with a workers and farmers government thugs employed by capitalist land- Support grows for fight to jail cop who killed Antwon Rose bosses to pay a 10 percent tariff to sell Henry Kissinger commented recently, collect $1.4 billion it claims to have on the road to expropriating the capital- owners, Orlando Zambrano, a leader By Malcolm Jarrett police deserve a lot of cred- cars in any of its 28 member nations. “Among other European statesmen An- lost when late President Hugo Chávez ist class. They rejected the revolutionary of the Ezequiel Zamora Peasant Front, PITTSBURGH — Michael Rosfeld, it for allowing the protest- gela Merkel is very local.” nationalized the gold-mining firm in example set by workers and farmers in told Radio Mundo Real May 15. the East Pittsburgh cop charged with ers to have their say.” U.S. power behind its trade policy Workers face a world today where a 2009. This could result in the company Cuba. That is the only road that offers Protesting the preferential treatment criminal homicide for shooting and kill- Some protesters argue the Trade talks are “just polite cover for series of historic shifts are unfolding in taking control and selling U.S.-based working people the chance to confront given to big capitalist farmers, small ing Antwon Rose Jr. June 19, waived his street blockages are good, the real use of muscle to advance the the “order” the U.S. rulers imposed after oil refineries owned by Citgo, which the problems they face. farmers from the Maizal Commune, in right to appear at a preliminary hearing. because the disruption forces interests of conflicting national ruling the second imperialist world war — in is part of Venezuela’s state-owned oil Lara state, in June took over the prem- Protesters demanding justice in the kill- Caucasian drivers to con- classes. U.S. military might stands Korea, the Mideast, Asia and in Europe. company PDVSA. Peasants fight for land, rights ises of Agropatria, a state-run company ing had announced plans to demonstrate front their own complicity behind its pressure on the capitalists Trump is working within these develop- To give Crystallex and the Venezu- Despite the challenges and obsta- that supplies farmers with seeds, fertil- there. His formal arraignment is sched- with racism. At one such ac- in Europe,” explains Jack Barnes, So- ments to put together alliances and ar- elan government time to see if they can cles, many workers and peasants have izers and loans. Their action was pro- uled for Aug. 22, and a trial will be set tion, a demonstrator carried a cialist Workers Party national secre- rangements that favor the U.S. rulers. reach a settlement, the judge’s ruling not been pushed out of politics and are voked by the arrest of small farmers for at a later date. sign that said, “White People tary, in “Imperialism’s March Toward Many of those involve steps that can won’t take effect for a couple weeks. looking for ways to defend their class allegedly trying to buy seeds and fertil- Eyewitness video showed Rosfeld Kill Your Bias and Stop Kill- Fascism and War,” in New Interna- tamp down wars and conflicts that have The court decision opens the door to interests. izers on the black market. shooting the unarmed Black 17-year- ing Black People.” tional no. 10. existed for decades. These are good for other capitalist creditors following suit In July hundreds of small farmers and old three times in the back as the youth But as the two truckers “Every time we hear about one of working people. They open political to collect on bonds that Venezuela has their supporters marched 270 miles in Washington seeks fall of Maduro fled a car the cops had pulled over. A show, there is less racism these so-called trade deals on TV, or read space for us to act and learn how to fight defaulted on in the last year. 20 days from Portuguesa state to Ca- Meanwhile, Washington, Ottawa and popular slogan at many of the demon- J.L. Martello than ever among the work- about them in the papers, what we’re for our class interests. Prices are soaring, more than double racas. They demanded government ac- governments in Europe and their allies strations is “Three shots in the back, July 27 Pittsburgh march against new rules city adopted after street ac- ing class. Most oppose the watching unfold is the growing use of Workers have no stake in the trade every month, according to some reports. tion against big landowners who forced in Latin America are pressing efforts to how do you justify that?” tions against cop killing of Antwon Rose that restrict right to protest there. killing of Rose, and many political and military clout to achieve and other disputes between the capitalist Combined with shortages of food and them off lands they won when Chávez isolate the Maduro government and to Rosfeld is on unpaid leave from the are open to joining the fight economic ends,” Barnes wrote. “It’s the powers. We lose nothing if “alliances” other basic necessities and collapsing was president. They also faced the com- make working people pay the price of East Pittsburgh Police Department hearing instead used the July 27 action to convict Rosfeld. use of power to drain surplus value from like NATO and the EU are torn apart. infrastructure, this is making life un- plicity of government officials, National the crisis. and under electronically monitored to oppose the new guidelines. These confrontational tactics made wherever it’s produced by workers and NATO was used by Washington to aid bearable for working people. Workers Guard, police, judges and prosecutors. “It’s time for Maduro to go,” U.S. house arrest. The new restrictions list “red zones” it easier for the cops to restrict the toiling farmers into the pockets of the its bloody wars, from Korea to Iraq and often spend their entire wages on food Some of the demonstrations blocked — including tunnels, bridges, and doz- right to protest. capitalists in the United States.” Afghanistan, wars where young work- immediately after getting paid to stock city streets and major highways. At ens of roads and intersections — where “First of all, they make laws they Much of what is reported in the lib- ers were chewed up as cannon fodder. up before the price jumps. one of those actions, two Caucasian demonstrators are not allowed to march don’t even follow, yet they expect us eral media about the The current minimum wage, which Reading for revolutionaries long-haul truck drivers whose way was into the street if they block traffic at any to follow a set of guidelines that aren’t clashes between Wash- was increased in June to 5 million boli- blocked got out of their trucks and asked time. Others are designated as “yellow law,” Nicky Jo Dawson told the July 27 ington and Berlin aims In New International no. 10 var a month — equal to either $1.29 or Three essential books for understanding the road demonstrators what was going on. zones” where protesters are allowed to protest. “These guidelines are coming to hide this reality. It $25 depending on which exchange rate to building a revolutionary organization and After being shown the video, one block the area for up to 15 minutes be- down from the same people who want seeks to reinforce the Imperialism’s March is used — barely buys two pounds of working-class movement that can take power out of the truckers told WTAE TV News, fore being subject to arrest. to oppress us.” notion that Trump’s ac- Toward Fascism and War meat, a chicken or a carton of 30 eggs. of the hands of the capitalist class. “This killing has to stop. Not just here, The cops cooked up this attack on On Aug. 2, the family of Antwon tions are endangering by Jack Barnes but throughout the nation.” He told the the right to protest after consulting Rose filed a wrongful death federal Electricity blackouts and water cut- Washington’s interests “The ‘trade talks’ that go on TV reporter he supported the protests. with the American Civil Liberties lawsuit against Rosfeld, the borough of offs are frequent, buses often don’t run The Rise and Fall of the Nicaraguan Revolution by threatening to tear up between Washington, Tokyo, Union and the Pittsburgh Citizen’s Po- and medicines are scarce. Many facto- in New International no. 9 — $16 Meanwhile, the Pittsburgh Police East Pittsburgh and its mayor and po- the decadeslong “world Paris, Ottawa, and others — ries have stopped operating due to lack Department announced new, more re- lice Review Board. lice chief. The lawsuit says the borough order” through which rough as these talks sometimes of raw materials. These conditions have Cuba and the Coming American Revolution strictive guidelines July 26 that encour- When asked about the constitution- council didn’t train or vet its officers the U.S. rulers have $16 by Jack Barnes — $10 get — are just polite cover for the led to protests across the country. age cops to declare such gatherings ality of the new guidelines, Vic Wal- properly, and that Rosfeld used exces- collaborated with their real use of muscle to advance “I am better off selling empanadas Aldabonazo: Inside the Cuban illegal. Police Chief Scott Schubert czak, legal director for the ACLU of sive force in killing the youth. Rosfeld “traditional allies” that the interests of conflicting than working as a nurse,” said Ana Revolutionary Underground: 1952-58 claims that it would make it easier for Pennsylvania, said that there was one was fired previously from the University make up the EU. national ruling classes. U.S. Rosario Contreras, president of Cara- by Armando Hart — $25 cops to strike a “balance” in allowing problem. They don’t say they apply of Pittsburgh police force for fabricating This is echoed by military might stands behind cas College of Nurses, during a July 6 some protests while shutting down only to events without permits. “This evidence in a case there. EU officials, who long its pressure on the capitalists in protest demanding higher wages. “An others to maintain “public safety.” would pass constitutional muster if Supporters of the fight for justice for for Washington’s con- Europe and elsewhere.” empanada costs 500,000 bolivars and I See list of distributors on page 8 Protesters who had planned to rally they just put [that] caveat in,” he said. Rose are planning a protest outside Ros- tinued military um- pathfinderpress.com get paid 600,000 every two weeks.” or visit pathfinderpress.com outside the now-canceled preliminary “I think Mayor [Bill] Peduto and his feld’s Aug. 22 arraignment. brella to defend them

6 The Militant August 27, 2018 The Militant August 27, 2018 7 ‘A revolution is occurring among the women of our country!’ Below is an excerpt from “The double liberation: as part of the Revolution Within the Revolution,” a exploited sector of the country, December 1966 speech by Fidel Cas- and second, as women, who were tro presented to the Fifth National discriminated against not only as Plenary of the Federation of Cuban workers but also as women, in Women. It’s printed in Women and the that society of exploitation. Cuban Revolution, one of Pathfinder’s The attitude of Cuban women Books of the Month for August. The toward the revolution corre- book is edited by Elizabeth Stone and sponds to this reality; it corre- contains speeches and documents by sponds to what the revolution has Castro, Vilma Espín and others. It meant to them. recounts women’s changing role in And the support of the popu- Cuba through the workers and farm- lar masses for the revolution is ers revolution in January 1959 and be- directly proportional to what the yond. The book discusses the nature of revolution has meant to them in women’s oppression, the gains made in terms of their liberation. fighting against this in Cuba, and chal- There are two sectors in this lenges that still remain. Copyright © country, two sectors of society 1981 by Pathfinder Press. Reprinted by which, aside from economic rea- permission. sons, have had other motives for sympathizing and feeling enthu- Left, Granma; right, Gilberto Ante/Bohemia siasm for the revolution. These Participation in Cuba’s revolution transformed women. No longer restricted to the home, they became two sectors are the black popu- Books of political actors and leaders. Left, militia women prepare to defend revolution against U.S. military threats during 1962 missile crisis. Right, revolution opened up traditionally male jobs for women. lation of Cuba and the female population. the month the most interesting lessons for revo- or doubly humiliated. A poor woman, I suppose you recall that in Cuba’s lutionaries is that being offered by our part of the working class or of a work- old bourgeois constitution, there was by fidel Castro women. [Applause] ing-class family, was exploited simply an article which declared illegal any [T]his phenomenon of women’s par- You all know perfectly well that we because she was poor, because she was discrimination for reasons of race or ticipation in the revolution was a revo- are not saying this to please the com- a member of the working class. sex. The constitution declared such dis- lution within a revolution. [Applause] pañeras who are here tonight, but that But in addition, although she was a crimination illegal. But a constitution And if we were asked what the most we say it because it is what we firmly woman of the working class, even her in a capitalist society, or such an article revolutionary thing is that the revolu- believe and feel. own class looked down on and under- in a capitalist society, solves nothing, tion is doing, we would answer that it But why is this one of the most inter- rated her. Not only was she underes- because discrimination for reasons of is precisely this — the revolution that esting lessons? You yourselves may ask timated, exploited, and looked down race and for reasons of sex existed in is occurring among the women of our why. In reality, the most honest answer upon by the exploiting classes, but even practice. And the basis for all of this country! [Applause] that we could give — and I assure you within her own class she was the object was the existence of a class society If we were asked what things in the that the person who offers this answer of numerous prejudices. which practiced exploitation. revolution have been most instructive is precisely one who has always be- So all these events have been a great In a class society, which is to say, for us, we would answer that one of lieved himself free from prejudice — lesson to all of us, to every revolution- a society of exploiters and exploited, the answer is, I believe, that in reality ary. Naturally, a considerable amount there was no way of eliminating dis- American Labor Struggles all of us were prejudiced in regard to of prejudice still persists. If women crimination for reasons of race or sex. 1877-1934 Books women. [Applause]… were to believe that they have totally Now the problem of such discrimina- by SamuelAugust Yellen This is one of the great lessons we fulfilled their role as revolutionaries in tion has disappeared from our country, $24. ofSpecial t price:he $18 Month spoke about before: one of the great society, they would be making a mis- because the basis for these two types PATHFINDER lessons and perhaps one of the greatest take. It seems to us that women must of discrimination which is, quite sim-

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8 The Militant August 27, 2018 SWP campaign statement End prison censorship Continued from front page nowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky and Lieber- Socialist Workers Party: ‘Amnesty now!’ man, filed an appeal of the ban Aug. 7. Continued from front page It’s not possible to fight the bosses and win if we’re “The Militant has been delivered to all its sub- nial exploitation and wars by Washington and other divided. The labor movement needs to explain, “We scribers in federal prisons since at least the 1950s,” imperialist powers made productive and safe lives don’t care what papers you have or don’t. We demand Goldstein noted, except once, and that was over- difficult at home. They are also drawn here because amnesty for all immigrant workers in the country. turned on appeal. “The ban must be reversed and the capitalist class absolutely needs immigrant la- And we invite you to join the union.” the rejected issues delivered to the inmate sub- bor to produce and compete for markets against This is a life-and-death question for the work- scriber.” its rivals around the world and to drive down the ing class. When the inevitable economic downturn Organizations and individuals concerned about wages of U.S.-born workers. comes, the bosses ramp up their efforts to stoke anti- freedom of speech and the rights of workers behind No matter who happens to be sitting in the White immigrant sentiment along with prejudices among bars have been writing to Federal Bureau of Pris- House — whether it’s a Bush, a Clinton, an Obama or immigrants against Blacks and other U.S.-born ons Regional Director Sara M. Revell asking for a Trump — the capitalist class has no intention of de- workers. The fight for amnesty is a fight for the soul the ban to be reversed. porting all or even most immigrant workers. The boss of the working class. “This misguided action strikes at the heart of class wants them here, but forced to live in fear of de- The liberal press claims workers are more reaction- fundamental rights of Americans,” wrote Bruce portation so that they don’t organize, join unions and ary, racist and anti-immigrant today. This is how they Levine, professor of history at the University of Il- demand better wages and working conditions. The explain the 2016 election of Donald Trump. linois at Urbana-Champaign Aug. 12, “rights that bosses also benefit because they use the second-class But many workers without papers have lived here in truth should be enjoyed by all human beings. To status imposed on workers without papers to drive for decades. We work side by side in factories and suppress this one periodical constitutes a danger down wages and conditions for all workers. other workplaces. We live in the same working-class to anyone who cares about freedom of thought, in- Less than 7 percent of workers at private companies neighborhoods. Our kids go to the same schools. quiry and expression.” are in unions. The bosses have succeeded in driving In fact, anti-immigrant sentiments are lower among Fred Whitehead, an author and historian from down our wages and undermining pensions, health workers today than ever. That was shown by the re- Kansas City, Kansas, wrote to express, “my se- care and job safety. This anti-worker offensive contin- sponse by working people in the rural town of O’Neill, vere condemnation for the recent banning of the ues despite the explosion in hiring today. Nebraska, who organized rapid protests against immi- Militant.” He added, “Prisoners are still citizens Key to their success is the entrenched union bu- gration cops who were in the midst of raiding several and should receive the benefit of freedom of the reaucracy, which imposes class-collaborationist factories and ranches in the area and extended solidar- press.” policies on workers, both on the shop floor and in ity to their families. Among those who have spoken out against prison support of the capitalist rulers’ state and its policies The Socialist Workers Party says, “Join the fight censorship of the Militant are the American Civil at home and abroad. for amnesty!” Liberties Union, National Lawyers Guild, Amnes- ty International, PEN America, other newspapers and prisoner rights, church and other groups.

More issues censored in Florida prison Nebraska immigration raid sparks protests While the Illinois anti-censorship fight unfolds, Continued from front page cades to instill fear in immigrant workers to keep the Militant is also dealing with prison officials’ tion and Customs Enforcement says were work- them from joining unions and demanding better impounding the paper from subscribers in Florida. ing without proper papers. The other target was 17 wages and conditions. “Florida prison officials must think that sooner people ICE claims brought the workers in, got them But the raids have become more and more unpopu- or later we’ll get tired of fighting censorship, but fake IDs, and stole part of their wages each week. lar, especially after millions of immigrant workers we won’t,” Studer said after receiving notices Aug. They face felony conspiracy charges. took to the streets in 2006 to protest a bill before Con- 7 from a subscriber at the Florida State Peniten- “I was teaching swimming when I heard the gress to make it a felony to be in the United States tiary in Raiford. news,” Kendra Vanderbeek, an English teacher, said without a visa. The bill was defeated, and the workers Ironically, the July 9 and July 16 issues were by phone Aug. 8. She headed right over to O’Neill without papers won growing support and respect from banned, according to the warden there, because High School to talk with Bryan Corkle, a science U.S.-born workers. they reported on the Militant’s ongoing fight teacher and wrestling coach. He told her, “We’ve got Native-born workers increasingly hid their fellow against censorship in Florida state prisons! to get something together.” workers and protested the raids. Deciding the politi- This, the impoundment notice claims, “presents “So we called people and put it on Facebook,” cal cost was too high, the U.S. rulers ended the raids a threat to the security, good order or discipline of Vanderbeek said. “And with just an hour and a half by mid-2008 and shifted to other methods, such as E- the correctional system or the safety of any per- notice, the number of people who came out was en- Verify and immigration “audits” to manage the flow son.” couraging.” There were also protests over the next of cheap labor the bosses desperately need. The July 30 issue cites as the reason for rejec- several days in Grand Island, Nebraska, where But the administration of Donald Trump has begun tion “Page 2-3” with no indication which articles workers were taken after their arrest, and in Norfolk to carry out workplace raids, including in Tennessee, or content requires impoundment. The articles on and other nearby towns. Ohio and Iowa over the past several months. Many these two pages include “Ukraine Miners’ Strikes, This is the first time, Vanderbeek, 25, said, she had have been met with protests. Protests Win Back Wages” and “Books by SWP ever joined a protest, much less helped organize one. ICE used as many as 400 federal, state and local Leaders Perk Interest at Librarians’ Meet,” as Vanderbeek’s father is an electrician and her mother cops in the Aug. 8 tri-state raids, led by the agency’s well as coverage of a salt miners strike in Ontario, is a waitress. “We’re blue collar, working class,” she Homeland Security Investigations police and backed Canada, and a July 12 rally in Columbus, Ohio, by said. “And even in my own family not everyone agrees by local authorities. thousands of miners, Teamsters and other unionists with me. Quite a few people say, ‘How can I help the protesting pension cuts. kids, but I don’t feel bad for the parents because they Area workers debate raid But authorities there never informed the Mili- made the decision to break the law.’” Gerardo Pena, a forklift operator at Elkhorn River tant about the impoundment, as they are required “I try to take the humanitarian side of it,” Vander- farms, was there when ICE surrounded the plant. “I to do by state prison regulations. The paper found beek said. “I say, ‘You’re a parent, just imagine what should have run inside and said, ‘Run guys, because out from one of its subscribers who had his papers you would feel like in that exact situation.’” ICE is here,’ but I didn’t have any chance,” he told taken. More than 85 percent of the vote in Holt County, KETV News. “Florida regulations require that a Correctional where O’Neill is located, went for Donald Trump in Kevin Stevenson, a butcher, had a different view. Institution must provide written notice to both the the 2016 presidential election. More than 90 percent The raid “was probably long overdue,” he told the inmate and the publisher,” Goldstein wrote in a of residents are Caucasian. The town was founded by TV station. “I feel bad for them in a way, but hey, letter to Warden Barry Redish Aug. 7. The Mili- Irish immigrants in 1882. they’re here illegally.” tant has appealed to the Department of Corrections “I was surprised at the support we have from com- Don Tejral, who used to work at a meatpacking Literature Review Committee over every such munity members,” Vanderbeek said. plant in Grand Island, told the Omaha World Herald, impoundment in the state, with the vast majority “These people have been working and living here “Most of these people are hardworking. They just overturned. for years and they’ve become part of the community want to better their lives.” He said there should be a and part of the family,” she said. “That’s why views way for them to be able to work legally. are changing.” Local churches have helped the families of work- Fight prison censorship ers detained in the raid. Donations of food, toys and Get out the word. Distribute copies of Militant Factory raids unpopular money have poured in from around the region. articles on the ban at Greenville federal prison. Factory and other workplace raids had been a At an Aug. 10 press conference organized by Send letters to end censorship at Greenville, central tool that the U.S. government used for de- wrestling coach Corkle, Carmen, one of the work- Illinois, prison to Federal Bureau of Prisons Re- ers who was detained in the raids and then released gional Director Sara M. Revell, Gateway Tower The ‘Militant’ Prisoners’ Fund pending a court hearing, thanked all those who II, 8th floor, 400 State Avenue, Kansas City, KS Makes it possible to send prisoners reduced rate sub- came out to support them. “It made us feel that we 66101-2492. Copies to: [email protected] scriptions. To donate, send a check or money order pay- are not alone,” she said. Send a check to the Militant, 306 W. 37th St., able to the ‘Militant’ and earmarked “Prisoners’ Fund” to “We didn’t come here to take bread out of any- 13th floor, New York, NY 10018, earmarked 306 W. 37th St., 13th Floor, New York, NY 10018. one’s mouth,” she said. “We just came to work with “Prisoners Rights Fight.” dignity for our families.”

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