INSIDE: Maoist game reviews * Under Lock & Key * UnaMIM Notes Página 320 • June en 1-30, Esp 2005a ñol...• Page 1 MIM Notes June 1-30 2005, Nº 320 The Official Newsletter of the Maoist Internationalist Movement (MIM) Free Border vigilantism: fascism, not just race ANDY RAMIREZ Neo-Nazis spoil IS A FASCIST, May 9th VE day NOT JUST A celebrations The collective responsibility ‘COCONUT’ movement By HC116 and [email protected], May 3300 neo-Nazis demonstrated in Berlin 12, 2005 against the celebration of Victory in Friends of the Border Patrol Europe day, the 60th anniversary of the chairpersyn and executive director Andy end of World War II in Europe. A crowd Ramirez was a guest on Monday’s Lou approximately double that size Dobbs Tonight . Ramirez is the former demonstrated to stop them from executive director of the organization Save marching. The Nazi movement in Berlin Our State (Ron Prince), which has is an urgent reminder that MIM’s line for recently opposed legislation in Kalifornia collective responsibility is the only correct to allow undocumented persyns to have road for countries like Germany and the drivers’ licenses, and supported legislation united $tates. in Kalifornia, Proposition 187 (1994), that The neo-Nazis said they should no longer would have prohibited public services, hold the burden for “‘a cult of guilt.’”(1) including health services, for To them, the Soviet invasion of Germany undocumented persyns. Andy Ramirez was not liberation, but “‘occupation’” and has encouraged the u.$. Congress to pass VE celebrations are a product of legislation prohibiting drivers’ licenses for “‘professional Jews.’”(1) It’s the usual undocumented persyns in all States. The insane stuff, almost designed to disregard organization that Andy Ramirez now theory. directs, Friends of the Border Patrol, is in Because the Soviets did win World War the middle of organizing to have a II, and the Nazi movement is not in power, Zhang Chunqiao, member of Minuteman-like project happen in San the real problem is the imperialist country Diego in the summer, with training so-called Left and how it clears the way beginning in June. Ramirez has sought the for the Nazis, who otherwise would never “Gang of Four” dies at 88 support and help of Chris Simcox, leader get anywhere without the so-called Left’s Zhang Chunqiao died of cancer at the of wimmin has increased; and the of the Civil Homeland Defense Corps, theoretical and agitational aid. Always the age of 88 on 21 April 2005, according to government of the Peoples Republic of recently renamed to the Minuteman Civil chauvinist Left plants the ideological official reports released on 10 May. China has turned into a fascist Defense Corps, Inc. In fact, Minuteman seeds and the Nazis are the practice. Zhang was a member of the so-called dictatorship, as witnessed by the June, Project co-founders Chris Simcox and For example, in this VE day spoiling, “Gang of Four” and key figure in the 1989 Beijing Spring massacres.(2) Jim Gilchrist have both endorsed the several German imperialists criticized the Cultural Revolution. Together with Mao Zhang was the author of “On Friends of the Border Patrol according neo-Nazis. Interior Minister Otto Schily and other members of the “Gang of Four” Exercising All-Round Dictatorship over to Andy Ramirez on Fox and Friends , called it a “‘disgrace.’”(1) President Zhang led the struggle to keep the the Bourgeoisie,” which describes the May 3. Ramirez has appeared on other President Horst Koehler said Germans bourgeoisie within the Communist Party class struggle that occurs under socialism TV shows and radio shows, local and “‘look back with shame.’”(1) He also from seizing power. The against capitalist restoration.(3) Readers country-wide. said, “We have the responsibility to keep counterrevolutionary Hua Guofeng interested in learning more about the On Lou Dobbs Tonight , Lou Dobbs alive the memory of all this suffering and imprisoned Zhang and the other members material basis for a new bourgeoisie under said that the Friends of of the Border of its causes, and we must ensure it never of the “Gang of Four”—including Jiang socialism and how that bourgeoisie Patrol, like the Minuteman Project, was happens again. There can be no drawing Qing (1)—one month after the death of overturned revolutionary socialism in probably going to called vigilantes, and the line.”(1) Minister Juergen Trittin Mao, paving the way for the restoration China can read “The Political Economy asked how Ramirez addresses that. Later, criticized “‘these Nazis who were trying of capitalism in China. of Counterrevolution in China.”(4) Dobbs said: “And the idea that the ACLU to glorify the greatest genocide in Subsequent events have borne out the Notes: is concerned about human rights history.’”(2) predictions that Mao and the “Gang of 1. Listen to obituary of Jiang Qing here: violations, the suggestion that there’s Go to p. 3... Four” made of what would happen should www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/ma/radio/ potential, as they put it, for racism and mimnotescomm.html. A longer political for violence, how do you react to the You are not on a mailing list. You will not receive this paper again unless you take action. capitalist- biography of Jiang Qing can be found in MIM ACLU?”(1) (Actually, ACLU of Arizona MIM PRESORTED STANDARD roaders like Notes 13. Executive Director Eleanor Eisenberg PO Box 29670 U.S. POSTAGE PAID Hua and Deng 2. http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/faq/ said: “The Minuteman project has created Los Angeles, CA 90029 PERMIT #56365 Xiaoping ever tiananmen.html a powder-keg situation with the potential Return Service Requested BOSTON, MA seize power: 3. http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/classics/ to go beyond harassment and false exploitation of text.php?mimfile=allround.txt imprisonment to real violence. We hope the workers 4. http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/countries/ that our observer project will continue to and peasants china/pecc88/index.html shed light on the activities of the has returned; the oppression Go to p. 4... On the web: www.etext.org/Politics/MIM MIM Notes 320 • June 1-30, 2005 • Page 2 mass murder of Germans and the already thinking about a host of issues territoriality concerning the German Germans know it! concerning imperialism. Holocaust, Japan is another checkpoint. Letters Further: it is wrong to compare the In building public opinion we want to We find no widespread view in the West About Dresden bombing of Dresden to the bombing of cause a fermentation that may lead later that Japan’s action in World War II was the WTC. The WTC was attacked by down the road to other things. It is the MIM recently engaged the issue of the uniquely criminal the way Hitler’s was. the oppressed (so we are told anyway). electoral politicians and other assorted imperialist mass murder at Dresden, So to argue against Ward Churchill using Dresden was attacked by oppressors. opportunists who simply cannot because of the anniversary of the The WTC was a symbol of global financial distinguish between public opinion work Germany is one thing, but most bombing. See http://www.etext.org/ domination by amerika. Dresden was a (best thought of as done anonymously Amerikans and I$raelis would have no Politics/MIM/mn/sept112001/ place with some railroad yards and lots with unseen consequences) and direct way to dodge the question of collective wardchurchilldresden022205.html. -- and lots of refugees, many if not most of recruiting—and that inevitably worsens responsibility that the Japanese accepted ed. whom were unregistered. sectarianism. One of the reasons for after World War II. Dear MIM: [email protected] replies: We’re not MIM’s public opinion effectiveness is that As for neo-Nazis using Dresden, we MIM is concerned that the neo-Nazis saying that ex- Soviet citizens should now before MIM speaks, MIM always wades will use dresden for their advantage. MIM are not wrong. They already do use it be saying, “we should have bombed in and knows the relative proportions of is wrong. Dresden presents an every year and it’s not a question of Germany like the Brits and Amerikans opinion from surveys and also through opportunity to split the imperialists and to theory. To the extent that the neo-Nazis’ did.” The question is more one of the confirmation talking to thousands of point to the humanity of communism. white brothers and sisters in the West do history of Amerikan views. The majority Amerikans in all walks of life. MIM should realize that harshly not uphold “collective responsibility” for of Amerikans held that the bombing of condemning the imperialist mass murder Both the Japanese and German themselves, fuel gets added to the flames. Dresden was right and the collective at Dresden serves the anti-imperialist examples are relevant; although Dresden responsibility movement in Germany was So the movement for collective cause. All MIM has to do is point out that is the one where imperialists themselves right. responsibility has to be generalized to the the USSR did _not bomb civilian targets are on record saying it was a civilian target MIM is drawing attention to Dresden majority-exploiter countries, partly to at all. Do we see pictures of red air fleets worthy of “psychological warfare.” Your so saying we are not is factually wrong. preserve and advance the gains in bombing cities in Germany? No. This is a comments are an example of some We’re quite happy to deal with it. If Germany and Japan that we see by very strong argument in favor of Stalin!! drawing attention to Dresden results in a rethinking the imperialist country oppressor nation people.