FIGHT FOR COMMUNISM!
International Communist Workers Party
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The Spratly Islands are a South China Sea archipelago more than 600 miles from China’s coast. An ongoing dispute over their ownership has been escalating to levels that could turn from a war of words to a war of guns.
The fight is between China and the Southeast Asian nations of Brunei, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, South Korea and Japan, which also claim part or whole ownership of the Spratly Islands.
But the bigger fight is between Chinese and US imperialists. “China will remain the most significant competitor to the United States for decades to come,” concludes a recent US Council on Foreign Relations report. It calls for “placing less emphasis on support and cooperation and more on pressure and competition.”
The Chinese bosses and their allies are preparing for an inevitable confrontation with the US that will likely lead to World War III. This scenario will affect the world’s working class everywhere.
Soldiers around the world will be critical. Will the working class die to perpetuate the power of our masters? Or will we fight for communism to liberate ourselves finally from the chains of the imperialist bosses?
Spratly Islands: Militarily and Economically Strategic
Most of these islands are submerged at high tide. China has begun a land reclamation project, building seven artificial islands. It has built ports and airfields that can accommodate large aircraft. China says this is for search-and-rescue and environmental purposes. But the real purpose is military.
The US has carried out a series of “freedom of navigation operations” to challenge China’s claims. On October 27, the US guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen, with other ships and aircraft, sailed into the 12-mile zone of a disputed island and was warned by Chinese military. The US still maintains military superiority, but no longer can its mighty navy sail unquestioned into China’s front yard.
Five trillion dollars of global trade passes the Spratlys annually. This area is believed to hold huge amounts of underwater oil and gas, resources that China needs. China must gain control of the area’s resources and shipping routes in order to escape US-imposed restrictions
Like any rising imperialist power, China must expand its military influence. Chinese leader Xi Jinping says he loves peace but he invests billions to modernize the armed forces. A military parade on September 3rd celebrated the 70th anniversary of the end of WW II and unveiled new weapons, like short and long range missiles, to build nationalist pride among Chinese workers.
Workers and Soldiers Have Nothing to Gain in Imperialist Wars
Armies train youth, mainly from the working class, to follow orders to repress their own class. We must teach and organize these soldiers to mobilize the masses for communism.
Soldiers can and must understand that they are part of the working class. Their loyalty should be to their class brothers and sisters and not to the bosses that use them as mere expendable items. They must not blindly obey the bosses’ orders. Instead they must build communist consciousness and unite with their working-class brothers and sisters to destroy imperialism.
The capitalist crisis around the world has plunged the world’s working class into a deep misery that cannot be reversed. The only solution is to destroy imperialism with a communist revolution.
Soldiers: Unite with Workers to Turn the Guns on the Bosses!
Capitalist competition demands that profit-hungry bosses send soldiers to fight their wars in the Middle East or anywhere else to attack rival imperialists and kill workers to defend their power. These wars will grow into World War III.
However, history teaches us that soldiers can turn their weapons against the bosses, turning world war into communist revolution. In Russia in 1917, during World War I, soldiers were won to unite with the workers to kill the capitalist bosses and build a socialist society. They fought alongside the workers, making the victory of the Russian Revolution possible.
Today a massive red army of working class soldiers will become an unstoppable force. But we will fight, not for socialism but for a real communist society that will abolish money and the exploitation of the wage system.
In Communism, the priority will be the well-being and security of the whole working class. Each person will have the duty to help take care of our class brothers and sisters. Criticism and self-criticism will replace orders. Social relations will be closer.
Today the International Communist Workers’ Party struggles to build communist consciousness among workers, students, soldiers and their families worldwide. Soldiers and workers of the world, let’s unite for a Communist Revolution!