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Turning Lies and Fear into Anger and Struggle
Since Trump became US president, his plan for mass deportations has generated fear, but also struggle. The capitalist government and the bossesā media offer a disgusting string of fascist lies to paint us as the worst. They say, for example, that Hispanic immigrants are ārapists and murderers.ā
This is not only happening in the United States. The bosses want to divide us in all parts of the world. Thatās why we must struggle with everyone about this capitalist propaganda. That includes our children and people we interact with on a daily basis. Because all this garbage propagated by the bosses often does not go unnoticed. It creates an idea in the masses that what they say is true.
We must enter the battle, confident that there is only one way to end this global capitalist catastrophe: communism. Only communism can put an end to borders, nations, and xenophobia.
In communism, no worker will need to be anchored to a particular place. Workers will have the means to work and socialize with their class siblings all over the world. Workers from anywhere will be welcome everywhere.
There is too much information on this topic right now. At my job it is the daily topic of conversation. Fear is real and we all experience it. Even those who have residency or citizenship are afraid.
Recently we were talking about the immigrants who were sent to GuantĆ”namo accused of being āviolent gang members and other high-risk illegal aliens.ā This has been countered with evidence by some relatives of those who have been sent to this prison, showing that they are not part of any gang.
And one of my fellow workers said, āfor these racists we are all criminals.ā I have also had to struggle with them against nationalism, because some think that in their places of origin ācapitalists are less bad.ā
I tell them that workers are not safe anywhere. Nations ā and nationalism ā are capitalist inventions. They are based on the lie that workers have more in common with their āownā bosses than with workers on the other side of a border of the bossesā own making.
Itās a perfect time to win more members to the party with our clear line of a world without borders.
Self-critically, all the terror propaganda has generated quite a lot of fear and anxiety in me, to the point that I am not going out much. I am going from work to the apartment. This has prevented me from joining the demonstrations in which other comrades participated. But I am going to turn that fear into anger and struggle because only by fighting are we going to end this system, its borders, and its racist policies.
āComrade in the USA
The Continuing Struggle for a Communist World Without Borders
I was glued to the sewing machine, along with 150 other workers. Suddenly we heard hundreds of voices of garment workers outside the factory shouting, āDown with 187!ā āLetās strike!ā The rebellious strike was led by garment workers who were friends of ours.
It was in Los Angeles in 1994, thirty years ago. Proposition 187 was a direct attack on immigrants in California. It wanted to speed up deportations, to stop the children of the āundocumentedā from going to school or receiving medical care. It was similar to the current racist policies of the Trump gang. The attack on immigrants in those years was also to deflect the anger felt by Black workers against racist attacks by the police.
We turned off the machines, got out, and marched down Broadway, bringing out many more workers from other factories. The group grew and grew. Our fears turned to anger, after several raids and attacks by politicians who wanted to blame immigrants for their economic crisis. Making the citizens believe that by decreasing the immigrant labor force, they would improve the economy.
Some garment comrades got a banner that was placed at the front of the march and took the political lead of the group, with slogans and directing them to the mayorās office.
On the way downtown to City Hall, we joined another march of hundreds of students coming from East Los Angeles. Other comrades were passing out communist literature to the masses in motion.
In front of City Hall, a comrade gave a speech against racism and for communist revolution. At that time there was a huge movement against anti-immigrant racism. It soon led to a huge march of one million people in Los Angeles. This massive multi-racial demonstration rejected the attack on immigrants. It rattled the bosses, who sought means to calm the situation.
The proposition passed in the California elections, but it was later declared unconstitutional by the federal courts. Today these attacks are returning with more force with Trumpās plans.
Today I continue to fight, but with a clearer vision of the need to win workers to fight for a communist world without borders, not just for reforms.
The capitalist/imperialist crisis brings with it racist, fascist, and homophobic attacks. The only way out for the international working class is the fight for communism.
āāUndocumentedā Comrade in Los Angeles (USA)
Capitalists Need Immigrant Labor, But Workers Donāt Need Capitalists
I am a Salvadoran who left my country and immigrated with my family to the US three years ago in search of opportunities for a better life. Our economic situation under the Bukele government was becoming increasingly precarious. Everything that is published or said about my country is only publicity for a paradise for the rich, the owners of the means of production.
Here in the US, it is very difficult for my mother, my sister, and me to survive. We have faced a lot of discrimination. But the same need for money and to pay our debts makes us struggle every day. We know that we are not the only ones in the same situation, and, despite these conditions, we continue going forward.
I heard about you through Red Flag. A while ago a friend of mine from El Salvador shared it with me. I find what you write to be very interesting. You speak the truth, not like the other newspapers we are used to, which cover up the cruelty and greed of the powerful rulers. Because of time I canāt read it completely, since I have two jobs, but I try to do it. I am always waiting for the new edition to be sent to me.
I have read letters written for Red Flag and that is what encouraged me to write what we are living through. With Trumpās victory, my mother and my sister are very afraid that we will be deported. We have debts and no savings. In their jobs, as in mine, there is an air of fear and tension. We are very worried about the raids they are carrying out. Every day that we go to work we are anxious about not being able to return. There are many things that are whispered about.
My sister says to me, what if Trump had lost and Kamala had won, would everything be different? I know it would not, from what I have read with you and what my friend explains. No matter who wins, we are always the ones who get hurt living under the capitalists.
I think we are many immigrants from all over the world and many are from the working class. They canāt just get rid of us. They need us and I believe, just as they say in the paper, that together we can change things. I will continue to read Red Flag!
āFriend from El Salvador in the US
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