Yo, reader. Yes, you there. Tell us why you are still paying attention to Democrats and Republicans. We calling ourselves communists have more differences than the Democrats and Republicans.
It's not that the Democrats and Republicans give you more accurate inside information on the wars they are carrying out, so don't tell us you listen to them for that. The Democrats and Republicans both said Saddam Hussein had and would use weapons of mass destruction. He did not use them in 2003 and now we have to ask ourselves why.
They told you the Amerikans were bringing "freedom" to Iraq, but the recent violence in Iraq came after the Amerikans shut down a newspaper there opposing the Amerikan occupation.(1) These Democrats and Republicans said the Iraqis would appreciate what Amerikans did in the occupation. So, tell us again, why you are getting your information from them.
MIM told you before the war about weapons of mass destruction and we got it right. When Bush said the war was over, we did a 60 point headline saying "The War Is Not Over." Again, we got it right, and the president with all his billions spent on intelligence got it wrong.
Now look at us communists. We've got something to argue about. Kerry voted for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and co-authored the Patriot Act in the Senate. Bush carried out the wars and signed the "Patriot Act." Those are the top two issues since 2000.
Meanwhile, the "Communist Party USA" supports the occupation of Iraq. You heard right. While MIM is supporting U.$. withdrawal and believes the Iraqi liberation fighters have justice on their side, the "Communist Party USA" is supporting a sister party in Iraq that actually has a seat in the U.$. occupation government. Imagine that: a "communist" party serving as a U.$. lackey in a military occupation.
Now that's a real difference. MIM says the nationalist liberation fighters in Iraq are right and the "CP-USA" supports the opposite side. So, my decadent Amerikan readers, if you are looking for sports as in Bush/Kerry contests, we'll give you sports. By now you should be bored to death with Bush/Kerry. Pay attention to some people with some real differences. Sometimes their website has more readers; sometimes ours--and you thought all that splitting among so-called communists was for nothing.
See here what we are saying about the phony "Communist Party USA." Listen to them explain that the genocide in Iraq was worth it, because their buddies in the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) are now distributing a newspaper there under U.$. auspices: "While the bad news of the genocidal impact of the U.S. war and occupation in Iraq permeates throughout the world, the chunks of gold and hope are found in the ICP’s heroism and courage in getting out their newspaper. It is certainly good news for all progressive forces and freedom of the press lovers the world over."(2) Oh yes, they're saying thank Bush, because now the ICP can distribute its paper openly in Iraq. There is no way Bush could find better lackeys to prove that there is free speech in Iraq.
Rumsfeld had his favorite Iraqi exile lackey to bring back to Iraq in the invasion. The "CP-USA" had its favorite lackeys to help out Bush. The CP=U$A says, "Iraqi communists exiled in London are a vital conduit for accurate information from inside the country. The party has established a formidable reputation for being exceptionally well-informed about developments inside Iraq, among the military and security apparatus and among opposition groups."(3)
Don't be fooled by the CP=U$A rhetoric about opposing the U.$. war. It's that rhetoric that makes you think the CP=U$A is no different than MIM. The ICP sister party of the CP=U$A has one of only 25 seats in the top Iraqi body of the occupation regime. Bush=Bremer=ICP=CPU$A.
There is no factual dispute about this. Again we quote the CP=U$A: "The ICP is opposed to the present armed actions. It estimates that political struggle can end the occupation and armed struggle cannot. Those conducting the armed attacks, the ICP says, consist of Baathists trying to restore the dictatorship, international groups the ICP characterizes as 'terrorist' seeking a new reactionary dictatorship, and criminal elements released from prison by Saddam."(4) Yes, you read that right. CP=U$A and ICP are echoing the Bush administration to a T. They oppose the liberation fight of the Iraqis together as a united front.
In the same article, the CP=U$A openly tells you that the U.S. Government put the ICP in the Governing Council of Iraq: "the U.S. recognized the council had to have considerable popular support and at the last moment gave in to demands to include the ICP."(4) 25 seats up for grabs from Uncle $am and Uncle $am reserved one for "communist" lackeys in Iraq. That was no elections, no revolution, not even a coup--just Uncle $am putting someone in the government.
It's not a surprise to MIM at all. The CP=U$A and its sister parties internationally have been serving imperialism ever since Stalin died. This is the party that supported Khruschev and Brezhnev and did not change its tune even after the collapse of the Soviet Union. They are still denying Mao's thesis that a bourgeoisie in the party came to power and restored capitalism! Yet, there is no explanation of who did restore capitalism from the CP=U$A. That organization simply does not care. The leaders are cynical scum and their followers are as directionless as jellyfish. They end up cheerleading for the Amerika-first faction of Perot, Buchanan, Nader and Kucinich, because they are not truly for the international proletariat, just the Amerikan labor aristocracy's interests, including the interests of the imperialists in Iraq.
Also supporting the CP=U$A is the internationally influential phony communist party called the Workers' Party in Belgium (PTB). The CP=U$A is the first party that PTB links to on its web page for the u$a.(5) The PTB is a party claiming to uphold Stalin but not Mao. It provides a lot of camouflage for the CP=U$A types. Belgians! Demand that the PTB break with the ICP and CP=U$A! Shame on the PTB for linking to the CIA outfit called the CP=U$A!
That's not all, not at all, because there are a lot more political debates among those calling themselves communists. Except for MIM, the other parties calling themselves communist actually believe those Amerikan civilians in Iraq are 90% exploited people, not exploiters profiting from the misery of Iraqis set up by Amerikan sanctions and bombing. One organization even calling itself "Maoist" lately criticizes us saying that our approach to Amerikan civilians even justifies "terrorism."
So you see, dear reader, the so-called communists do not agree with MIM even about what class Amerikan people are. The other so-called communists are bleeding with sympathy for the contractors in Iraq, many of which turn out to be "ex-" CIA and special forces, which is not surprising given what a large portion of the u.$. population has such links.
Yes, those other so-called communist organizations actually think that tourism in Iraq is good for international socialism. Meanwhile, we at MIM do not think it's going to come about by sending the exploited to Iraq as civilians to join up with the exploited there. That's a pipe-dream of all the other organizations who do not realize that those civilians there are profiteering on Iraqi misery.
We call on every honest communist to condemn and boycott the "CP-USA" until the Iraqi Communist Party withdraws from the occupation government and assists the liberation forces. Every communist must ask every party where it stands on the contractors in Iraq. MIM says they are the enemy of the Iraqi people and the international proletariat. It's plain as day, but oddly enough, you won't find any other "Marxists" inside u.$. borders saying it.
Notes:
1. If you did not hear about this, count yourself in a cave. Here's one source:
USA Today 01Apr2004, p. 13a.
2. We are quoting from the "CP-USA"'s own newspaper, People's Weekly World, April 26, 2003
http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/3336/1/159/
3. http://www.pww.org/article/view/2848/1/135/
4. People's Weekly World February 21, 2004. http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/4819/1/203/
5. http://www.wpb.be/links.htm
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