Challenges to Imperialist Hegemony

Resistance in Capitalist CentersItaly: 13 M workers went on general strikeSpain: 10 M workers held the first general strike in nearly a decade Germany: 200 TH metal workers went on strike last May over wages – the first major strike in the country in nearly a decade. UK: teachers, rail workers, firefighters and local authority employees are all considering strike action over pay and conditions.

Canada: the largest municipal strike in Canadian history France & Australia: air traffic controllers went on strikeUS: Hotels in Hawaii & Chicago; ILWU lockout

Anti-Globalization & Anti-War Protests1999: Battle of Seattle2000:

IMF-WB Prague Summit, WEF Melbourne

2001: Summit of the Americas in Quebec; EU Summit in Gothenberg & Brussels; G8 Summit in Genoa

2002:300 TH in EU Summit in Barcelona

100 TH in Washington vs. WTO (Ministerial Meeting) and US War & Israeli AggressionUK: 150 TH demonstrators (largest since Vietnam) vs. US War of Aggression and UK support for thisRome, Paris, Sydney = anti-war demonstrations on same weekend (Sept 28)Quito, Ecuador: Anti-PPP and FTAA

Resistance in Oppressed Countries

Resisting US Imperialist Domination

“axis of evil” (WMD) = North Korea, Iran, Iraq rogue states = axis of evil + Libya and SyriaVenezuelaCubaChinaRussia

Armed Revolutionary MovementsFARC in ColombiaShining Path in PeruNCP-PLA in NepalCPP-NPA in the Philippines

At least 6 Communist Parties waging People’s War in the Philippines, Nepal, India, Bangladesh & Turkey

+ 21 parties and organizations from 20 different countries supporting People’s War

Inter-imperialist Rivalrysteelbananas, hormone-treated beefGMO cropsFarm subsidiesscrambling for control over markets

diplomatic realm: open criticism of US aggressiveness and unilateralismMilitary: ESDP vs. NATO?

US War on Terror is an Imperialist War Against The People of the World

U.S. imperialism is pressed to increase the use of naked force to organize and enforce global exploitation – apart from the hidden hand of the market will be the ever more visible mailed fist. U.S. military establishment is using the specter of global terrorism to justify fortifying its capacity to engage the multifarious challenges that monopoly capital faces across the globe.“war on terrorism” also conveniently frames the tried-and-tested strategy of jumpstarting the sputtering U.S. economy through arms build-up & war.

People Uniting vs. ImperialismBut imperialism’s brutishness betrays its desperation. Amidst the intensifying general crisis of imperialism, the people of the oppressed countries and the people of the advanced capitalist countries unite and fight against their common enemy: imperialism.

The oppressed peoples and exploited classes in the world are seizing the initiative and advancing national liberation, democracy and social liberation against imperialist war and plunder.