no

war
but
the
class war
This Saddam guy is out of control.
Hes got weapons of mass destruc- No, no no. We need to give
tion. Hes even used them against the sanctions on Iraq time
his own people! Hes a maniac dic- to work. We need to let the
tator with no respect for human weapons inspectors do
rights. Its only a matter of time be- their job. The French, the
fore they fall into the hands of Al- Germans the Russians,
Qaida and then well be facing theyve got the right ap-
NUCLEAR TERRORISM! Better get proach. We should work
him now while theres still time. for disarmament through
Bombing the hell out of Iraq is the the U.N.
only solution.

Shut the hell

up, both of you! The U.S. government doesnt care about Saddams
nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. They gave
him equipment to manufacture that shit back when he
was on their good side. If they cared so much about
human rights, why were they Saddams ally back in the
80s? Why did they continue to give him financial and
military support even after he used chemical weapons
against the Kurds and against Iran? Why did they help
him crush a rebellion in southern Iraq in 1991? For that
matter, if theyre so concerned about human rights,
why do they support the monarchy in Saudi Arabia or
fucking Israeli apartheid? It should be obvious that the
U.S. government doesnt give a shit about human
rights, and never has.

I too am concerned Fuck that! Those sanctions

with the actions of our have already killed over a
government-- million Iraqis! And the
French government? Give
Aint my government. me a break. Saddam owes
them money, and they want
--and thats why to make sure that it isnt lost
we need the in- in a regime change, and that
spectors, the their influence isnt dimin-
sanctions, France! ished by making the U.N.
even more irrelevant.

Thats right. The Security? Hah! The only security these wars are about
French, the Rus- is security for the rich, and their financial interests.
sians, the Ger- That whole war in Afghanistan, that was about mak-
mans, theyre ing it safe or oil and gas pipelines. And now, its obvi-
all letting their ous to anyone who hasnt had their entire brain turned
financial inter- to jelly by Fox News that the slimeball politicians run-
ests get in the ning the U.S. cant wait to get their hands on Iraqs oil,
way of security. the second largest oil reserves in the world. In the
name of security and fighting terrorism, these
same scumbag bureaucrats have special forces in
Colombia defending oil pipelines against Marxist
guerrillas. In these wars, the profits of the oil compa-
nies and the weapons manufacturers are secure, the
people of Iraq or Afghanistan or Colombia who are be-
ing killed in the thousands are definitely not secure.

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 Youre right, the American government is act-
Ok. Ok. The Iraqi people may have ing for the safety and security of Americans...
to suffer in the short term-- ...if by Americans you mean rich people in
the U.S.. For the working class of America, the
Being starved to death government IS our security problem.
or blown up by bombs
aint just a short term
problem.
Youre a commie
--but, after all, the arent you?
American gov-
ernment is act-
ing for the safety
and security of
Americans, not
Iraqis.

How many people do the cops kill ev-

ery year? How many are imprisoned? The U.S. government pro-
A fuck of a lot, I can tell you that. The tects the security of
government monitors us, spies on us, American capitalism.
manages us, commands us, drafts us,
arrests us, fines us, imprisons us,
shoots us, gasses us, deports us, di-
Wait a minute. What
vides us, categorizes us, claims to
does capitalism have
speak for us, indoctrinates us, ap-
to do with any of this? I
peals to us, blames us, preaches at
thought we were talk-
us, and tries explains us away. It cer-
ing about war.
tainly doesnt protect our security.

We are. In a society But capitalism isnt just some ab-

based on private stract theory of production. Its the
property where all real shit-hole that we live in. Its the
the infrastructure is reason we spend most of our time
owned by a small working shit jobs and then come
elite class of rich home and have to give most of what
bastards, they wont we made over to the landlord or the
think twice about bank. Its the system! The underlying
sacrificing a few reason were homeless, unemployed,
million poor folk in sick, hungry, tired, stressed, de-
order to increase pressed, alienated and generally
their profits. miserable!

In this war, the energy and weapons corporations will

make a killing. The politicians in the U.S. government will
ride on a wave of patriotism. And when its over, the people
in power after a regime change in Iraq will be from the
same class that runs the country today: businessmen,
politicians and generals. At the same time, thousands of
mostly poor Iraqi people will die from the bombings, from
starvation, from sicknesses caused by the war. On the
American side, the people who will die and be exposed to
toxic weapons wont be the politicians or the captains of
industry who stand to gain from the war. Theyll be the
working class men and women lured into the army with
the promise of money for college. But it isnt just during
war that the government is run by rich people. It isnt just
during war that they screw us over and profit off our work.
2 The war just makes the whole thing more obvious.
Youre so right on dude. Thats why we should vote But we need a voice in politics.
green man. Ralph Nader, man, hes the man.

Not a chance in hell. No thanks. Politics

The war aint going to is just a game
be stopped by voting. where a bunch of
Besides, the only way rich scumbags
to get in government is compete for power
to represent some fac- over each other
tion of rich people. And and for the right to
we dont need a more exploit us.
democratic or greener
rich guy to exploit us.

But if we First, we have to realize that We are in a constant struggle

dont we are in the middle of a vi-
vote, cious class war. From free
how are trade areas, to covert gue-
we ever rilla wars, to full-fledged
going to military engagements, the
stop the ruling class is well orga-
war? nized and are pushing their
agenda across the globe
like a steam-roller. But their
global agendas are built out
of a string of thousands of
local attacks. They bring the
class war to us every day.
just to survive and to keep our
fucking dignity. Sometimes we
take the initiative, and refuse to
work, or refuse to pay rent, we
use direct action to take the
class war to them. Whenever we
start to get out of control like
this, the government quickly
moves in to stomp out our resis-
tance. If theres enough of us,
this only leads to more wide-
spread resistance.

When there is mas- Also in a situation like that, the class

sive unrest, we could conflict within the military machine
create a situation will be aggravated. There is a proud
where the govern- tradition of mutiny in the army. In
ment is literally times of intense social struggle, sol-
spending so much diers start to realize that their real
time and energy try- enemies arent the enlisted men and
ing to keep us under women of the opposing army, but
control, that they their own generals and the rulers of
simply cant fight their own government, sending
wars abroad. them to die to increase the profits of
some rich bastards.

When this happens and the soldiers Damn right!

turn their guns around and start shoot-
ing their own officers, that really puts
a dent in the governments ability to
wage war! ...heh...

Oh my god. Youre not just

talking about a strategy to
end the war! YOURE TALKING
ABOUT REVOLUTION!

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 Did somebody say revolution? Thats right. Revolution! Thats the way to go. Where the hell did you
Class struggle! Fight the capitalist system! Yeah. Just like Lenin said. And of come from? We dont
course the revolution will need a strong leadership. Thats where we come need you bureaucratic
in, the professional revolutionaries of Socialist Left Alternative Group Marx- parasites to manage the
ist-Leninist-Trotskyist-Maoist-Stalinist. We at SLAG-MLTMS have studied the struggle for us, well do
works of all the serious revolutionaries, and have perfected the science of that ourselves.
revolution. Basically, you need us to run your revolution, because without
us directing it, it is doomed to failure. Only we understand the true inter-
ests of the proletariat. So join the revolution! Join SLAG-MLTMS today! You
have nothing to lose and a world to win!

The revolution wont be directed from some central committee --that means, no more cops. No more
according to the correct interpretation of some holy books. It borders. No more private property. No
will come out of a thousand everyday struggles converging and more bosses or bureaucrats. It means
turning the whole system upside down. And you can bet that the taking control of our work, our time,
first thing well be doing is smashing the whole machinery of our lives, ourselves. It means living in
the state, not setting up a new dictatorship of party parasites freedom and equality and dignity.
to live off our work and order us around. Revolution-- Wont that be fucking amazing!

What are you, some

kind of anarchist?

But we wont get there just by wishing for it. And we cer-
tainly wont get there by killing each other to make
some rich bastards richer. Well have to fight for it.

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 Our army that now remains in Vietnam is in a state approaching collapse, with
individual units avoiding or having refused combat, murdering their officers and non-
commissioned officers, drug-ridden, and dispirited where not near-mutinous.
[C]onditions [exist] among American forces in Vietnam that have only been exceeded
in this century by...the collapse of the Tsarist armies in 1916 and 1917.
Armed Forces Journal, June 1971

I have no country to fight for, my
country is the earth, and I am a citizen
of the world... I am not a capitalist sol-
dier, I am a proletarian revolutionist. I
do not belong to the army of the plutoc-
racy but to the irregular army of the
people. I refuse to obey any command
to fight from the ruling class, but I will
not wait to be commanded to fight for
the working class. I am opposed to ev-
ery war but one. I am for that war heart
and soul, and that is the world-wide war
of the social revolution. In that war I am
prepared to fight in any way the ruling
class may make it necessary even to
the barricades.
As long as there are rich and poor,
governors and governed, there will be no
peace, nor is it to be desired that there
should be; for such a peace would be
founded on the political, economic and
social inequality of millions of human be-
ings who suffer hunger, outrages, the
prison and death, while a small minority
enjoys pleasures and liberties of all kinds
for doing nothing. On with the struggle!
Manifesto of September 23rd, 1911
Written by Ricardo Flores Magon and
members of the Partido Liberal Mexicano
Ricardo Flores Magon, a Mexican anarchist, was ar-
rested by the U.S. government during World War I and
charged with sedition and inciting mutiny among sol-
diers. He was sentenced to 20 years in jail.

Eugene V. Debs, September 11, 1915

Eugene V. Debs, a member of the Socialist Party of

the United States, was arrested for opposing World
War I and sentenced to 10 years in prison. While in
prison, he received over a million votes for presi-
dent in 1912.

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