Eric, a former university teacher and journalist, registered for the rally from Thailand but has lived in China and other parts of Asia. He said the WSWS was making “an invaluable contribution to the liberation of humanity and the earth” and then sent an additional comment voicing concerns about US military spending and attacks on basic social programs. “I totally support the online May Day celebration. One of the key issues facing the international working class is US-led state war crimes—and the media support for them—which target first and foremost the foreign victims of the wars, but also drastically impact the American people. Working-class young people are compelled to join the military through economic pressures, are then used as cannon fodder, and the wealth their parents produce is looted to support the military machine, military-industrial capital, and the finance capital of the banks. “The US government admits that 25 percent of the federal budget goes to military costs; but the war resistors league, taking account of all military-related costs, including servicing debt from previous wars, amounts to 49! “Meanwhile, as US social programs are continually attacked and attenuated, more than a trillion dollars per year is being transferred by the government to the banks via ‘quantitative easing.’ Similar ramping up of militarism, transfers to finance capital, and attacks on living standards are taking place in the EU. The key to overcome these crimes is international working-class unity, which is, of course, emblematically embodied in May Day.” #MayDay #MayDay2014
Posted on: Fri, 02 May 2014 21:45:01 +0000
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