Stop US-Japanese Military Retaliation! 
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Weekly “Zenshin” No.2022 Top Appeal (September 15, 2001)
September 11, a deep-rooted indignation
of the oppressed nations exploded against US imperialism. US imperialism, the
ruler of the world's financial and stock market, and trade and industry, is
the major source of the impending world war and the world's leading culprit
of neocolonial domination - exploitation, plundering and slaughtering of the
oppressed nations. These events have ruthlessly revealed to the whole world
that the imperialist ruling classes of the world have been so violently and
arrogantly behaved to Arab, Korean, and Chinese people... and all the peoples
of the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America. We must first of all face
up to the insufferable pain and distress inflicted by the imperialists upon
them and their intensive and profound anger against imperialists. We, the workers
and peoples of the imperialist countries, must at the same time realize their
desperate distrust of us and a serious question presented by the events of Sept.
11: how long should the imperialist evil deeds be admitted and why until today
the working class and people of the imperialist countries have not decisively
risen up to overthrow their own ruling classes, i.e., imperialist regimes -
the very cause of war and national and ethnic problems. We, workers and people,
must look again and again the deep roots of the events of Sept. 11 squarely
and sincerely. At the same time we must make a breakthrough for a genuine emancipation
of the united working class and oppressed nations, getting over these events
fundamentally.
Now, therefore, we appeal wholeheartedly for a struggle:
Overthrow Imperialism and Stalinism - causes of neocolonial domination and war!
Working Class and the Oppressed Nations All Over the World, Unite!
For a World Revolution against Imperialism and Stalinism!
Let's rise up, in firm solidarity with oppressed nations, against US imperialist
attempt of suppressing Palestinian people and of waging aggressive war in Middle
East!
Stop war drive of US-Japanese imperialists against China and Korea!
No World War III!
Prevent military revenge against Afghanistan and Arab countries!
In all-out struggle in this fall, smash Koizumi's attempt of participating in
US aggressive war; smash governmental drive for a war state - revision of the
Constitution, emergency legislation, and capital's offensive against labor.
Although exact facts are still unknown, we must make it clear that the events
of Sept. 11 are in essence an all-out resolute guerrilla warfare against US
imperialism waged by the oppressed people determined to death. We should by
no means blame this guerrilla warfare without seriously facing up to their appeal.
It must be noted intensely that the oppressed nations have been suffering cruel
persecution and violent discrimination and that every contradiction of imperialism
has been shifted onto them. We should first of all receive the events of Sept.
11 as an accusation of the oppressed nations against us posing grave questions
whether we, working class and people in oppressing countries, regard as contemporaries
sufferings and hardships in the oppressed nations as our own. We should overcome
our obscured and distorted state of class-consciousness under the influence
of prevailing imperialist ideology. To understand the class character of the
events of Sept. 11 we must establish a viewpoint of working class.
First, Japan Revolutionary Communist League wants to make clear that the events
are a huge explosion of the anger of the oppressed nations around the world
against US imperialism.
1991, US imperialism set war on Iraq (Gulf War), killing a tremendous number
of Iraqi people, and until 1999 the US together with other imperialist powers
committed indiscriminate massacre in Yugoslavia, only to quote a few examples
of the last decade.
The Bush administration escalates these slaughters in much more overt way. Pulling
out of the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change, threatening cancellation of the
ABM Treaty, and stating to withdraw from the CTBT, the Bush administration is
promoting the Missile Defense program with the sole purpose of US imperialist
survival. It has been still imposing the economic sanction on Afghanistan and
Iraq and continually bombing Iraq. It has withdrawn from the World Conference
against Racism together with Israel whose military invasion into Palestinian
Territories are accused by the Conference and supported by the US. The US is
exercising veto to prevent UN resolution on the Palestinian territories occupied
by Israel since 1967. Israel invades repeatedly into the Palestinian territories
with sophisticated weapons delivered by the US or developed with US technical
assistance, assassinating Mr. Abu Ali Mustafa, general secretary of PFLP, putting
the West Bank under control with armored forces. In face of a new wave of Intifada
since last September Israel have been responding stone-throwing Palestinians
with artillery; suicide attacks with massive missile bombardments. All of these
atrocities have been executed by the Sharon regime, which developed a policy
of provocative hostility with the Palestinian people under the pretext of the
war on terrorism.
It is US imperialism that has been suppressing and slaughtering people of Arab
countries in this region, using Israel as its aggressive spearhead and with
the US forces stationed in the reactionary Arab countries. Since the end of
World War II the US have been thus behaving as the ruler of the Middle East.
The Bush administration claims American monopoly of democracy and justice and
application of American laws to the rest of the world; it represents imperialist
arrogance much more overtly than any preceding administrations. In reality,
no country better deserves the name of “archenemy of democracy” than
the US. The oppressed nations of the world including Palestinians and the Middle
Eastern people are completely entitled to attack US imperialism with anger and
hatred.
How should then the working class of the imperialist countries consider the
heavy loss of lives, serious injuries and damage inflicted by the events of
Sept. 11? Especially the US working class is urgently required to give an answer
to this trying question.
The imperialist powers have been violently dominating over the oppressed nations
of the world, disregarding oppressed nations' wrath, grief and enormous energy
for self-emancipation. Especially the USA, the sole political, military and
economic superpower of the world, has been persecuting Palestinian people, using
Israel as its agent and invading into smaller countries. Is it nevertheless
possible that the US goes unpunished and lead an exceptionally peaceful and
prosperous life?
We must say that on Sept. 11 the US got natural punishment for its historical
crime of devastating the oppressed nations and contempt for them. Responsible
is above all Bush himself as the head of US imperialism.
We as Japanese working class ask our friends, the American working class, to
receive our following message:
You are faced with an ordeal of unprecedented deep sorrow and pain at the loss
of your fellow workers' lives. At the same time, you are required to face up
to innumerable injustices committed by US imperialism to the people of the whole
world. We call on you wholeheartedly to rise up, overcoming this ordeal, in
solidarity with the oppressed nations for a decisive struggle to overthrow US
imperialism, the major bastion of the reactionary forces of the world and your
own ruling class.
Second, we want to make clear that the real causes of the events of Sept. 11
are US and international imperialism and their consistent war policy and ever-growing
war system. These should be stopped and crushed. Imperialist countries are pursuing
more and more desperately buildup of exclusive spheres of influence for their
survival and struggle each other more and more fiercely for repartition of the
globe, plunging into aggression against oppressed nations, finally resulting
in a war between imperialist powers. Overthrow of imperialism must be the shared
objective of the working class and people of the whole world.
Imperialists say, “freedom is challenged by a new type of war.” Others
say “ascending cycle of retaliation” and so on. These statements are
totally wrong. First and foremost, incessant US imperialist war of aggression,
its neocolonial domination and a gigantic worldwide violence of US imperialism
are the major sources of war. It is the US that is provoking a “new war.”
The world imperialism with the US and Japan on its heads is going through a
death agony, in fear of emerging another Great Depression. The once prevailed
“New Economy” has gone down; bubble economy on IT has burst; crisis
of finance capital is aggravating. Accumulated inherent contradiction of imperialist
economic structure, surplus capital and surplus productive forces are pressing
hard on the imperialist world economy. As an exit from this fatal crisis the
US economy is inclined more and more to change its structure into wartime economy,
depending on military industry. This trend produces inevitably a ferocious drive
for a world war. Actually the Bush administration propagates: “punish rogue
states” “prevent future threats” and actually building up worldwide
Missile Defense with People's Republic of China - a Stalinist state - as the
major strategic target. US imperialism is reshaping an overall system of aggressive
war, that is, a nuclear war system.
On the other hand the US, admitting the failure of the Middle East “peace
process” since the Gulf War of 1991 - US aggression on Iraq and other countries
in the region --, has recently decided a violent turn in the Middle East policy:
to liquidate Palestine with Israel as spearhead and to reestablish US domination
over the Middle East and its oil resources. It constitutes new US strategy of
world domination, which inevitably provoke world war III.
The fundamental facts are:
(1) After the collapse of the USSR, a Stalinist regime, the Postwar World System
has been on the way of disintegration; conflicts among imperialist powers are
intensifying for endless antagonism;
(2) On the other hand, remaining Stalinist countries - the P.R of China e.t.c.
- and former Stalinist countries - Russia e.t.c. - have been escalating their
reactionary policy of “transformation into capitalist system” and
causing unprecedented confusion and crisis; and
(3) Toward those Stalinist as well as ex-Stalinist countries with their vast
territory, imperialist powers are taking a two-way policy of integration and
violent overthrow. This policy is intensifying the worldwide confrontations.
From the foregoing facts we draw the following conclusion:
Those conflicts and confrontations inevitably lead to world war III as far as
imperialism remains imperialism.
We call on all the people of the world to confront the impending crisis of world
war III. Let us rise up with indignation for a struggle aiming at proletarian
world revolution against imperialism and Stalinism as well as former Stalinist
countries.
Third, we appeal to workers and people around the world that the US, European
and Japanese imperialist military aggression under the pretext of “retaliation”
must be stopped by all means.
“The United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these
cowardly act,” spoke Bush, “we will make no distinction between the
terrorists who committed these attacks and those who harbor them;” and
there had been “an act of war.” A statement of a gross injustice indeed!
US imperialism under Bush decided to carry out a most shameless aggressive war,
insisting “the exercise of the right of national self-defense against an
act of war” without any evidence or even with frame-up.
In 1998, Clinton made cruise missile strikes against Afghanistan and Sudan without
any evidence. Following this example, Bush made a de facto declaration
of war to Arab countries or Afghanistan - declaration of an unjust aggressive
war.
In response to Bush's war drive Koizumi states “democracy is seriously
challenged;” “we strongly support the US;” “the criminals
have to be pursued;” “retaliation is quite right;” “it is
time to consider dispatching the Self Defense Forces to defend US military facilities.”
The National Security Council chaired by Koizumi has decided on Sept. 12 to
put the Army, Navy, and Air Forces on their highest state of alert and to hasten
emergency legislation so as to be enacted in the extraordinary session of the
Diet scheduled to be convened on Sept. 27. The Council also confirmed to strengthen
the Japan-US Alliance and Japanese military support for the US. Koizumi, keeping
pace with Bush, has declared, “we are in a war time” and suggested
the present situation as “situation in areas surrounding
Japan”, trying to establish an emergency footing in advance.
The European imperialist countries reacted quickly and decided to exercise the
right of collective self-defense stipulated in Article 5 of the North Atlantic
Treaty to assist the US for the first time in its history. Now Japanese imperialism
is fearful of being thrown out of competition among imperialist powers if Japan
still hold on the foreign policy as before. That is the reason why the Koizumi
administration has decided to exercise “the right of
collective self-defense”, i.e., to use military force abroad. This
decision means a springboard for strengthening the Japan-US Security Alliance,
launching military operation abroad and thus revises the Constitution. Japanese
imperialism regards the events of Sept. 11 as an opportunity to transform Japan
into a state capable of war mobilization. This is the forefront of Koizumi's
“Structural Reform without Sanctuaries”.
Japanese support of the US war and Japanese participation in an aggressive war,
cooperation with the US imperialist war of retaliation must be crushed. It brings
inevitably escalation of the present system under the New Defense Guideline
and exercising of “the right of self-defense.” We should never allow
Japanese imperialism to attack Palestinian and other Arab people, all the people
in the Middle East.
Smash Koizumi government together with its “Structural Reform without Sanctuaries”!
Where lies the road for a veritable emancipation of the working class and oppressed
nations all over the world? We must seriously receive and face up to the message
delivered by the guerilla warfare of Sept. 11. At the same time, we consider
it necessary to point out that the events of Sept. 11 can not bring about a
veritable emancipation of the people. The reason why we think so is that the
guerilla war of Sept. 11 does not place the existence and struggle of the US
working class, which should be revolutionary fighters of overthrowing the US
imperialism, of carrying out the proletarian world revolution and therefore
should be friends of the oppressed nations of the world. The guerilla warfare
of Sept. 11 can not bring forth a revolutionary perspective for the victory
of the oppressed nations. What is needed for fighting vanguards of oppressed
nations is to struggle for unity with the working class of the imperialist countries
in fundamental belief in their revolutionary ability, appealing for their uprising.
On the other hand we, the working class of the imperialist countries are required
to face sincerely sufferings and indignation of the oppressed nations caused
by imperialism, to struggle to wipe out distrust of us by oppressed nations,
regain their confidence and to achieve genuine solidarity with them - to attain
the substance of solidarity with consciousness of blood debt we owe them.
Only road to the veritable emancipation is overthrow of the whole structure
of the world today under imperialist domination headed by the US and under counterrevolutionary
influence of remaining and former Stalinist countries - in a word, world revolution
against imperialism and Stalinism. This is the realization of the proletarian
revolution in today's world basing itself on Marxism and Leninism. It is imperative
now to achieve firm solidarity among the working class and the oppressed people
of the whole world under the strategy and platform of world revolution against
imperialism and Stalinism.
We declare here with fresh determination to rise up for an all-out struggle
to overthrow US and Japanese imperialism as well as Stalinism in firm solidarity
with the oppressed nations.
It is evident that US imperialism will be smashed by the power of the working
class and people. Bush emphasizes that the USA is a strong country, but we remember
he confessed immediately after the events that the backbone of the USA had been
crushed. It is evident that the US policy toward the Middle East had fundamentally
failed.
Furthermore, the US economy is going through a violent fall of the dollar value
and stock market, which deteriorate already collapsed bubble economy. In the
Tokyo Stock Exchange Market on Sept. 12, the Nikkei 225 Index sank below 10,000
Yen and TOPIX also declined under 1,000. Violent impact of the events of Sept.
11 is far reaching and accelerates the explosion of the inherent contradiction
of imperialism. The myth of US super power and the belief in omnipotence of
imperialism have finally collapsed.
Imperialism faces now at the beginning of the 21st century a crisis of historical
decline. The last moment of imperialism is drawing near.
It is the unified power of the working class and the oppressed people that has
determined the course of the world history. Remember the Russian Revolution
of 1917 and the national liberation struggle of the Vietnamese people from 1950's
to 1970's. Leninist thought, strategy, platform and practice have been revived
in the Revolutionary Communist Movement against imperialism and Stalinism. This
new movement will surely open up the road for a revolution of the 21st century.
Our urgent tasks of this year is as follows:
(1) Let's bring this statement of JRCL into all working people! Let's rise up
for the antiwar rally of Sept. 23!
(2) Organize the National Rally of Workers on Nov. 11 opposing to counterrevolutionary
Koizumi government.
Let's fight for a new class-struggle-oriented labor movement to defeat violent
capital's offensive, overthrowing class-collaborationist Rengo (Japanese Trade
Union Confederation) and Fascist union JR Soren!
(3) Gather to the Sanrizuka Rally and demonstration on Oct.7. Crush governmental
attempt of constructing provisionary runway of Narita Airport!
(4) Smash planned Bush-Koizumi Talk on Oct. 16 and 17; rise up for the Antiwar
Rally on Oct. 21 as nationwide united action!
(5) For the success of the national convention of the National Railway Workers'
Union on Oct. 13 and 14 for the victory of the unflinching struggle of National
Railway workers against the “Four Party Agreement”,
defending “TOSODAN” (Fighting Corps of unlawfully discharged National
Railway workers)!
For the success of the Nov. 11 Workers' Rally!
(6) Stop legislation of the Emergency Law in the Extraordinary Session of the
Diet in October and November and Revision of the Constitution! ZENGAKUREN will
be on the forefront of the struggle. Crush reactionary Education Reform and
revision of the Fundamental Law on Education.
Let's fight together with us for the World Revolution against imperialism and
Stalinism. Join JRCL!
Our revised current slogans
of September 23 are:
Stop US, Japanese and European imperialists' military
retaliation against Afghanistan and the people in the Middle East!
Prevent Koizumi Administration from dispatching Self Defense Forces to the aggressive
war!
Crush drive for World War III by international antiwar struggle!
Workers and Oppressed Nations of the World, Unite for a World Revolution against
Imperialism and Stalinism!
Editorial Notes:
1 “situation in areas surrounding Japan”: a
phraseology intentionally made obscure in The Guidelines for Japan-U.S. Defense
Cooperation of 1997 (the New Defense Guidelines) which means a contingency in
which Japanese Self Defense Forces carry out de facto military operations in
defiance of the provisions of the Constitution prohibiting such activities.
2 Officially, the administrations preceding Koizumi's
has repeatedly explained: “Japanese Self Defense Forces is constitutional,
because their use is limited to the strictly defensive operations against enemy
attacks on Japan; however, the right of collective self-defense - the right
of counterattack against an attack to a foreign country - is unconstitutional.”
The current Constitution has been the major legal framework representing the
inter-imperialist and class relations since the defeat of Japanese imperialism
in World War II; Article 9 thereof stipulates:
“... the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of
the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international
disputes.
In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air
forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right
of belligerency of the state will not be recognized.”
3 “Four Party Agreement”: an agreement
made between government coalition parties and the Social Democratic party on
May 30, 2000, which justifies government sponsored massive unfair labor practices
during and after the division and privatization of the National Railways of
1987.
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