Current Events Statements and Press Releases
Statements and Press Releases
By ILPS Australia
The recent visit to Australia by the President of the United States of America was used as an opportunity to announce that the USA would step up its “military engagement” in the Asia Pacific in order to protect its economic interests.
It announced that it would step up its use of Australia as a military base, making it clear that it was repositioning its global strategic emphasis from the Middle East to the Asia Pacific. The President of the USA used much of the usual rhetoric of the United States ruling class to try to explain his decisions on the Asia Pacific and the U.S. military in Australia , by claiming that they are about “protecting democracy”, “supporting economic growth in the region” and “competing with China”. This is so much cant and hypocrisy by the U.S.
By Kilusang Mayo Uno Labor Center
The Kilusang Mayo Uno labor center condemns the war of aggression being led by the US and the NATO against Libya. Under the guise of so-called “international humanitarian intervention,” the aggression is meant to advance the imperialist political and economic interests of the US, UK, France, and Italy in the largest oil-producing country in the African continent. Aside from advancing their economic interests in Libya, imperialist governments have been instigating wars to fuel a permanent war economy which allows monopoly capitalists to amass profits from war-spending and “rehabilitation” campaigns.
Contrary to the view that international media institutions have been aggressively pushing in the last few days, the Libyan masses are not rejoicing over the violent ouster campaign against Muammar Qaddafi. They are raging against US-NATO’s intervention that turned Libya into a slaughter field. Communities of civilians, hospitals and schools have been attacked.
By Spirit of Eureka
For a Just, Democratic and Sovereign Australia
Australia's sovereign wealth belongs to the people
- No austerity measures! No cuts to jobs!
- No cuts to public spending on people’s health, education, welfare, social and community services!
- Impose a minimum 20% tax on the super profits of mining multinationals!
Australia is a country rich in natural resources. This sovereign wealth must belong to the Australian people. They are national assets that must be used wisely for the benefit of our people and protect the environment.
By KMU International Department
Kilusang Mayo Uno labor center pays tribute to Comrade Patrick Mac Manus. Our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.
The name “Patrick MacManus” is immediately recognizable to many comrades here in the Philippines and abroad doing international solidarity work. We have known the bearer of that name to be a dedicated revolutionary who maximized the potential of new media – the Internet, in particular – in spreading progressive analyses and positions on various issues affecting the workers and peoples of the world. He embodied the mantra of his blog – “For Solidarity with the Oppressed” – in opposing imperialist wars of aggression and economic plunder against the workers and peoples of the world.
