most significant from the angle of the revolutionary struggle against imperialism.' And, Lenin phasised, revolutionaries colonial always and semicolonial countries that are in battle with imBritain the oldest imperialist while powers. weaker imperialist power than the United States, huge inIllallitails around the world, including in Argentina In 1916 Lenin used Argentina as an example of economic domination semicolony. In his book The Highest impertalism Stage of Capitalism, he ex1909 the plained that amount of British capital invested in was estimated al olso mill francs. It is not difficult to imagine what Stroke Coll nections finance capital (and faithful "friend" diplomacy) thereby acquires with the Argentine As Lenin explained there are big and little im perialist And usu cavitals. companies take advantage Ocs. 0iU12CO imperialist use their against weaker ones.
Working people have no mierest of any imperialist power, weak or strong, its verv ex as imperialist power is based on the ex ploitation of the colonial and semicolonial world as well as its own working class at home.
in the colonial world there are many differences , too. Some counlike Argentina are more developed. Others are poorer, or lack even formal independence, like Puerto Rico. Today remains semicolony despite its industrialisation, and must therefore be defended lInperialism.
The importance of defending the colonial and semicolonial world against imperialism becomes even more crucial during a war.
history revolu great mass of dispossessed (the colonial worid) to free represents one of the Alca progressive forces in modern society. The other is the struggle of the proletariat in the advanced countries for its emancipation. In their suctionary socialism is one of tion:
"The struggle against war, properly understood and executed, presupposes the uncompromising hostility of the proletariat and organisations, away. and everywhere toward its own and every other imperialist bourgeoisie!
second worldwide imperialist war grew, the reattirmed its nosition :
an Emergency Conferenc Fourth Interna tional in May 1940.
"The striving of this ARGUMENTS for SOCIALIS cessful interaction lies the key to the entire strateg the revolution. Nationalism i: the West (imperialist cour.tries) is a tool of capitalis: power, a weapon. used to pit exploited people against each other in wars fought by military and economic means for ex clusive capitalist interests In the colonial cour.
East, resolution said, 'the na tionalist movements forr an integral , part of the struggle against world im perialism. As such the! must be supported to the fullest possible extent b the working class of the entire Western world.' From Militant, a revolu tionary socialist published in New York Socialist Challenge 29 April 1982 page 11
3ob Mellish: gone too far even for the likes of Foot Labour councils: By Tessa van Gelderen tary candidate, the local elections who Labour.
Coral Newall is a councilor for southwark COUL she has not been reselected by the local party. Still a member of the Labnur Party, she is standing in the forthcoming elections on a 'Independent Labour and tenants association' ticket. She has managed to find two like minded people who are not even in the Bob Mellish, as reported in that organ of truth, South London Press, came out in support of all candidates BOB MELLISH, Bermondsey MP who did a deal with Michael Foot in stopping Peter Tatchell from being the constituency's parliamen, has come out in his true colours. He has called for a vote for a candidate in is standing against under the headline Mellish 'Don't vote Labour' suys.
This is the man whom Foot and Kinnock insisted that dorsed by the national executive or he would resign.
This is the man who supports the witch-hunting of party activists and the ininto the Militant tendency.
Foot and Kinnock openly support Mellish wno has snown nimsell to be rapidly anti-Labour while they continue to attack members who fight the party for socialist policies, members such as Peter Tatchell and Pat Wall. Hidden This time even Mellish has gone too far and h sent a letter to the same rag stating that he only supported Coral Newall. Although this still against the constitution of the party, this backtracking on Mellish's part was hidden away on the inside OI the paper walle his previous position had been blazoned across the front page.
Nor did he retract slalcilicills attributed him in the national press that he 'didn't give a twopenny damn about Bermondsey Labour Party' Presumably if he had been 'misquoted the first place he would have demanded equal prOminence to his reply.
Don Shiack, chairperson of Labour Party. told Socialist Challenge that the constituency had made its views plain to both regional and national of fices and to Foot himself that this was not the way TOr a Labour MP to behave.
The local party, while it will no doubt deal with Coral Newall after the election in an appropriate manner, cannot take up the case against Bot Mellish. He is in fact member of West Lewisham party and the chairperson there has been informed.
Mellish must be chuckling to himselt at the mess the Labour Party has got itself in. Labour Party members should insist now more than ever before that Peter Tatchell be endorsed as the official candidate Ine longe lal is clayed that more that Bob Mellish and his conorts appear to have the authority to speak on behalf of the ... meanwhile in Islington even Democrats, who claimed have left the Labour Party because of the extremism of the left' have been forced to expel members who have stood against official SDP candidates.
Ine expulsion nine was confirmed by special suo-committe headed by Bill Rodgers. Il Is the end of an era of chicanery both in the Labour Party and SDP. The nine just didn't know when they were well Bo in Mellish ur baby, Mellish probably knows that the Labour Party is far more tolerant of right wingers like himself, than the SDP.
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