The Militant - September 22, 2003 -- Statement by Joel Britton, SWP candidate for governor of California, submitted for the state voters guide

Vol. 67/No. 32 September 22, 2003

Statement by Joel Britton, SWP candidate for governor of
California, submitted for the state voters guide.

BY JOEL BRITTON
I am a longtime trade unionist (having been a slaughterhouse worker—member of the United Food and Commercial Workers union—and a refinery worker—member of the Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers union). I serve on the National Committee of the Socialist Workers Party, and I am its southern California organizer.

I have actively opposed U.S. military interventions against the peoples of Vietnam, Cuba, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and north Korea, joining millions around the world demanding, “U.S. Hands Off! Bring the GIs Home Now!”

I have backed efforts to unite working people to fight for “Jobs for all! Cut the workweek with no reduction in pay! Raise the minimum wage!”; “Stop INS raids and deportations—end ‘no-match’ firings!”; “Fight police brutality—abolish the death penalty!”; “Defend women’s access to abortion!”; “Debt relief for working farmers! Stop foreclosures!”; “Defend affirmative action!”; “Stop Washington’s economic war against Cuba! Normalize relations now!”

I have opposed Democratic and Republican moves to put the economic crisis of capitalism on the backs of working people. I’m for a workers and farmers government that will abolish capitalism in the U.S. and join in the worldwide struggle for socialism.

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