As he begins his second term, William Clinton and the ruling Democrat-Republican party coalition are readying to deepen their attack against Social Security and other historical social gains of working people. The government will not stop its assault against democratic rights, and will resort to a bolder use of the police and the death penalty in its efforts to intimidate the working class.
The Clinton administration is driving now to a military intervention - disguised as a humanitarian mission - in Central Africa. In order to defend the interests of a handful of multi-millionaire families, Washington will keep launching aggressions around the world, from revolutionary Cuba to Yugoslavia and the Middle East.
However, the wealthy rulers in the United States and other countries are meeting resistance within the working class. The October 12 immigrant rights march in Washington, D.C., was a signal of two phenomenon: the increasing protests against the government's anti-immigrant policy, and the rise of a new social movement of Chicanos and Mexicans. Other signs of workers' resistance are the protests against police brutality, from the Bronx, New York to St. Petersburg, Florida, as well as the strike of 4,500 steelworkers against Wheeling- Pittsburgh.
In this world of increasing turbulence and capitalist brutality, more workers and youth look for an alternative. The Socialist Workers Party and the Young Socialists put forward that unemployment, racist attacks, women's oppression, war and the appearance of fascist outfits are inherent to the capitalist system in decline. SWP and YS members participate in today's struggle with the perspective of building a massive movement of workers and farmers that will overthrow the U.S. capitalist class and take power.
We encourage our readers to spread the word of this revolutionary perspective by joining the campaign to win 425 new subscribers to Perspectiva Mundial and 1,200 to the Militant. You are also invited to participate in the teams of volunteers that will sell subscriptions in the coal mine pits of West Virginia and around Pittsburgh, and to farmers and meatpacking workers in the north central region of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. You can contact the nearby distributors of these publications (see listings on page 12) to join the teams.
Above all, we invite you to build and participate in the regional educational conferences in Atlanta, Peoria, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., sponsored by the SWP and the Young Socialists from November 29 to December 1 (see front page article). These gatherings will be a place to learn more about the communist movement and how you can join it.