Vol. 76/No. 41      November 12, 2012

The following statement was released Oct. 30 by Róger Calero, Socialist Workers candidate for U.S. Senate in New York.

The response by the government at all levels—city, state and federal—to the consequences of Hurricane Sandy once again shows the callousness of the capitalist rulers and the toll working people everywhere pay under their system of domination and exploitation.

The disaster, greatly magnified by social relations under capitalism, underscores the need to fight for a government-funded jobs program—to put those who are jobless to work providing immediate relief to those devastated by the effects of years of capitalist neglect to public transit, housing, the electric grid in workers’ neighborhoods and other infrastructure. This could include many projects such as flood controls, schools, housing, medical facilities and other things workers need from one end of the country to the other.

The answer by the billionaire families and their government in the U.S. is the opposite of that of revolutionary Cuba where help to evacuate millions, along with their property and pets, is organized on a massive scale—where all are provided with food, medical care and all other necessities. This kind of working-class solidarity is led, not impeded by the revolutionary government and is possible because working people there took political power and continue to defend it to this day.
 
 
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