Vol. 81/No. 32      August 28, 2017

 

25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

 

August 28, 1992

The August 3-4 general strike in South Africa, which involved millions of workers, shows the advance of a genuine social revolution in South Africa.

The strike and march showed the growing strength and organization of the African National Congress as the leader of the democratic revolution.

The ANC speaks in the interests of the toilers.

Working people worldwide should solidarize with the demands being put forward by the ANC. Their call for the immediate formation of an interim government and the election of a constituent assembly is the way forward toward the goal of a democratic, nonracial, South Africa.

September 4, 1967

Since Aug. 10, Washington has undertaken a major new escalation of the war in North Vietnam. This includes bombing targets only a few miles and even fewer seconds flying time from the Chinese border and bombing directly in the center of Hanoi forcing a massive civilian exodus.

The new escalation increases the danger of war with China. It is occurring precisely when more and more American people are becoming disillusioned and fed up with the war.

This significant shift in popular opinion offers the antiwar movement an excellent opportunity to strike a major blow at Washington’s aggression in Vietnam by building the Oct. 21 National Mobilization in Washington.

August 29, 1942

The fraud of President Roosevelt’s “equal sacrifice” program was revealed this week when Leon Henderson, OPA [Office of Price Administration] head, estimated that corporations this year would reap 20 billion dollars worth of profits.

According to Henderson’s estimates, profits in the first year of United States participation in the war would be four times as much as in 1939 and double the profits of 1940. The Treasury Department estimates that corporations will amass 17 billions in profits this year.

By either of these figures big business is getting fat on the war.

The trend of wartime economy is clear: more profits for the bosses, a clamp on wages for
the workers.  
 
 
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