The Militant urges its readers to speak out and join protests against the May 21 brutal killing of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. They were gunned down because the killer believed they were Jews.
Those who claim to be “socialist” while supporting Hamas and defending the killings are abhorrent to working people and have nothing to do with communism.
Opposition to Jew-hatred is widespread among workers, reinforced by Israel’s fight to defend itself as a refuge for the Jews. But Jew-hatred is a virulent feature of life in the imperialist epoch in all class-divided countries. Today, it’s in the interests of working people to answer all on the left and right of U.S. politics who denounce Israel for defending itself.
The spread of violence targeting Jews is inextricably bound up with the march of the world’s imperialist ruling classes toward fascism and more wars.
In times of crisis the capitalist rulers use Jew-hatred to win crushed middle-class layers and demoralized workers to fascist gangs that target the unions.
Today, in competition with Washington, capitalist governments worldwide are pushing to acquire ever-more advanced and deadly weaponry as they seek to redivide the world and advance their own interests against each other.
The U.S. rulers’ massive military might stands behind their efforts to advance the alliances they need and impose their own interests in the Middle East. Israel’s life-or-death fight to defend itself as a refuge for Jews is secondary for Washington.
The wars and crises produced by the workings of capitalism will generate struggles by working people against capitalist rule.
For workers who want to fight Jew-hatred and who are starting to see the prospects of a third world war more clearly, there is a road forward. The working class, acting in our millions, can take political power into our own hands, if we forge the leadership we need beforehand. Organizing to fight Jew-hatred is essential to this. It strengthens our reliance on our own forces and our capacity to rally all the oppressed to our side, and pushes back the forces of reaction.
The Socialist Workers Party joins that struggle to lead working people to make a socialist revolution. This is the best thing you can do with your life. Join the SWP!