DebsTendency.org
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Debs Tendency of the Socialist Party USA - www.debstendency.org - Welcome!
Contact
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- Washington DC
- US 20500
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- +1.2024562369
Description
We reprint below the introduction letter sent to members of the Socialist Party USA by the Debs Tendency upon its formation.
We are in a powerful and dynamic time. On the one hand, we have seen the rise of a far-right movement within the ruling capitalist class, which seeks to once and for all break all resistance to its agenda of unrestricted exploitation and control of the world. On the other hand, we have seen the growth of mass movements around the world in opposition to war, imperialism and repression. That great contradiction was best seen over the last year, when the U.S. invaded and occupied Iraq, while confronted by the largest worldwide movement against war in history.
The period ahead looks to be even sharper in its contradictions and conflicts. Regardless of the intentions of the main political parties of capital, the 2004 elections, and the debates that will swirl around them, will center on what kind of country and world we want and believe possible. The ongoing, endless "war on terror," the attacks on basic democratic rights and living standards, and the very meaning of freedom will be discussed among friends, family, co-workers and neighbors. Now more than ever, a viable Socialist alternative must be raised, in order to point a way out of the mess that capitalism has made of the world.
