Why the anti-NATO movement threatens the ruling class: it gives U.S. workers solidarity with the globe’s workers
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Picture from May Day. When the U.S. empire decided to provoke war with Russia, it unwittingly catalyzed a process of transformation in the U.S. proletariat that has the potential to end American capitalism. The war’s aim was to reverse the decline of U.S. hegemony by subduing China, a task that depends on destabilizing Russia. When the sanctions not only did far less damage than anticipated, but couldn’t stop Russia’s economy from growing after the initial shock, it became undeniable that this plan wasn’t realistic. There can be no undoing of the shift towards multipolarity, the conflict has ultimately accelerated this shift by creating more BRI expansion opportunities. Which means that even though the oil and arms industries have benefited from the war, the deeper basis for American capitalist strength—this being U.S. global dominance—is disappearing. That means the strongest link in the chain of American bourgeois power, which is American capitalism’s ability to displace its crises globally, is weakening.
Why the anti-NATO movement threatens the ruling class: it gives U.S. workers solidarity with the globe’s workers
Why the anti-NATO movement threatens the…
Why the anti-NATO movement threatens the ruling class: it gives U.S. workers solidarity with the globe’s workers
Picture from May Day. When the U.S. empire decided to provoke war with Russia, it unwittingly catalyzed a process of transformation in the U.S. proletariat that has the potential to end American capitalism. The war’s aim was to reverse the decline of U.S. hegemony by subduing China, a task that depends on destabilizing Russia. When the sanctions not only did far less damage than anticipated, but couldn’t stop Russia’s economy from growing after the initial shock, it became undeniable that this plan wasn’t realistic. There can be no undoing of the shift towards multipolarity, the conflict has ultimately accelerated this shift by creating more BRI expansion opportunities. Which means that even though the oil and arms industries have benefited from the war, the deeper basis for American capitalist strength—this being U.S. global dominance—is disappearing. That means the strongest link in the chain of American bourgeois power, which is American capitalism’s ability to displace its crises globally, is weakening.