il primo Maggio i portuali statunitensi scioperano contro la guerra.
Dockers Strike Against Imperialist War
,Longshoremen Strike Against Imperialist WAR
Paro portuario contra la guerra imperialista
Paro portuario contra la guerra imperialista
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SECRETARIADO DE LA LIT
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Los trabajadores estadounidenses estan dando un paso muy importante en su lucha contra la politica imperialista del gobierno de Bush. El International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU - sindicato internacional de estibadores y trabajadores de almacenes) ha anunciado que el proximo 1° de Mayo realizara un paro en los puertos de la costa oeste de Estados Unidos para exigir el cese inmediato de la guerra y la ocupaciones en Irak y Afganistan, asi como el retiro de las tropas norteamericanas de Medio Oriente.
Es la primera vez, desde hace decadas, que un sindicato estadounidense decide realizar una accion de este tipo en contra de acciones y politicas militares exteriores realizadas por su gobierno y aprobadas por el Parlamento.
En una carta dirigida a John Sweeney, presidente de la AFL-CIO, la mayor central sindical estadounidense, con fecha del 22 de febrero, el presidente del ILWU, Robert McEllrath, le informo que una reciente asamblea sindical, con delegados de todos los puertos de la costa oeste, se resolvio "convocar a los trabajadores portuarios a hacer un paro de labores durante el turno matutino del 1° de mayo de 2008, para expresar su oposicion a la guerra en Irak".
Esta resolucion tiene una significacion muy profunda. En primer lugar, la resolucion aprobada no se opone solamente a la guerra en Irak (ya muy impopular dentro de EE.UU.), sino tambien a la guerra y ocupacion de Afganistan (que todos los posibles candidatos de ambos partidos, como Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama y John McCain quieren extender). La mocion aprobada exige tambien el retiro de las tropas norteamericana de toda la region. En segundo lugar, representa un primer paso de un sector importante de la poderosisima clase obrera americana contra la politica imperialista de sus gobiernos, desde el propio corazon del imperio. En tercer lugar la accion se realiza en 1? de Mayo, el dia internacional de lucha de los trabajadores, que, a pesar de haberse originado en los EE.UU., la burguesia estadounidense ha tratado de sepultar en el olvido. Ese mismo dia, seguramente, la accion de los portuarios se unira con las que vienen realizando, en esa misma fecha, los trabajadores inmigrantes en el pais.
La LIT-CI saluda y apoya este paro de los portuarios convocados por el IWLU. Llamamos a otros sindicatos y organizaciones obreras de EE.UU a seguir ese ejemplo. Lo hacemos con la conviccion de que la unidad de todos los trabajadores y pueblos del mundo, tanto de los paises colonizados como de las naciones imperialistas, fortalece sus luchas y permite avanzar en la tarea de derrotar al enemigo comun: la burguesia imperialista.
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versione britannica/internazionale)
Dockers Strike Against Imperialist War
INTERNATIONAL WORKERS LEAGUE (IWL) SECRETARIAT
United States workers are taking an important step in their struggle against the imperialist policies of the Bush administration. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union - the international union of the dockers and warehouse workers - has announced that on May 1st it will organize a strike in the ports on the Eastern coast of the United States to demand an immediate end to the war and occupation in Iraq and in Afghanistan, together with the withdrawal of American troops from the Middle East.
It is the first time in decades that an American union has decided to take action of this sort against the political and military action abroad that is being taken by the Bush administration with the support of the U.S. parliament.
In a letter dated the 22nd of February which was sent to John Sweeney, the leader of the AFL-CIO - the largest American trade union confederation - the leader of the ILWU, Robert McEllrath, informed him that a recent trade union meeting, attended by delegates from every port on the west Coast, decided to "call on port workers to take strike action during the morning shift of May 1st, 2008, to demonstrate their opposition to the war in Iraq".
This resolution is profoundly significant. First, not only does it oppose the war in Iraq (already very unpopular in the USA), but also the occupation and war in Afghanistan (which all the presidential candidates from all parties, like Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain want to expand). The motion that was approved also demands the withdrawal of American troops from the entire region. Second, it represents the first step by an important section of the very powerful American working class against the imperialist policies of its government, from inside the very heart of the empire. Third, the action will take place on May 1st, the international day of the workers’ struggle, which, despite the fact that it originated in the United States, the American bourgeoisie has attempted to consign to oblivion. On this same day, the action of the dockers will certainly be combined with that taken at the same time by immigrant workers in the United States.
The International Workers League-Fourth International welcomes and supports this dockers’ strike called by the IWLU. We appeal to other trade unions and to other workers’ organizations in the United States to follow this example. We do this, convinced that the unity of all the workers and the people of the world, those from colonized countries as well as those from imperialist nations, will give them strength in their struggle and will allow them to make progress in the task of defeating the common enemy: the imperialist bourgeoisie.
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Longshoremen Strike Against Imperialist War
INTERNATIONAL WORKERS LEAGUE (IWL) SECRETARIAT
United States workers are taking an important step in their struggle against the imperialist policies of the Bush administration. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union - the international union of the longshoremen and warehouse workers - has announced that on May 1st it will organize a strike in the ports on the Eastern coast of the United States to demand an immediate end to the war and occupation in Iraq and in Afghanistan, together with the withdrawal of American troops from the Middle East.
It is the first time in decades that an American union has decided to take action of this sort against the political and military action abroad that is being taken by the Bush administration with the support of the U.S. parliament.
In a letter dated the 22nd of February which was sent to John Sweeney, the leader of the AFL-CIO - the largest American trade union confederation - the leader of the ILWU, Robert McEllrath, informed him that a recent trade union meeting, attended by delegates from every port on the west Coast, decided to "call on port workers to take strike action during the morning shift of May 1st, 2008, to demonstrate their opposition to the war in Iraq".
This resolution is profoundly significant. First, not only does it oppose the war in Iraq (already very unpopular in the USA), but also the occupation and war in Afghanistan (which all the presidential candidates from all parties, like Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain want to expand). The motion that was approved also demands the withdrawal of American troops from the entire region. Second, it represents the first step by an important section of the very powerful American working class against the imperialist policies of its government, from inside the very heart of the empire. Third, the action will take place on May 1st, the international day of the workers’ struggle, which, despite the fact that it originated in the United States, the American bourgeoisie has attempted to consign to oblivion. On this same day, the action of the longshoremen will certainly be combined with that taken at the same time by immigrant workers in the United States.
The International Workers League-Fourth International welcomes and supports this longshoremen’s strike called by the IWLU. We appeal to other trade unions and to other workers’ organizations in the United States to follow this example. We do this, convinced that the unity of all the workers and the people of the world, those from colonized countries as well as those from imperialist nations, will give them strength in their struggle and will allow them to make progress in the task of defeating the common enemy: the imperialist bourgeoisie.
Sciopero dei portuali contro la guerra imperialista
SEGRETARIATO DELLA LIT
I lavoratori statunitensi stanno facendo un passo molto importante nella loro lotta contro la politica imperialista del governo Bush. L’ILWU (International Longshore and Warehouse Union - sindacato internazionale degli stivatori e dei magazzinieri) ha annunciato che il prossimo 1° Maggio realizzerà uno sciopero nei porti della costa est degli Stati Uniti per esigere la fine immediata della guerra e dell’occupazione in Irak ed in Afghanistan, così come il ritiro delle truppe nordamericane dal Medio Oriente.
È la prima volta, da decenni, che un sindacato statunitense decide di realizzare un’azione di questo tipo contro azioni e politiche militari all’estero realizzate dal suo governo ed approvate dal Parlamento.
In una lettera a John Sweeney, presidente della AFL-CIO, la più grande confederazione sindacale statunitense, datata 22 febbraio, il presidente dell’ILWU, Robert McEllrath, lo ha informato che una recente assemblea sindacale, con delegati di tutti i porti della costa ovest, ha deciso di “chiamare i lavoratori portuali a scendere in sciopero durante il turno della mattina del 1° maggio 2008, per manifestare la loro opposizione alla guerra in Irak”.
Questa risoluzione ha un significato molto profondo. In primo luogo, essa non si oppone solamente alla guerra in Irak (già molto impopolare negli Usa), ma anche alla guerra ed all’occupazione dell’Afghanistan (che tutti i possibili candidati di tutti i partiti, come Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama e John McCain vogliono estendere). La mozione approvata esige anche il ritiro delle truppe nordamericane da tutta la regione. In secondo luogo, rappresenta un primo passo di un settore importante della poderosissima classe operaia americana contro la politica imperialista del suo governo, dall’interno dello stesso cuore dell’impero. In terzo luogo, l’azione si realizzerà il 1° Maggio, giorno internazionale di lotta dei lavoratori, che, nonostante abbia avuto origine negli Usa, la borghesia statunitense ha tentato di seppellire nell’oblio. In questo stesso giorno, sicuramente, l’azione dei portuali si unirà con quella che realizzeranno, contemporaneamente, i lavoratori immigrati nel paese.
La LIT-CI saluta ed appoggia questo sciopero dei portuali convocato dall’IWLU.
Facciamo appello agli altri sindacati ed alle organizzazioni operaie degli Usa a seguire quest’esempio. Lo facciamo con la convinzione che l’unità di tutti i lavoratori ed i popoli del mondo, tanto dei paesi colonizzati come delle nazioni imperialiste, rafforzi le loro lotte e permetta di avanzare nel compito di distruggere il comune nemico: la borghesia imperialista.
