A feature noted at the end of 2021 was the
further development of a trend which has been
unfolding for several
years -- the uneven development of the
productive
forces which results in contradictions
internally within countries and
internationally. China's economy has eclipsed
that of the U.S. and
several other large countries are now
approaching the
U.S. economy in size. Besides China, whose
economy of 1.4 billion
people is rapidly transforming from petty
production to industrial mass
production, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and
others
are rapidly developing. As well, Russia appears
to have found its
bearings after the disastrous destruction of the
Soviet Union and
pillage of its public enterprises.
The
global oligarchs who vie for world domination by
controlling the U.S.
striving for domination -- which includes Canada
-- are alarmed at the
increasing global competition for
markets, raw materials, workers to exploit and
regions to dominate, and
at the attempts of others to challenge their
authority. While Biden
increased the budget of the Pentagon even above
what it asked for, U.S./NATO military threats
and attacks are
increasing exponentially as Russia tries to talk
some sense into NATO
to stand down in the Asia Pacific and on its
borders
specifically. Meanwhile, Russia and China have
come forward to
seriously challenge the stranglehold of the
global financial oligarchs
under the control of U.S. imperialist interests
over
international economic institutions and
transactions. The U.S.
imperialists have always used these
international economic institutions
to thwart the rise of competitors, keeping them
in tow
and forcing them to submit to their will.
This
issue of TML Monthly carries articles
dealing with
these matters.
The situation brings urgency to the
call of the Communist Party of Canada
(Marxist-Leninist) to Make
Way for Renewal and to Make Canada a
Zone for Peace.
The aim
of bringing into being an anti-war government
and disentangling Canada
from the U.S. war economy and military requires
first-rate attention.
Canada's military is integrated into the U.S.
military and
follows
its directions without the agreement and
informed consent of even the
Parliament of Canada, let alone the Canadian
people. Within the situation, the U.S. ruling
elite dictate Canada's
foreign affairs and international relations --
which include,
importantly, the control and use of the Canadian
Department of National Defence,
intelligence forces and military. They use
toadies within
Canada's elite to enforce their dictate and
wreck any public opinion to
the contrary.
Whether certain Canadians agree or
not with the direction of the
United States in international affairs is not
the issue. The issue is
that Canada must have its own independent
position
decided by the polity.
The situation as
it poses itself demands Canadians pay first-rate
attention to the need to organize to take Canada
out of all military
associations with the U.S. such as NATO and
NORAD, and to free Canada's economy from the
dark abyss of the U.S. war
economy.
Resistance to arbitrary control and
hegemony is constant. The
situation is explosive as U.S. imperialism will
not change its ways.
Still the peoples are challenging it with mass
organization and courageous opposition and
struggle to build the New.
In its desperation for control, U.S. actions
and those of its
aggressive NATO war alliance, which includes
Canada, threaten more
local wars or even a broader war involving the
U.S.
and one or more of the larger countries.
Those
calling for an anti-war government argue that
Canada must not
participate in U.S. imperialist war preparations
and must also defend
its sovereignty in a meaningful way.
This means not
permitting the U.S. imperialists to exercise
command
and control over Canada's air, land, water and
government and military
assets. We must withdraw from NATO as
well as NORAD and work for an independent
foreign policy.
This
means removing all Canadian soldiers, ships and
equipment from
foreign territory and waters as well as
international waterways. Most
importantly, it means that Canadians must
establish an anti-war government.
This article was published in
Volume 52 Number 1 - January 9, 2022
Article Link:
https://cpcml.ca/Tmlm2022/Articles/M520014.HTM
Website: www.cpcml.ca
Email: editor@cpcml.ca
