Anti-War Targets
_ | 25.08.2002 08:13
As the war on Iraq looms ever larger, maybe it's time to start selecting targets and objectives of our own.
It is obvious that the war is being planned and promoted by US imperialism, therefore we need to develop an anti-imperialist strategy of resistance.
Our objectives should be twofold:
1. We need to make the prosecution of the war as difficult as possible for the imperialists.
2. We need to make sure they pay a longer term price for their arrogance.
That longer term price could be exacted by a campaign to remove all US military and spy bases from British soil - raising awareness amongst the British population of our present status as a US outpost. We need to ignite our own anti-colonial struggle in order to regain control of British foreign policy from the US and its corporations.
While Blair's downfall would be an added short-term bonus, it is the long-term strategy of throwing off the US yoke that would dent the imperialist project most effectively.
Targets for action could and should include any and all symbols of US power: no shortage there. And our tactics should be the tried and tested ones of history, emphasising the widest possible diversity.
Our objectives should be twofold:
1. We need to make the prosecution of the war as difficult as possible for the imperialists.
2. We need to make sure they pay a longer term price for their arrogance.
That longer term price could be exacted by a campaign to remove all US military and spy bases from British soil - raising awareness amongst the British population of our present status as a US outpost. We need to ignite our own anti-colonial struggle in order to regain control of British foreign policy from the US and its corporations.
While Blair's downfall would be an added short-term bonus, it is the long-term strategy of throwing off the US yoke that would dent the imperialist project most effectively.
Targets for action could and should include any and all symbols of US power: no shortage there. And our tactics should be the tried and tested ones of history, emphasising the widest possible diversity.
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