There can no longer be any doubt about the character of the wars being waged by
the U.S. government in Iraq and Afghanistan.
They are not just Bush-Cheney wars, although these mass murderers should not be
left off the hook.
They represent more than a mistaken policy or a particularly brutal group of
politicians in the pockets of the oil companies.
These wars flow from the economic system that prevails in the United States.
The class that sits atop this vast capitalist economy is never satisfied.
Millionaires have become billionaires largely on the super-profits wrung from
their worldwide empire.
Capitalism is leaving tens of millions of workers without jobs. It is also
abandoning millions of children to flounder in a chaotic education system,
buffeted by school closings and teacher firings.
Spokespersons for corporate Detroit have issued plans to take total control of
the public school system as well as “shrink” the city over the next
decade. These efforts come amidst the worst economic crisis in Detroit since
the Great Depression. The city leads all other major urban centers in
joblessness with an official unemployment rate of 28 percent.