The imperialist powers and their global financial institutions are also super-exploiting the ‘Second World’ – the states of the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, China and Vietnam.
Since the collapse of the Stalinist dictatorships after 1989, these states have been restoring the capitalist system, bringing mass unemployment, national conflicts and desperate poverty to millions. The IMF, World Bank and WTO play the same role here as in the rest of the semi-colonial world – making sure that these countries re-enter the global capitalist economy in a strictly subordinate position.
Stop privatisation.
All state owned industries and services to be put under the democratic control of the working class.
End casual and sweatshop labour.
Abolish debt to World Bank, IMF and the imperialist block.
Abolish secret police and repressive organisations – the people must organise to defend themselves.
End unemployment. Divide the available work between all those able to do it with no loss of pay.
