www.newsofworld.in-European workers rally: The French “left” and the building of a new revolutionary party-On September 17, the Partei für Soziale Gleichheit (Socialist Equality Party—PSG) held a European workers rally against racism, war and social cutbacks at the conclusion of the party’s election campaign in Berlin. Representatives of the PSG and the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) spoke on the crisis of capitalism, the program of the PSG and the significance of the PSG election campaign-

On September 17, the Partei für Soziale Gleichheit (Socialist Equality Party—PSG) held a European workers rally against racism, war and social cutbacks at the conclusion of the party’s election campaign in Berlin. Representatives of the PSG and the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) spoke on the crisis of capitalism, the program of the PSG and the significance of the PSG election campaign.

We are publishing the most important contributions at the rally. This contribution is from Kumaran Ira, a member of the WSWS editorial board in France.

On behalf of the supporters of the International Committee of the Fourth International in France, I bring my warmest greetings to the final meeting of the campaign conducted by the Socialist Equality Party (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit—PSG) in the Berlin Senate election. The campaign has been followed closely and enthusiastically by our supporters.

The PSG’s election campaign is of immense significance not only for the German, but for the international working class. The central axis of the campaign involved explaining to voters in Berlin the international character of the capitalist crisis that drives the social attacks on the working people. The election campaign established that the fundamental problems facing the working class in Berlin and internationally, such as employment, decent wages, housing and other basic needs, can only be realized through socialist means.

The PSG and the other sections of the ICFI are the only political forces fighting to defend the historical continuity of Trotskyism and Marxism, fighting for principled revolutionary politics based on the international working class.

Over half a century, the ICFI has struggled relentlessly against middle class tendencies that politically strangled the working class and tied it to a pro-capitalist perspective, while masquerading as socialist or even Trotskyist.

These fake left organizations such as the Left Party in Germany and France’s New-Anti Capitalist Party (NPA) have been exposed by their hostile reaction to the revolutionary struggles that are now shaking the Arab world. They give support to the transitional governments in Egypt and Tunisia. They claim that these counterrevolutionary, military-backed regimes represent a democratic process while they are repressing workers and youth demanding a second revolution. As workers rise up against social inequality and political dictatorship, these parties have instead backed the imperialist war in Libya.

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European workers rally: The French “left” and the building of a new revolutionary party

By Kumaran Ira 24 September 2011

By Kumaran Ira
24 September 2011