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NATOMeetstoPlanExpansion,RepressionandFutureWarsYestoPeaceandPeoplesSovereigntyNotoNATOandStateMonopolyEdictCanadaOutofNATONow!

By:DonCurrieChairCanadiansforPeaceandSocialismEditorFocusonSocialismOctober7,2010

www.FocusOnSocialism.ca


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Imperialismtheeraofbankcapital,theeraofgiganticcapitalistmonopolies,ofthedevelopmentofmonopolycapitalismintostatemonopolycapitalismhasclearly shown an extraordinary strengthening of the statemachine and anunprecedentedgrowth in itsbureaucraticandmilitaryapparatus in connectionwiththeintensificationofrepressivemeasuresagainsttheproletariatbothinthemonarchialandinthefreest,republiccountries.V.I.LeninStateandRevolution 1916Volume25page410ProgressPublishersMoscow

1964.

NATOMeetstoPlanExpansion,RepressionandFutureWarsFinance capitalistoligarchies1of theG7/G8 states2and theirminions,are focusingon the

meetingofthe28NATOstates3inLisbonPortugalNovember1920th2010.

The elite gathering will be a focal point of mass protest organized by the World Peace

Council (WPC) and its Portuguese affiliate4 the Portuguese Council for Peace and

Cooperation (CPPC). The demonstrations will expose the socalled new NATO Strategic

Concept,

a

euphemism

for

plans

to

expand

NATOs

mandate

to

launch

interventionist

wars

atwillandinallcornersoftheglobe.

TheRightWingMinorityHarperConservativeGovernmentEndorsesNATOsPlanto

ReordertheWorld

CanadasrightwingconservativePrimeMinister,StephenHarper,continuesthelonghistory

of Liberal Conservative Party support for NATO. The Prime Minister hailed the 60th

Anniversary of NATO and its current interventionist war in Afghanistan.5 Prime Minister

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Harpersadherence toNATOdoctrineshaseffectivelydebasedCanadiansovereigntyover

foreign policy to the point where NATO not the elected members of the Parliament of

Canadanow

determine

matters

of

peace

and

war,

what

is

fundamental

to

Canadas

national

defense, thestrategicdoctrinesand theprocurementprioritiesofCanadasarmed forces.

ThemuchdiscussedHarperGovernmentdecision topurchaseUSproduced65C35fighter

jetaircraftataninitialcostof$9billionislargelydeterminedbytheinteroperabilityofthese

USbuiltaircraftwiththearmedforcesofthememberstatesofNATO.6

NATOIncreasesCanadianInsecurity.PeaceandWarDeterminedbyArticle5ofthe

NATOCharter

CanadaasamemberofNATO isobligedtogotowar ifArticleFiveoftheNATOCharter is

invoked.7 If the new NATO doctrine of expanding its mandate beyond the Euro Atlantic

statestoallcontinentsisadoptedatitsNovembermeeting,itwillincreasethepotentialfor

CanadianinvolvementinfutureforeignNATOwarsandtherebydiminishCanadiansecurity.

Forexample,NATOhasexpandedfromitsoriginal12statestoitspresent28memberstates.

The new members of NATO are former socialist states, now capitalist. The capitalist

governmentsofthesestatesarehostiletoRussia,whichisnotamemberofNATObutalsoa

capitalist state.NATOs relationshipwith capitalistRussia is fractiousandbelligerent.The

expansionofNATOunderthesecircumstanceshas increasednotdiminishedthe likelihood

of Canadian involvement in future intercapitalist wars in Europe, possibly against Russia

withwhom

Canada

at

present

maintains

normal

diplomatic

and

mutually

beneficial

trade

relations.

NATOat itsNovembermeetingwill identifyAfricaasacontinentnowunder itspurview.A

potential theatre of NATO involvement is the resource rich Democratic Republic of the

Congo.NATO involvement inAfricawouldhavethepotentialof involvingCanada inNATO

instigatedwarsinAfrica.

Peter Gehl, Vice Chair of the Regina Peace Council authored an in depth analysis of

imperialist designs on the Congo. The paper, lauded by some in the international peace

movementwaspublishedontheCPSwebsitebutunpublishedintheleftprogressivepress

inCanadaand theUSA.8 TheCPSandtheReginaPeaceCouncilfullyexposedtheHarper

6http://www.canada.com/technology/Former+excited+Parliament+fighter+debate+takes/3513842/story.html

7http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_17120.htm

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ConservativeproNATOstanceand itssupportforaNewStrategicConceptforNATO, last

February and March 2010.9,10 The analyses were circulated to the left progressive

community,and

published

on

the

CPS

website

but

regrettably

suppressed

in

the

left

progressivepress.

TheNATOmeetinginNovemberwillalsodiscusstherapideconomicdevelopmentsinChina

andUSNATO intervention inCentralAsia.TheNATOmeetingwilldemonizeboth Iranand

North Korea for its nuclear programs while at the same time, justifying NATOs nuclear

armamentwhichliesatthecoreofitsmilitarystrategicplanning.

TheInternationalCommunistMovementhasbeenalertedbypersistentwarningsfromFidel

CastroRuz, theGreekCommunistPartyKKE, theWorldPeaceCouncilandmanyothers in

theinternational

peace

and

democratic

movements

that

NATO

and

the

USA

and

Israel

are

welladvancedwithplansforamilitaryattackonIran.CPShascirculatedsuchwarningsand

issued itsownstatementonthegrowingdangerofanimperialistattackonIran.11TheCPS

appeal to theCommunistPartyofCanada (CPC) tomobilize the leftprogressive forces in

Canada toexpose theHarperGovernments complicity inUSNATOIsraeliplans toattack

Iranhavethusfarbeenignored.

Such passivity is inexplicable in light of the CPCs long history of active opposition to

CanadianGovernmentsupportforNATO.

TimBuck

the

Only

Political

Leader

in

1949

to

Oppose

Canada

Joining

NATO

OfallofthepoliticalpartiesinCanada,theCommunistPartyhasthemostconsistentrecord

of opposition to NATO. The initial Communist response to the formation of NATO was

outlinedbyTimBuckCommunistPartyGeneralSecretaryfrom1929to1962andChairofthe

CommunistPartyuntilhisdeathin1973.

TimBuckinhisCBCreminiscenceseditedbyW.C.(Bill)BeechingandpublishedasYoursin

the Struggle by NC Press in 1977 recalls attending an address by Liberal Prime Minister

Louis

St.

Laurent

in

1947

at

Convocation

Hall

at

the

University

of

Toronto

on

the

subject

of

TheFoundationofCanadianPolicyinWorldAffairs.



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BuckrecallsthatSt.Laurentdepartedfromhispreparedtextandsaidtotheaudience:

Withinmylifetime,weinCanadashallbecompelledtoparticipateinthegreatestandmostdestructivewareverwaged in thehistoryofmankind topreserveourChristiancivilizationfromatheisticBolshevism.InthisgreatstruggletopreserveChristianity,theleadershipwillhavetobetakenbyourgreatneighbortothesouthandthisfactmakesitnecessaryforustoreconsiderourforeignpolicyfromitsfoundations.

St. Laurents Toronto University speech heralded a shift in Canadian foreign policy and

became the basis for enunciating the new Liberal Government policy of USCanadian

integration. The St. Laurent analysis was formulated into policy by Minister of Finance

DouglasAbbotwhowenttoWashingtonandcutadealwithU.S.PresidentHarryTruman,

who,two

years

previous

had

ordered

the

atomic

bombing

of

Hiroshima

and

Nagasaki.

The

CanadaU.S.dealmeant that inexchange forUSproducedconsumerand industrialgoods

CanadawouldsupplytheUSAwithallofthevitalrawmaterialsitrequiredtowagewarwith

theSovietUnion,awartodestroysocialism.Canadafromthatpointforwardandformany

decades,embarkedonactiveparticipationinthecoldwarasajuniorpartneroftheUSAand

itsstrategicaimofglobaleconomicandpoliticaldominance.

Buckthenwentontosayinhisrecollections:

St.LaurentplayedaleadingroleinthefoundingofNATO.Infact,thespeechinwhichhe introduced the idea of NATO in the House of Commons literally kicked the balloffWhen inthefallof1947,DouglasAbbott,theministeroffinance,wenttotheUSandconcludedtheagreementwhichbecameknownastheAbbottPlan,wewerenotsurprised.

On April 4th 194912 Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent with the leaders of the USA, Great

Britain and France and eight other countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty. Article 5

statedthatanattackononewouldbeconsideredanattackonalltherebyrepudiatingthe

solemn agreements reached at Yalta among Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill for postwar

international

collective

security

for

all

UN

member

states

through

the

Security

Council

ProvisionsoftheUNCharter.

12http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=ArchivedFeatures&Params=A245
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NATOanAggressiveAntiCommunistAlliance

From

the

outset

NATO

was

an

aggressive

not

a

defensive

alliance.

NATO

in

practice

had

two

interrelatedgoals.Thefirstgoal,asenunciatedbyPrimeMinisterSt.Laurent,andrelyingon

nuclearweaponssuperiority,wastoprepareCanadianstoaccepttheprospectofworldwar

three with the aim of destroying the Soviet Union. The second goal was to create an

imperialistmilitaryalliancethatwouldact independentlyoftheUNandbeginaprocessof

subverting the collective securityprovisionsof theUnitedNationsCharter. Thatprocess

continues in thechangedworldof today,where theUNSecurityCouncilwascomplicit in

NATOwarsinYugoslaviain198990andtodayinAfghanistan.

St.LaurentsNATOpolicywasadeparturefromthestanceofPrimeMinisterMackenzieKing

whowas

not

prepared

to

completely

abandon

the

WW2

foreign

policy

developed

during

Canadas wartimeparticipationwithBritain theUSA and theUSSR in theAllied effort to

defeatHitler.UponKingsdeathinJuly22nd1950thingschanged.KinghadkeptCanadaout

oftheKoreanWarbutuponhisdeath,andCanadasentrytoNATO,undertheleadershipof

LouisSt.LaurentwithLesterB.Pearson,MinisterofForeignAffairs infullsupport,Canada

enteredtheKoreanWar.

Accordingly, all NATO member states began an intensive military buildup with the

deploymentofnuclearweaponsasitscorestrategy.Inviolationofitspostwaragreements

todisarm

Nazi

Germany

NATO

partners

led

by

the

USA

Britain

and

Canada

began

the

rearmament of Germany integrating the defeated German Wehrmacht into NATO with

formerNazigeneralspromotedtotheNATOhighcommand.

TheNATOAtlanticTreatyof1949wasflawedonmanylevels.Itwassignedinthemistaken

beliefthatthesignatorystateshadamonopolyonnuclearweaponsandwaspoisedtobring

theSovietUniontoitskneesbynuclearblackmailorbywar. TheUSAhaddemonstratedits

nuclear weapons superiority in August of 1945 dropping atomic bombs on the civilian

populationsofHiroshimaandNagasaki.OnAugust29th1949fourmonthsafterthefounding

ofNATOtheSovietUniontesteditsfirstnuclearweaponcreatinganinstantsoberingeffect

onNATO

plans

for

a

blitzkrieg

style

war

of

nuclear

destruction

of

the

Soviet

Union.13

So sobering was the effect of the Soviet Union acquiring nuclear weapons, that General

Douglas MacArthur US Commander of UN troops waging war against the Democratic

13http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Russia/Sovwpnprog.html
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proliferation. That legacy lives on today when a new struggle confronts the peace

movementtocompletelyridtheworldofnucleararms.

CanadianPoliticalPartiesandNATO

Learning nothing from history, the Liberal and Conservative Parties continue in the 21st

Century,theirselfservingandenthusiasticpromotionofNATO including itsuseofnuclear

weapons. On this point, the social democratic Cooperative Commonwealth Federation

(CCF) initially supported the organization of NATO in 1949 on the proviso that Canadian

ArmedForceswouldnotbecompelledtousenuclearweapons.TheNDPhassincecalledfor

Canadian withdrawal from NATO and NORAD but does not campaign on the issue. The

NDPscurrentforeignpolicystatementcarriedonitswebsite17statesitsupportsonlythose

missionsendorsed

by

the

UN

but

has

nothing

to

say

about

its

previous

foreign

policy

papers

from the 1980s when the NDP openly called for Canadian withdrawal from NATO and

NORAD.Today theNDPCaucus ismuteon thematterofCanadasmembership inNATO,

NORADandNORTHCOM, limitingtheNDPsforeignpolicystancetoan impliedcriticismof

NATObycallingforthewithdrawalofCanadianforcesfromAfghanistan.ThusfartheNDP

hashadnothingtosayaboutcurrentUSNATOIsraeliplansforlaunchinganattackonIran.

TheGreenPartyswebsite carriesa foreignpolicy statement from the federalelectionof

2006whereitmakesnomentionofopposingNATOorcallingforCanadianwithdrawalfrom

thealliance.

18

It

likewise

is

mute

on

the

matter

of

an

impending

NATO

US

Israeli

attack

on

Iran.

TheCommunistPartyofCanadahasalongstandingpositionextendingfrom1947totoday,

callingforCanadianwithdrawalfromallmilitaryalliances includingNATOandNORAD.The

partycirculatedastatementandpamphletdenouncingthe60thanniversarycelebrationsof

NATOcallingforCanadianwithdrawalfromthealliance.19TheCPCislate initsexposureof

theHarperGovernmentsparticipationinNATOIsraeliUSplansforanattackonIran.

The Canadian Peace Congress at its October 2008 Refounding Convention adopted a

resolutioncontaining

one

of

its

main

demands,

Canadian

withdrawal

from

NATO

and

all

17http://www.ndp.ca/vision/foreignaffairs

18http://www.andrewlewis.ca/pageframes/platform/platform_foreign_policy.html

19http://www.communistparty.ca/news/Statements/2009/AntiNATOleaflet2.pdf
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militaryalliances.20TheCongressalso issuedastatementdenouncingthe60thAnniversary

ofNATOanddemandingCanadianwithdrawalfromtheimperialistalliance.

TheMilitaryEstablishmentSupportforNATO

ThemoststridentpromotersofNATOareCanadianmilitarythinktanks.21.Theseselfserving

groups act with the encouragement and support of the minority Stephen Harper

ConservativeGovernmentandthetacitsupportoftheIgnatieffLiberals. Thesethinktanks

now wield considerable extraparliamentary influence in helping to develop Government

policyandNATOsnewstrategicconcept.

Apolicypaper,entitledSecurityinanUncertainWorldACanadianPerspectiveonNATOs

NewStrategic

Concept,

a

joint

effort

of

the

Conference

of

Defense

Associations

Institute

(CDAI)andtheCanadianDefenseandForeignAffairsInstitute(CDFAI)outlinesthedoctrine

oftheCanadianmilitaryestablishmentthatwillbetakenforwardandpromotedinLisbonin

NovemberbyPrimeMinisterStephenHarper,DefenseMinisterPeterMcKayandForeign

MinisterLawrenceCannonandtheirentourage.TheCanadiandocumentpublishedinMarch

preceded theofficialNATOexpertscommission reportchairedbyformerUSSecretaryof

StateMadeleineAlbrightwhichborrowedheavilyfromtheCanadiandocument.Theofficial

NATOdocumentwasreleasedinMay2010.22 BothdocumentsoutlinetheproposedNATO

Strategy and provide clear indications of NATOs stance towards Russia, China, Africa,

CentralAsia

and

Europe.

The Canadian document is the work of a whos who in the defense and foreign affairs

establishment, chaired by Paul H. Chapin Former Director General International Security,

DepartmentofForeignAffairs.Contributors includeanarrayof retiredCanadianDNDand

NATOGenerals,aConservativesenator,andformerdeputyministers,academic luminaries,

all well connected to the military, government and well versed in defense procurement

procedures.

ThemilitaryinsidersadvocateforamoreactiveroleforCanadiangovernments,presentand

future,at

the

NATO

Headquarters

in

Brussels,

and

promote

an

expanded

NATO

even

though

such expansionwill requiremassivemilitaryexpendituresby theCanadian taxpayers and

whereitwillcompeteandconflictwithCanadastraditionalroleattheUnitedNations.

20http://www.canadianpeacecongress.ca/random.asp?ID=142

21http://www.cdacdai.ca/

22http://www.nato.int/strategicconcept/expertsreport.pdf
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NATO isnow theheadquartersof the internationalwarbusinesswitheachmemberstate

committedtoplacingacontingentofitsmilitaryforcesunderNATOcommandandoutofits

statetreasury

contributing

to

NATOs

rapidly

expanding

budgetary

requirements.

A

growing

portionoftheGDPofeachmemberstateisrequiredtopayfortheexpansionofNATOand

to maintain NATOs activities in three areas, a growing parasitical administration now

exceeding4000atNATOheadquartersinBrussels,itssocalledsocialprogramwhichdraws

fundsintoNATOspoliticalgoalsandawayfromtheUNMillenniumFundrequirementsand

its largestallocation toNATOsmilitarybudgetused toconductwarsof interventionand

occupationalsoactivelydepletingthefundsthatwouldnormallyflowtoUNsocalledpeace

keepingactivities.

NATOhasbeensuccessfulinblurringthelinesofoperationbetweenitselfandtheUNtothe

extentthatthere isnowapopularbeliefamongUNsupportersthatNATOandtheUNare

synonymous.

InarecentCitizensPanelSurveycirculatedbytheUnitedNationsAssociationinCanadathe

blurringoftherolesofNATOandtheUNisreflectedinthesurveyquestion:Canadashould

alsocontinuetoparticipateinnonUNpeacekeepingmissions(suchastheNATOledmission

inAfghanistan.)

Thetimeispastduewhenthepeacemovementandinthefirstplacetheleftprogressiveled

peacemovemententersfullyintothestruggletoexposewhatNATOreallyis.

WhatisNATO?

NATOisthecreationofstatemonopolycapitalism23andexiststoserveitsinterests.NATOis

thegendarmeofthe imperialistrulingelitesoftheEuroAtlanticmemberstates taskedto

pacifyandsuppressallpopularresistancetothemovementof internationalfinancecapital

toallregionsoftheglobe.ItisaclearinghouseforEUUSconflictsoverNATObudgetcost

sharing inwarmaterialsandweaponryandtheallocationofcombatforces inNATOwars.

NATO is dominated by US military officers reflecting the fact the USA is NATOs largest

contributoron

a

per

capita

basis24

contributing

approximately

25%

of

its

total

budget

23Statemonopolycapitalismisthecoalescenceandmergeroffinancecapitalandthestate.Statemonopoly

capitalismistheformandfunctionoftheCanadianstate.24

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amounting tomore than$1.5billionUS.USNATOallocationshaverisenundertheObama

administration.Canadacontributesover5%ofthetotalNATObudget.25

AnAllianceofthePastNATOSeekingNew21stCenturyWars

Theglobalsystemofcapitalisminthe21stCenturyisincapableofprogressivedevelopment.

Infact,financecapitalhasabandonedeventhepretextofclaimingtobeconcernedabout

findingsolutionstomasspoverty,massunemployment,homelessness,racism,andwarand

environmentaldegradation.TheNATOpanelofexpertsiscontenttosimplylistallofthese

humantragedies resulting fromcapitalistexploitation,asthreats tobe responded towith

militarypower.TheNATOreportofthepanelofexpertsoutlinesscenarioswhenthispower

canbeinvokedandlaunchedagainstthepeople.Thecircumstancesunderwhichtheleaders

ofNATO

deem

a

threat

to

their

system

to

be

present

are

so

broad

that

serial

wars

instigated

byNATOarenowavirtualcertainty.

MostperplexingforNATOplannersistheirinabilitytoevadethetruththatthesystemthey

seektoperpetuateindefinitelyistheverysystemthathascreatedalloftheprerequisitesfor

itsowndemise.Imperialism,theeraoffinancecapital in itsmostconcentrated, integrated

andextantformhascreatedtheultimate insocialproductionandprivateappropriationto

the point that progressive development of the productive forces can only occur if the

imperialist system itself is replaced by socialism. Such is the profound contradiction

confrontinghumanity

in

the

21

st

Century.

The

response

of

the

elite

NATO

thinkers

and

planners to thisprofoundcontradiction is tosimplyplanformorewars.Planning towage

war on social conditions is not only absurd, it is a crime against humanity and a stark

admissionofthetotalfailureofthepursuitofprivatemaximumprofitasasocialgood.

Thepseudotheoriespromotingandupholdingthepoliciesofstatemonopolycapitalismare

welladvancedandpromotedinallNATOstatesbythecorporatecontrolledmassmedia.The

result is a widespread illusion that NATO is a benign protector of all the people. Such

illusions have been allowed to gain widespread adherence even among those Canadians

who are opposed to war and campaign for peace. All of the political parties in Canada

supportedthecoldwarrationaleforthefoundingofNATOandnowconfrontthedilemma

ofanewerawithoutanapparentopponentof imperialismexcept thepeople.NATOhas

now been fully exposed as an enemy of all progressive impulses by the real global

community, themassesofallcontinentsstriving forpeaceandprogressiveeconomicand

25http://www.natopa.int/default.asp?SHORTCUT=1928
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socialprogress.ForNATOnow,inthe21stCentury,toclaimtohavediscoveredthethreats

to theglobalsocialconditionfacedbybillionsofsufferinghumanityandpurportstohave

somethingpositive

to

contribute

to

its

resolution,

is

the

ultimate

in

imperialist

cheek

and

is

statedwiththeutmostcynicalselfinterest.

ThethreatsoutlinedintheNATOReportofExpertschairedbyformerUSSecretaryofState

MadeleineAlbright,are in factnot threatsagainst theCanadianpeopleandtheirsecurity,

but threats to the dominance of international finance capital by the growth of anti

imperialist,antimonopoly,anticapitalistmovementsofthepeople,inevitableandcertainto

growinthe21stCentury.NATOhassetitselfagainstthedemandsofthepeopleoftheworld

for peace, economic and social justice in the 21st Century. NATO and its proposed New

StrategicConceptistheantithesisoftheMillenniumGoalsoftheUnitedNations.26

NATO remains a wholly reactionary institution opposed to solving any of the global

problems of peace, mass unemployment, poverty, the oppression of women and the

victimizationofchildrenandofthegrowingproblemsofenvironmentaldegradationofthe

planet.

NATOandtheStruggleofCanadiansforPeaceandEconomicDevelopment

TheoutcomeoftheNovemberNATOheadsofstatemeetingwillimpactCanadiansandtheir

struggletowrestabiggershareofthesocialwealththeycreate intheworkplace,stolen

fromthembydomesticandforeigncorporateindustrialandbankingcapital.Theimpacton

Canadians will be direct and indirect. Directly, NATO will consume more of the defense

budget of the Canadian state depriving the Canadian people of tax dollars required for

publiceducation,healthcare,childcare,pensionsandaffordablehousing. Indirectly itwill

impose on Canada, a requirement to support the NATO doctrine of military intervention

abroadthatisboundtoembroilCanadaanditsyouthinmorecostlyandterriblewarssuch

astheNATOwarinAfghanistanandtheplannedUSIsraeliwaron75millionIranians.27

Themessage intheNATOworkingdocument isfortheconsumptionoftherulingelitesof

themember

states

and

their

hangers

on.

There

is

nothing

in

it

for

the

Canadian

people

who

intheirmajoritysupportworldpeaceandsecurity.NATOisnotaboutpeaceandsecurity.It

isaboutsomethingentirelydifferent.

26http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

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WhatevernewpersonaNATO assumes afterNovember 20th it remains the coldwar anti

communistmilitaryenforcerforimperialistexpansionthatitwasduringthecoldwar.NATO

hasnot

abandoned

its

role

as

the

leading

imperialist

military

presence

in

Europe,

monitoring

and threatening the embattled people of the former Soviet Union, and the Eastern

European states. NATO attacks on the former socialist state of Yugoslavia and its

dismembermentbyforce,wasdesignedtosendamessagetoalloftheBalkanpeoplesand

allofthepeoplesofEuropethatallCommunistledmovementsforsovereignty,democracy

and socialism would be suppressed by force and that the revival of socialism would be

attacked.

TheNATONovemberAssemblyinLisboncoincideswithactionsbyrightwingextremistsat

the European Parliament to ban Communist Parties and their program for a socialist

alternative tocapitalism.Anticommunism, the ideologyof imperialism,discreditedduring

thecoldwar for itsantidemocraticprofascistessence, isonceagainbeing resurrected in

Europe,inparticularintheformersocialiststates.NeoNaziandxenophobicpoliticalparties

areonceagainreachingforinfluenceandpowerinEuropeanpolitics.

Such intimidationhasfailed.AllacrossEurope intheformersocialiststates,newstruggles

ledbyCommunistsandtheirallieshavebeenundertakentoreestablishsocialism.

NATOTemplateforNorthAmericanReaction

Ifnot challenged and stopped theEUanticommunist templatewillbeadapted toNorth

America.ItisalreadypresentinthedisguisedformoftheTeaPartyintheUSA.InCanada,a

varietyofextremerightwingParliamentary lobbiesnow influencethe legislativedecisions

oftheminorityrightwingHarperConservativeGovernment.Theseextremistforcesarethe

activistcoreoftheHarperConservatives.

Resistanceandexposureof this trend, reminiscentoftheperiod thatgave risetofascism

andWW2isnowaprimaryresponsibilityofnotonlytheCommunistsbutofallprogressive,

patrioticanddemocraticforces.ItisimpossibletosupportNATOanditsactionsandatthe

sametime

claim

to

be

democratic.

NATO

is

the

antithesis

of

democracy.

NATO

instigates

warsandthenwiththeconnivanceandcomplicityofthemilitaristandwarindustrylobbies,

bulliesParliamentsandlegislaturesinallmemberstatestoretroactivelysupportandaccept

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NATOisbeingportrayedinthecorporatecontrolledmassmediaasdedicatedtoprotecting

thepeopleof itsmemberstates fromsocalledexternal threats.Nothingcouldbe further

fromthe

truth.

NATOs

new

mandate

will

empower

it

to

direct

its

military

power

against

the

peopleofitsmemberstatesshouldtheydecidetooptforgovernanceotherthansocalled

westernstyleliberaldemocracy.

NATOtheWarBusiness

TheselfappointedroleofNATOasimperialistenforcerisbeingchallenged.NATOsimageas

adefensiveallianceiswearingthinasitembroilsmemberstatesinserialundeclaredwarsof

intervention.ThewarinAfghanistanstandsasthemostterribleindictmentofthefailureof

thesocalledResponsibilitytoProtectmantraofNATOandthatismeeklyacceptedbythe

liberaldemocrats.

NATOwarsburdensmemberstateswith risingcostsofdeathsand injuriesofcombatants

and civilians. NATO Charter obligations subvert the sovereignty and democracy of its

memberstatesandunderminetheroleofelectedParliamentsandLegislatures.Inaddition

toitsrogueaggressiveinterventionistroleasimperialistenforcer,NATOhasalsobecomea

vital factor in theeconomiesof theG7capitaliststates.AllNATOmemberstatesarenow

obligedtomilitarizetheireconomiesasavitalcomponentofsocalledeconomicrevivalof

depressionriddencapitaliststates.

NATOsprocurementofarmamentshasbecomethepretextforcompliantgovernmentsto

divertpublicfundsfromstatetreasuriesdirectlyintothehandsofagrowingparasiticalclass

ofwar industries and military elites that relyon NATOwars and preparations forwar to

profitandprosper.NATOhasbecomeaparasiticalburdenonthepeople,deprivingthemof

funds for social needs as it evolves into a militarist spa, where jaded generals, corrupt

academics,politicalcareeristscan,outofthemiseryanddeathsofcombatantsandcivilians,

enterthepromisedlandofimperialistwealthandprivilege.

ForAWorldwithoutWarDismantleNATO BuildInternationalCooperation

ProgressDemands

World

Peace

TheNovemberNATOmeeting,one ina longseriesofsuchgatherings, isnonethelessnot

routine.TheNovemberNATOmeetingisastatemonopolycrisismanagementmeeting.The

NATOmeeting isa responseof imperialism toaglobalcrisisof itssystem.TheNovember

NATOmeetingwillbringtogetherheadsofstateandgovernmentsinthemidstofanother


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acuteepisode in the longgeneralcrisisof theglobalsystemofcapitalism in itsadvanced

imperialist stage. The meeting will attempt to reconcile differences among advanced

imperialiststates

where

private

monopolies

dominate

and

demand

harsh

government

measures to suppress growing working class opposition to mass unemployment, loss of

hardwonpensionandhealthbenefits.

Thehigh levelNATOmeeting confronts the reality, that the traditionaldominanceof the

leadingimperialiststates isbeingchallengedbynewdevelopingstates,somewithsocialist

and others with mixed socialist and capitalist economies and others with antimonopoly

governments committed to improving the working and living conditions of the masses.

Those objective global realities will be on full public display at the G20 meeting in Seoul

SouthKoreaonNovember11,122010aweekpriortotheNATONovembermeeting.Someof

the states attending the G20 have opted for new nonbelligerent economic and trading

agreements independentofthe leading imperialiststates.This issomethingnew inrecent

internationalrelationsandposesadirectchallengetoUSdominanceintheglobaleconomy.

The underlying principle governing the stance of the most powerful imperialist states

participating in theG20andNATOmeetings ismotivatedby self interest tooppose such

antiimperialistdevelopments. The G7 states will attempt to coordinate and impose their

separateeconomicandmilitarydoctrinesonallparticipants inbothmeetings.Wheresuch

doctrinescoincidetherewillbeameasureofagreementamongthemandwheretheydont

coincide, therewillbean intensificationof intercapitalistand interimperialist rivalry. It is

thelatter

and

not

the

former

that

will

characterize

the

future

of

NATO.

TheG20andNATONovembermeetingswillillustratenotonlythecomplexityofthecurrent

disarrayintheglobalsystemofcapitalism,butalso,iftheyareclearlystudiedwithscienceof

MarxismLeninismcanprovidetheprogressiveforcesoftheworldwithanunderstandingof

what must be done to move towards a world of peace, humanity, genuine progressive

developmentandtohalttheunmistakabletrendtoanewarmsraceandhorrorsofworld

nuclearwar.

TheNovemberNATOmeetingtakesplaceduringaperiodofacuteinternaleconomiccrisis

andpolitical instability in the leading imperialist state theUSA. The declineof the global

politicalandeconomic influenceof theUSA isparadoxicallyoccurringatamomentof its

unparalleled military dominance which adds further contradictions into interimperialist

relations.


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21st Century imperialism is characterized by advanced integration and centralization of

industrialbanking monopoly power merged with the state. 21st Century imperialism is

furthercharacterized

by

the

decisive

influence

of

militarism

in

the

projection

of

economic

power.Wars thepreparationofwars, theproductionof advancedweapons systems is a

majorfactorintheeconomiesofalltheleadingimperialiststatesincludingCanada.

TheNATOandG20meetingsoccur inthemidstofruinousUSNATOwarsofaggression in

IraqandAfghanistan,aglobaleconomicdepressioncausedbyoverproductionandunder

consumption, aggravated by deep contradictions between productive capital primarily

engaged in profiteering from the production of commodities and rogue rentier capital

primarilyengagedinprofiteeringfromfinancialspeculation.

TheNATO

and

G20

meetings

are

the

desperate

attempt

of

the

most

powerful

finance

capitalist interest to compel all capitalist governments to agree to a program of anti

peoplespolicies toprotect theprofit systemand to resort toall formsofcapitaliststate

power to suppress the rising movements of opposition to the global predatory goals of

financecapital.

Peeling away the media hype, the November meeting of NATO if studied carefully, will

revealtheactualcurrentstateofrelativeeconomic,militaryandpoliticalpoweramongthe

participantsandtheintensityoftheinterimperialistrivalriesandcontradictions.

Inall

NATO

states

the

working

class

is

beginning

the

arduous

struggle

of

not

only

defending

its gains but of striving to lead the nation away from war and imperialism towards

progressive advance and towards socialism. That reality is the future and the hope of

humankindinthe21stCentury.

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