Social outbreak at the heart of the capitalist imperialist system

In the United States of America there has been a social outbreak that has been unprecedented for many years, both in the scale of the protests and their expressions of combativeness. The murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police has caused thousands of men and women to take to to the streets of more than one hundred and twenty cities in all the states of the country, united with the cry "No Justice, No Peace".

The rapid spread of the protests started in Minneapolis and the social and political connotations that they now have throughout the country, show how repressed the discontent and rejection of multiple problems were in the population, some of which have become even more visible and others more acute as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic. The peoples of the United States reject racism, the deterioration of their working and living conditions, the rapid growth of unemployment (40 million unemployed in recent months), the high death rate from the pandemic, which fundamentally affects the poorest, blacks, Latinos, migrants, the xenophobia and white supremacy promoted by President Donald Trump and the ruling circles of power, that is, it is a struggle that questions the prevailing capitalist system.

The events that are taking place in the US today , which we saw months before in several countries in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa, are easily explained by looking at how capitalism acts on the workers and peoples to guarantee the reproduction of capital and increased profits of their owners. However, the mobilizations in the United States are of particular transcendence and importance, since they are taking place in the main capitalist-imperialist economy in the world, showing that the most developed powers are not prepared to combat the masses. Where there is exploitation and oppression, there is resistance and struggle of the workers and peoples.

Throughout the world, the discontent and repudiation by the workers and peoples I growing because their living conditions are more affected as the capitalist economy shrinks. The effects of the Covid 19 pandemic, on the world economy and in each country, mainly affect the workers, the unemployed and underemployed, the homeless, the landless peasants, migrants, the more impoverished sectors of society, which suggests that new revolts, new struggles will spread throughout the world for justice, for social and political rights, against oppression and exploitation.

The International Conference of Marxist Leninist Parties and Organizations (ICMLPO) expresses its solidarity with the workers, youth and women who have risen up in struggle in the United States and condemns the brutal response by the Donald Trump government. We reject the mobilization of military troops and the National Guard, the declaration of a state of emergency and curfews in several states, the violent repression that has claimed the lives of other citizens in the protests, which, however, has not been able to stop the outrage and the presence of thousands of fighters on the streets.

We call on the workers and peoples of the world, the parties and organizations that are members of our Conference, to maintain and organize new demonstrations of solidarity with the peoples of the United States and the condemnation of US imperialism.

International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations ICMLPO

June 2020

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