Behind NATO and Biden: the Spanish government more pro-imperialist than ever
The PSOE-UP “progressive coalition” prioritizes defense over social needs. It is subordinate to NATO and EE. THE. to shield themselves against the peoples and immigrants. We can criticize but he is still in government. We must respond to the war and its consequences: Capitalists should pay for the crisis. An extreme left front is needed, anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist and socialist.
President Pedro Sánchez decided the “approval of a credit 1.000 million euros in Defense”. It is based on an alleged “responsibility and solidarity to strengthen European security and deterrence capacity in the face of the real threat posed by Putin”. To minimize the political costs, the measure will not pass through Congress, will be processed as a contingency fund.
more weapons, less health and education
The country is not at war, supports the deterioration of living conditions, inflation and slips by the seventh wave of Covid-19. And what does the government do? It complies with NATO orders to allocate the 2% of GDP to military spending - they will reach 22.000 millions of euros- instead of pouring money into health budgets, education and social assistance. Thus they turn their backs on the growing needs and social inequalities that cross the Spanish State and mainly affect the working people. They are measures similar to those that a PP or Vox government could have taken.
Ties to warmongering, armor against African peoples and immigrants
In Madrid, Heads of State and Government met at the NATO summit, to take a historic turn in its war policy. The troops mobilized in Europe will increase 40.000 To over 300.000 effective, with immediate mobility provision and more weapons. The announcements are complemented by a warning for Europe's southern flank that “…faces demographic challenges, cheap, political and security. That is to say, popular hunger rebellions, immigration crisis and other unmet social or democratic needs. La Otan, the EU and the US. THE. they are murderous western imperialism, invader and looter with which the Spanish government strengthens ties to shield itself against African peoples and immigrants.
we can criticize, but he washes the face of the government
The PSOE-UP government promised to satisfy popular needs, but did not comply. It has only made partial reforms in the framework of saving capitalist profits. Given this, the critical voice of Podemos usually appears, IU and its partners. was heard with: labor reform, the gag law, he Sánchez's support for Mohamed VI against Western Sahara, with the Melilla massacre Y, now, in opposition to increased defense spending. But they remain in government because, according to the Minister of Social Rights, Ione Belarra “The coalition is a conquest of the left, of a political force promoted by the 15-M”. Podemos is part of a bourgeois government of which he continues to feel “proud” and of which he only partially criticizes from the comfort of his offices in order to differentiate himself in the electoral arena.. They are fully integrated into the regime of '78 and the "caste" they once said they faced, that is why they remain in government and do not call for mobilization.
Responding to war and social crisis
We propose a totally different policy from that of the Spanish government, starting to be principled before the invasion. We say: Out the troops of Russian imperialism from Ukraine, all support for the ukrainian resistance. Out with NATO and Western imperialism from Eastern Europe, dissolution of NATO and CSTO. For a policy independent of bourgeois expressions, in Spain, Ukraine, Russia and around the world. And for social needs: money for health, education, living place, salaries and pensions, not for rearmament. You have to move around: increase in wages and pensions, decent work without precariousness, In the Spanish state, the irruption of the working people on the political scene is necessary. Those responsible for what is happening are not the workers and the people, but rather the capitalists., suspensions, layoffs and abusive rents. Definitely, for all the workers and popular demands aimed at the capitalists paying for the crisis. The historic national rail strike in the UK marks the way forward.
For a Far Left Front
The reformist government PSOE-UP, with the coverage of its political and trade union partners, it has disappointed the expectations of broad popular sectors. We must prevent the prevailing malaise from being capitalized by the PP and Vox on the prowl. For this, it is necessary to set up a new political alternative, a far left front, with a class independence program, radically anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist and for socialism. yes the cup, Anti-capitalists and revolutionary socialists take the first step in a call of this type, would surely have the sympathy of political and social activism. We have to get to work and make it happen.
