by ~The-Liberator (Alex Garrett)

Let’s not kid ourselves. The U.S. Government did not end the Vietnam war. The war didn’t end because the people elected the “right” candidates or signed petitions or wrote letters to their representatives. The war in Vietnam ended because the generation of ‘68 threw off their reformist misconceptions and took to the streets. Upon challenging the government and the ruling class with the threat of a revolution, the armed masses forced the U.S. Government to give in and end the war or face a bloody coup.  

Likewise, change today will not come from electing the “right” candidate into office come 2008. There are no “right” candidates. Because of the nature of the imperialist system, all politicians are representatives of the ruling class and thus will fight for the continuation of the imperialist system that gives them so much money.

Rather, we must take to the streets, and through militant mass action, show the ruling class that we will not support them and that we have broken entirely from the economic system of imperialism. Only then will the government feel threatened enough to end the war.