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lcr on sept. 11
"Frankenstein"
Revolutionary Communist League (France) communique
September 12, 2001
Horror and indignation... There are no other words to describe the
violent attacks which have just struck New York and Washington. No
cause can ever justify such a monstrous act, aimed at making as many
civilian victims as possible. Now we have to understand why there is
such denial of the motives behind the attacks. George Bush's military
cheerleading can not, in this regard, make the world forget the
responsibility of the great powers, and the American empire
particularly, for unleashing the violence which has put the planet
permanently on the edge of the abyss. To guarantee unlimited power
for a handful of industrial and financial giants, these powers have
never hesitated to destroy Third World economies, to support the
worst dictatorships while they incited coups d'etat themselves, to
hit with embargoes those countries they have taken upon themselves to
label "outlaws", even to bomb them when it suits them.
Neo-liberal globalization has thrown entire regions into total chaos.
They have happily financed and armed pawns, made over for the moment
as "freedom fighters". And since it came to office, the new American
administration has made a point of opposing any treaty which might
impede its hegemonic freedom to act -- even opposing ratification of
the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
No one knows, so far, who is behind the murderous actions of
September 11.
But it is not unlikely that a Frankenstein's monster may have turned
against its creator, using that creator's own weapons against it:
blind cynicism, brutal force, sophisticated military technology and
financial power. How, for example, can we ignore the fact that Saudi
billionaire Bin Laden, toward whom so many accusing fingers are
pointing, would never have found himself leading a terrorist
multinational without inital help from the CIA?
This must move us to vigilance, that no one can begin taking
advantage of the mood created today, to direct public outrage against
the Muslim world, the Palestinians or Arab peoples. Not to mention
immigrant peoples, the designated targets of the Vigipirate plan,
[French public security "anti-terrorist" crackdown during the Gulf
War and other crises - trans.]which has just been reactivated.
Alain Krivine
September 12, 2001
-translated by Torvald Patterson
