Cincinnati Socialists

On April 7th, the world held its breath as Donald Trump threatened genocidal escalation in the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran, stating: "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again." Though eventually, the US stepped back from the brink and announced a "ceasefire" with Iran and the beginning of negotiations. A month on, it is clear that this is not a true ceasefire, but rather a lull in the fighting as the US and Israel flounder to secure any meaningful victory and are incapable of admitting defeat.

Genocide, War, Racism, Police Repression, Colonialism, Globalization, Neoliberalism, National Chauvinism, Inflation. These phenomena are rampant across the world today. All of these phenomena are the quantitative changes that form the sum transformation of the capitalist mode of production into its advanced state, imperialism.

To tackle the subject of climate refugees, we must start first by acknowledging the means by which capitalism systemically causes climate change. Capitalism floods the market with commodities, overproduces instead of meeting people's needs, and promotes speculation and development in industries that do more harm than good, all in the pursuit of profits for an increasingly small group of people. The destruction of forests, the pollution of natural water sources, and the despoiling of land in search of its minerals are all unavoidable consequences of the current ruling class of corporate owners conducting their business unimpeded.

Cincinnati Socialists reaffirms its solidarity with Rodney Hinton Jr, the Hinton family, and all victims of police brutality.

After illegally kidnapping Nicolas Maduro—the duly-elected leader of Venezuela—in early January, the US empire has shifted its priority to targeting two other nations that have long resisted its imperial hegemony: Cuba and Iran. The strategies being implemented to break these two nations differ in execution, but both approaches—if not halted—will be incredibly violent and cause the death and immiseration of millions.