This article was published in People's Daily on December 31, 1969. The original author was a worker review group of Beijing Thermal Power Plant. It was exciting to read and I wish I could return to that hot era. Therefore, I will appreciate it with friends who praise that history.
Since this year, American workers' strikes have been on the rise and fall. Especially the recent strike struggle of 150,000 General Electric's US General Electric has been ongoing for more than fifty days with the strong support of American workers and progressive students. This is the largest strike in the United States since the Nixon administration came to power. The strike hit the Nixon government and the monopoly capital group strongly. The strike not only affected the U.S. arms production, but also nearly doubled the decline in overall U.S. industrial production in November. Our Chinese working class firmly supports the just struggle of American workers and cheers for every victory achieved by the American worker brothers!
Our great leader Chairman Mao taught: "If the American reactionaries want to start a war, they must first attack the American people." The continuous rise of American workers' strike struggle is the inevitable result of the Nixon government's cruel exploitation and slavery at home and the crazy implementation of aggression and war policies at the outside world. Since the Nixon administration came to power, in order to safeguard the interests of monopoly capital groups, on the one hand, it insisted on the war of aggression and expansion of foreign aggression and expansion; on the other hand, it has stepped up the search and persecution of the American people to suck bones and marrow. In order to expand the military preparations and ensure the maximum profit of monopoly capital, the Nixon government continued to increase taxes. In the new fiscal year that began on July 1 this year, the total tax revenue of governments at all levels was nearly $300 billion. According to the average population, each American would have to bear an average of $1,500, more than double the amount in 1960.
The prices in the United States soar like a kite with broken strings. The actual wages of workers are falling sharply. In addition, unemployment is increasing day by day, making the situation of American workers even more difficult. According to official figures released by the United States, the number of unemployed workers increased by 365,000 in September alone, and the total number of unemployed people reached 3 million. The brutal exploitation and oppression of the American working class by the Nixon administration and the monopoly bourgeoisie promoted the awakening of American workers and all people, and made them further recognize the nature of the reactionary American government. Various contradictions in the United States, especially the contradictions between the working class and the monopoly bourgeoisie, have become more intensified. This is the fundamental reason why the American workers' movement is rising and falling.
The great leader Chairman Mao taught us: "The people, only the people, are the driving force for creating world history."
Nixon and others clamor for how "strong" American imperialism is, but in the United States and other capitalist countries, what is truly powerful is not a small group of monopoly bourgeoisie, but the broad masses of people. The "May Revolution Storm" of the French working class and working people last year dealt a heavy blow to the French monopoly bourgeoisie. It caused the decline in French industrial production and the depreciation of francs, causing the boastful devaluation of Charles de Gaulle's government to be in a slump and finally collapse. Since the beginning of this year, the continuous strikes and struggles of the Italian working class have caused the Italian monopoly capital group to be in panic all day long. The recent strike by General Electric workers in the United States has terrified the American ruling group. What is even more gratifying is that the working class in the United States has put forward the slogan "power belongs to workers" in the struggle. This shows that the awareness of the working class in the United States is increasing, and they are beginning to realize that whether it is the Republican or the Democratic government, they are slaves to the monopoly bourgeoisie in the United States and tools for oppressing and enslaving the working class and working people in the United States.
Our Chinese working class firmly believes that as long as the American working class and the vast number of working people are closely united, see through the various conspiracies and tricks played by Nixon and others, are not afraid of difficulties, go one after another, and launch a lasting and fierce attack on the monopoly bourgeoisie, they will definitely achieve greater victory in the struggle.We, the Chinese working class, firmly stand on the same front with you, and unswervingly support your just struggle and fight together to completely bury all evil American imperialism!
