the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
We publish workplace bulletins every two weeks. Below is the most recent editorial from our workplace newsletters. Older editorials are linked to the right.
Mar 22, 2025
The Senate just passed another 11th-hour funding measure. Every Republican, except one, voted for it. But, despite Democratic Party opposition, Democrats provided the 10 votes needed to push it through. The vote, so they said, was necessary to “keep government running.”
Let’s be clear. That means, “keep it running in the interests of the capitalist class.”
They were funneling money into the military, whose 750 bases provide the force that imposes exploitation on labor all over the world.
They lavished money on the banking system, which today is tangled up in the webs spun by speculators in search of another billion dollars.
They kept contracts going which provide profit for some of the biggest global companies, companies like Space X, Boeing and Blue Origin.
They kept money running into subsidies for other massive corporations, feeding their profits, companies like Tesla, Ford and GM.
They funded research done by universities that provide the discoveries that pharmaceutical companies get the patents on and profit from.
And by the way, this 11th-hour measure also gave the capitalists a special gift. It authorized the massive 4.5-trillion-dollar tax break that Trump has promised to his fellow billionaires.
The American capitalist class, which in reality is a multinational class, is the wealthiest the world has ever seen. But it can’t make its own system run without help from the government. That’s the bare truth. And it’s why both parties work together to fund the government. They are protecting the capitalists from the destruction their own system causes.
In reality, what the Republicans and a few Democrats did was to renew the budgets pushed through during the Biden administration. Then, the Democrats were the ones then to push funding; the Republicans provided the extra votes needed.
They are two different parties, each trying to get ahead at the other’s expense, but at the end of the day, they share the same obligation, to protect capitalism from itself.
This year, it’s true, there are some obvious differences from what we’ve seen in the past. Trump and his good buddy Elon Musk have been creating chaos in Washington.
Trump issues orders getting rid of thousands of government workers, even whole departments. The people who might have investigated a business that scams people—they’re gone. The people who work disbursing money to school systems short of money—they’re gone. The people who look into man-made disasters like the Flint water crisis—they’re gone. The people who bring aid when natural disaster hits—they’ve gone, too.
Not so long ago, Trump pledged not to cut Social Security. But by cutting the people working at Social Security, closing down its offices and shutting down its phone lines, he has put up barriers that will keep many people from getting it.
Musk sent his raiders to copy individual information for the whole population. They pirated the funding programs that allow Social Security to pay people. What do they intend to do? What do scammers usually do with pirated information?
Madness, right? But there’s a method to this madness. Not only are they looking for money today to keep government going in capitalism’s interest, they are preparing for a future, when the system could end up in a complete lock-down. They want the possibility to rule extra legally.
There is no protection against that from within the system itself. The two parties may argue, but neither will protect us from the other. The courts may issue rulings, but they don’t prevent Trump from attacking protestors. Congress just jumps in behind whoever is stronger. The whole system is rotten.
True protection for working people can come only from other workers. Maybe we can’t yet get rid of the system today—although that has to be our aim—but we can struggle to keep unity among ourselves. That will prepare us for throwing out the whole system tomorrow.