Социалистическая организация Путь к свободе (Freedom Road Socialist Organization, FRSO) — организация революционных социалистов и марксистов-ленинистов, расположенная в США. Члены Пути очень активны в движениях в защиту прав, особенно в сферах трудовых отношений, национального угнетения, антивоенной и антиимпериалистической, а также в студенческих движениях. Представление о нас вы можете получить, ознакомившись с нашим пониманием национального угнетения в США. Соц. организация Путь к свободе была основана в 1985 г. в результате слияния 3-х групп, зародившихся в Новом коммунистическом движении 1970-х. С тех пор наши ряды пополнялись другими группами и многими новыми активистами.

Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) is a revolutionary socialist and Marxist-Leninist organization in the United States. The members of Freedom Road are very active in movements fighting for justice, particularly in labor, oppressed nationality, anti-war and anti-imperialist, and student movements. Freedom Road is characterized by our understanding of national oppression in the United States. Freedom Road was founded in 1985 with the merger of 3 groups that were born in the New Communist Movement of the 1970s. Since then other groups and many new activists have joined our ranks.

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17 марта 2011

Нет войне против Ливии

Социалистическая организация Путь к свободе (By Freedom Road Socialist Organization)

После голосования в СБ ООН вечером 17 марта атака на Ливию становится неизбежной. США, Британия и Франция должны начать воздушные удары в течение дней или даже часов. Все, у кого есть совесть, должны занять жесткую позицию против этого акта агрессии.

Совершенно как в �раке, Афганистане и где-либо ещё, эта война будет вестись под предлогом гуманитарной интервенции. Но совершенно также, как в �раке и Афганистане, военное вторжение США и их союзников будет осуществляться ради выгод богатых и властьимущих за счет рабочих и угнетаемых равным образом как здесь так и в Ливии. Бесчисленное число гражданских будет убито в результате этих атак и бесчисленное число долларов будет изъято из трещащих по швам бюджетов и социальных программ, чтобы финансировать новую войну. Уроки истории показывают нам совершенно ясно, что исход этой войны, если США, Британия и Франция поступят, как задумали, будет в пользу интересов богатых, а не в пользу демократии и самоопределения народа Ливии.

С первого же дня этого ливийского кризиса корпоративные СМ� пришли в движение, готовя общественное мнение к войне с Ливией. Точно таким же образом, с самого начала кризиса [фактически, ещё раньше — V.], западные империалистические державы совершали военные маневры, чтобы обеспечить себе преимущества в данной ситуации. Между тем, совершенно ясно, что ливийские ребелы себе на уме. Некоторые из их предводителей тесно связаны с давнишним финансируемым ЦРУ Национальным фронтом за спасение Ливии (National Front for the Salvation of Libya), который хотел бы видеть ливийскую нефтяную индустрию полностью приватизированной, что означало бы конец нынешним бесплатному здравоохранению, бесплатным образовательным программам, которыми наслаждались ливийцы. Некоторые являются монархистами и проч., кто желает повернуть вспять колесо ливийского социального прогресса. Нет никаких сомнений, что война с Ливией будет означать приход к власти наиболее реакционных сил среди ребелов, если правительство Каддафи будет повержено с помощью оружия и бомб Запада. Прогрессивные люди Ближнего Востока и всего мира желают свободной Ливии, а не нового марионеточного режима, подобного тем, что установлены путем оккупации в �раке и Афганистане.

Патриоты Ливии будут сопротивляться этой войне любыми необходимыми средствами. Мы в Freedom Road Socialist Organization намерены выполнить нашу часть работы, чтобы выразить им нашу солидарность. Это означает, прежде всего, жесткую позицию против интервенции США. Мы будем организовывать и поддерживать митинги, демонстрации и прочие массовые акции в грядущие дни, чтобы отчетливо и громко заявить:

Нет войне против Ливии!

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March 17, 2011

No War Against Libya

By Freedom Road Socialist Organization

Following a UN Security Council vote on the evening of March 17, an attack on Libya is imminent. The United States, Britain and France are expected to begin air strikes in a matter of days or even hours. All people of conscience should stand firmly against this act of war.

Just as in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, this war will be waged under the pretense of humanitarian intervention. But just as in Iraq and Afghanistan, military intervention by the U.S. and its allies will be done for the benefit of the rich and powerful at the expense of working and oppressed people both here and in Libya. Countless civilians will die as a result of these attacks and countless dollars will be taken from over-stretched budgets and social programs to fund a new war. The lessons of history are clear in showing us that the outcome of the war, if the U.S., Britain and France have their way, will be in favor of the interests of the rich, not in favor of democracy and self-determination for the people of Libya.

Since day one of the crisis in Libya, the corporate media has been in motion, preparing public opinion for war with Libya. Likewise, since the beginning of the crisis, the western, imperialist powers have been maneuvering militarily to take advantage of the situation. Meanwhile, it is clear that the rebels in Libya are not of one mind. Some of their leaders are tied to the old CIA-funded National Front for the Salvation of Libya, which would like to see Libya’s oil industry completely privatized, meaning an end to the current free health care and free education programs enjoyed by the Libyan people. Some are monarchists and others who wish to turn back the clock on Libyan social progress. Undoubtedly, war with Libya will mean the most reactionary forces among the rebels coming to power if Gaddafi’s government is defeated by the guns and bombs of the west. Progressive people in the Middle East and around the world want an independent Libya, not a new puppet government like those that exist under occupied Iraq and Afghanistan.

The patriotic people of Libya will resist this war by any means necessary. We in the Freedom Road Socialist Organization intend to do our part to show them solidarity. This means, first and foremost, firmly standing against U.S. intervention. We will organize and join rallies, demonstrations and other mass actions in the coming days to make sure that it is heard loud and clear:

No War Against Libya!

September 11 ten years later: Pretext for war and repression
By Freedom Road Socialist Organization | September 9, 2011

Now that ten years are passed since the events of Sept. 11, 2001, we would do well to look back and take note of some of the causes and consequences. We need to sum up and draw lessons. Immediately following the attacks in New York and at the Pentagon, the Bush administration began cynically manipulating events to launch an expansive and ongoing war on the peoples of the world and an escalating campaign of repression here at home under the guise of a �war on terror.’ This two-pronged approach to reasserting the power of the U.S. empire at the expense of working and oppressed people is continuing, and in some ways accelerating under the Obama administration.

On the heels of the attacks on 9/11, the U.S. launched its criminal war in Afghanistan in October with the stated purpose of hunting down Osama Bin Laden. They launched their bombing campaign in the face of Taliban leader Mullah Omar's expressed willingness to cooperate in capturing Bin Laden. Come October 2011, this war will have dragged on for a decade, costing nearly $500 billion and the lives of 1670 U.S. troops, with tens of thousands of Afghans killed and seriously injured.

The illegal war in Iraq was instigated by Bush's lies regarding Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. In the political climate following 9/11, the corporate media supported and parroted whatever the White House and Pentagon said. The U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq cost $800 billion, the lives of 1.4 million Iraqis, more than 4000 U.S. troops dead and more than 100,000 wounded. It is noteworthy that more than 300 times as many deaths occurred in these two wars than in the 9/11 attacks. Likewise, since 9/11, under the guise of the �war on terror,’ the U.S. has expanded wars and interventions in Colombia, the Philippines, Palestine, Yemen, Syria, Pakistan, Sudan and elsewhere.

Most recently, the U.S./NATO attacked Libya, seeking to establish a firm foothold in North Africa. All of these wars and interventions are about nothing more than strengthening the power of U.S. imperialism and of lining the pockets of the U.S. ruling class with the spoils of war in the form of oil and other natural resources. For the people of these countries, it means war, occupation and repression, along with the complete violation of their national sovereignty.

All the while, the people of the world, from Afghanistan and Libya, to Colombia and the Philippines continue to fight for self-determination and national liberation. We in Freedom Road Socialist Organization, along with progressive people everywhere, support them with the knowledge that our struggles are linked. The U.S. ruling class, oppressor of nations all over the world, likewise stands on the backs of working and oppressed people here. While the economic depression creates havoc at home for working people, the rich and powerful act as war criminals overseas.

The U.S. government was quick to shift public opinion in its favor following the Sept. 11 attacks. Bush's "with us or against us" mentality left no room for sane discussion in the mainstream media. This fueled the fire for the notorious Patriot Acts that were quickly pushed through as part of the package deal of repression and war. As a result, an era of state terror against Arabs and Muslims began. Tens of thousands of Arabs and Muslims were subject to �special registration,’ put on no-fly lists, placed under surveillance and persecuted by the U.S.'s racist response to 9/11.

Not long after, it became clear that the web of domestic spying was being widened to include the progressive and anti-war communities generally. We understand this particularly well since the law enforcement officer “Karen Sullivan” infiltrated Freedom Road Socialist Organization, along with other groups we are active in, in the build up to the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minnesota. This infiltration led to the FBI raids on the homes and offices of 11 activists on Sept. 24, 2010, subpoenaing them to testify in a grand jury investigation concerning alleged "material support for terrorism.” Today, a total of 24 activists are targets of the investigation, with the threat of indictments looming.

U.S. imperialism is in decline, and the rich and powerful are growing more desperate by the day. As we said in our 2010 Main Political Report, "The 'war on terror' launched by the Bush administration was a dramatic attempt by the rulers of the United States to counteract the long running decline of Wall Street’s empire, by using military means. It ended in a series of defeat and stalemates, causing the phrase �war on terror’ to be quietly dropped from the Pentagon’s lexicon. The result is that on every continent, the U.S. finds itself struggling to find the methods and forms to maintain its domination, in the context of a declining ability to do so."

The tragedy of 9/11 happened as a direct consequence of U.S. imperialist policy around the world. As long as these policies, which are part and parcel to the capitalist system itself, are allowed to continue, we will see further tragedy. The U.S. government repression, resulting from the cynical manipulation of this tragedy, has come down on FRSO and our friends because we have steadfastly resisted the ongoing wars and repression, both here and around the world. Likewise people around the world are continuing to fight back against the forces of empire. Despite all of the obstacles that face us in the days, months and years to come, we will continue to resist with all our might until, through mass struggle, a new era of peace, justice and equality is won.