Capitalism and socialism

Europe: twilight horizon of capitalism and socialism  With its tens of millions of unemployed, precarious workers, the poor, the homeless, etc.., Europe is sinking into poverty. The peoples of Europe, such as "slaves" are reduced to living day by day under the brutal dictatorship of capital. Their lives and their fate is in the hands of multinational corporations, financial markets, credit rating agencies, experts of the European Union, the ECB, the IMF who decide for them. Governments repeat them all day and night that their prosperity, their health and their happiness are in the plans of rigor and austerity. And when there are elections, the polling organizations and the media they are charged to "help" them, dictating to them the choice to make. This "democratic farce" normally occurs and leads to the head of the state party whose mission is to execute the orders of the monopolies that own, they, the real power. Sometimes, the ruling class did not even consider useful to proceed to the election. Directly choose his government without the slightest regard the opinion of the population. Greece and Italy are now under the protection of the European Union. National sovereignty and democracy are thus emptied of their contents and transformed into a masquerade gross and ridiculous.  In Spain, JLZapatero bankrupted his country with strokes of austerity plans, before giving way to Mariano Rajoy. Only a few months after the legislative elections of November 2011, the Spaniards realized that Mr. Rajoy - for which they had voted overwhelmingly - apply the same recipes economic JLZapatero. More than 100,000 more unemployed in the month of February 2012, bringing the total number of men and women without jobs to 4.7 million, an absolute record for Spain of Zapatero and Rajoy (1). Disappointed, bewildered and indignant, the Spanish people has dropped massively to the streets February 19, 2012 and made a general strike on March 29 to protest against this policy of misery imposed by governments for capital interposed. In the autonomous regions of Valencia (2) and Galicia (3) there is a strong popular mobilization against this same miserable policy practiced by the regional and central governments. In Andalusia, hard hit by unemployment, agricultural workers take up the occupation of land. Since March 4, 2012, 500 daily agricultural occupy the Finca Somonte near Cordoba (4). This occupation of the lands reminiscent of the glorious struggles carried out by the inhabitants of Marinaleda in the 1980s (5).  The Netherlands, indicated with Germany as a model to follow and to which the rating agencies have awarded the "Triple A", they are also affected by a net increase in unemployment and a lingering recession (6). Like other EU countries, also suffer in full crisis of capitalism. The Dutch bourgeoisie takes advantage of this situation to cut public spending, especially in the field of Health and Education. He will take advantage also for "more flexible" a little 'more of the labor market to the benefit of the Dutch masters.  Those small differences of degree and not of substance that exist between the UMP and the PS, the two parties that alternate in power in France for decades to the detriment of those they call "small parties" will obviously not sufficient to reverse this trend bottom. On the contrary, this alternation, deeply fixed in the European Union, only worsens the economic and social situation of the workers. The French bourgeoisie, like all other European bourgeoisie, is determined to give a shot at all the social gains torn by struggles of later generations. Throughout the election campaign, the French ruling class has spread like a deadly poison, his speech and hateful fascistic and has created an atmosphere stuffy and detestable. France has never had an election campaign so poor and dangerous. In general terms, throughout the election campaign, has managed to hide in a relatively easy, thanks to its media, the real everyday problems of citizens (unemployment, job insecurity, health, education, housing, etc.).  Throughout Europe, with or without elections, to the east as in the west, is the same policy that always serves the same interests. Profit Maximization, whatever the price to pay for the people.  Corruption, financial scandals, business of all kinds are increasing at the same moment in which the bourgeoisie demands sacrifices from the popular classes more and more unbearable (7). Pensions rich, formidable protections, benefits, allowances, bonuses and other stock options are granted to executives of large companies cheerfully, even when they proceed to the dismissal of those who have produced these great riches, wage laborers.  To mask their own responsibility in the massive destruction of European economies and deflect the anger and struggle of the workers and employees in general from the real economic, social and political, the European bourgeoisie factory scapegoats. The Stranger, the Black, the Muslim, the Roma, the Stowaway etc.., The labor force which the bourgeoisie no longer need and that are presented to a population traumatized and impoverished by the various austerity plans as the real culprits of the misfortunes of 'Europe. The ruling class tries, with this stigma generalized to hide their economic and moral bankruptcy. Then mobilizes governments, media, justice, to hunt down these enemies who "steal" jobs from "real" Europeans and demean the "European civilization". Recall that it was in the name of that "civilization" that the European bourgeoisie, driven by the unbridled pursuit of profit, has invaded and colonized the whole world doing the worst massacres in history. The crimes of the middle class in Europe and in the world, often in the name of this so-called "civilization," are numerous and go beyond the scope of this article.  But despite all these troubles, the capital and the class that holds the bourgeoisie produces and prepares the same time the material conditions of social transformation and the overcoming of capitalism. Workers and employees in general have absolutely nothing to expect from this system that oppresses them. On the other hand, have everything to gain by fighting together for their emancipation. Recall that in this system the life of men in itself has no value!  The abolition of capitalism and the construction of socialism are the only perspective. Socialism, however, is not a dogma, a model, an ideal, but a movement that draws its strength in the economic, social and political created by capitalism itself. The current bourgeois society can not always mask the opposition between the phenomenal rise of science and technology that provides a powerful scientific production never equaled in the history and the distribution of wealth which remain concentrated in the hands of a minority: fabulous wealth for a small part of the population of the one part and sordid misery for the majority of the other!  The example of the material situation of the working classes, in comparison with that of the dominant minority in Greece, Spain, Portugal, and soon in Italy, in England, in France, not to mention the countries of Eastern Europe, is eloquent in this profile. The development of charitable organizations such as the Restos du Coeur in France or the distribution of hot meals by the municipalities and churches in Greece, the work of children who leave school to help their parents unemployed, are just some of the visible signs of this misery that spreads in Europe. Poverty in Europe is a reality that the propaganda of the ruling class is hard to hide.  But capitalism is not going away by itself. More sinks into crisis and become more dangerous. You can see it in Europe with the intrigues of financial capital that is an essential component of the system taken as a whole. It can be seen also in the Arab world, where imperialism tries to break up, directly or indirectly, the momentum and vitality of the revolutionary peoples. In Latin America, using all means at its disposal to destroy or block the original experiences of a number of countries trying to escape from capitalism to socialism go to: control of natural resources, nationalization of large sectors of the economy, more distribution fair share of the wealth, universal access to education and health, environmental protection, resistance to imperialism USA, etc.. etc..  The twilight of capitalism does not in itself mean the dawn of socialism    If some Latin American countries are seriously committed to advancing towards socialism of the XXI century Europe for its part sinks into the dark night of capitalism: the privatization of all sectors of economic activity, total enslavement to capital, growth neo-fascism, war, internal and external, absolute disregard for the lives of men, and so on. etc.. Unfortunately, the plan to move to a socialist society is a distant horizon for the progressive forces in Europe. Crushed by mass unemployment and the "war of all against all" in a globalized labor market now, the working class in Europe is hard to express the union leaders and politicians are able to effectively resist the onslaught of capitalism. The bourgeoisie draws its strength from the weakness of its class enemy.  However, here there is break out of the riots. I'm still timid, scattered, isolated from each other, ephemeral and without a truly socialist project. But the headlong rush of the bourgeoisie in the austerity policy further aggravates the material conditions of large sections of the population. The workers and all the victims of capitalism in Europe must prepare for new battles if you do not want to see worsen their conditions of existence. The progressive forces, first in each country, must broaden the mobilization that already exists and then extend it to the whole of Europe. The fight against aging capitalism should not just be a war of skirmishes against its effects. We must at the same time working on his disappearance and the construction of socialism.     Mohamed Belaali  (1) http://www.latribune.fr/actualites/economie/union-europeenne/20120302trib000685974/un-jeune-espagnol-sur-deux-au-chomage.html  (2) Le Monde of March 1, 2012, p. 2  (3) http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2012/03/11/galicia/1331473505.html (4) http://www.medelu.org/Tierra-y-libertad  (5) http://belaali.over-blog.com/article-a-village-Andalou-55816840.html  (6) Le Monde 4.5 in March 2012, p. 5.  (7) http://belaali.over-blog.com/article-qu-elle-est-jolie-the-republique-bourgeoise-53498647.html  See also the Eurobarometer survey from the European Commission:  http://ec.europa.eu/luxembourg/news/frontpage_news/12_2012_fr.htm