Juan Rafael Emmanuel Losanez | Patriotic Workers Movement (KMM-Youth, the Philippines)
Dear Comrade,
I am extending for and on behalf of young Filipino trade unionist, its mother federation the Patriotic Workers Movement (KMM) our sincere and comradely greeting to delegates, members and guest on this historic occasion.
Also, we wish to extend our gratitude and thank the convenors of this global events of which their momentous work has led to our assembly to today. It is monumental for our topic is our future, the future of mankind, the future of civilization, our right and privileged, our happiness and enjoyment endow to us by forefather and mankind. It is a gathering of the future, their happiness and enjoyment which will suddenly be taken away from us, because of greed, selfishness of the imperialist parasite.
Dear Comrade,
We have selected the sub-topic “World War 3, anti-imperialist war, ‘Cold War’ and ‘New Cold War’” for we are geographically and political located in the part of the world which there is an progressing Cold War tension and Cold War creeping slowly towards Third World War. The doctrine of Asian War was several years ago formulated by the great saintly leader of United States to stave the growing economic and industrial growth of China, to prevent the economic growth, to control market and influence and ultimately at the end, to prevent their imperial collapse. This hegemonic doctrine was formulated after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the positive growth of China. It was initially utilized to exploit China vast manpower resource and raw export materials. Bringing the war doctrine of divide and conquer, unfortunately it failed, China grows not simply as manufacturing slave for the global capitalist market, it grows industrially, scientifically and patriotically. Eventually, during past several years, it grows to challenge and rival their hegemony on global trade, in commerce, finance, in the field science and technology, unprecedented and unchallenged. Their decade old nightmare of awakened giant is now a reality. Reality that should be checked, reality that should be contained, reality that ultimately should be destroy. Reality that should be annihilated for it will be torn to their imperial hegemony. Reality that they cannot ignore but hard for them to confront neither to live with. This is the imperialist dilemma in Asia as it is for the old European imperialist. Imperialist hegemony is worldwide collapsing, from it’s perimeter to the center, from the heart of the colonialist state to it’s neo-colony and other subservient and client state. They want to regain, but unfortunately for their, they do not posses the capacity and the capability to do it themselves as they want to further exact from client state. Imperialism today wants to wage a war, but they cannot wage it by themselves. They need proxy warrior to do the dirty and bloody work for them. This what happened in Ukraine, the same they want it done in Asia. Imbibing the Cold War environment of projecting their rival as the global bully that should be resisted, China in Asia and Russia in Europe. Client proxy nations are force to arms, slash their much-needed budget for social, education, food sovereignty budget for arm purchase. Client and proxy state are forced to increase taxes, thus inflating their household necessary daily expenses, thereby in absence of the above increase their debts.
This is how the Cold War imperialist policy is reflected in our economy. Currently our government total domestic and foreign loans is about 16.75 trillion pesos translated to the dollar which is our foreign exchange currency it is about 111.3 billion. It is about 62% of our Gross Domestic Products. As our debt is growing at an average of 7.5% annually, much higher than our annual average gross domestic product which has 5% annual growth. Ironic, that categorized as poor and deeply indebted country, yet we annually increase our defense spending 2-3% much higher than our annual gross domestic product. We borrow much not for the growth and development of our domestic economy but to purchase arms and enhance our defense capability to meet the demand of our defense against our projected enemy which is not our enemy but rivals of our foreign master. Annually we host military exercises to deter our perceived foreign aggressor.
We prepare our military bases and warehouses to secure and keep arms of our imperialist master. Arms which are even known to our arm forces, kept enhancing the arm supply of our imperialist master defense capability against their rival. We are increasing the number of these bases and stretch it to cover the immediate defense perimeter in Asia and in the Pacific. For what? To secure imperialist defense perimeter and enhance our country capacity to absorb the punches of war and battle which strategically USA is proposing to be battleground and defense line in case of hostility against their perceived rivals.
This was being a cold warrior in the Cold War period. It’s a war of the proxy warrior, against his own people, against the welfare and interest of his country. Besides being a state that is always rocked by tension and political strife and struggle against the political interest of the imperialist master. Worldwide experience has taught as the two basic lesson of the Cold War. First it is a war within itself for the proxy warrior for it will siphon and divert the resources of your country which is intended for social, educational, developmental and health to your defense and military spending. Second you create a perceived enemy country to justify your military and armaments expenses which are usually your neighbor country thereby causing much tension, anxiety and insecurity plus prolong tension and hostility against your neighbor which is not your enemy but a rival of your master state. This is what we are experiencing today against China, against Korea and even against Russia. As client state we beg arms, usually obsolete ship, outmoded weaponry, loan money to buy our much needed armaments and forever grateful to our imperialist masters for they guarding us, for supporting our puppets adventure. It is very clear that NATO provocation to Russia instead of finding a solution to the problem and act as a mediator only exacerbate the situation in Europe that threaten the very existence all in Europe.
As the threat of world war III now looms everywhere it is but imperative that the youth must rise and let its voices be heard in our respective countries, as we expose and oppose these imperialist grand scheme that only a hand full benefit a call for united campaign and cooperation by the youth in all sector must be strengthened both in local and international.
No to Imperialist Wars!
No to War! Yes to Peace!
We want progress! And Development!
Thank you.
