Today is the Asian American National Virtual Day of Action and Healing and Saturday, the 27th, is a national day of action against anti-Asian violence and China-bashing, with events planned in Asheville, Sylva, Columbia, Greenville (SC), Atlanta, DC, and further away: www.codepink.org/03272021 and www.answercoalition.org/stop_anti_asian_racism_now_end_white_supremacy_misogyny_and_militarism
There will also be actions this weekend against US role in Haiti: popularresistance.org/national-weekend-of-action-us-out-of-haiti/ Events are planned in Charlotte, DC, Miami, New York, Boston, Chicago, and elsewhere.
This March 20th UNAC statement was originally posted at: nepajac.org/usmilitarychina.htm
United National Anti-War Coalition - Statement on U.S. Aggression Towards China
The Biden administration is intensifying aggression against China. The Pentagon has published a Pacific Deterrence Initiative, which includes increasing the US military’s encirclement of China and using missiles that had previously been banned by the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Additionally, the Pentagon is calling for its annual Pacific budget to be doubled over last year’s budget.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, in their recent visit to Japan, threatened to ‘push back” against “aggression” on the part of China, but it is the US that has been aggressive towards China and not the other way around. The US has had its “Pivot to Asia” in effect since the Obama administration with the presence of ships and a massive military force throughout the region. China has not reciprocated with either ships in the Gulf of Mexico or military forces around the US borders. The US has continually imposed sanctions against China, to which China often responds, but it has not initiated such economic warfare against the US. The US has an aggressive propaganda campaign aimed at China. The US claims to be opposing unproven oppression of the Uyghur Muslim minority in China, but it is the US that has oppressed Muslims by imposing a Muslim ban on travel to the US and conducting its so called “War on Terror” against Muslim countries, killing millions. The US has attacked and entrapped Muslims in the US setting them up with false charges and keeping them in harsh, mostly Muslim prisons, known as Communication Management Units (CMUs). The US attacks China while its “friends,” such as to brutal rulers of Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, Haiti, Israel and many others are spared any criticism since they support US imperial policies around the world.
Recently, the US Indo-Pacific Commander, Adm. Philip Davidson told a Senate Armed Services Committee that China is the only country with the economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power to challenge the United States. He said, “I think the threat is manifest during this decade, in fact, in the next six years.” He further said, “We absolutely must be prepared to fight, and win should competition turn to conflict.” This is a threat of nuclear war. To make this fact clear, the US and its junior partner Britain are increasing their nuclear capability and Biden is continuing with Trump’s Space force, which threatens to start a new arms race in space.
Adm. Philip Davidson touched on the real issue when he pointed to China’s ability to challenge the US economically, diplomatically, militarily, and technologically. This is the real threat from China to US imperialism. China has surpassed the US economically and technologically. It now has international relationships with countries around the world, many of which have been ravaged by US imperialism. The US fears that [China] may threaten US imperialist power. This is what is driving the US aggression towards China, not any support of democracy or human rights.
This past year, of the COVID-19 crisis has been used to accelerated US aggression towards China. China was able to employ decisive measures to contain and defeat the virus in its own country and return to economic growth. It has sent its vaccines to poorer countries along with other medical aid. On the other hand, the US’ for-profit health care system has failed to contain the virus. The US has witnessed more deaths and infections than any other country and its economy has not recovered. During the pandemic, the US has increased sanctions on countries that don’t follow the dictates of Washington and Wall Street. These have included sanctions on medicine and medical equipment. These facts have not been lost on the people of the world or the people in the US.
Biden’s policies are escalating a new cold war with China. Instead, we need to battle climate change, provide healthcare and end racism.
We demand:
End US aggression towards China!
No to a new cold war!
No militarization of space!
Ban all nuclear weapons starting with those of the US!
Money for Jobs and Healthcare, not war!
End racist anti-Asian slander and attacks!
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