Pole of Communist Revival in France (PRCF)
Dear comrades,
Thank you very much for the invitation and for organizing this gathering at a time when US imperialism and its allies are once again marching toward a world war—a war that could annihilate all life on Earth.
According to US officer Conrad Crane, 73 years ago, the US Air Force “wreaked terrible destruction across North Korea. An assessment of bombing damage at the time of the armistice revealed that of the country’s 22 major cities, 18 had been at least half-destroyed.” For his part, Air Force General Curtis LeMay declared: “We burned down every city in North Korea and South Korea alike.”
Yet this destructive rage, characteristic of the United States, was not enough for the infamous General MacArthur, commander-in-chief of imperialist troops during the conflict. In a text published after his death, he boasted of having devised a plan to win the war in ten days: “I would have dropped about thirty atomic bombs, going all out along the border with Manchuria.” His successor during the war, General Ridgway, went even further, calling for 38 atomic bombs.
Fortunately, the politicians leading the United States at the time refused, as they fully understood that the consequences of such a nuclear attack were incalculable. However, it is deeply alarming that exterminationists like MacArthur and Ridgway could have held such positions of responsibility within the military establishment.
Furthermore, what can be said of today’s US political leaders? Trump is a crude brute, notoriously suffering from dementia. His Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth—who has proclaimed himself “Minister of War”—is an evangelical fanatic obsessed with hyper-masculinity. Since the election of Trump II, these figures have ramped up threats, provocations, and illegal operations: annexationist claims regarding Canada and Greenland, the abduction of Venezuelan President Maduro, an energy stranglehold and threats of military intervention against Cuba, total support for the Zionist genocide in Palestine, and—of course—the assassinations of Iranian leaders, followed by massive bombing campaigns against Iran.
The war on Iran itself paves the way for war against China by seeking to weaken it economically. And naturally, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea remains a target for the United States. Back in 2017 at the UN, Trump threatened to “totally destroy North Korea,” just as he now boasts of wanting to “send Iran back to the Stone Age.” Nine years later, it is clear that if the Taiwan issue were to escalate into a major conflict, Korea would not be spared.
Many believe that imperialism would never dare trigger a nuclear war. At the PRCF, however, we believe that imperialism has entered an “exterminist” phase: it would prefer the end of humanity to its own definitive defeat.
That is why resisting the demonization of the DPRK, China, Russia (against whom the United States is sending its Ukrainian proxies, and has prevailed upon its European Union lackeys to prepare for a “high-intensity conflict” to destroy it), Iran, the Palestinians, and socialist Cuba is not merely a fight for peace: it is a fight for life on Earth!
Imperialism is in deep trouble. Ukraine’s entry into NATO is blocked. Iran is holding firm. China is standing up to Uncle Sam. The DPRK has yielded nothing. The Palestinian people remain standing amidst the ruins, and anger against Netanyahu is mounting in Israel. The Cuban Revolution endures despite the terrible conditions imposed upon it. All these confrontations are linked: if imperialism prevails on one front, conditions will worsen for all those resisting it elsewhere.
That is why we say: Cuba, Gaza—one struggle! From the Donbas to Beijing, from Tehran to Pyongyang: internationalist class solidarity against exterminist imperialism!
