The socialist case is a clear one but its advancement is
held back by incorrect ideas constantly pumped at the workers through the media.
Socialism can only be brought about by the working class taking conscious and
political action to achieve it. As for reforming capitalism, the Socialist Party
recognises that any attempt to smooth the rough edges off capitalism will not
only fail in solving any basic social problem but will sidetrack the workers
from the real path for their emancipation—Socialism. As long as capitalism
lasts there will be a conflict of interests; in other words, war is caused by
capitalism and cannot be avoided under that social system. Socialism will
abolish war because it will bring a community of interests; it will be a
society without frontiers, without nations, without classes, without conflict.
Like it or not, we live in an inter-dependent world in which
we either all rise together or fall together. Blaming migrants for the problems
and crises produced by a global economy that is a tyrant rather than a servant
is no solution. To be a migrant is to be human, and to attack migrants is
inhuman.
Migrants are blamed for taking up places in housing and
schools, burdening the country's health and welfare system and weakening the
working class. Anti-migrant xenophobia has become a recognisable feature of
vote-catching politics in Britain and have shaped successive election
campaigns. One reason why myths hang around so long seems to be that we like
simple explanations – such as that immigrants are to blame for crumbling public
services – and are inclined to believe them. Scant attention is paid to how
policies of privatisation and austerity -- have led to a degradation of
standards of living life and a growth in inequality in the UK. Capitalism will
be replaced either by new visions of social progress or by a dystopia of racism
and authoritarianism.
The impacts of immigration have not been distributed evenly
in Britain. The rich have accrued the economic gains while the poor have faced
cut and austerity policies. The burdens on public services of an increasing
population have been over-stated but there are some neighbourhoods where
strains are real. So too in some sectors of the labour market wages have been
kept down through the exploitation of new workforces in Eastern Europe, whether
through immigration or capital flight. The problem is not immigration per se
but the way it becomes a focal point for deeper processes of dispossession. The
culprits are not refugees or Eastern European immigrants but the whims of
global capitalism. Scapegoating newcomers is particularly outrageous since
economic and trade policies have been a major contributor to their plight. The
fundamental problem then, as we see, is not migration but the misallocation and
misdistribution of wealth and resources, which is a non-negotiable condition of
capitalism. Stopping immigration by setting quotas and implementing ever more stringent
border controls and measures is futile. The only way to reduce it is to deal
with its underlying causes – namely inequality and poverty, stemming from
capitalism.
The party of socialism in this country is the Socialist
Party which makes socialism its one and only objective. The Socialist Party
understands that only a majority of class-conscious workers can build socialism.
It has made its task therefore the advancement of an unadulterated,
uncompromising socialist its object. We urge the workers of all countries to
organise as a class to gain control of the political machinery in order to
establish the socialist commonwealth, where shall arise happiness, comfort, and
luxury for all.
Speed the day!
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