{"id":22419,"date":"2018-10-30T15:09:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T19:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=22419"},"modified":"2018-10-30T15:09:35","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T19:09:35","slug":"statement-of-the-american-party-of-labor-on-the-philadelphia-synagogue-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2018\/10\/statement-of-the-american-party-of-labor-on-the-philadelphia-synagogue-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement of the American Party of Labor on the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenixnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/synagogue-shooting-j.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22420\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenixnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/synagogue-shooting-j.jpg?resize=887%2C665&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"887\" height=\"665\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>\u201cNational and racial chauvinism is a vestige of the misanthropic customs characteristic of the period of cannibalism. Antisemitism, as an extreme form of racial chauvinism, is the most dangerous vestige of cannibalism.\u00a0 Antisemitism is of advantage to the exploiters as a lightning conductor that deflects the blows aimed by the working people at capitalism. Antisemitism is dangerous for the working people as being a false path that leads them off the right road and lands them in the jungle. Hence Communists, as consistent internationalists, cannot but be irreconcilable, sworn enemies of antisemitism.\u00a0\u00a0In the U.S.S.R. antisemitism is punishable with the utmost severity of the law as a phenomenon deeply hostile to the Soviet system. Under U.S.S.R. law active antisemites are liable to the death penalty.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>\u00a0&#8212; J. Stalin (1931).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">The American Party of Labor, emphatically and in the strongest possible terms, condemns the fascist\/antisemitic attack that claimed the lives of eleven worshipers at the Tree of Life \u2013 Or L&#8217;Simcha Congregation synagogue in Pittsburgh on October 27<sup>el<\/sup>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">The responsibility for this attack, the latest in an increasing number of similar murderous outrages against Jews, African-Americans, Muslims, LGBTQ+ people, and other marginalized and oppressed peoples lies squarely with the Donald Trump administration, which has, in word and deed encouraged neo-Nazi and white supremacist violence in this country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">The American Party of Labor demands justice for the victims.\u00a0 We demand that the perpetrator, known neo-Nazi Robert Bowers be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law; and, if found guilty, sentenced to the severest possible punishment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">To fascists, racists, and antisemites we say:\u00a0 Take heed.\u00a0 The popular fury, once unleashed cannot and will not be restrained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">To the victims of racist and fascist violence we say:\u00a0 Take heart.\u00a0 The people\u2019s victory will be your vengeance.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNational and racial chauvinism is a vestige of the misanthropic customs characteristic of the period of cannibalism. 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