Response to Biden’s address: Socialist presidential ticket calls for money for the people – not genocide against Palestinians or World War Three
Claudia De la Cruz and Karina Garcia, presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, speak out against Biden’s plans to spend $100 billion for a proxy war against Russia, preparation for war with China, and the unfolding genocide against Palestinians
Claudia De la Cruz, presidential candidate of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, blasted Biden’s oval office address last night as a “pathetic attempt to rally people behind endless war for empire.” She said that, “It is sickening that Biden wants to pour $100 billion of additional money into the war machine when people are going hungry, can’t afford rent, can’t afford childcare, and are living on the brink of environmental catastrophe. Working people have no interest in a war with Russia over Ukraine or China over Taiwan – only the military contractors and the Wall Street banks would benefit. The genocidal attack on Gaza should not be funded by our tax dollars – all aid to Israel must stop immediately.”
De la Cruz’s running mate Karina Garcia condemned the anti-Palestinian rhetoric in Biden’s speech, “Biden echoed some of the most outrageous anti-Palestinian talking points, referring to the notion that Palestinian resistance fighters use the population of Gaza as ‘human shields’ and stating as a definite fact the Israeli claim that they were not responsible for the horrific hospital bombing that killed over 500 people. These lies are designed to excuse Israeli war crimes, and give Israel cover to commit more atrocities in the future.”
Claudia De la Cruz rejected the whole imperial premise behind the speech, “Biden said in his address that ‘American leadership is what holds the world together’. By that he means that American banks and corporations should dominate the entire planet. But the interests of poor and working people are not the same. We should unite with people all around the world in opposition to U.S. empire!”