Outrage is growing across the country over the February 26 killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida. Throughout American history, the capitalists have kept control by dividing the common people along lines of color and nationality and pitting people against each other.
Trayvon Martin’s murder must be seen in this context and in the context of the growth of fascism. As economic crisis and poverty sweeps the globe, the rulers are turning to fascism to contain the growing movement for a just society and to try to save the dying capitalist system.
To accomplish this, they are introducing fascist ideas. The brutal murder of Trayvon Martin is therefore connected to two people killed on April 8 when an unknown number of subjects in camouflage clothing armed with rifles ambushed a truck carrying 20 to 30 undocumented immigrants near the southern Arizona town of Eloy”. This attack is connected to the murder of a mother of five in California who was beaten to death because she was Iraqi. This attack is connected to the ruthless murder of Afghan women and children and others at the hands of the US armed forces.
The point is that a global fascist culture is being created that says, “If you don’t like someone, kill them—and you’ll get away with it.” This is the face of fascism. We have to fight it wherever it rears its ugly head. Every one of these murderers must be brought to justice. The future of humanity is at stake.
