MIM Notes 187 June 1 1999

World War?
Not just MIM thinks so

by MC5

Majorities of the United $tates, Russia, 
Slovakia, the Ukraine and Poland now believe 
that world war is likely in the next ten years. 
The percentage of those believing "very likely" 
is highest in the United $tates and exceeds 20%. 
Overall, Russian and U.$. opinion are 
quantitatively similar.

Imperialist countries with at least 30% of its 
citizens believing world war "very likely" or 
"quite likely" in the next 10 years include 
Germany, France, Italy, Britain and Canada.

MIM believes World War III has been going on for 
some time. The imperialist countries have waged 
war against oppressed nation peoples even after 
World War II ended.

Nonetheless, in this context, the meaning is 
that people expect another war amongst "Great 
Powers." Of course, such a war could easily mean 
the end of the species. Mostly, we must take all 
the talk of world war as a bad sign.

The silver lining is that where war is 
thinkable, revolution must also be possible. 
They may not admit it yet, but if the peoples of 
the imperialist countries are thinking war is 
likely, they must also admit that revolution is 
possible.

When it comes to world war of this intra-
European variety, two strikes should have been 
out. The people should not tolerate this third 
one the imperialists are bringing. The peoples 
of the imperialist countries are guilty of being 
too generous to the ruling class in letting it 
risk everyone's lives. The people must now 
buckle down and pay the whole price for a real 
solution to the problems of war--communism. We 
need predictable stability and harmony, not 
predictable world wars three times every hundred 
years.

Note: The Economist 24 April 1999, pp. 50.