EAL | Socialist Action 1983

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tion to support for links with United That opposition is of direct aid to those fighting imperialism throughout the world. The fact that the EEC put diplomatic sanctions against Libya, and France and Spain refused to allow US planes to overfly to attack it, aided action against Reagan's assault. The fact that the EEC, unlike the United States, has refused economic sanctions directly aids that country just as the west European trade with directly aids both it Nicaragua. 'When the enemy is divided we are strengthened' is an elementary Nicaragua, with its skillful use of between the 'Conradora' group of Latin American countries and the United States - and its playing off of western European trade versus US economic boycotts - has shown once more the practical importance of exploiting the conflicts between the capitalist states and their rul- against But in western Europe the most important conflict is not between the wes European ruling classes and the Unite States. The west European capitalist incapable of any the United States. The decisive conflict question is the conflict ot the west European work. ing class both with US imperialism and its own ruling classes. The decisive feature of the political situation is not contlicts the United States, but the rise of anti-imperialism among the working classes