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On Imperialism and Refugees
http://www.icl-fi.org/english/wv/1074/refugees-ltr.htmlDate Written: 2015-09-18 Publisher: Worrkers Vanguard Year Published: 2015 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX17903 The call to "open the borders" and its variants are hopelessly utopian. The modern nation-state arose as a vehicle for the development of capitalism and will remain the basis for the organization of the capitalist economy until the world capitalist order is shattered through a series of workers revolutions. Policing its borders is vital to the very existence of the capitalist state power. Moreover, "open the borders" can have a reactionary content, from advancing imperialist economic penetration of dependent countries to obliterating the right to national self-determination. Subject Headings |