Letters of May 12

Police are bosses’ attack dogs
On May 25th, 2020, in Minneapolis, the world watched in horror as the terrorists known as the police did what they do best - murder. The focus was on the four individual officers who were involved in the murder of George Floyd - Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao.
The truth is the police, no matter the color of their skin, have the blood of the working class on their hands. They are all just attack dogs for the capitalist ruling class.
The creation of the police in the 1700s was to capture runaway slaves. Throughout their entire existence, the police have stood against the working class, violently opposing, suppressing, and controlling them. The terrorist police that have killed so many innocent people continue to roam free. 12-year-old Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray, Alex Flores, David Flores, Cesar Rodriguez, Breonna Taylor, and many more are all victims of the devils who protect and serve the capitalist system (see editorial, page 2).
Backed by the courts and billionaire corporations, the police have a solid history of walking free after cold blooded murder and not being held accountable. If charges are applied they don’t stay, if charges do stay they end up dismissed in court by a judge or a hung jury, and if the blood thirsty police are locked up they won’t do the full time.
There are only two classes that exist in the world today. There is the capitalist ruling class - those who own the means of production, the exploiters, bankers, top military brass, corporate CEO’s, like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and the Kochs. These crooks are protected by  the police who serve the capitalists and their property. And there is the working class - those who do not own the means of production, those who are exploited, make every single commodity in the world, and who are forced to fight in imperialist wars. Workers outnumber the capitalists 99 to one!
Under capitalism there is no justice for the working class. In the case of George Floyd the outcome will be the same even if the cops are locked up. We in the Progressive Labor Party say that true justice for the working class will only come from the overthrow of the capitalist system with communist revolution. The establishment of communism means a society with no profit, no exploitation, no social constructs like race, and racism, no sexism and the objectification of women, no homelessness or poverty, no private property, and of course no terrorists called the police. A worker-run society to benefit all! Join us!
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Author of Agent Sonya is anti-communist
Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre is reviewed in the March 17 issue of CHALLENGE. The review is highly favorable and describes the book's tale of the remarkable Ursula Kuczynski who was a master spy for the world communist movement and in particular for the Soviet Union from the 1930s until after WWII and a loyal communist until her death in the 1950s. She never lost her faith in communism and the future.
The reviewer does not comment that Macintyre is quite anti-communist and the reader is left with the impression that Sonya must have been a naïve "true believer." Obviously incredibly dedicated and incredibly smart, able to outwit the intelligence agencies of the U.S., UK, Japan, and Germany, she was anything but naïve.
The New York Times (an anticommunist mouthpiece itself) reviewer, Kati Marton, criticized  Macintyre for saying that Sonya served "one of history's great monsters and his heirs only in passing."
I think many CHALLENGE readers would find the author's views sufficiently troubling to stop reading. Nevertheless, if you can put aside these "passing" references in the book to the anti-Stalin, anti-Soviet paradigm, then you will enjoy the book and feel inspired by this heroic human being who was able to live a full life with a family and friends while doing everything she could to ensure a better future for workers everywhere.

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