At a time when global military spending has surged to $2.7 trillion—with the US alone spending nearly $1 trillion—it is urgently necessary to build an international socialist movement against imperialist war.
The surge in military spending has been relentless over the past decade, rising by over $1 trillion, from the $1.67 trillion total in 2015. But this is only a down payment.
US President Donald Trump's 2026 budget proposal released Friday calls for a 13 percent increase for the Pentagon, to $1.01 trillion. To help fund this gargantuan sum, Trump plans to slash the education budget by 12 percent and impose massive cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with other critical social programs.
The massive increase in militarism worldwide signals a dangerous escalation toward global conflict. From the US-led NATO war against Russia in Ukraine to the intensifying genocide in Gaza and preparations for war with China, the imperialist powers are marching towards catastrophe.
The financial oligarchies that dominate official political life in every imperialist country intend to impose the burden of militarism and war on the backs of the working class. This process will sharply exacerbate class conflict.
The international working class is the social force capable of halting the ruling elites' revival of imperialist world war and dictatorship. It is already engaged in major class battles, as shown by the burgeoning opposition to Trump and an upsurge in strikes across Europe and North America.
The decisive task is to arm workers in struggle with the necessary socialist and internationalist program.
The International May Day Online Rally today will present such a program, to mobilize the working class to put and end to war, dictatorship, and the capitalist profit system at their root.
Watch the May Day rally at 3 p.m. EDT today and help build this movement!
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