Statement in Support of Just Housing.

Capitalism is not in crisis. It is the crisis. As long as the United States has existed, even before the Revolution, the ruling class has been pushing the narrative that the rich are wealthy by virtue of their own hard work, and that the poor are so because they are lazy. This is a lie and always has been. The rich get their money on the backs of the poor and working class.

The Industrial Workers of the World was founded to organize the workers, and the poor, to destroy capitalism.

As it says in the preamble to our constitution. “Between these two classes a struggle must go on until the workers of the world organize as a class, take possession of the means of production, abolish the wage system, and live in harmony with the earth.”

Here in Olympia this struggle is happening. You can easily see it in the streets. The business class and their lackeys in the city government want to sweep the houseless away. This is their solution to the “problem.” The business class’s problem is the people themselves.

Just Housing has been in this fight on the side of the poor for years now. We the Olympia Industrial Workers of the World wish to express our solidarity. We stand with Just Housing in their fight to help the houseless have more of the better things in life and not be pushed around by the cops and the hired security of the business class.

An injury to one, is an injury to all.