To put it as plainly as possible, if the proponents of the U.S. settler-colonialism theory are correct, then there is no basis whatsoever upon which to build a multinational working class communist party in this country. Indeed, such a view sees the “settler working class” as instruments of colonialism, hostile to the interests of the colonized people, rather than viewing all working and oppressed people as natural allies in the struggle against imperialism, our mutual oppressor.
A shame, a sad sad shame. For anyone that’s read settlers, or knows about the history of labor zionism, or prioritizes any kind of indigenous voice in their praxis, this is really bad. No peace for settlers! Settlers cannot lead the revolution! I hope we see an end to any respect given to this “settler colonialism is over” politic soon.
But how is the ideology prerequisite to taking those actions going to form if all white workers are principally settlers? The point in the FRSO article isn’t that racism doesn’t exist or that racially/nationally oppressed people aren’t exploited at a higher rate. It’s that settler-colonialism is a specific stage of development where the dominant force in the economy is the primitive accumulation of indigenous wealth. Whereas now the “USA” is mainly an imperial power characterized by the export of capital. Calling the main economic paradigm of the “US” settler-colonialism is not an accurate or useful characterization.