Indeed, one British working-class soldier – taken as a POW – chose to go and live in China. He lived in a Chinese village, married a Chinese woman, and returned with his family to the UK in 1965 (many American POWs chose to live in North Korea – and still do). France, a major pre-war and post-war imperialist power – reddened its hands in Vietnam between 1945-1954. Churchill ordered the British Army to take the Surrender of the Imperial Japanese Army in Vietnam on behalf of the UK’s ally – Ho Chi Minh – then immediately re-armed the Imperial Japanese and ordered the British Army to join this fascist force in suppressing the Viet Minh. The French eventually took-over this fight – losing at Bien Dien Phu – which led to the US entering the war. All this Western (and US) military aggression was designed in-part to prevent the masses receiving “free healthcare” at the point of use. Many of the rich Americans who retire to France to receive “free healthcare” in their old-age – have spent a life-time voting in rightwing governments in the US that bomb and destroy any and all attempted Socialist regimes. This being the case, why should these people benefit in anyway from the Socialist principle of “Universal Healthcare”?
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 