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(Contains altered and unaltered excerpts from the WSWS's latest perspective article: Here)

In a blatant move of provocation for war, U.S. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, will travel to Taiwan tomorrow, accompanied by a US aircraft carrier, a destroyer, a cruiser and dozens of F-35 aircraft. This is the first time a real high-ranking US official has visited the island in violation of the One-China policy clearly lined out by the mainland. China has declared it will not let the People's Liberation Army simply stand there and will act to protect what it believes is its rightful territory, America also stating any Chinese military action would be repelled.

Only one thing needs to go wrong tomorrow for this to explode into a nuclear war between America and China, dragging in the world likely within hours. Russian President Valdimir Putin stated one of the few things recently that so happens to be true: No one wins in a Nuclear War.

The claim that the White House cannot stop Pelosi from traveling to Taiwan is a lie. Pelosi will be traveling on a military aircraft and will likely be escorted by fighter jets. As “commander-in-chief,” it is entirely within Biden’s capability to withhold these military assets.

Clearly, the United States Government wants to provoke some sort of military conflict with China. If it did not, it would not allow the risk of Pelosi’s trip.

The American Bourgeoisie sees no other way of maintaining its global hegemony except through confrontation with China. From the standpoint of US military strategists, a war with China is not a matter of if but of when.

Beyond geopolitical considerations, the recklessness of American imperialism is driven by domestic factors. The deeper the economic and social crisis in the US, the more it is inclined to escalate international conflicts to the point of war.

A key consideration for the Biden administration is to retain the support of the fascist-led Republican Party, under conditions where the White House fears a mass of Proletariat opposition. Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio made clear that he would unequivocally back the Biden administration in its conflict with China, declaring, “We may have deep domestic political differences … but we will respond with unbreakable unity if threatened from abroad.”

The continuous efforts by the United States to escalate its conflicts with Russia and China, day after day, month after month and year after year make clear that the US ruling class is deliberately seeking to fan the flames of war.

Working people all over the world must oppose the reckless military provocation of American capitalism. A war against the masses of China would be at one and the same time a war against the working class of America, whose only beneficiaries would be the American financial oligarchy.

As workers enter into struggle in the United States and all over the world, they must inscribe on their banners the struggle against war.