It is often claimed that in the last decade, national boundaries have lost their importance. For Capital, globalism is a reality. Globalism on the other hand, had the opposite effect on the working class. For the working people of the world, globalism has meant more segregation and division, not less. In order for Capital's global frenetic search for ever cheaper, ever less organised workers to succeed, it is imperative for workers in each country to be separated from their class-comrades in other countries.
Capital is at once uniting and dividing the workers of the world.
The railroad workers in France marching in Paris are united with the indigenous peasants in the mountains of Chiapas. The Aborigines storming the parliament in Australia are united with the Liverpool Dockers on strike. As the working class of the world, we are fighting against the same enemy, yet each of us are in a different corner. It is in capitalism's interest to keep us separate, divided and cornered, hence conquered. The only way to fight back is by uniting around the one and the same struggle.