Global May Day Call to Action

“Our victorious rallying cry
Shall be we want the earth!” 
– James Connolly, We Only Want the Earth (1907)

Global May Day || Around the world capitalism continues its unmitigated decline. And around the world authoritarianism yet again rears its head. From crackdowns on Anti-Fascists, to the brutal wars against comrades in Rojava and Myanmar as well as the recent attacks on Gen Z in Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Nepal and Togo. It seems that the forces of reaction are trying everything in their power to crush the hope for a better, equal and free world. The uprising in Bangladesh in July 2024 can be critically described as a moment of mass struggle in which the working class made the greatest sacrifices. Yet its aftermath reveals a contradictory reality: the rise of Islamic fanatics and the continued presence of imperialist forces that have continued to suppress and kill workers even after the uprising. This development underlines the need for workers to always stay critical of authoritarian developments and keep getting organised.

Authoritarianism does not just entail state violence and militarism, but also includes “ideologies of inequality” such as racism, sexism, transphobia, nationalism, classism and chauvinism. It is a social, cultural, political and economic phenomenon, which we resist together. 

We observe how the introduction of so called labour codes across South Asia, prioritises economic liberalisation and investments over workers’ rights, and therefore manifests exploitative relationships. We observe an increasing militarisation of conflicts worldwide. Governments everywhere are boosting military spending at the expense of social security. Each war declared by nation states and their proxies is an attack on the working class. After all it is people of the working class who are traumatised and killed in the fields for geo-strategic, imperialist and capitalist interests. Our hearts hurt seeing the continuous suffering and killings in regions such as Congo (DRC), Gaza, Myanmar, Rojava, Sudan, Tigray and Ukraine.

However, we are not victims. Our ideas cannot be easily extinguished. May Day is our opportunity to learn to stand together worldwide and strike back against empire and capital.

International Workers Day is our day. It is our day to remind the ruling class and the thugs that protect them that they are outnumbered and will leave the stage of history, one way or another. It is our day to remind ourselves that we, the workers of the world, hold the power and will inherit the earth. One day soon, the centuries long class war will end and the united workers of the world shall be victorious.

This May Day we put a special focus on the struggle of workers on tea plantations in Bangladesh. For generations, they have endured systemic discrimination and exploitation. To fight for better conditions and perspectively the emancipation of capitalist exploitation, workers organised the 1st National Conference of the Tea Workers’ Trade Union Center (TWTUC) in Sreemangal last year. We will connect our May Day actions by displaying common symbols and highlighting the struggle of tea workers for a life in dignity!

From continent to continent, working people face similar patterns of exploitation, marginalisation, and repression. Our struggle, therefore, is not confined within national borders — it is part of the broader fight for international working-class unity and a life in dignity for all. We are convinced that the liberation of the working class cannot happen in isolation. True freedom is only possible through the unity and solidarity of all oppressed, exploited, and struggling workers across the globe.

Every day shall be a May Day. Through organising our workplaces, building connections with our comrades around the world and through striking blows against empire and capital at every opportunity.

Workers of the world unite! 
Let there be no war between nations and no peace between classes!

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