FIGHT FOR COMMUNISM!
International Communist Workers Party
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SOUTH AFRICA--In August of 2012, thousands of platinum miners in the Marikana area went on a wildcat strike. The miners defied the leadership of National Union of Miners, the security of Lonmin (Owners of the mine) and South African police. In fiercely violent clashes the South African police gunned down 41 miners and seriously injured 87 others. Millions of workers around the world were inspired by the miners arming themselves to take on the entire capitalist class backed by ruthless police. To pacify the working class, the government announced a commission of inquiry to punish the guilty in the massacre.
As we predicted earlier, it was just announced that the suspended national police commissioner, Riah Piyega will soon be criminally charged for her role in the killings of the Marikana mineworkers on 16 August 2012. She will be charged together with other two provincial commissioners. They are being sacrificed to cover up and protect the real killers: the capitalist class represented by those higher up in the political hierarchy of ANC.
These trade union misleaders continue to push workers down the precipice. The state president has signed into law the new retirement fund act, which prohibits anyone who goes into retirement from getting a lump sum. These misleaders have been found wanting. All the president of Cosatu could say was that they were wrong in backing Zuma for presidency.
These misleaders are deeply entrenched with the bourgeois nationalist ANC, which represents the interests of the bosses. When workers form alliances with the capitalists, the capitalists always win. History is littered with these betrayals which have resulted in the horrific killings of workers in countries like China in its 1925-27 aborted revolution. In Chile in 1973, Augusto Pinochet led a military coup that overthrew the coalition government of Salvador Allende which resulted in the deaths of thousands of workers.
All Workers Need Communism
Only a thoroughgoing communist revolution will avenge the barbaric murder of the Marikana miners and create a society based on the needs of the international working class. We will create safe working conditions, and the difficult tasks will be shared.
By ideologically fighting against racism, the barbaric dormitories where the miners live separated from their families will be a thing of the past. Since the society will be run without money and based on need, everyone will be encouraged to contribute to the society in any way they can. Nobody will be left to die a miserable death when they can no longer work.
But to achieve this communist society we have to ideologically win the industrial working class to the idea of organizing political strikes. Our strikes will be for communism and state power, not for the crumbs the bosses and their sell out unions throw at us. We are vigorously building our party in and around the industrial areas. We have identified two areas where we distribute about 400 Red Flag newspapers. Workers eagerly take our literature. We are training young comrades to be part of this distribution. With more resources we can easily expand our distribution to 1000 or more. We will consolidate our forces on May 1 under our banner of communist revolution worldwide.
It is encouraging to see vibrant young lions joining our party ICWP from all over the world. We are the future!!!!