FIGHT FOR COMMUNISM!
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FIGHT FOR COMMUNISM! |
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LOS ANGELES—The political development of the communist collective in the bus repair shop where I work has advanced. Members of ICWP, readers of Red Flag, and friends participate in this collective. We distribute an average of 50 papers every edition within the shop.
The level of communist political organizing is uneven, both in word and deed. Some want to discuss the ideas more, but they are short on action. Others are more willing to take action than to discuss political ideas.
In the shop there are discussions about whether it is possible to achieve a communist society. Some say it is a brilliant idea, others are not sure, and some say it’s a crazy idea. However, communist principles are developing and several of these workers have become members of the Party. Others are willing to distribute the newspaper internally and give some to their friends, and there are those who only receive the paper and donate money for it.
In a recent situation, the struggle with a worker reached unbearable limits. In the past, we had helped get his job back after the company had fired him and we had struggled politically for years against his individualism, sexism, and, to some extent, his anti-worker attitude. The collective met and gave him his last opportunity to change. All of us expressed willingness to help him and give him our friendship if he promised to respect the collective and the rest of the workers.
He reluctantly agreed, but his promise didn’t last long and again he turned his back on the collective. However, there were co-workers who said that we should be more tolerant of him because he has psychological problems. Maybe it’s true. But when a struggle has been made and there is no progress, nor solution, there must be a limit, especially if it is to avoid future problems that can be more damaging for the political development of the collective and the rest of the workers. Unfortunately, due to his attitudes, both anti-worker and anti-company, this co-worker is in the process of relocation to another shop.
The importance of all this is how the collective responded against the individualism that was shown, not only in this incident, but in others that will be disappearing in the process of communist political struggle. We may not be recruiting as many as we would like but we are planting the seeds to harvest seasoned communists in the future. As the farmworkers say, if you want to reap, you have to sow the seeds.
The main task now is to mobilize this collective and its base for the coming Communist May Day activities. Each member, reader or friend of ICWP must spread communist ideas, either orally, or through leaflets, the newspaper, pamphlets, videos, etc. All our commitment must be directed to the communist development of those around us in the factories, shops, army, schools, fields, churches, etc.
After a thousand battles, when we are already living in communism, when the working class controls the means of production, money no longer exists, there are no privileges, and the distribution of production is equitable, we will still need a collective and a Red Army to pursue and wipe out the last pockets of counterrevolutionary ideas and forces.