FIGHT FOR COMMUNISM!
International Communist Workers Party
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EL SALVADOR—On International Workers’ Day we commemorate the martyrs of Chicago who protested in 1886 against their unhealthy working conditions. They fought to reduce the work day to 8 hours when the norm was to work more than 12 hours. This provoked a massive strike by factory workers in the US, showing the workers’ power. The leaders were later convicted and massacred. Today worldwide the working class mobilizes because capitalist working conditions have not significantly improved.
The International Communist Workers’ Party (ICWP) mobilizes for communism because only communism can meet workers’ needs.
Most of the workers in textile factories and other industries here are women. We know about the struggles of women workers to change their super-exploitation and discrimination, but they have not been sufficient. The women workers of the maquilas, teachers, farmworkers, students who are organized in the ICWP have understood that fighting for communism means eradicating the sexism that has limited women at work, in politics, economics and personally.
This May Day we prepare with chants and the distribution of our newspaper Red Flag so that more workers, especially women, will know the party and join in this great struggle that will benefit both men and women. We need to put an end to the bosses’ insults, their punishments, their ridiculous prizes to increase production and to unhealthy working conditions.
Historically the participation of women has been necessary, and every battle that has occurred in the revolutionary process has motivated more workers to join in the struggle for a system that will meet humanity’s needs—Communism. The unity of the workers from Bangladesh to El Salvador ensures the road to revolution.
Capitalism has divided the working class in different ways. Nationalism, racism and sexism are tools to break workers’ morale. In ICWP we are conscious of the need to restore the dignity of women as a form of reparations for decades of humiliation, violence, and disrespect they have suffered.
In 2015, in El Salvador, 575 women were killed. 65% of the women and girls killed are between 10 and 39 years old. In the same year, 1728 complaints were made for sexual offenses. Women workers are doubly exploited and repressed for being a woman and for being part of the working class.
The context is that the crisis of capitalism continues having a negative impact on the working class and especially on women. The rulers of some countries have signed agreements, creating laws and institutions that consider the rights of women. This has not solved anything and gender equality is not reflected in practice.
This is how capitalism works. It is a way to divide the workers and teach the relations of power, from the family to the schools. We do not fight for rights, we fight for communism.
As the International Communist Workers’ Party we call on women workers to organize to Mobilize the Masses for Communism. Ours is a class struggle.
In Communism the working class will collectively lead the society, ending personal wealth which is the product of exploitation. Men and women will produce according to what is needed. Women will have the same opportunities as men, engaging in all kind of activities: scientific and political, among others.
Children will be educated using the principle of collectivity. The household chores will be the responsibility of all. There will be respect for people; we will live cooperatively without violence. There will be an end to harmful prejudices and beliefs that are culturally transmitted from generation to generation. This process will not be easy but the dedication and commitment of comrades organized in ICWP will bear fruit. We will be free men and women.
Our goal is to mobilize the masses for communism. The women who are maquila workers, teachers, farmworkers, and students organized in ICWP are planning well in advance to participate in the May Day march. Men and women comrades who live far away will share food and a place to sleep with other comrades so they can arrive in time to board the transportation that will take us to this great activity of our class, the working class. Some will carry banners, some will distribute Red Flag, and some will give security to guarantee the good outcome of our participation.