As thousands of workers protested against capitalism's poverty and exploitation, members of the International Communist Workers' Party (ICWP) distributed our newspaper Red Flag, and our manifesto Mobilize the Masses for Communism (MMC).
Miners, telephone, university, and electrical workers, received—many very gladly— our literature which promotes the idea of abolishing the wage system, capitalism, to establish a community of free workers, without borders, racism, or sexism. The front page of our latest edition of Red Flag stated exactly this.
Members and friends of ICWP enthusiastically talked with workers to invite them to read Red Flag and to join the Party. We distributed 550
Red Flags and 300 MMCs.
Unfortunately, the majority of those who protested haven't yet taken communist ideas as their own, including the idea of abolishing commodity production, wages, borders, money, and the other implications of workers' communist power. They are still dominated by the idea of reforming capitalism, which their leaders push.
However, the masses in motion, like the striking teachers in Guerrero, are fed up with capitalism's attacks and are open to communist ideas. That's why we need to increase our efforts to build communist class consciousness.
As the May Day edition of Red Flag showed, even the leaders of the teachers' mass struggle, at best relegate to second place the idea of ending capitalism. They focus on improving capitalist education, demanding that it be "free and public" without questioning its goal of integrating students into the capitalist system of commodity production.
We made some contacts and, most importantly, strengthened our relationships with our friends who are beginning to develop as distributors of Red Flag.
Two days before May Day, we had an impromptu dinner with twelve people, in which we talked about our communist convictions and invited them to come with us to the May Day march; the majority came.
We still have a long road to travel in persuading workers to join the fight for the emancipation of humanity from capitalist exploitation and oppression. We have much to learn. However we are on the road. We call on the workers of the world to unite, not to support other capital-
ists who present themselves as our saviors, but instead to mobilize against capitalism and for communism!