FIGHT FOR COMMUNISM!
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LOS ANGELES, CA.—The reaction of many MTA
workers to the communist analysis in Red Flag (Vol. 4,
#18) about the African-American mechanic who has
been subjected to harassment and racist discrimination
has been overwhelmingly positive.
A very excited mechanic shouted to a member of
ICWP, "This is great; we need this kind of article so we
can be united. United we're stronger, and disorganized
we are weak and that's precisely what the bosses want.
But with Red Flag, they're not going to get it."
When the ICWP club made the decision to write the
article, we consulted with several Red Flag readers at
MTA. An African-American co-worker told us,
"Sounds like a good idea to me, since if the Party is capable
of winning this co-worker, I assure you that they
could then win many more."
At first it seemed like a crazy idea since it appeared
that many workers justified the attacks against this
worker because they thought that his attitude was the
cause of the bosses' attacks on all the other workers.
Currently the bosses have started writing warning notes
to other mechanics that they could be fired, threatening
the whole maintenance division of being "Under the
Microscope" and that anyone who cannot justify or satisfy
the criteria of the parasite bosses will receive a
warning.
However the article in Red Flag has given a different
atmosphere to the situation. The mechanics, service attendants
and drivers who have read the article have realized
that this is a planned attack and that the worker who
was threatened
with being
fired is only one more victim, like so many black,
latin and white youth who are in jail for not having
a future under the capitalist system.
According to the comments and the reaction of
the workers, it is not fear that they feel, but anger
and combativeness. The following are some comments
made to Red Flag distributors:
* One worker said, "We all liked the article. It
seems that it is a new era of unity and struggle."
* A night shift worker said, "Terrific: it's the
pure truth."
* A group of workers who were talking about
it commented that is was very good and that
"now the bosses realize that we have a voice."
* A worker said, "When the manager was reading
the newspaper, with each paragraph that he
read, he got redder."
* After reading the article, a mechanic on second
shift said ironically, "And the union? Very
well, thank you." (Read: Completely useless,
thank you.)
Also, there were two comments from
workers who were not convinced of the correctness
of defending the co-worker under
attack. However, after discussions about the
essence of these attacks, now they are more
involved in the preparations for future struggles
and are realizing that an attack against
one is an attack against all.
Worldwide, the bosses are going through a
deep economic crisis and their juicy profits are
declining and they are threatened worldwide by
other capitalist powers. The ruling class knows
this and is preparing for a world war. They need
$billions to maintain a military machine capable
of beating the other empires.
To make those $billions, the bosses will lower
wages, speed up labor power, lower benefits and
carry out other attacks against our class.
A group of three mechanics commented that it
was necessary and important to ensure that Red
Flag is read by more mechanics and other MTA
workers, to prepare a collective response in the
future.
The communist analysis of this problem has
taught us that the workers are open to communist
ideas and that our collective communist solutions
have found fertile ground in the heart of the
working class. Workers will try to beat back this
bosses' attack but since the bosses' attacks are unrelenting,
our fight must be to destroy them and
their system with communist revolution. To that
end, we invite these workers to Red Flag study
groups, to spread Red Flag, and to join the fight
for communism. Let's be bold; we have nothing
to lose and a world to win.
EL SALVADOR— "We have to learn how
to lead these big groups of workers," said a
young comrade, surprised at how many factory
workers had shown up to meet with
ICWP.
One of the organizers of the meeting answered,
"Get used to it, comrade, because
from now on we are only going to have
groups like this."
Women and men workers from four factories
came to this meeting with different expectations.
A worker said, "We want to know
more deeply about the goal of the ICWP."
That is how the meeting began.
Party comrades presented the main ideas in
our manifesto, Mobilize the Masses for Communism.
At the beginning of the conversation, comrades
explained the irreconcilable difference
between reform and revolution. One of those
responsible for explaining the communist line
of ICWP said, "Comrades, the only solution
for our working class is joining the communist
process. Forget about building the organizations
that only prolong the life of
capitalism!" This statement opened the discussion
more and resulted in some workers
making the decision to join the struggle to establish
the workers' system
One woman worker was very clear in talking
about the union leaders who have sold out
to the system, and that this is a sign that the
communist system is needed immediately. "It
depends on us whether the communist system
is far off or near," concluded a Party comrade.
There is still resistance among workers
who still believe that through reform or
crumbs from the bosses, power can be
achieved. However, this resistance is lessening
every day. But the point was made that
the only way to achieve power is through
communist revolution. It's not true that the
bosses are good people with the sell-out reformists,
since they only use them to keep exploiting
the working class.
The working class demands that either you
are in favor of communist revolution or you
are against it. Time is running out for the reformists,
and the only thing left for the workers
is the organization of an international
communist party that is the workers' vanguard.
At the end of the meeting, eleven Red Flag
readers took the enormous step of becoming
new fighters for communism now fully organized
in ICWP. These small but great victories
of the working class suggest that
communist revolution is closer. Every step of
our communist organization is a nail in the
coffin of capitalism and its servants.
At the end of the meeting, we made a plan
that the next meeting will be at the beach and
there we'll continue to discuss building ICWP
more in this area of the world.