FIGHT FOR COMMUNISM!
	International Communist Workers Party
ICWP@Anonymousspeech.com

SEATTLE, USA, Nov. 13 — “There’s a pattern here,” I observed.  “First your brother tried lobbying in Washington, DC.”
“That didn’t work!” said our friend who has distributed lots of ICWP literature at Boeing and at various demonstrations. We were discussing the election of Trump.
“Then you worked hard and traveled all around the country for the union.”
“That didn’t work!” our friend repeated, shaking his head in disgust.
“Now it’s all the work and travel you did for the elections.”
“That didn’t work either! I don’t think that will ever work!”
“All these helped capitalism survive.  It’s time to join the party, to mobilize for communism,” I concluded.
There was a pause.
“When is your next meeting? I have a lot to say,” my friend asked.
So far so good. Then I made a mistake.

I immediately invited him to our next potluck on December 3rd. But party members were meeting the next day to plan the discussion on the 3rd (and other actions to respond to the election). I didn’t invite him.
We have said over and over again that communism relies on the people who do the work to make the best decisions. Here we have a guy who has defended the party for years. Despite the money the politicians and union throw his way to build their reform organizations, he is more active than ever mobilizing for communism. He should be at all the collective discussions on how to advance the fight for communist revolution.
This is in contrast to how capitalism makes decisions. They train their leaders at expensive capitalist universities cut off from workers. They provide billions (the Clintons alone have spent $3 billion in their electoral campaigns) to run elections. The bosses tell us to vote, then trust in democracy. We are capable of so much more than that.
The debates at work have become more animated as the demonstrations around the US (and Vancouver, Canada) have intensified. The president of Boeing Commercial Aerospace noticed. He sent an email to tens of thousands of employees. Essentially he said:   trust in democracy, shut up and go back to work so we can be competitive and productive. (more here)
People are genuinely worried about the racism, sexism and xenophobia released by this election. On the other hand, many could not bring themselves to vote for Clinton.
Of those that voted in this majority-white workforce, the overwhelming number went against Trump. But many, including white, black, Latino/a and immigrant workers, just refused to vote.
My friend’s daughter was given two 18-passenger vans to get people in a black neighborhood to the polls. Nobody would come. Clinton’s racist history is well known.
Meanwhile, graffiti saying “F. this stupid speedup” and “It’s not over until we say it’s over!” have sprung up around the plant. Workers are circulating our party’s leaflet entitled “Communism Means No More Trumps.”   If the election’s over, the fight for power isn’t!
Communism will end racism, sexism and xenophobia. We will never allow any more Trumps (or Clintons for that matter). All this will be possible when many workers like my friend take the reins of communist leadership.
—Industrial worker

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