Society today makes things blurry and sometimes disorienting from reality. Participating in our MTA communist collective and other conversations with comrades makes things clear.
It is overwhelming that so many tolerate the life we live today. From global corporations that prefer profits over humanity’s well-being, to being told that money determines one’s success and not being judged by our character. People support a destructive, ruthless Capitalist system that benefits less than 1% percent of the world’s population. Our land, air, and water are contaminated every single day without any real regulation or remorse.
I understand feeling hopeless and that no other type of society can really exist. Social media and news stations worldwide force-feed the masses’ minds with garbage like “for our economy to thrive, the general population must suffer.” If you are reading this, you are suffering alongside myself and 99% of the world’s population.
Struggling towards a Communist society is an easy choice but not an easy task. Capitalist society contradicts everything about Communism. Exploitation of our people, our lands, our air, and our water is mandatory for Capitalism to function. Governments tell us that it is just not feasible (not profitable) to take care of humanity. Now that I know the nasty truths of Capitalism and I know Communism will abolish all the atrocities of its cancerous growth, I choose to fight alongside my other ICWP comrades for a Communist world.
A Capitalist system makes our struggle towards a Communist world very difficult. At times, it will take a lot of energy to make some small advancements. At other times, I’m sure, we will be able to make tremendous advancements due to our discipline and perseverance in our collectives and as ICWP as a whole.
I have been fortunate to be able to play and manage football (soccer in the USA) and develop youth and adult athletes for almost 30 years. I understand the energy required to help develop an active comrade of the ICWP and for collectives to grow.
I worked with youth athletes who never wore soccer shoes before. As they put on their first pair, their faces showed both excitement and confusion. Many soccer shoes came with long shoelaces, and players had to wrap them around their foot or ankle before they could tie their shoes. I had to teach players how to wear a uniform: tucking in their shirts, properly putting on shin pads, even how to fold their knee-high socks.
A decade later, I was organizing private leagues with up to 80 teams and complete public-school soccer programs (ages 9-18 years) while coaching college students. I miss the beautiful sport and always imagine myself going back to that line of work that never felt like work.
I can strongly relate my first experiences with the ICWP to being that kid who wore soccer shoes for the first time and did not even know how to tie them, who always wanted the whole team to improve so we could win, who always challenged himself to become a better person. I know a Communist society is very attainable in our lifetime with discipline, perseverance, and the willingness to learn.
-Comrade transit worker in Los Angeles (USA)
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