SOUTH AFRICA, 14 February —We hosted our regular monthly meeting as a collective in Gqeberha and Uitenhage. Despite the cold and rainy weather, comrades came up to the meeting. We were drawing concrete logistical plans for May Day.
One comrade started the meeting by saying, “Comrades, as you know, the genocide in Gaza is still going on. The international contradictions are intensifying. And there are rising xenophobic attacks in South Africa. This all requires us to do something”.
“Therefore,” he continued, “since the 21st of March is Human Rights Day in South Africa, how about we have a march against xenophobic attacks and stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza and also use the toyi toyi to mobilise for May Day?”
Many comrades agreed. Comrade Ase said, “Yes, I agree with that comrade. And it will be convenient for everyone since it will be a public holiday and that means all of us will be available”. We are therefore set for the 21st of March 2026 to have a mobilization. A march and a toyi toyi against human rights abuses in the way of xenophobic attacks against immigrants in South Africa and worldwide, including standing against what ICE is doing in the USA.
We concluded the meeting by having a new high school comrade read us an article in the Red Flag. Which talked about the imperialist rivalry. And how, like the communists or socialists of 1912, we should never allow ourselves to fight against our class siblings.
We talked about the need for the whole collective to understand the international conflicts and to view them not as isolated events but part of the crumbling capitalist system we must destroy with communism. And that we must view ourselves and what we do as a collective as part of the international working-class fight against capitalism and imperialism.
We vowed to continue in this vein. We say forward with communism, forward!
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