{"id":250,"date":"2017-02-03T06:47:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T06:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/?p=250"},"modified":"2017-02-03T06:58:13","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T06:58:13","slug":"womens-marches-in-the-us-and-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/volume-7-number-21\/womens-marches-in-the-us-and-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Marches in the US and Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mass Opposition to Trump\u2019s Fascism Opens Door for Communist Mobilization <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

\"\"January 30 \u2013Over four million people marched on January 21 against US President Donald Trump. They marched with home-made signs in cities, small and large, in every US state and 81 other countries. Led by women, the marches also included many men.<\/p>\n

When the masses are in motion like this, doors open for communist organizing. In Los Angeles, comrades distributed 2500 copies of Red Flag<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 all they had brought. Tens of thousands saw communist signs, banners and red flags at our street-corner rally.<\/p>\n

In Seattle, thousands took Red Flag<\/em><\/strong>, anti-sexism leaflets and anti-racist pamphlets (see page 4). Dozens gave their names to be contacted. In Oakland and San Diego, comrades distributed hundreds of papers \u2013 all they had.<\/p>\n

We were limited only by the forces we had in action. We need to work harder to mobilize more friends to help do this work.<\/p>\n

This is a new situation. It urgently calls for more Red Flag<\/em><\/strong> readers to distribute this paper and to join the International Communist Workers\u2019 Party. We are happy to answer any questions you have. Ask any comrade or contact us (see box below).<\/p>\n

Fight Fascism with Communist Revolution<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe march was spectacular,\u201d commented a friend. \u201cIt helped me see that we are going to keep resisting and fighting until we make a change!\u201d<\/p>\n

A Los Angeles MTA bus operator took his regular two copies of Red Flag<\/em><\/strong>. \u201cWe are in trouble brother,\u201d he told a comrade.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver 750,000 people marched in Los Angeles last Saturday,\u201d the comrade replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, it will take much more than marching,\u201d declared the operator.\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will take a communist revolution,\u201d answered our comrade.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are right,\u201d said the operator, \u201cbut those thousands are not thinking like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMarching is a beginning. Acting on their aspirations will put them in confrontation with the government. They will see that marches, vigils, electoral campaigns don\u2019t work. They will eventually opt for our communist revolution alternative.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s hope so,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

This bus operator and many like him can help get those thousands thinking like communist revolutionaries. Our comrades must be in those marches, vigils, and even electoral campaigns. We must help those activists grasp the possibility and necessity of communism.<\/p>\n

ICWP clubs should organize communist rallies. Comrades should take the initiative in bringing our literature and signs to other events. Don\u2019t wait for someone to call you!<\/p>\n

Make no mistake: this movement will continue. Protests are already scheduled for the coming weeks and months: Immigrant rights. Health care for all. No Dakota or Keystone pipelines. Even scientists! Trump\u2019s \u201cMuslim ban\u201d has provoked a firestorm of protest.<\/p>\n

Democratic Party organizations are working hard to channel this energy into legalism and electoral politics. They promote patriotic \u201csolidarity\u201d in preparation for war. For example, US Rep. Judy Chu\u2019s rally in a mosque featured a man who joined the US army in his native Afghanistan.\u00a0\u00a0 Pro-immigrant crowds at the Los Angeles airport chanted \u201cUSA, USA.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liberal multicultural patriotism is, if anything, even more dangerous than Trump\u2019s racist flag-waving. Masses are beginning to see that Trump\u2019s aggressive fascism goes hand-in-hand with his plans for war (probably with China). Most don\u2019t yet see that capitalist imperialism makes war inevitable. Patriotic all-class unity is a set-up for even more slaughter.<\/p>\n

But here too there is an opportunity.\u00a0\u00a0 Communists understand the need to organize inside the capitalists\u2019 armies. As the Bolsheviks did a century ago in Russia, we must win rank-and-file soldiers to turn the guns around \u2013 this time, for communism.<\/p>\n

Similarly, we need to organize inside the bosses\u2019 political \u201carmies.\u201d Our goal is not to win leadership positions in their groups. It\u2019s not to \u201cmove them to the left.\u201d It\u2019s not to use them as camouflage, hoping the rulers won\u2019t find us. It\u2019s not to build a \u201cunited front\u201d with our class enemies.<\/p>\n

Communists need to be in capitalist-led mass organizations to turn them into political battlegrounds and recruit more communists.<\/p>\n

Masses in Motion Show Possibility of Communist Society<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone at the Women\u2019s March was so nice and helpful!\u201d Many saw that. But we saw more. We saw the potential for communism, even though these marches were not rooted in the multi-racial industrial working class.<\/p>\n

\u201cImagine what all those people could do if we could organize society instead of just protesting!\u201d a comrade told some students.<\/p>\n

Their eyes opened wide. \u201cWe could feed everyone, house everyone, clothe everyone\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

In communist society, we will sometimes have to share hardship. In Los Angeles, many marchers encountered long waits in jam-packed streets or train cars. People talked, sang, made the best of it. They were there in a common cause.<\/p>\n

Imagine the depth of solidarity and commitment when the mass common cause is a communist world without borders dedicated to meeting everyone\u2019s needs!\u00a0\u00a0 We communists do not fear the hard times of fascism and war on the horizon. Even today we can see the bright communist future ahead.\u00a0\u00a0 But we need you \u2013 every one of you \u2013 to make it a reality.<\/p>\n

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