{"id":5657,"date":"2019-12-13T23:47:52","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T23:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/?page_id=5657"},"modified":"2019-12-13T23:50:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T23:50:38","slug":"the-future-of-the-working-class-is-only-about-communism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/volume-10-number-16\/the-future-of-the-working-class-is-only-about-communism\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Future Of The Working Class Is Only About Communism\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5640 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/busreaders-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/busreaders-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/busreaders.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Los Angeles Transit Workers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">LOS ANGELES (USA), November 28\u2014Our weekly meeting of transit workers focused on inviting other workers to the January 18 celebration of 10 years of the International Communist Workers\u2019 Party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">H talked about the party\u2019s achievements during this time and the importance of continuing to develop our work. Inviting more workers to attend this event is very important for the party\u2019s growth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Comrade J added that the situation for the working class is getting harder. Shipyard workers are threatened with losing their jobs due to automation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other comrades also commented about how this situation could affect us too. Other transit companies hire one master mechanic and ten mechanics who probably earn the minimum wage. Someone said that they could easily do that at the MTA too. That\u2019s why it\u2019s very important to organize the party so that we can fight more effectively when the situation sharpens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Someone said that he was a little afraid about security. As things get worse, the bosses can attack us\u2014especially communists who are spearheading fight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There were many good responses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Someone said, \u201cLook, security is in numbers. If we recruit more people, we will be strong. If not, we are going to be screwed, because sooner or later we will be affected. Everyone talks about a recession, and an economic depression. That affects our lives and our children\u2019s lives. It\u2019s harder for the new generations to live a life even as good as ours. There\u2019s less chance that they can get jobs like this one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt\u2019s very important to organize. If you don\u2019t join the party, you are isolated. Together we are stronger. So it\u2019s important for the party to grow and recruit more comrades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYes,\u201d G said, \u201cAt times there is a lot of anti-communism because of the brainwashing that the ruling class has done for so long. We have to talk to our fellow workers. They are our brothers and sisters, our class. We have to win them to participate with us in the party. That\u2019s why it\u2019s important to distribute <strong><em>Red Flag<\/em><\/strong> and invite our fellow workers to meetings. The conference on January 18 will be very important in that regard. We must try to bring as many other workers and family members as possible. They will begin to know more about the ideas. They can meet more friends or comrades from other countries and listen to their organizing experiences. We can learn from them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI think,\u201d said Comrade X, \u201cthat fear cannot stop us. Whether we organize or not they will attack us one way or another. If we are politically prepared, we will be more able to lead the fight when it\u2019s necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAnd something that impressed me,\u201d he said, \u201cis the question of soldiers. Soldiers are from our class, youth from our neighborhoods. If we work with them, we could win them to join us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We ended by talking about the topics of the January 18 meeting. Comrade J said that it is important that we all collaborate financially so the event is a success. Money is needed for travel, food, for the place. All of us need to contribute economically what we can and according to our commitment. We mentioned countries that comrades will come from and many countries where people read the paper and are in solidarity with the party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The situation seems to be consolidating more with these comrades. They are seeing things more politically.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As we finished, J said, \u201cWhen the working class has lost everything, the only thing we\u2019re going to have is communism. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve got to make it strong right now. We\u2019ve got to fight for it. Because the future for the working class is only about communism.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/volume-10-number-16\/\">Front page of this issue<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Transit Workers LOS ANGELES (USA), November 28\u2014Our weekly meeting of transit workers focused on inviting other workers to the January 18 celebration of 10 years of the International Communist Workers\u2019 Party. H talked about the party\u2019s achievements during this time and the importance of continuing to develop our work. Inviting more workers to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/volume-10-number-16\/the-future-of-the-working-class-is-only-about-communism\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u201cThe Future Of The Working Class Is Only About Communism\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4193,"parent":5627,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5657","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5657"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5660,"href":"https:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5657\/revisions\/5660"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}