Long Live May 1st, the
Harbinger of the Spring of the Working Class
Liberation!
Long Live May 1st, the Harbinger of the Spring of the Working Class Liberation!
If the workers put a stop to work, the world will go into disarray.
Comrade
Workers,
May Day,
the day of unity and solidarity of the workers of the world, is coming in a
situation in which the US imperialists, with or without agreement of the UN
Security Council, are continuing their aggression against smaller nations. The imperialists have created a situation resembling
the era of old colonialism. They recognize neither the self-determination nor
the independence of the nations, nor do they value the territorial integrity of
other countries. The imperialists do not recognize any international treaty
that opposes or restricts their interests. They occupy smaller countries,
invade their airspace, assassinate their civilians, and do not feel accountable
to anyone. The US imperialists want to impose on the world the ratified
decisions of the US Congress. The imperialists keep all the official payments
and foreign exchanges under their control in order to bully smaller nations.
Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Palestine, … are
victims of the imperialist criminal policies.
Comrade
Workers,
Today’s
crisis in Ukraine has root in the expansion of the western imperialist
influence in regions dominated by the former super power Soviet Social
Imperialism. The western imperialists are trying to siege Russia, to expand
NATO, to plunder the vast raw resources of Russia through military and economic
pressure, and to encircle China. The Russian imperialists do not easily surrender
to this threat and resist against the western free trade regions and World
Trade Organization by forming its own block, a union of countries with duty
free trade relations. In today’s world, the western imperialism is the most dangerous
and offensive imperialism that threatens the world peace. It is the duty of all
workers and the people of the world to put a bridle on the international
cannibalism which is counter-part of terrorism and fascism.
Comrade
Workers,
In Iran,
President Rouhani, who took office through the Supreme Leader’s carefully
engineered elections, will not and cannot remove any of thousands of pains and sufferings
the Iranian masses are going through. In
Iran, only the supporters of the regime have all the “democratic rights”. The
other forces; nationalists, liberals, social democrats, communists, trade unionists
and other activists have no freedom or democratic rights, and furthermore, they
lack any security. The regime of the Islamic Republic assassinates, tortures,
and imprisons them. Due to the pressure from imperialist powers and due to the
dissatisfaction of the Iranian masses because of unemployment, corruption of
the authorities, scandals, inflation, etc. the regime of the Islamic Republic
has surrendered to the imperialist powers. The regime of the Iran that has more
fear from the struggle of the Iranian people for their rights than the
imperialists has no choice except to surrender to the imperialist pressures.
Any regime that does not rely on the masses to fight against the imperialist
sanctions and threats is doomed to defeat. A regime that does not recognize the
rights of the masses has no base to fight the foreign imperialist enemies.
The
secret negotiations between the USA and Iran have started during Ahmadinejad
presidency, since 2011, and have nothing to do with Rouhani taking office. The
secret agreements are not only on “atomic crisis” but they are on a package
that includes: the foreign policy of Iran in the region and the world,
providing the conditions for Iran to join WTO and accepting the domineering
conditions of the World Bank, the liberalization of Iranian economy,
privatization of Iran’s national resources, elimination of all subsidies and
social services, and to create a class of deprived citizens who are even needy
of bread so that they work in harsh conditions for the imperialist investments.
Rouhani government of “Key and the Plan of Action” provides conditions for this
slavery. And this requires the extreme suppression of the working class.
The
Party of Labour of Iran (Toufan) strongly condemns the suppression of the
Iranian people by regime of the Islamic Republic. We condemn arbitrary
detention and imprisonment of the worker-activists and demand the immediate and
unconditional freedom for all the activists and political prisoners.
The
Party of Labour of Iran (Toufan) supports the struggle of the workers and
toilers against privatization and collective layoffs and for the payment of
their delayed wages, for increase wages, for the formation of independent
syndicates, etc.
Comrade
Workers,
The
remedy to the problems facing the working class is unity and organization. Only
through united struggles against imperialism and capitalism the working class
can achieve their just demands. Only through a revolution lead by the party of
the working class, only through a socialist revolution, we will be able to
eliminate poverty, unemployment, inflation, and exploitation and to build a
society in which people live free and hopeful for future.
Hail May 1st. the
International Working Class Day !
Greetings to the Militant Working
Class of Iran !
Free all the Worker-activists from
the Prisons of the Islamic Republic of Iran !
For Toppling the Capitalist Regime of
the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Hands of Iran’s Workers and Toilers !
Long Live Proletarian Internationalism !
Long Live Socialism
!
The Party of Labour of Iran (Toufan)
April 2014