No matter what gains we make in struggle, sooner or later employers and governments will
try to roll them back. And no matter how much ground we give, employers and governments
will only come back for more. The class war goes on, because whether we fight or we don?t,
capital never stops fighting. The struggle will continue until we organise as a class,
take the means of production into our own hands, and overthrow the entire capitalist
system. Only workers? revolution can end the class war and bring peace to the human race.
---- Chicago 1886 ---- May Day began in the United States, when Anarchist unions in
Chicago called a general strike on 1 May 1886 to win the 8 hour day. A few days later, a
bomb killed 7 police and 4 others at a protest connected with the campaign. In the ensuing
witch hunt, eight Anarchist union organisers were arrested. They were convicted in a trial
where there wasn?t even a pretence at proving their guilt. Four were executed. A movement
was born in the subsequent campaign for the exoneration of the Haymarket Martyrs and
spread around the world.
Class War in Australia
The Coalition Government elected last year is showing itself as the most Right wing in
generations. It has been physically repelling refugees from Australian shores; it has
started a Royal Commission into the union movement; and it has slashed tertiary education
funding. And this is only for starters. Its leaks about its impending Budget are simply
staggering, with unprecedented attacks on the Age Pension, on Medicare and on the
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme being floated. Meanwhile, State governments have been
implementing savage cuts of their own and attacking civil liberties on a wide front. And
the bosses have announced a wave of factory closures, including the entire car
manufacturing industry. This is class war, but there?s only one side fighting.
Class War Worldwide
Across the world, employers and governments are attacking workers and, in many places,
workers are fighting back. The Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh in April last year was
followed later by a massive wave of garment workers? strikes that won a 77% pay rise.
Cambodian garment workers staged a mass strike in December, only to be forced back to work
by murderous State repression. And China, despite the continuing tyranny of the so-called
?Communist? Party, is the strike capital of the world, with 180,000 ?mass incidents?
recorded in the last 12 months.
An End to Class War
No matter what gains we make in struggle, sooner or later employers and governments will
try to roll them back. And no matter how much ground we give, employers and governments
will only come back for more. The class war goes on, because whether we fight or we don?t,
capital never stops fighting. The struggle will continue until we organise as a class,
take the means of production into our own hands, and overthrow the entire capitalist
system. Only workers? revolution can end the class war and bring peace to the human race.
WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!
Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group
1 May 2014
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