llamada: Global May Day 2023 (Semana de Acción: 26.04. – 03.05.)

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Sindicalizar la lucha!

La clase trabajadora en todo el mundo continúa enfrentada a una continua espiral negativa de pobreza y deuda paralizante. En algunas regiones, el odio y la rabia alimentan huelgas, protestas y acciones industriales en el lugar de trabajo. L@s trabajador@s están desafiando la falsa narrativa de que somos impotentes para determinar nuestro futuro.
El aumento de los precios de la energía y los alimentos, golpeó duramente a muchos hogares, en particular a los trabajadores con salarios bajos. Personas que ya viven en, o por debajo de la línea de pobreza. Para much@s, a medida que se intensifican las dificultades económicas, la única opción queda entre poderse calentar y comer.

Los sucesivos gobiernos en todo el mundo siguen obrando en contra de los intereses de nuestra clase. Los empresarios, terratenientes, dueños de fábricas e inversores, como parte de la clase dominante, se aseguran de que su propio poder y riqueza estén protegidos a expensas de la clase trabajadora y el medio ambiente. La ideología del continuo crecimiento económico lo dicta todo.

Las migajas que nos tiran cuando tienen la espalda contra la pared por la contra-presión organizada, son para silenciarnos y distraernos del verdadero enemigo: el sistema capitalista, el cual nos enferma y mantiene en la pobreza, mientras las prisiones se inflan, y esperan que paguemos y luchemos en guerras imperialistas.

La introducción de leyes para restringir las protestas y reducir los derechos de l@s trabajador@s por los que se luchó duramente a través de innumerables luchas en el lugar de trabajo, está diseñada para descarrilar cualquier lucha efectiva de la clase trabajadora.

Nuestra rabia no debe desviarse hacia callejones sin salida que buscan reemplazar un juego de títeres con otro, ni con ninguna reforma del sistema que busque repetir los mismos métodos fallidos de antes. Para nosotr@s, no puede haber un alto al fuego en la guerra de clases.

Nuestro objetivo es la abolición del sistema salarial y del propio capitalismo. Luchamos por la creación de un mundo organizado por y para nuestra clase, que funcione en armonía con la tierra.

No pretendemos simplemente interrumpir; sino vencer.

Estamos convencid@s de que lo que se requiere ahora es la creación de resistencia organizada en el lugar de trabajo y en la comunidad, aumentando la solidaridad a nivel local y global para lograr de manera efectiva nuestros objetivos tanto a corto como a largo plazo.

Construyendo activamente la resistencia de base en nuestros sindicatos, en el lugar de trabajo, en los piquetes y en las calles; en la línea del frente donde los trabajadores se están movilizando.
En todo el mundo, l@s revolucionari@s, sindicalistas y trabajador@s debemos organizar la lucha dentro de los respectivos sindicatos en solidaridad, utilizando tácticas probadas como las de ayuda mutua, acción directa y auto-organización.

¡Juntos tenemos un mundo que ganar! ¡Sindicalizar la lucha!

#globalmayday2023 #unionisethefight #1world1struggle


Primeros signatarios: IWW WISE-RA | FITE Kolkata | SAC Syndikalisterna | Earth Strike UK | Delivery Voice Kolkata

Para facilitar su impresión, la convocatoria también puede descargarse en este .pdf.

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Coordinating #GlobalMayDay2023 – open meeting April 9th

We are in the middle of the coordinations for Global May Day 2023. A call to action was already finalized. To discuss common coordinations during the week of action (April 26th – May 3rd) and maybe to include a solidarity partnership, all identifying with the Global May Day self-conception are invited to participate in the next meeting on April 9th.

Main page for #GlobalMayDay2023.

Check out this page for an overview of activties connected to #GlobalMayDay2022.

This will be the fourth meeting related to the coordination of Global May Day 2023.

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Aufruf: Global May Day 2023 (Aktionswoche: 26.04. – 03.05.)

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Den Kampf gewerkschaftlich organisieren!

Weltweit sehen sich Arbeiter*innen mit einer andauernden Negativspirale aus Armut und lähmender Verschuldung konfrontiert. In einigen Regionen führen wachsende Wut und Frustration zu Streiks, Protesten und sonstige Arbeitskampfmaßnahmen. Lohnabhängige wehren sich gegen die falsche Vorstellung, dass wir nicht in der Lage seien, unsere Zukunft selbst in die Hand zu nehmen.
Viele Haushalte, insbesondere von Niedriglohnempfänger*innen, treffen die hohen Energie- und Nahrungsmittelpreise besonders hart. Menschen, die bereits an oder unter der Armutsgrenze leben. Viele müssen sich aufgrund zunehmender wirtschaftlicher Not zwischen Heizen und Essen entscheiden.

Regierungen auf der ganzen Welt arbeiten weiterhin gegen die Interessen unserer Klasse, in dem sie sich nur auf die wirtschaftlichen Interessen konzentrieren.
Geschäftsleute, Vermieter*innen, Fabrikbesitzer*innen und Investor*innen – als Teil der herrschenden Klasse – sorgen dafür, dass ihre eigene Macht und ihr Reichtum auf Kosten von Lohnabhängigen und der Umwelt gesichert sind. Alles wird der Ideologie des ständigen Wirtschaftswachstums unterworfen.

Die Krümel, die sie uns hinwerfen, wenn sie durch organisierten Gegendruck mit dem Rücken zur Wand stehen, sollen uns zum Schweigen bringen und vom wahren Gegner ablenken: Dem kapitalistischen System. Es macht uns krank und hält viele in Armut, während die Gefängnisse aus allen Nähten platzen und wir für imperialistische Kriege zahlen und kämpfen sollen.
Die Einführung von Gesetzen zur Einschränkung von Protesten und zum Abbau von Arbeitsrechten, die in zahllosen Arbeitskämpfen hart erstritten wurden, zielt darauf ab, wirksame Kämpfe der Arbeiter*innenklasse zu unterbinden.

Unsere Wut darf nicht in Sackgassen enden, indem lediglich eine Regierung durch eine andere ersetzt wird oder der Fokus auf kosmetischen Reformen liegt, wodurch letztendlich die eigentlichen Zustände nicht überwunden werden. Für uns kann es keinen Waffenstillstand im Klassenkampf geben.

Unser Ziel ist die Abschaffung des Lohnsystems und des Kapitalismus an sich. Wir kämpfen für eine Welt, in der wir selbstorganisiert leben können, ohne Klassenkonflikte und im Einklang mit dem Planeten.

Wir wollen nicht nur stören, wir wollen überwinden.

Wir sind davon überzeugt, dass es jetzt darauf ankommt, einen organisierten Widerstand am Arbeitsplatz und in den Gemeinden aufzubauen und die Solidarität auf lokaler und globaler Ebene zu verstärken, um unsere Ziele sowohl kurz- als auch längerfristig zu erreichen.

Aktiver Auf- und Ausbau von Basisgruppen in unseren Gewerkschaften, am Arbeitsplatz, an Streikposten und auf der Straße; an vorderster Front, wo Lohnabhängige mobilisieren.
Weltweit sollten wir als Revolutionär*innen, Syndikalist*innen und Arbeiter*innen mit bewährten Taktiken wie gegenseitiger Unterstützung, direkten Aktionen und Selbstorganisation den Kampf innerhalb unserer jeweiligen Gewerkschaften solidarisch vorantreiben.

Gemeinsam haben wir eine Welt zu gewinnen! Den Kampf gewerkschaftlich organisieren!

#globalmayday2023 #unionisethefight #1world1struggle


Erstunterzeichner*innen: IWW WISE-RA | FITE Kolkata | SAC Syndikalisterna | Earth Strike UK | Delivery Voice Kolkata

Um das Ausdrucken zu erleichtern, kann der Aufruf auch in dieser .pdf heruntergeladen werden.

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Coordinating #GlobalMayDay2023 – next meeting on March 26th

Only one more month until May Day and we are in the middle of the coordinations for Global May Day 2023. A call to action is already finalized. To discuss common coordinations during the week of action (April 26th – May 3rd) and how to inform more unions about the call, all identifying with the Global May Day self-conception are invited to participate in the next meeting on March 26th.

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This will be the third meeting related to the coordination of Global May Day 2023.

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International Day of Feminist Struggle in Hamburg (March 8th, 2023)

This year the Free Workers’ Union (FAU) Hamburg actively supported a rally with the focus on the struggle against patriarchy on the global level. Inputs were held on the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz on the current conditions in Iran, Myanmar as well as Zimbabwe while also refering to patriarchal structures in Germany and Europe. Around 50 people joined the rally, partly with self-made signs.

The rally was shaped by faces of political prisoners in Iran, who are part of the feminist movement there. That’s why the predominant slogan of the day was Woman – Life – Freedom, which has its root in the Kurdish liberation movement.

After about an hour the main 8M demo of the day – organized by a broad local alliance passed by the rally. One of the rally organizers held a speech directed at the thousands of participants, pointing out the global dimension of the struggle against patriarchy.

For the rally a general leaflet was prepared in German and English as well as a hand-out focussing on the current uprising in Iran.

Below you will find some more on the content presented at the rally:

  • One of the focal points was the current feminist movement in Iran. Exemplarily inputs were given on the political prisoners Soheila Hejab, Sepideh Gholian, Zeynab Jalalian and the rappy Toomaj Salehi. Among others the song Shallagh by Toomaj and the rapper Justine was played, in which they express their support for the feminist movement:
  • That input was followed by a message recorded by our friends of the Federation of General Workers Myanmar (FGWM). The original audio file (in English) was played and each paragraph translated into German:
    (The translation can also be downloaded here (.pdf).)
  • Last but not least Patience prepared an input. Though she doesn’t live in Hamburg, she recorded a message for the rally as well. She focussed on the patriarchal circumstances in Zimbabwe. You can listen to her message here:
    (A translation of the text into German can be downloaded here (.pdf).)

The rally came to a closing end when members of the hip hop collective Rapfugees spontaneously performed some tracks. Everyone appreciated that. A big THANKS goes out to them! You can check out their music here.

Coordinating #GlobalMayDay2023 – online meeting on March 12th

Following the kick-off meeting on Feb. 11th everyone identifying with the Global May Day self-conception is invited to participate in the next meeting on March 12th. The focus will be on common coordinations in context of #GlobalMayDay2023 as well as a common call to action.

Check out this page for an overview of activties connected to #GlobalMayDay2022.

The meeting scheduled for Feb. 25th had to be postponed. Therefore this will be the second meeting related to the coordination of Global May Day 2023.

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International Day of Feminist Struggles – March 8th 2023

Members of the Free Workers’ Union (FAU) and Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in Hamburg together with women who fled from the regime in Iran decided to organize a rally focussing on the international nature of the struggle against patriarchy in the city center of Hamburg.

They adopt the slogan Woman – Life – Freedom, and call on others to display it as well. By doing so you support the feminist movement in Iran and help to globalize the resistance against patriarchy at the same time. The slogan originates from the Kurdish liberation movement and became a rallying cry in the latest feminist movement triggered by the death of Jina Mahsa Amini on September 16th 2022.

The rally in Hamburg will air feminist music and short speeches from different parts of the world.

Contribution by Patience on patriarchy in Zimbabwe:

After March 8th an overview of related activities in different parts of the world can be published on this website. In case you plan any actions, consider to include the slogan Woman – Life – Freedom and send a short report to the maling list: globalmayday@lists.riseup.net.

The comrades in Hamburg made this banner design as well as the below leaflet and invite you to distribute it in your location as well:

In case you want to make any changes to the leaflet, you can download the ZIP file HERE. It includes the .indd file for editing.

United for a powerful International Day of Feminist Struggles!

#unitedagainstpatriarchy
#1world1struggle


Leaflet (in German) in German:

Getting ready in Hamburg:

Coordinating #GlobalMayDay2023 – Online meeting Feb. 25th

Following the kick-off meeting on Feb. 11th everyone identifying with the Global May Day self-conception is invited to participate in the next meeting on February 25th. The focus will be on common coordinations in context of #GlobalMayDay2023 as well as a common call to action.

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FGWM statement: 2 years after the military coup in Myanmar

Statement released by the Federation of General Workers Myanmar (FGWM) to commemorate two years of military dictatorship following the coup in February 2021:

A Statement by the worker mass regarding the 2nd anniversary of 2021 Anti-junta Movements

Date : 5th February 2023

The Military junta forcibly seized power on 1st February 2021. In such miserable times, the public also experienced misleading information such as no public-protesting within 72 hours of the attempted coup. On 5th February, conscious workers of FGWM rose up against the Military Dictatorship. Over 12,000 workers and union leaders from 10 factories began the “Red Ribbon” campaign. On the next day, February 6th, workers and labour unions leaders marched through Insein Road and Parami Sein Gayhar Shopping Mall amidst all the risks and threats, protesting the coup and the military dictatorship. Students, People and Monks who joined the protesting workers will be remembered by our FGWM.

On this 6th February, it has been two years since the worker mass courageously rose up against the coup. As FGWM, we would like to declare to the public that we will vigorously continue our struggle until the fall of the dictatorship along with the workers.

With ultimate faith to the revolution,
Federation of General Workers Myanmar (FGWM)

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Kick-off meeting: Global May Day 2023

May Day is approaching fast! Some unions expressed interest in coordinating a framework for a common #GlobalMayDay2023. Join the open meeting on February 11th! At the meeting we will lay the foundation for this years coordinations.

Check out this page for an overview of activties connected to #GlobalMayDay2022.

Everyone sympathizing with Global May Day self-conception is invited to participate!

Facebook event for the meeting.

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