Workers Struggle

07/25/2021

The Covid 19 is exposing many underlying issues facing right now as it has put stresses on , , , and . Those who were lucky enough to keep a job this whole time have had to juggle with what to do with their children as they were forced to continue to during an international pandemic. Those who were fired or furloughed were forced to juggle between and food even as the couple of rounds of added benefits kept expiring and are now being cut.
You know what didn’t expire? Rent payments, , car payments, , etc. Being given two months notice of during an pandemic exemplifies the criminality of and the parasitic relations which are embodied within it (the landlord-tenant relation being just one of them). We cannot count on the “good hearts” of people caught in the role of these toxic . Just as capitalists are concerned with capital, landlords are as well, in the form of rent and the courts are on their side!
It’s deeper than just a law or policy, it’s a societal question. The private ownership of land - and anything on it - is an integral pillar of how capitalism organizes society in its interests to ensure its continued rule. Everything functions as a business and we need a world based on the interests of the working masses of , not the parasitic capitalist class, check out our new article (link in bio), hit us up if you agree!

07/25/2021

The Covid 19 pandemic is exposing many underlying issues facing society right now as it has put stresses on jobs, healthcare, food supply chains, and housing.

Those who were lucky enough to keep a job this whole time have had to juggle with what to do with their children as they were forced to continue to work during an international pandemic. Those who were fired or furloughed were forced to juggle between rent and food even as the couple of rounds of added benefits kept expiring and are now being cut. You know what didn’t expire? Rent payments, bills, car payments, school loans, etc.

Being given two months notice of eviction during an international pandemic exemplifies the criminality of capitalism and the parasitic relations which are embodied within it (the landlord-tenant relation being just one of them). We cannot count on the “good hearts” of people caught in the role of these toxic social relations. Just as capitalists are concerned with capital, landlords are as well, in the form of rent and the capitalist courts are on their side! It’s deeper than just a law or policy, it’s a societal question. The private ownership of land - and anything on it - is an integral pillar of how capitalism organizes society in its interests to ensure its continued rule. Everything functions as a business and we need a world based on the interests of the working masses of humanity, not the parasitic capitalist class, check out our new article, hit us up if you agree!

The Covid 19 pandemic is showing us many underlying issues facing society right now as it has put stresses on jobs, healthcare, food supply chains, and housing.

05/01/2021

We’d like to thank everyone for coming out to last night’s film screening and presentation on Proletarian Internationalism and the need to construct our organizations in the US today. As we commemorate this MAY DAY, we reflect that the history leading this International Worker’s Day, is a rich history of struggle-unity-strugge, a history of working class combativity and organization.

May Day is not a day for celebration as is, but for commemoration, for building on our deep history of struggle against capitalism, the capitalist class, and the capitalist state apparatus. It was the working class that led the fights that gave us the 8 hour workday, pulled children out of the mines, and forced other concessions on the capitalists, their state and their corporations.

Working class struggle has always pushed society forward for all exploited and dominated classes, including the petite-bourgeoisie. It is more important than ever that workers pick up their historic task and responsibilities to combat our common capitalist enemy, based on our collective class interests, so we can build our genuine alternative to this capitalist nightmare.

Let’s affirm our history with May Day 2021 by building on it and building our organizations and movement, we need. It all starts with a conversation, so reach out to us today!

LONG LIVE THE WORKING CLASS STRUGGLE!

04/29/2021

Excited for the film screening, SEE YA TOMORROW!

Fellow workers and laborers, Get ready for International Workers’ Day with this MAY DAY’S EVE ONLINE FILM SCREENING and INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSION!

APRIL 30TH 6 PM
RVSP HERE: tinyurl.com/WSBatayLa

We invite you to a screening of the documentary—Batay La—shot about our brothers and sisters in the combative and autonomous Haitian working class movement Batay Ouvriye (which also means “Workers Struggle”).

Batay Ouvriye is an example of workers’ organizations building autonomous combative structures and waging struggle against capital.

Workers Struggle is presenting this film on the night of April 30th because it is May Day’s Eve. We believe that May Day is always a time to build our autonomous organizations.

The political organization of the working class is more important than ever as the global pandemic rages on and capitalists increase their offensive against the working class. The workers in Batay Ouvriye are showing the world the least of what has to be done.

We workers and laborers must organize ourselves in all countries into combative movements, autonomous from any capitalist interests and structures, so that we can build our collective power to transform the world. No one else can see this task through, it’s our responsibility!

Joining us from Haiti will be Yannick Etienne. Yannick is a Batay Ouvriye organizer who narrates the film, and she will share her perspective on organizing and struggling against capitalism/imperialism, the importance of proletarian internationalism, the need for a combative autonomous working class movement, building some badass unions and more (followed by a Q&A session). Our presentations will be recorded but not the q&a portions.

There will also be a discussion on Proletarian Internationalism and need to for our class to organize here, in the belly of the beast.

Well will be sharing a GoFundMe link in the days to come to raise money for the workers in BO towards their organizing efforts. Donations are not required to participate but are encouraged. See ya then!

04/27/2021

Here's our weekly reminder to everyone that this Friday, April 30th (on the eve of May Day), we will be hosting an online screening and discussion of the documentary “Batay La”, about the textile workers in Haiti who are building some bad ass militant unions. We will also be having a presentation and discussion about proletarian internationalism and the importance of organizing ourselves in the United States into a dynamic, autonomous and combative mass movement unified under a common perspective. This will allow us to construct a powerful social force capable of forcing demands on capital.

RVSP: @ tinyurl.com/WSBatayLa

We will be joined by Yannick Etienne from Haiti. She is a Batay Ouvriye organizer who narrates the film, and will be sharing her perspective on organizing and struggling against capitalism/imperialism, the importance of proletarian Internationalism, the need for a combative autonomous working class movement, and more. Our presentations will be recorded but the Q&A will not.

This week we're highlighting:

WHY OUR ORGNIZATIONS NEED TO BE AUTONOMOUS!

The event is completely free, though we do encourage donation towards our GofundMe fundraiser which is important for workers and laborers when possible to support each other’s organizational efforts. We would also appreciate the sharing of this fundraiser:

https://tinyurl.com/BOGoFundMe

Feel free to share our flyer, social media, website and contact information with fellow workers and laborers in your networks!

See ya Friday!

04/19/2021

Here's our weekly reminder to everyone that this April 30th (on the eve of May Day), we will be hosting an online screening and discussion of the documentary “Batay La”, about the textile workers in Haiti who are building some bad ass militant unions. We will also be having a presentation and discussion about proletarian internationalism and the importance of organizing ourselves in the United States into a dynamic, autonomous and combative mass movement unified under a common perspective. This will allow us to construct a powerful social force capable of forcing demands on capital.

RVSP: HERE: tinyurl.com/WSBatayLa

We will be joined by Yannick Etienne from Haiti. She is a Batay Ouvriye organizer who narrates the film, and will be sharing her perspective on organizing and struggling against capitalism/imperialism, the importance of proletarian Internationalism, the need for a combative autonomous working class movement, and more. Our presentations will be recorded but not the q&a portions

This week we're highlighting:

THE NEED FOR ORGANIZATION AND COMBATIVITY!

The event is completely free, though we do encourage donation towards our GofundMe fundraiser which is important for workers and laborers when possible to support each other’s organizational efforts. We would also appreciate the sharing of this fundraiser:

https://tinyurl.com/BOGoFundMe

Feel free to share our flyer, social media, website and contact information with fellow workers and laborers in your networks!

See ya May Day Eve!

04/13/2021

Hey Ya,

Here's our weekly reminder to everyone that this April 30th (on the eve of May Day), we will be hosting an online screening and discussion of the documentary “Batay La”, about the textile workers in Haiti who are building some bad ass militant unions. We will also be having a presentation and discussion about proletarian internationalism and the importance of organizing ourselves in the United States especially during these times of accumulating crises.

Workers and laborers in Haiti and the United States share the same interests and we can and should be building our collective power across borders.RVSP: Tinyurl.com/WSBataylaWe will be joined by Yannick Etienne from Haiti. She is a Batay Ouvriye organizer who narrates the film, and will be sharing her perspective on organizing and struggling against capitalism/imperialism, the importance of proletarian Internationalism, the need for a combative autonomous working class movement, and more. Our presentations will be recorded but not the q&a portions

This week we're highlighting:

Why we need to fight imperialism – and - the need for Proletarian Internationalism!

Imperialism as the historically developed outgrowth of capitalism has a pronounced effect on workers lives, both in countries like the US where factories are closed and jobs are lost, and in countries under imperialist domination like Haiti where low wage sweatshops are built to produce products like clothes to be sold back in US (and other markets). In all cases, workers are screwed and pushed to compete with each other individually against their collective interests as a class.

The event is completely free, though we do encourage donation towards our GofundMe fundraiser which is important for workers and laborers when possible to support each other’s organizational efforts. We would also appreciate the sharing of this fundraiser:

https://tinyurl.com/BOGoFundMe

Feel free to share our flyer, social media, website and contact information with fellow workers and laborers in your networks!

See ya May Day Eve!

04/09/2021

Hey Ya,

We wanted to send everyone a weekly reminder that this April 30th (on the eve of May Day), we will be hosting an online screening and discussion of the documentary “Batay La”, about the textile workers in Haiti who are building some Bad Ass Militant Unions. We will also be having a presentation and discussion about proletarian internationalism and the importance of organizing ourselves in the United States, especially in these times of accumulating crises. Workers and laborers in Haiti and the United States share the same interests and we can and should be building our collective power across borders.

RVSP @ tinyurl.com/WSBatayLa

We will be joined by Yannick Etienne from Haiti. She is a Batay Ouvriye organizer who narrates the film, and will be sharing her perspective on organizing and struggling against Capitalism/imperialism, the importance of proletarian Internationalism, the need for a combative autonomous working class movement, and more. Our presentations will be recorded but not the q&a portions

This week we're highlighting:

Why the Working Class?

The working class, due to its position in the economy (nestled in the very heart of capitalism) and relation of exploitation through the extraction of surplus value, is the only class that can offer an alternative to capital. It is the only class that does not benefit at all from its existence and it is in the collective interests of the class to not be exploited.

Therefore, it is the only class that should lead the struggle for power and the only class with the actual capacity to transform the capitalist mode of production (and societal arrangement). It is a fundamental class that is both fundamental to capitalism as well as to the complete destruction of capitalism.

This is part of our initial conception of proletarian internationalism – and this stage is part of the first steps in our attempt to construct it. Proletarian internationalism is composed of two aspects, one aspect is: the proletarian aspect meaning it is an initiative that only the working class can take in its political and ideological development to offer a genuine alternative to capitalism, all forms of accumulation of capital and to the capitalist class, for its demise.

Of course the working class won't be able to achieve its historical role of defeating capitalism if not unified with other dominated and exploited classes, especially the fundamental laborers.

The other aspect is internationalism: The working class is the only international class and since capital is international, especially at the period of imperialism, it is the only one that can offer an international alternative to capitalism and imperialism.

Feel free to share our flyer, social media, website and contact information with fellow workers and laborers in your networks!

The event is completely free, though we would like to introduce our GofundMe fundraiser which is encouraged for workers and laborers to support each other’s organizational efforts. We would also appreciate the sharing of thhis fundraiser:

https://tinyurl.com/BOGoFundMe

See ya May Day Eve

04/03/2021

Fellow workers and laborers, Get ready for International Workers’ Day with this MAY DAY’S EVE ONLINE FILM SCREENING and INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSION!

APRIL 30TH 6 PM
RVSP HERE: tinyurl.com/WSBatayLa

We invite you to a screening of the documentary—Batay La—shot about our brothers and sisters in the combative and autonomous Haitian working class movement Batay Ouvriye (which also means “Workers Struggle”).

Batay Ouvriye is an example of workers’ organizations building autonomous combative structures and waging struggle against capital.

Workers Struggle is presenting this film on the night of April 30th because it is May Day’s Eve. We believe that May Day is always a time to build our autonomous organizations.

The political organization of the working class is more important than ever as the global pandemic rages on and capitalists increase their offensive against the working class. The workers in Batay Ouvriye are showing the world the least of what has to be done.

We workers and laborers must organize ourselves in all countries into combative movements, autonomous from any capitalist interests and structures, so that we can build our collective power to transform the world. No one else can see this task through, it’s our responsibility!

Joining us from Haiti will be Yannick Etienne. Yannick is a Batay Ouvriye organizer who narrates the film, and she will share her perspective on organizing and struggling against capitalism/imperialism, the importance of proletarian internationalism, the need for a combative autonomous working class movement, building some badass unions and more (followed by a Q&A session). Our presentations will be recorded but not the q&a portions.

There will also be a discussion on Proletarian Internationalism and need to for our class to organize here, in the belly of the beast.

Well will be sharing a GoFundMe link in the days to come to raise money for the workers in BO towards their organizing efforts. Donations are not required to participate but are encouraged. See ya then!

10/12/2020

Capital has no concern for our national origin, our skin color, or our s*x. Capital exploits labor wherever the two exist. Our interests are collective, our cause is one! The most exploited workers in this hemisphere—who receive the lowest wages for producing the most — work in the factories of Haiti. Daily wages in these factories amount to about 4 US dollars!

On July 31, 2020, workers at the Haitian firm Palm Apparel (a “ Brands” subcontractor) held a mass funeral for one of their co-workers, Sandra Rene, who died on July 19, 2020 because of , and Palm Apparel, a sweatshop in Carrefour owned by capitalist Alain Villard. She was 30 years old and 6 months pregnant. She died, along with the child shed was denied medical care during an international pandemic, something that should have made worldwide headlines! She was turned away from the hospital because , where she worked for over 10 years, stole her health insurance payments along with those of all of its workers. OFATMA – the state insurance provider – refused to cover Sandra’s care.

The basic aspirations and desires of the workers throughout the world are the same. Every worker in every country shares the same class interests, all workers produce value which becomes wealth for the factory/company owners (capitalists).
It is the responsibility of our class to reach out, support, unite, and coordinate our as one class spread out around the world with a unified fist. Proletarian ( ) Internationalism is essential to the interests of our class.
Just as water flows to its lowest level, so do wages, if the most exploited among us are left without international action from their fellow workers we are abandoning our responsibilities to our sisters and brothers. Support our courageous sisters and brothers in Haiti! Click the link in our bio for more info and be sure to hit us up to start a discussion, the most important thing we can do is organize ourselves i the belly of the beast!

The Basic aspirations and desires of the workers throughout the world are the same. Workers are workers the world over. Every worker in every country shares the same class interests, and all produce value which becomes wealth for the factory/company owners (capitalists).

08/12/2020

The current Coronavirus pandemic is revealing a complex multilayered crisis beneath the surface of the social fabric of society. Despite the populist posturing of the millionaire and billionaire capitalist representatives in the government with all their appeals to “working families” and “the American people”, millions of unemployed folks are faced with potential evictions, desperately trying to choose between paying rent and placing food on the table.....Click the link for more ya, and if you agree, feel free to get in touch today!

Despite the populist posturing of the millionaire and billionaire capitalist representatives in the government with all their appeals to “working families” and “the American people”, millions of unemployed are faced with potential evictions, desperately trying to choose between paying rent a...

05/01/2020

Yesterday afternoon, declared May "Older Americans Month". This reflects a history of capitalists knowingly attempting to erase the of workers struggles. Today, May 1st (aka ), is known as International Worker's Day due to a long historic struggle of the working class. Since the events that lead to this workers holiday, the has done the following; in 1894 President Grover Cleveland made "Labor Day" in the US in September. In 1958 Congress made May 1st "Loyalty Day" and that same year President Dwight D. Eisenhower made it "Law Day”.

Throughout this whole , has shown us its incapacity to meet the most basic needs for society although there exists enough to resources to feed, clothe and care for every human being. Who's benefiting from this societal arrangement? The capitalists have also shown their intense hatred of the masses to open up the at all costs including an executive order to force meat packing plants to remain open as farmers destroy food and workers LITERALLY DIE! is a social order for capital and capitalists, and they'll do anything to keep us disorganized. This May Day, let's acknowledge our condition and think about the kind of world we really want to see and build. For a deeper dive into the history of this day, click the link in the comment and check out our article (it's an oldie but a goodie ya!).Be sure to contact us if you agree it's time to construct our own genuine and !