May Day in Berlin: Yallah Class Struggle – No War but Class War!

As the wealth of the rich continues to grow, so do our problems and worries, for it is we who are being exploited for the sake of their prosperity. This is true whether we look to workplaces or the unpaid care work most often done by women and Queer people. We are becoming poorer because the prices of heat, power and groceries keep increasing, while rent has been costing us large parts of our salaries already. Our exploitation is the foundation on which their wealth has been built. Our hands are creating their riches. We do not have to go looking for reasons to take to the streets on 1st May because our everyday first-hand experience tells us all we need to know about how little our lives are worth in this system. 1st May is our day; the day of resistance against capitalism. The Federal Government puts hundreds of billions towards the acquisition of armaments and weaponry while making cuts to budgets for education, health care and pensions. The imperialist competition over sales markets and geopolitical influence is leaving a trail of blood and scorched earth. We, as revolutionary Leftists, condemn the war of aggression launched by Russia with the sole aim of upholding its status as a great imperialist power. This war is the result of an imperialist power struggle between Russia and the NATO member states. It is the result of tensions that have been escalating for several decades, ever since NATO’s expansion into Eastern Europe, which was meant to secure global hegemony for the West. We do not side with the ruling class but with oppressed people worldwide, because we know: Only international solidarity will lead to peace! Workers of the World Unite! Down With the Patriarchy! We, the working classes of the world, are the…