Call in English: 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 ones making the capitalists their profits. The workers in the Global South are being exploited to extreme degrees while they produce wealth that is amassed and concentrated here, in an imperialist centre. No matter where you look, the lives of people are marked by exploitation, deprivation of their rights, hardship, crisis and isolation. The capitalist system devours the lives and dreams of workers all over the world.

The Corona-Crisis has made abundantly clear women do not only carry most of the burden maintaining the health care system, but also caring for and home schooling children – all while being exposed to an increased number of instances of domestic violence. 1st May is also a day for combatting patriarchal exploitation, which puts the lives of men before the lives of women and Queer people. Down with the patriarchy, and ni una menos – no longer shall even a single one of our sisters’ lives be lost to domestic violence!

In Spite of It All, There Is Resistance!

During times of war and crisis we must, more than ever, carry on fighting! We have to link our struggles and together build a social counter-power from the bottom up! Years past have let us feel just how much resistance Berlin has to offer. We heard it sung in countless languages, and we saw it in many raised fists. This is why this year on 1st May we are taking to the streets again – for a revolutionary break with the ruling system and for the construction of a classless and gender liberated society!

Let us stand by all those who are oppressed.
Let us unite all workers of the world.
Let us declare war against the wars waged by the ones in power.
Let us turn international solidarity into our most powerful weapon.
Let us take the streets together, yallah!