freepalestine
6th May 2011, 04:21
On May 1: Palestinian workers lead the struggle for social justice and liberation
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine issued a statement on May 1, 2011, marking International Workers' Day, saying that the working class are the leading strugglers for freedom, progress and social justice and recalling all of the martyrs of the working class in the world, the Arab nation, and our land of Palestine. Those martyrs, said the Front, proved with their blood that freedom, justice and progress can never be obtained by begging, but only through persistent struggle against exploitation and rejection of greed as a law governing human relationships.
The Front emphasized in the statement the suffering of poor people and workers due to unemployment, occupation and siege, saying that poverty has continued to grow as workers are deprived of their rights. It noted that the Palestinian Authority has been pillaging the pockets of the poor through increasing tax collection and the imposition of new taxes, while the economic situation deteriorates and the Palestinian economy is deeply enmeshed with the Zionist state thanks to the Paris Agreements. In addition, the Front noted the growth of a corrupt layer of bureaucrats in Palestinian society, the widening gap between rich and poor, the absence of a social safety net or protection for the poor - all while under Zionist occupation.
The Front statement said that on this International Workers' Day, the streets of Arab cities are full of rebelling poor and working people, confronting the machine of capitalist globaliation, aggression and exploitation, ranging from launching colonial wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine to the impoverishment of people around the world and the mortgaging of nations to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, promoting dependency and underdevelopment in order to ensure global capitalist control.
The PFLP said that this day comes amid an intensifying crisis of the global capitalist system and the failure of all attempts to repair it based on market mechanisms and continuing plunder and exploitation. Reactionary Arab regimes, built on appropriating the resources of the nation and the impoverishment of its people and denial of even minimal rights, have been deposed and a new Arab era of progressive democracy and steps forward toward social justice, self-determination and social control of Arab resources are developing, with great potential to break the cycle of dependency and underdevelopment.
The Front also emphasized that national unity in Palestine and democracy in Palestinian institutions must also apply in the Palestinian trade unions. The Front noted the troubling vacuum of labor organizing in Palestine, and the absence of democracy and elections within the Palestinian trade unions, saying that Palestinian workers must be organized to struggle to confront occupation and exploitation.
The Front called for an international campaign to support Palestinian efforts to disengage from the Zionist economy, cancelling the Paris Agreement as one of the treacherous results of Oslo, as well as for Palestinian efforts to promote productive national economic work, combat corruption, and reverse increased tax collection and imposition upon poor and working people.
The Front also called for the re-formation of the Palestinian trade union movement through democratic elections, from the rank-and-file to the highest positions, so that the trade unions can fulfill their role as the backbone of Palestinian civil society and a center of national and democratic struggle. These unions must be run democratically by workers, away from vote-trading and corruption, in order to struggle for social protections, including minimum wage protections and social insurance.
The Front appealed to the brave workers of Palestine to act to build popular economic efforts to combat dependency and impoverishment and to build the labor movement as a key part of our national movement essential to the victory of our people's struggle.
http://pflp.ps/english/?q=may-1-palestinian-workers-lead-struggle-social-jus
http://pflp.ps/english/files/images/090-PCD1205-007.jpg (http://pflp.ps/english/?q=may-1-continuous-struggle-against-national-and-cla)
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine issued a statement on May 1, 2011, marking International Workers' Day, saying that the working class are the leading strugglers for freedom, progress and social justice and recalling all of the martyrs of the working class in the world, the Arab nation, and our land of Palestine. Those martyrs, said the Front, proved with their blood that freedom, justice and progress can never be obtained by begging, but only through persistent struggle against exploitation and rejection of greed as a law governing human relationships.
The Front emphasized in the statement the suffering of poor people and workers due to unemployment, occupation and siege, saying that poverty has continued to grow as workers are deprived of their rights. It noted that the Palestinian Authority has been pillaging the pockets of the poor through increasing tax collection and the imposition of new taxes, while the economic situation deteriorates and the Palestinian economy is deeply enmeshed with the Zionist state thanks to the Paris Agreements. In addition, the Front noted the growth of a corrupt layer of bureaucrats in Palestinian society, the widening gap between rich and poor, the absence of a social safety net or protection for the poor - all while under Zionist occupation.
The Front statement said that on this International Workers' Day, the streets of Arab cities are full of rebelling poor and working people, confronting the machine of capitalist globaliation, aggression and exploitation, ranging from launching colonial wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine to the impoverishment of people around the world and the mortgaging of nations to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, promoting dependency and underdevelopment in order to ensure global capitalist control.
The PFLP said that this day comes amid an intensifying crisis of the global capitalist system and the failure of all attempts to repair it based on market mechanisms and continuing plunder and exploitation. Reactionary Arab regimes, built on appropriating the resources of the nation and the impoverishment of its people and denial of even minimal rights, have been deposed and a new Arab era of progressive democracy and steps forward toward social justice, self-determination and social control of Arab resources are developing, with great potential to break the cycle of dependency and underdevelopment.
The Front also emphasized that national unity in Palestine and democracy in Palestinian institutions must also apply in the Palestinian trade unions. The Front noted the troubling vacuum of labor organizing in Palestine, and the absence of democracy and elections within the Palestinian trade unions, saying that Palestinian workers must be organized to struggle to confront occupation and exploitation.
The Front called for an international campaign to support Palestinian efforts to disengage from the Zionist economy, cancelling the Paris Agreement as one of the treacherous results of Oslo, as well as for Palestinian efforts to promote productive national economic work, combat corruption, and reverse increased tax collection and imposition upon poor and working people.
The Front also called for the re-formation of the Palestinian trade union movement through democratic elections, from the rank-and-file to the highest positions, so that the trade unions can fulfill their role as the backbone of Palestinian civil society and a center of national and democratic struggle. These unions must be run democratically by workers, away from vote-trading and corruption, in order to struggle for social protections, including minimum wage protections and social insurance.
The Front appealed to the brave workers of Palestine to act to build popular economic efforts to combat dependency and impoverishment and to build the labor movement as a key part of our national movement essential to the victory of our people's struggle.
http://pflp.ps/english/?q=may-1-palestinian-workers-lead-struggle-social-jus