OAXACA — The Progressive Labor Party in Mexico made its presence known in Oaxaca’s celebration of May Day, the International Workers’ Day. Twelve members of the Party marched. We distributed 8,000 fliers, singing communist songs and chanting throughout the event. PLP was the only communist group marching, and we saw how the people who took our fliers seemed interested and read them carefully. We made two contacts, with whom we will be meeting in coming days.
Attendance in the march was down by more than half this year, a reflection of rising attacks against the working class and the capitalists’ ability to divert workers attention with their electoral process. Even so, it was very emotional to see and listen to workers’ applause at the end of the march as our PLP group entered the zócalo in the heart of the city.
Our flier addressed the elections and the importance of not voting and instead uniting with the communist PLP. It also attacked the elections as a sham for the working class. The same is true in the United States and every other country. Progressive Labor Party offers an alternative: communist revolution, the only real option for the united international working class.