May Day: Boston

BOSTON, MA—Progressive Labor Party (PLP) and friends organized three rallies and a car caravan to celebrate May Day and bring the revolutionary communist line of PLP to the workers of Mattapan and Dorchester.
Solidarity with workers from Haiti
The first rally in Mattapan square, an area where many Haitian immigrant workers live and have suffered extreme oppression and violence from ICE agents over the past few years, which has been ramped up by the Biden administration. Passer-by heard chants of, "Working people have no nation, stop racist deportation!" and "The cops, the courts, the Klu Klux Klan, all part of the bosses' plan!"
Many dozens of workers accepted May Day leaflets  in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole, and copies of CHALLENGE, and some stopped to speak with PL members about our work.
smash capitalist exploitation
One comrade gave a speech on the fundamentally exploitative nature of capitalism and the need for all working people to come together to replace the whole system with communism, a system without wages and where all workers share in the wealth we produce. Another spoke of the nurses of the Boston Teachers' Union's frontline struggle in the fight against the deadly coronavirus, in which they succeeded in winning many of the safety measures that the local politicians wanted to deny our teachers and students. A guest speaker and local leader spoke of the U.S. imperialists and their reactionary activities in Haiti, and the monumental harm caused there by the U.S. bosses' never ending search for profits.
Next the PL’ers decorated their cars with red flags and revolutionary slogans and paraded through the highly segregated neighborhoods of Dorchester, first to Fields corner and then Grove Hall, where more flyers and Challenges were distributed and speeches were made about the importance of rejecting the lies of liberal misleaders and joining with workers around the world to overthrow capitalism.
One PL’er gave a speech to underscore the historical importance of May Day, the militant struggle for the eight  hour day in Chicago and around the world, and to expose the vicious repression of the Capitalist bosses and their killer cops and hired thugs. Another spoke about the role of police terror in maintaining the capitalist order and dividing the working class along racial lines, and the need to smash racism with multiracial unity.
At the end, members and friends gathered in Franklin Park to share food and experiences on bringing the revolutionary line of PLP to the workers here. Many drew inspiration at the warm reception of the PLP. Two new friends expressed joy that communism was on the lips of so many workers, and were grateful for the experience.