AMERICAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT:

MAY DAY GREETINGS FROM THE WORKERS' SOLIDARITY ALLIANCE:

The following is the May Day statement from the American anarchosyndicalist Workers' Solidarity Alliance (see also their My Space page). The following text has been taken from the A-Infos website.

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US, Anarchist WSA May Day Greetings:

Dear friends, fellow and sister workers and comrades:

The Workers Solidarity Alliance (WSA) extends our May Day Greetings to all workers across the world.

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As the international struggle against capitalism and the state continues, and intensifies, it is our hope that the libertarian-socialist spirit of these struggles continue to develop and deepen and that our movement, the international class struggle anarchist movement, will also grow and develop and become an organized and visible part of the growing struggles. On this year of the 123rd Anniversary of the Chicago Haymarket Martyrs valiant struggle for workers' freedom, let us not let their spirit and their efforts to create a new world be forgotten. On this occasion, let us also not forget the duplicity of the bosses, nor the inhumanity of the state,whenever the hegemony and tyranny of these over society is seriously challenged, as it was challenged by our murdered brothers, the Haymarket Martyrs.

In the spirit of the Haymarket Martyrs then, let us not be fooled by the empty promises of bosses, bureaucrats, and politicians; let us instead learn to depend upon the solidarity of a united working-class, awakened to class consciousness, and dedicated to creating a future without bosses and rulers. A working class that unites across race, gender, sexual orientation and immigration status.

We are not fooled by Obama's rhetoric of a better and more just society. Clearly we recognize the historic significance of his election. Yet his cabinet is filled with those who continue to favor the corporate world. In some instances they will wage their fight against the working class in subtle ways. In other, the attack will be more frontal and in your face.

We must be vigilant. We must not forget that we live in a class society, regardless of who sits in the White House. We need to continue to march, we must continue to protest, we must continue to organize from below and we must build a new movement in the face of many odds.

Thus, let us work and struggle together to bring direct democracy and worker self-management to the workplace, while not overlooking the fight to attain better working conditions in the here and now. Let us fight for better housing and tenant control. Lets us struggle for community, as well as, workers control. Let us also stand in solidarity with our fellow workers around the world who are undergoing persecution due to their workplace organizing, the color of their skin, their sexual orientation, or because of their status as immigrants.

Finally, let us strive together to reach our full development as the genuine productive forces of society and to assume our rightful status in the world as the masters of our own destiny. Motivated by the fact that unlike our bosses, our landlords, bankers, politicians or bureaucrats, that we, the members of the working class, do not live off the exploitation and oppression of others.

As the cold days of winter turn into the warm days of spring, may the cold days of capitalist and state oppression also soon come to an end.

Yours in solidarity and struggle,

WORKERS SOLIDARITY ALLIANCE

General Offices

339 Lafayette Street - Room 202

New York, NY 10012

usawsany@hotmail.com

www.workersolidarity.org

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY:

WORKERS' SOLIDARITY ALLIANCE IWD STATEMENT:

The following statement from the American anarchosyndicalist Workers' Solidarity Alliance was published today at the A-Infos website.

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US, WSA: International Women's Day statement:

One hundred and one years ago today, on March 8, 1908, thousands of women left their jobs in the sweatshops of New York City's Lower East Side and took to the streets to demand their rights as women and as workers. In 1917, their sisters in Russia followed suit, and helped to bring about the revolution that overthrew the Tsarist autocracy. And in Spain in 1936, the anarchist women of Mujeres Libres helped to free their sisters from centuries of oppression.

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In more recent times, women have played key roles in the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960's and early 1970's. In the 1990's and into the 21st century, women workers are still in the forefront of the continued struggle against sweatshop conditions in many industries and services. This vibrant movement has already won important victories, both against the institutions relationships of women.

The Workers Solidarity Alliance honors these women, as well as the countless others in every corner of the world, who, generation after generation, rise up against inequality, oppression and domination.

We salute their struggles and the sacrifices they made.

Still, the dream of freedom, equality and peace for all people is far from reality. Every day, women continue to confront sexism in their personal relationships as well as sexual harassment and violence on the job, in the streets, and at home. Millions of women workers are still ruthlessly exploited. The right-wing and religious fanatics threaten women's most basic right to control our own bodies.

The roots of sexism and all oppressive relationships are intertwined deep within the systems of hierarchy, authority and militarism that dominate society. These principles are the basis for every modern state and established socio-economic power. We know that this is not simply "the way it is." There are other, better possibilities for a more livable world. Faced with overwhelming webs of oppression and subjugation, we must fight back and take control of our own lives. We can begin by organizing with our sisters and brothers in our communities, our schools, and our workplaces.

We strive for a society in which one person or group of people do not dominate or exploit another. In such a society there would be no basis for sexual oppression, domination or class exploitation. We must work to replace the institutions of power, the nation-state and capitalism with a worldwide system of grassroots empowerment and self-management of all facets of social and economic life. See the dreams of these women workers fulfilled; join us in a movement with an extraordinary history and an inspiring future.

Help us build this new world of freedom and self-management.

Workers Solidarity Alliance

Related Link:

http://www.workersolidarity.org/

http://www.myspace.com/workerssolidarityalliance

Workers Solidarity Alliance:

339 Lafayette Street-Room 202

New York, NY 10012

NEW EDITION OF THE WORKERS' SOLIDARITY NEWSLETTER:

The Workers' Solidarity Alliance(WSA) of the USA, as distinguished from the Workers' Solidarity group of Ireland, has just published a new edition of their newsletter. The WSA was once part of the AIT before being expelled because of internal disputes in the US, and they are still generally sympathetic to the AIT. Their newsletter contains many reports on recent class struggles in the USA and even Canada. There is no online version, but printed copies can be ordered for $2 US from:

WSA

339 Lafayette Street- # 202

New York, NY 10012

USA