This year, May Day is going to be held in a situation which the US imperialism and its allies have imposed a devastating war on the Iraqi deprived people, Middle East and the rest of the world for the purpose of the protection and spreading its political, economic and military domination on the world. The destiny of millions of deprives and tolling masses have been affected by this war, yet the workers and the toiling masses must carry the heavy burden of the war expenses. Horrific crimes have turned Iraq into ruins, enormous human and economic loss will have long-term impacts on the lives of this innocent people.

Workers and communists in the front lines of the global anti-war movement have demonstrated their protest and hatred against this devastating war. And in the May Day parade they voice out their anger all around the world against the crimes have been committed.

War and displacement is only one of the miseries of capitalism. A system which relies on the exploitation and the wage working of the billions of the workers and toiling masses. And today in extreme spread and globalise of capitalism, more than any time before this system has generated the growing and broadening of class clashes, gender and national discrimination and racism. This injustice system, as it advances forward, it results into more social division and sharpening class clashes. Informatics revolution peak and modernisation not only have not reduced the scale of this exploitation and inequality but they have further enhanced.

In the past year, millions of workers all around the world, in Italy, Germany, France, USA, Japan, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Iran, Turkey and other countries have continued their struggle against poverty, unemployment, lack of rights and economic, political and social inequality. Through this struggle they have expressed their aversion and resentment against this exploitative system to the world.

Working class women and men

Freedom and economical, political and social equality will be part of the fundamentals of the world in which workers would govern. The administration of this society would relies and depends on consultative democracy and direct participation of all individual in the society on determination of their destiny. Under the working class rule, Poverty, social divisions, cultural differences, national discrimination and sex discrimination will be wiped out.

The workers’ march in May Day demonstrates their great power for materialising this free and equal system. The workers challenge the whole rotten system on this day. The workers will come to the streets in order to send their message to the people all around the world through the international anthem and by showing their united ranks for establishing a human society and free of suppression, where the humanity deserves.

Abroad committee of Communist Party of Iran

April 2003