The meaning of the May Day 2021 Online Rally
On Saturday, May 1, the International Committee of the Fourth International held its eighth annual International May Day Online Rally. The rally motivated and concretized the ICFI’s decision to initiate the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC).
The May Day rally both reflected and anticipated changes in the world situation produced by the coronavirus pandemic. The ICFI has defined the pandemic as a “trigger event” analogous to World War I, which is accelerating all the underlying contradictions of the world capitalist system. This includes, above all, the growth of the class struggle, of which the ICFI and its May Day rally are the most conscious expression.
May Day Online Rally calls for formation of International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees
On Saturday May 1, the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) and the
World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) held the annual International Online May Day Rally. The rally motivated the formation of the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC).
The rally was a major international event. It attracted a global audience of over 2,000 participants from 73 countries. There were attendees from the United States, Great Britain, Sri Lanka, Australia, Canada, India, France, Brazil, the Philippines, Turkey, Thailand, Spain, Pakistan, Japan, Mexico, Iran, Israel, Russia, South Africa, Nigeria, and many other countries.
Support from workers and youth in Britain for International Online May Day Rally
Workers and young people in Britain spoke to the
World Socialist Web Site about why they are attending the International Online May Day Rally being held by the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) on Saturday, May 1. We urge all to attend this important event by registering here.
James, a mental health worker from Bradford, said, “As a key worker in mental health, I am attending the May Day online rally for the purpose of expressing solidarity for workers, not only, but especially under conditions of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Watch: IYSSE (Australia) meeting opposes US war drive against China
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) in Australia and New Zealand held an online public meeting last Sunday, reviewing the escalating US-led war drive against China, and putting forward a socialist and internationalist perspective for the working class to prevent such a catastrophe.
The event, which can be viewed below, was attended by students from a host of universities in Sydney, Brisbane, Newcastle, Melbourne and Adelaide, working class youth and high school students, and international participants, including from the Philippines, Sri Lanka, India, the US, Germany and Britain.
Workers and youth in Britain on why they are attending the International Online May Day Rally
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ite about why they are attending the International Online May Day Rally being held by the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) on Saturday, May 1. We urge all to attend this important event by registering here.
Bryan, a teacher from Merseyside in North West England said, “I think it’s really important to be part of the International Workers Alliance of Rank and File Committees and to attend the May Day meeting on the
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“Workers here in the UK as well as internationally have been let down by the main political parties and the union organisations, as they all work together to support the greed of the super-rich at the expense of the lives and health of workers and their families. We have been spun a web of lies by the corporate backed media, telling us that ‘everything is safe’ and we need to ‘learn to live