We address all of you on the occasion of the international day of the working class. A day of commemoration and remembrance, but also a day for gathering, reflection and action.
This first of May is special. This year our association turns 100 years old. A century has passed since the creation of our solidarity alliance of the workers of the world. A century since the Berlin Congress of 1922.
The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army is only the consequence of a geopolitical and economic system fundamentally inhuman.
By systematically pushing populations against each-others through nationalism, by making the quest for power and the search for the best profit the ultimate goal of everyone's life, this system - constitued of the Capitalism and its ally the State- annihilates all solidarity and pushes to a frenzied individualism.
"In war, the state provides cannons, the rich provide oxen, and the poor their sons. When the war is over, the state takes cannons, the rich their oxen, and the poor count graves. ” - Serbian folk proverb
NO WAR! STATEMENT OF THE IWA SECTION IN THE REGION OF RUSSIA / NO A LA GUERRA! DECLARACIÓN DE LA SECCIÓN DE LA A.I.T. EN LA REGIÓN DE RUSIA (Engl., Esp.)
The year 2021 was mainly about developing contacts in the regions, solidarity activities and participation in public events. We also won another conflict and supported several workers with their workplace problems. We took part in actions against the climate crisis, coordinated the International Week Against Unpaid Wages and hosted the IWA Plenary and Extraordinary Congress.
Anarcho-syndicalists continue to fight for a more just tomorrow, because we carry a new world here in our hearts. and that world is growing this minute.
The year 2021 was mainly about developing contacts in the regions, solidarity activities and participation
in public events. We also won another conflict and supported several workers with their workplace
problems. We took part in actions against the climate crisis, coordinated the International Week Against
Unpaid Wages and hosted the IWA Plenary and Extraordinary Congress.
