The following speech was delivered by a young comrade in the college work at a forum themed new president, same capitalism what is to be done held in Brooklyn NYC.
I'm a student and PL’er here to give a report on the college conference
We started off with a report from a comrade who works in transit. Despite the struggles, he's been making massive efforts in spreading our politics and organizing other workers in the MTA. But why should students care? Students and young people are typically first on the frontlines of struggle and of war. We're the most active and we have the most potential, but we can't have a revolution by ourselves. The student struggle must be based on class struggle. As we've seen, when not anchored in the revolutionary class struggle, the movement becomes lost and aimless.
Therefore the only way forward is for a student worker alliance and to unite our struggles.
We then had a morning and afternoon discussion. In the morning discussion, we read and discussed a challenge article that showed the continued necessity of fighting for multiracial working class unity, for building a base, and building the party. We then shared our own experiences and lessons we've learned from each of our campuses.
In the afternoon, we discussed how the bosses have been clamping down and enforcing increasingly fascistic practices as a direct result of the student protests. As you may or may not know, many of our college's are directly tied to the imperialist war machine, whether it be to develop weapons and technology for companies like Lockheed Martin or to recruit them to the army.
We say to see through their lies and to recognize the power we have. To not join the bosses in their genocidal war against our fellow working class brothers and sisters, but to fight to overthrow the system. For communism.
A lot of people feel like all hope is lost, with all the various shit that's happened recently. But our work does not change. Our goal is still to overthrow capitalism. I think the future is bright. I think that not just change, but a better world is possible. And everything we do gives me hope, a glimpse into a better future.
