Pakistan
On this May Day 2026, we send militant and internationalist greetings from the factories, fields, universities, and streets of Pakistan. This historic day stands as a powerful reminder that the working class across the globe faces one common enemy: the capitalist system and its imperialist domination. Our struggles are not separate or isolated—they are united expressions of a single, worldwide class struggle against exploitation and oppression.
Fighting back is the only option
In Pakistan, the working class continues to face deepening attacks—skyrocketing inflation, mass unemployment, privatization, and brutal state repression. These conditions are not accidental. They are the inevitable products of capitalism, imposed by a ruling class that serves imperialist interests. From industrial workers to agricultural laborers, from students to unemployed youth, the burden of crisis is placed squarely on our class. Yet even in these harsh conditions, resistance persists and grows.
We firmly reject the illusion that workers share any common interests with the ruling class—whether local or international. The enemy is capitalism itself. As Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels made clear, the history of all societies is the history of class struggle. Today, that struggle is global in scope and demands a global revolutionary response—one being built through the efforts of the Progressive Labor Party to unite workers under one red flag.
We recognize that nationalism, reformism, and revisionism serve only to divide and weaken the working class. These ideologies obscure the fundamental contradiction between labor and capital, thereby strengthening the ruling class. As Vladimir Lenin emphasized, without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement—but theory must guide practice toward the abolition of capitalism, not its reform.
The line advanced by the Progressive Labor Party makes it clear that only the international working class—united across all borders—has the power to overthrow this system. There is no progressive section of the bourgeoisie, no path through alliances with ruling-class forces, and no national solution to a global system. The task before us is the fight for communist revolution, led by a politically conscious and organized working class.
We draw lessons from the history of past struggles—not as fixed models to imitate, but as experiences to critically assess, learning from both their victories and their defeats. Our central task remains the building of a mass, revolutionary movement rooted in the working class and guided by a correct anti-revisionist line.
Reject all the bosses’ dividers!
Comrades, on this May Day, our message is clear: your struggle is our struggle. We stand with you not as representatives of separate nations, but as members of one international class. Your victories strengthen our resolve. Your setbacks deepen our collective understanding.
Let us reject all divisions imposed by capitalism—nation, race, religion—and unite as one working class. Let us build a revolutionary international communist movement under the red flag of the Progressive Labor Party that can bring an end to this system once and for all.
Workers of the world unite—not for reform, but for international communist revolution.
Colombia
In the context of the commemoration of International Workers’ Day, please accept our cordial and militant greetings from Colombia. This historic date calls upon us to remember and uphold the struggles of the global working class against exploitation, racism, sexism, wage slavery, and all forms of oppression imposed by the capitalist system—along with its deadly wars, which are currently unfolding in regions such as Iran, Gaza, and Sudan.
Throughout history, the working class has demonstrated its strength and determination through great revolutionary feats. As Victor Hugo once expressed, even the darkest night ends with the rising of the sun. However, that dawn demands that we confront the darkness and tear down—brick by brick—the walls that block the light. These words reflect the fighting spirit that has driven workers to organize and resist in the face of exploitation.
Today—in an era marked by an imperialist offensive and deepening inequalities—we, the workers, continue to face war, hunger, misery, violence, and repression. Policies involving cuts to healthcare and education, the persecution of migrants, police terror, and imperialist wars are all manifestations of a system that prioritizes profit over human life.
In the face of this reality, the international working class continues to organize and resist. Through marches, forums, protests, and community-based work, class consciousness is being strengthened, winning new adherents to our struggle. Internationalist solidarity is being demonstrated toward peoples suffering the consequences of war and domination, while simultaneously denouncing repression, racism, and the rise of reactionary forces.
It is fundamental to strengthen political organization and conscious action in every sphere: in the countryside, in the cities, in schools, and in workplaces. Building a communist world requires perseverance, education, and unity—while recognizing that both advances and setbacks are an integral part of the struggle. This May Day serves as a clear call for working-class unity on a global scale—to reject all forms of oppression and to continue building alternatives that enable us to transcend current conditions. History demonstrates that organization and collective struggle are fundamental tools for achieving profound transformations.
From the Progressive Labor Party (PLP), we will continue to commemorate this date as a symbol of resistance and hope, reaffirming our commitment to the struggle against predatory capitalism—along with its militaristic and anti-immigrant offensives—until the day the red flag is raised in every corner of the planet.
