The communist Progressive Labor Party (PLP) in Mexico participated in the May Day march organized by the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) in Mexico City and Oaxaca. Around 40 members and supporters marched with our red flags, chanted communist slogans and songs, and distributed approximately 3,000 leaflets

In Oaxaca, our group of 12 comrades joined the massive march in which thousands of teachers took part. We carried a banner with the slogans: “DESTROY CAPITALISM AND ITS OFFSPRING, NAZI-FASCISM!” and “END IMPERIALIST WARS WITH THE COMMUNIST REVOLUTION!” We carried the red flags of the International Communist PLP, distributed 500 leaflets, chanted revolutionary slogans, and later held a follow-up assembly. A number of our teacher-comrades marched with their union contingents, where they also helped distribute leaflets.

In Mexico City, we marched alongside representatives from the CNTE from different states across the country, primarily from Oaxaca. Our contingent consisted of 27 supporters and organizers who carried a banner calling for the CRUSHING OF THE IMPERIALIST WAR FOR PROFIT WITH THE POWER OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING CLASS AND COMMUNIST REVOLUTION! Another banner called for the fight for communism and for meeting workers’ basic needs — including access to water, which employers have turned into a commodity accessible only to those who can afford it. We distributed 1,500 leaflets against imperialist war and in favor of communist revolution.

In the days leading up to the march, we held three organizing meetings with our members and organizers. At these meetings, we emphasized the importance of organizing within a revolutionary communist party like the PLP to confront the current period of crisis, the rise of fascism, and imperialist war. The majority of our invited contacts joined us on May Day.

We are now preparing to support the day of action planned by the teachers of the CNTE, which includes a National Strike and a boycott of the World Cup of Plunder.