Solidarity with Local 100 (TWU), transit workers' strike in NYC

23.12.05

From all of us here at IPO, we wish to send fraternal greetings of solidarity to our brave sisters and brothers who stood up to big capital in New York City in these past few days. Though the strike has ended, the spirit of this historic strike (called “illegal and selfish” by New York City’s billionaire mayor) has fueled us with the hope and energies to continue struggling for the new year that is approaching.

Though the US press slandered striking workers, the US injustice system fined and intimidated the union, its leaders and its members, and US politicians fueled division in the general population, we recognize this strike in its symbolism that labor in the United States is still alive, and not completely driven by and to survivalist strategies. The New York transit workers’ strike of 2005 was a clear step forward, showing that the people are not afraid. In a time of ‘domestic spying’, aggressive imperialist wars around the world, and cutbacks in spending for social programs, we must continue to speak out. There may be many paths, but there is one struggle.

With the coming of 2006, let’s hope that workers, students, academics, moms, dads, kids, campesinos, indigenous, artists and oppressed people around the world decide to throw aside their fear and act. Let’s hope that strikes, walk-outs, protests and confrontations against the system and for liberation, autonomy and justice occur all over the world.

From the mountains to the cities – everywhere – in Colombia, we send greetings to the people around the world who are resisting death and oppression. We stand with you, with a rebellious fist in the air.

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