A “genuine May Day” for peace between people

This year will see “a genuine May Day », despite the repression. Far from the regime’s « Spring and Labour Day » festivities, Novosibirsk activists from the « Krasny Povorot » (Red Turn) media and the Organisation of Internationalist Communists (OIC) are organising together an authorised rally in the large Siberian city. Their flyer reads: « At this rally, you will not hear a call for Russian workers to unite behind the ruling clans, the Russian oligarchs and the high-ranking bureaucracy, nor a call to unite for a mythical victory in the ‘holy war against Western Satan’. What you will hear is a call for unity among workers, millions of Russian proletarians and ordinary citizens, to stop the race to the abyss that the ruling elite is leading us to. People of Novosibirsk! For International Workers’ Solidarity Day, we look forward to seeing you on the genuine May Day! No to fascism! No to capitalism! Yes to peace between peoples! Yes to the brotherhood of workers! Yes to socialism!”