RCIT Activities in 2024 (July-October)

Israel / Occupied Palestine: Anti- War Protest in Haifa

By the Internationalist Socialist League (RCIT Section in Israel/Occupied Palestine), 11.08.2024

Yesterday (Saturday), ISL comrades joined the demonstration against the war organized by Hadash and Left Haifa. The demonstration took place in Kafar Yasif in the Western Galileo – a Christian village. The demonstration of around 100-150 people was led by Hadash. It began at the local church in memory of Mikail, who died by shrapnel of the Israeli army. The participants were mainly pacifists and supported the ICJ and ICC in the Hague. We managed to introduce two other slogans: We will not kill nor die in the service of Zionism; we will not kill or die in the service of American imperialism.

London: Pro-Palestine Demonstration Calls for an Arms Embargo to Israel

By Laurence Humphries, RCIT Britain, 3^rd August 2024

This 17^th Global March organised by the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al Asqa and the Stop the War Coalition took place last Saturday. There were over 50,000 people who marched and demonstrated against the terror state Israel is now a pariah hated and despised by the masses in many countries.

The demonstration was again dominated by migrants from Muslim countries together with their Families. Participants called for a single Palestinian state from the River to the Sea, for the defence of Gaza and for an end of arming Israel.

Comrades of the RCIT distributed leaflets, sold copies of the two English-language journals of the RCIT – Revolutionary Communism and Revolutionary Liberation – and discussed with activists about the strategy for the liberation struggle.

Argentina: Rally in Solidarity with the Workers and People of Venezuela

Report by Convergencia Socialista (RCIT Section in Argentina), 02.08.2024, https://convergenciadecombate.blogspot.com

On August 2nd, a rally was held in front of the Venezuelan embassy in Buenos Aires. The mobilization was jointly called by Convergencia Socialista (Argentinean section of the RCIT) and by the PSTU (Argentinean section of LIT-CI).

The act had a speaker for each organization and the presence of some Venezuelans living in Argentina. In their speeches, the comrades raised the issue of active solidarity with the people who fight against the Maduro dictatorship and the need to organize self-defense against repression and the paramilitary groups of the regime. They also advocated the creation of popular assemblies in which the working class and popular masses discuss and resolve an alternative solution, independent of the employers' options.

It was also stated that socialists have nothing to do with the Maduro regime or with Chavismo, which has been in power for more than 20 years in which it defended capitalism and dependency in Venezuela. During the event, leaflets with a joint declaration by Convergencia Socialista and the PSTU were also distributed and copies of our newspaper “El Trabajador” were sold.

The event was a political event of great importance, since it is the first concrete action in Argentina carried out by the revolutionary left against the Maduro dictatorship.

Argentina: Acto de solidaridad con los trabajadores y el pueblo de Venezuela

Por Convergencia Socialista (sección argentina de la CCRI), 02.08.2024, https://convergenciadecombate.blogspot.com

El 02 de agosto se llevó a cabo una concentración y acto frente a la embajada de Venezuela en Buenos Aires, la movilización fue convocada de forma unitaria por la sección en Argentina de la CCRI, Convergencia socialista y por el PSTU, sección Argentina de la LIT-CI.

El acto contó con un orador por cada organización y con la presencia de algunos venezolanos residentes en Argentina, en sus discursos los camaradas plantearon la solidaridad activa con el pueblo que lucha contra la dictadura de Maduro y la necesidad de organizar la autodefensa contra la represión y los grupos paramilitares del régimen y asambleas populares en las que la clase obrera y el pueblo discutan y resuelvan una salida alternativa, independiente de las opciones patronales.

También se planteó que los socialistas no tenemos nada que ver con el régimen de Maduro ni con el chavismo, que ha sido por más de 20 años el sostén del capitalismo y el administrador de la dependencia en Venezuela.

En la actividad también se repartieron panfletos con una declaración conjunta de Convergencia socialista y el PSTU y se vendieron ejemplares de nuestro periódico “El Trabajador”.

El acto fue un suceso político de suma importancia, ya que es la primera acción concreta en Argentina, llevada adelante por la izquierda revolucionaria contra la dictadura de Maduro.

베네수엘라 노동자·민중에 연대하는 최초 집회

사회주의통합당 (RCIT 아르헨티나 지부) 보고, 2024년 8월 2일, https://convergenciadecombate.blogspot.com

8월 2일 부에노스아이레스 주재 베네수엘라 대사관 앞에서 집회를 열었다. 사회주의통합당(CS)과 통합사회주의노동자당(PSTU)이 공동으로 개최했다..

조직별로 연사들의 발언이 있었고, 아르헨티나에 거주하는 베네수엘라 사람들도 일부 참석했다. 동지들은 연설에서 마두로 독재와 싸우는 노동자·민중과의 적극적인 연대를 내걸었다. 또 정권의 탄압과 준군사조직 백골단의 폭력만행에 맞서 정당방위대를 조직하고, 노동자·민중의 투쟁 대책을 토의하고 결의할 독립적인 민중공회를 창설할 필요를 제기했다.

동지들은 20년 넘게 권력에 있으면서 베네수엘라의 자본주의를 방어하고 제국주의에 대한 종속을 심화시켜온 차베스주의와 마두로 정권을 규탄하며, 차베스주의나 마두로 정권은 사회주의와는 아무 공통점도 없음을 분명히 했다. 집회에서 두 조직은 이와 같은 내용의 공동선언을 담은 유인물을 배포했다. 우리는 또 사회주의통합당 신문 <노동자(El Trabajador)>를 판매하기도 했다.

집회는 혁명 좌파가 마두로 독재에 대항하여 아르헨티나에서 행한 최초의 구체적 행동이라는 점에서 매우 중요한 정치 행사였다

RCIT Greetings to the 26th Annual National Congress of the PSM (Malaysia)

The Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) held its 26^th Annual National Congress on 26-28 July. The RCIT was invited to send a message of international solidarity. The PSM later published all messages which they did receive on their website.

Go to https://thinkleft.net/2024/07/26/international-solidarity-messages-to-the-26th-annual-national-congress-of-the-parti-sosialis-malaysia-psm/ and scroll down.

South Korea: Solidarity with the Popular Resistance in Burma/Myanmar

Report from a Rally in Ulsan on 28 July 2024, Workers' Revolutionary Party (Preparation Group) [RCIT Section in South Korea]

The 8888 Joint Action Rally was held in Ulsan, Bupyeong, and Gyeonggi-do on 28 July to show our solidarity with the popular uprising in Myanmar. Activists from the Workers' Revolutionary Party (Preparatory Group), March to Socialism, Ulsan Workers' Learning Center, and the Ulsan Migrant Center participated. A number of migrant workers from Myanmar joined the rally and shouted strong slogans despite the scorching heat.

This was the 116^th Myanmar Democracy Campaign activity and the next one will be on Sunday, 25 August. Before, on 4 August, there will be a rally in Busan, and on 8 August, a press conference and a protest will be held in front of the Myanmar military attaché in Seoul to call for democracy in Myanmar.