May Day Greetings from CPA (M-L)

Written by: CPA (M-L) on 30 April 2025

On the occasion of the 2025 May Day, the Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist) greets our class, the working class of Australia, and all workers and oppressed peoples throughout the world.

It is important that on May Day, the demands of the working class, independent of the electioneering slogans of the parliamentary parties vying for office, are raised and heard.

Together those demands make up an independent working class agenda and unapologetically go beyond what the Labor Party and the trade union leaderships supporting it, can tolerate.

They could not tolerate strong union militancy in the construction industry, so they placed the CFMEU under Administration.

We demand the right of workers to belong to the union of their choice and for the freedom of action that all unions should possess, namely the right of their members to withdraw their labour when and where it hurts the employer the most.

We support the rights of workers and unions to take actions in solidarity with each other's struggles, for sovereignty and self-determination of the First People, in support of people's struggles for justice, the environment, for peace and against imperialist wars. We support the right to take actions in solidarity with workers and the oppressed around the world and at this time particularly, of the right to stand with Palestinians against Israel’s genocidal killings.

Young workers are getting organised. Sometimes this must be done in areas of new and often precarious employment where there has been no history of union involvement. We salute these young workers and their courage in rising to the challenge of finding new ways to organise and struggle.

We recognise the support that comes from progressive members of other classes active in environmental, antiwar and anti-imperialist activity for Australian independence and socialism.

There is a growing united front against AUKUS. AUKUS commits us to a $368 billion spend over 30 years – or $30 million per day over 30 years! Imagine what services could be provided to struggling communities if that money was used to address cost of living matters here in Australia.

Finally, wherever this greeting is being read in Australia, it is being read on the unceded lands of the First Peoples, and we acknowledge and respect their resilience in the face of colonial genocide. We support their ongoing struggles for self-determination.

Workers of Australia, take the lead in all our struggles!

For anti-imperialist independence and socialism!

Workers and oppressed peoples of the world, unite!