On the occasion of May Day, 2013, the day of the international solidarity and unity of the working class, the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) extends warmest revolutionary greetings to the entire fraternity of the working class and the toiling people of the country and of the world. On this great occasion, CITU reiterates its commitment to scientific socialism and its resolve to fight for ending the regime of exploitation of man by man.

Fraternal Greetings

CITU conveys warm fraternal greetings and expresses solidarity with the struggles of agricultural workers, poor and middle peasantry for their right to better wages, employment, right to social security; right to land, remunerative prices, public procurement and marketing facilities, institutional loans etc and also against the severe fall out of the deep agrarian crisis in the country as a result of neoliberal economic policy regime. CITU aspires for a countrywide joint struggle of workers, peasants and agricultural workers for reversal of the neoliberal policy regime which calls for urgent initiative in that direction at all levels of the organizations.

CITU conveys its fraternal greetings and message of solidarity to the struggles of the youth and students organizations for the right to education and employment; against commercialization and privatization of education and their democratic rights to organize and act. CITU expresses solidarity to the struggles of women’s organizations against discrimination, against violence and for their right to appropriate representation and empowerment at all forums and levels, while extending fraternal greetings to them.

CITU salutes the working class and the democratic people of Tripura for their frontline role in re-electing the Left Front Government there in the last Assembly election in a more resounding manner. It is a resounding endorsement of the performance and people centred policies of the Left front government in the state.

CITU reaffirms its international solidarity with the working class of the Socialist countries for their struggles in defence of the socialist system there. CITU strongly desires and also firmly believes that all conspiracies of the counter revolutionary forces, backed by imperialism to weaken the socialist system and restore capitalism, will finally be defeated by the working class and people of the socialist countries.

CITU also greets the working class and toiling masses of the developed capitalist countries for their grim struggle including strikes and militant mobilizations against the atrocious onslaught on their rights and livelihood by the crisis-ridden neoliberal capitalist order in the name of so called austerity measures.  CITU upholds the spirit of the most appropriate slogan—”ninety nine per cent versus one per cent” raised from the struggles and mobilizations there and longs for the same to be voiced much louder throughout the world as the battle-cry of the working people against the most atrocious and inhuman face of the capitalist system under neoliberal format.

The CITU reasserts the bondage of solidarity with the working class of the developing countries for their bitter struggles simultaneously against imperialist machinations on their country’s socio-political and economic governance on the one hand and onslaughts on their rights and livelihood by their respective ruling polity on the other under the influence of the imperialist driven neoliberal order.

On this occasion of May Day 2013, CITU reiterates its solidarity and support to the ongoing struggles against imperialist aggressions and hegemonistic ploy, particularly by the US imperialists at various parts of the globe by the people of the respective countries.

CITU denounces the continuing illegitimate interventions and intimidating maneuvres against Syria and Iran which tantamount to shameless and arrogant infringement of sovereignty of other states and calls upon the peace and freedom loving people to raise their voice of condemnation against the same. The US imperialist clique with the support of their European allies has also been openly aiding and abetting the brutal suppression of the genuine up-surge of the people against the autocratic rulers of Bahrain, Yemen, Jordan, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia and so on with money and war weapons. CITU condemns US and its allies provocation building tension in Korean peninsula. The US also in violation of world opinion has been continuing with illegitimate sanctions against Cuba and Iran.

CITU strongly condemns the continuing Israeli onslaught on the Palestinian people and frequent bombing of West Bank and Gaza with the support of the US administration. Such politico-military intimidation, interventions, maneuvres by US and its allies with an aggressionist and hegemonic strategy has gained momentum during last one year along with deepening economic crisis worldwide. CITU reiterates its support to the struggle of the Palestinian people against US-backed Israeli onslaughts joins the working people worldwide in demanding recognition of an independent sovereign Palestinian State with the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.

CITU firmly upholds that the fight against imperialism is an integral part of the class struggle against exploitation by the neoliberal capitalist order and undertakes with priority the task heightening the anti-imperialist consciousness of the working class movement as well as the consciousness for the international solidarity.

Liberating the people of the Arab world from the direct or indirect clutches of the imperialist forces and installation of genuine popular rule of democracy in the African and Middle

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