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On occasion of this year`s Mayday, the international day of the working class, several activities were carried out in the Ruhr-area. On the evening of April 30, a combative demonstration marched through Duisburg. The demonstration was called for by Turkish and German revolutionary organizations and ended in the proletarian neighborhood Duisburg Hochfeld. In solidarity with the struggle of the League of poor peasants in Brazil speeches were held describing the situation in Brazil and a banner with the slogan “Forward to May 1st – Long live the agrarian revolution, Death to the Latifundium!” was held high. With forceful slogans, flares and great determination a powerful demonstration was conducted.

This week, there have been two spontaneous manifestations in front of the Brazilian embassy. The heroic struggle of the “League of Poor Peasants” for land in Rondonia was highlighted and the attacks of the Brazilian state which plans a massacre against the comrades, were denounced.

This year the 1st of May stood in the light of the state of emergency again, imposed by the bourgeoisie – but in a different way than one year before. Here is a brief overview of activities in northern Germany:

In the midst of the complicated situation ahead of 1st of May, where "public life" is now to be completely shut down for 3 weeks, revolutionaries in Turkey are carrying out important actions and mobilization.

BULLETIN OF THE
BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE’S LAWYERS – GABRIEL PIMENTA

April 2nd, 2021

AFTER THE ARREST OF MILITARY POLICEMEN, THE GOVERNOR OF RONDONIA
AND THE PUBLIC SECURITY SECRETARY ANNOUNCE AND PRACTICE CRIMES
AGAINST THE PEASANTS.

Now the Potsdam Garrison Church is also being renovated - Germany is doing everything it can to rehabilitate its Prussian history. To this end, after the Berlin Palace, the Potsdam Garrison Church is now also being reconstructed.

In the following we document a painting from the working-class district of Tenever in Bremen that was sent to us.

The past few days have seen a lot of important actions in Turkey. There is a particular focus on the preparation for 1st of May in the different cities and regions of the country. In Istanbul, the YDG called for people to take to the streets on First of May, especially with the occasion of over 100 days of the "Bospurus Uprising" at Boğaziçi University. Only last week, a charge was brought against 97 students who were arrested during the protests on 1st February for refusing the infection control measures by means of the protest. The Partizan released a statement on this year's 1st of May.

YDG 1. Mai 2021

 

Meanwhile, the state is engaged in banning popular marches where it can. The governments of Edirne, Denizli and Aydin, Kocaeli, Istanbul and Kayseri banned all activities, from demonstrations to wreath-laying, petitions and banner-hanging, on the pretext of infection control. The latter was conducted by militants of the TKP/ML shortly afterwards on the occasion of the 49th foundation day of the party.

Transparent tkpml 49 Jahre I Transparent tkpml 49 Jahre II

 

The restrictions on the 1st of May were already evident when the police blocked construction workers, members of the Revolutionary Construction and Road Workers Union as if in a " disaster operation " when they wanted to put up posters around the Galataport construction site in Karaköy to mobilise for the day of the working class. Struggles with the police also developed in protests by hospital staff and others working in the health system in Istanbul, prompted by the rising death toll of staff exposed to the virus and disease through the handling of the pandemic without protection.