May Day 2018 NYC

On May Day 2018, the international workers day, the Internationalist Group together with comrades of the Class Struggle Education League (CSEL) from New Hampshire, Revolutionary Internationalist Youth (RIY), the CUNY Internationalist Clubs, Class Struggle Education Workers (CSEW) and Tabajadores Internacionales Clasistas (TIC) organized a contingent of more than 50 demonstrators in the annual May Day march from Union Square in New York City. The Internationalist contingent was the largest on the march and was very visible, both at the starting point and at the destination in Foley Square, where it formed a semi-circle with its flags, banners and signs.



The Internationalists led off with six red flags with the hammer, sickle and “4” symbol of Leon Trotsky’s Fourth International. The lead banner called for “Workers Action to Stop Deportations” as well as “Full Citizenship Rights for All Immigrants.” A second called to “Fight Trump … and the Democrats” and to “Build a Revolutionary Workers Party.” This was followed by the banner of Trabajadores Internacionales Clasistas, the immigrant workers group fraternally allied with the IG. Additional banners called for “Plenos derechos de ciudadanía para todos los inmigrantes,” and “Down with Anti-Immigrant Racism and Bigotry.” The Internationalist contingent stood out not only for its size but also for its organization.

