Anthony R, Denton, TX
After clocking in at my job, I passed by a new coworker in the kitchen. With my backpack still on, I introduced myself and before I could even finish a sentence, another coworker interrupted and said, “Anthony’s a communist by the way!”
A number of coworkers asked me to explain the RCA’s perspectives to our new coworker, I paused gathering my thoughts and gave them the basic outline:
The working class is in a sorry state in the 21st century, but it is not the fault of immigrants, black people, China, any other distraction the ruling class says. The reason our lives are getting worse is because the capitalists are only interested in extracting more profit from us. The only way out of this situation is kicking them out and putting ourselves in power.
When I finished, the new coworker cheered: “Yeah! That’s right! Taking power, that’s what we need.” It’s only the communists who understand the need to break with the capitalists and fight for revolution. That’s why the RCA is building everywhere, from campuses to high schools to workplaces.
The working class all across the world is looking for solutions, and in the United States especially, the crisis of revolutionary leadership is clear. It’s only by ditching the two party system entirely and fighting on class independence that we will win battles for the working class, and eventually help lead the working class to kick out the capitalists for good.
In my coworkers own words, “What we need is a revolution!”