Mayday in the form of international worker’s day awakes every year the working class the world across. This great and glorious day has a long history. First May 1886 is the founding stone when oppressed and down trodden industrial workers initiated the renowned 8 hours working day movement in America. The sensational demonstration was finally suppressed by killing the commoners and leaders on 3rd May 1886.
Despite of this repressive action
the mass consciousness among the oppressed working people flourished in
different countries. The second communist
international headed by Frederic
Engles addressed the convulsion and
fluctuation of the very movement. The international on 20th July
1889 decided that the first may every year would be observed as the
international worker’s day from first may 1890 onwards. This tradition of
observing mayday is being more and more significant every year. It has been
contributing a lot in raising the cultural height and political consciousness
among the workers and other oppressed masses.
Today one hundred and twenty forth international
mayday is being observed world wide. We the Bhutanese are observing it with the
irony of bearing the yoke of feudalism on our neck. This year this glorious day
has come just at the threshold of reactionary royal poll. The feudal monarchy
in the guise of royal ‘democracy’ is being more and more exclusive despite of
what it declares as ‘democratization’. On the nationality and cultural question,
the royal ‘democracy’ has excluded the identity of almost all the oppressed
races, castes, ethnic groups, cultural and linguistic communities and
nationalities. Similarly, on the class question, it has excluded all the
oppressed classes from the working class to national bourgeoisie. In both
nationality/cultural and class question, the fake democracy is merely upholding
the interest of comprador and bureaucratic bourgeoisie. As a result the pattern
of governance and its result includes merely the participation of the liberal
and diehard sections of the royal palace. This proves the absence of
inclusiveness in the so called democracy.
As like the political system the
national labor market policy is very narrow. The local people are excluded and
their employment opportunities are replaced by the Indian workers. This is mostly
common in construction sector. The rise of the modern working class is limited
in this and other ways. Unemployed, disguised unemployed and seasonally
employed are increasing day by day. Exploitation of the labor force of
children, women and men in the industries of Tashi and Singye has seriously
disregarded the government’s commitments on the very issues in the
international table. Besides, educated unemployed are rapidly increasing
resulting in massive frustration and brain drain. Most of the Nepali speaking
educated citizens are being devaluated. They are not provided with any
employment facilities. The NOC system is being incessantly a barrier for their
employment. Country’s defense and
security mechanism is made completely exclusive by stopping recruitments from
the Nepali speaking community and by expelling the personnel and militants
arbitrarily. Furthermore, there is no valuation and encouragement of the peasants’
work. The agro-based products are restricted from being supplied to the proper
markets because of constitutionally legalized black laws and policies like NOC (no
objection certificate), route permit, red card etc. The latest ‘kasho’ (royal
decree) issued by the king is nothing but the continuation of populist attempt
of monarchy to fool the peasants. Unless the aforesaid black laws,
constitution, governance pattern and the state mechanism is not radically changed;
there is no any meaning of such ‘kasho’. The country site economy is yet a
combination of tribal and semi- feudal relations. In the same way the urban
areas are of name sake for there is Indian monopolistic comprador and
bureaucratic relationship. These all have resulted in the dependent economic
development and backwardness of the country.
The so called democracy has neither
introduced any change and reform in the despotic laws nor has reviewed the
country’s foreign relationship. That is why the tragic, backward and down
trodden life style of the masses is as it is in relativity to the passage of
time. Therefore, the royal democracy is not the democracy indeed. It is the
continued feudal despotism in the guise of democracy. The real inclusive
democracy always comes along with the radical change. It is essential to uproot
the existing despotic regime in the democratic guise and to establish on its
ruins a new inclusive democracy for the emancipation of broad masses including
workers, peasants and different strata of oppressed bourgeoisie. Such a new
democracy also means absence of monarchy and independence from the yoke of
foreign and especially Indian expansionist hegemony. On the auspicious occasion
of this 124th international Mayday, we call for the unity of all the
exploited classes, nationalities and cultural and linguistic communities under
the red and radiant flag of our party. Our party upholds the peoples’ war
strategy based on the workers-peasants unity. Come, let’s observe this
auspicious workers’ day realizing the essentiality to take up arms for our
emancipation. Comrade Mao quoted, “state power emerges from the barrel of the
gun.” The inclusive democracy as mentioned above is also a political system
that emerges from the barrel of the gun (out of bloodshed). As there is
incessant unilateral reactionary bloodshed against the exploited masses, the
peoples’ war strategy is the only measure for measure. Thus, we call for the
mass attention for the preparation of protracted peoples’ war. Wake up, get up
and join hands for the preparation to take up arms!
Long Live- International workers movement
Hail- The international workers’ day
Long Live- Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
Long Live- proletarian revolution
Long Live- Communist Party of Bhutan (MLM)
Long Live- Unity among the
oppressed masses
Long Live- Our Unity in the
internationalist Communist
Movement
Down with- Monarchy in the guise of
democracy
Boy cut- Royal fascist
exclusive poll
Abort- fake democracy
Down with- Feudalism, Expansionism and imperialism
Down with- National capitulationist state power
Stop- Expansionist Sikkimization plot
Vikram
Act. General Secretary
Communist Party of Bhutan (MLM)
