Manchester May Day March (5/5)

The May Day March will leave All Saints Park on Oxford Road at 11 am on Sunday 5th  May, ending at the Manchester Mechanics Centre at approximately noon. There will be a May Day rally with various speakers, and further events in the Mechanics Centre during the afternoon.

Members of Manchester Branch of the Socialist Party will be in attendance to leaflet the procession and will meet outside Eighth Day, the vegetarian shop/café, on the opposite side of Oxford Road, at 10.50.

This world is run by a tiny group of people who own and control the wealth and power – the 1% that controls the majority. And they have at their beck and call a host of bought and paid for politicians to do their bidding.

The economic system we live under exists to serve this small elite. In this society,  you don’t get rich by working hard, you get rich by having others work hard for you. In fact: the harder the work, the less you get paid. 

Everything of value is the product of human labour. It was created by women and men working hard. The capitalists own the places where we work, where we produce the goods and services and everything worthwhile – and they reap the rewards. 

We are dealing with a class that is made up of parasites. Malcolm X was entirely right to say “Show me a capitalist and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.”

We seek to end the rule of the rich and build a socialist system – a system where all political and economic power is in the hands of the people. This is not a dream. Working people are the majority. We have every right to re-organise society in such a way that it serves our interests. Providing we have the determination, and understanding necessary, the future will be ours.