Communist organizations are sparking unrest and fueling tension by distributing pamphlets en masse during pro-Palestinian rallies in New York.
Communist organizations are promoting physical revolution and escalation of conflict in pamphlets given out en masse during the pro-Palestinian protests in New York City.
Multiple groups met on May 7 at Revolution Books in the Harlem neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York City and discussed “gathering forces for revolution.”
“Nobody is an outsider, when it comes to fighting injustice, everybody has a right and responsibility to do that. And we need to bring to them the way out of this mess, where it’s coming from, and why it can be ended. And how it can be ended to a real revolution. And the fact that right now is a time when revolution is more possible. This is something that we need to seize on,” Carl Dix, a representative of the Revolutionary Communist Party, said in the meeting.
A Zoom-based version of the meeting was attended by about 10 people.
One group, Revolutionary Internationalist Youth (RIY), takes credit for participating in many of the nationwide protests.
The Internationalist Group and RIY claim to “have been present daily at solidarity protests outside Columbia University, as well as at the New School and NYU,” according to a pamphlet given out during the May 6 “Day of Rage” protest.
“The key is a revolutionary program and revolutionary leadership. … It is vital to connect today’s struggles to the fight to overthrow this system through international socialist revolution,” the pamphlet states.
“Members of RIY and the Internationalist Clubs at the City University of New York (CUNY) are participating in the Gaza solidarity encampment at City College. As early as last October and repeatedly since then, the Internationalist Clubs have taken the lead in protesting McCarthyite repression against defenders of the Palestinian people at Hunter College and elsewhere in CUNY,” the pamphlet reads.
In addition, they wrote that they have been to multiple encampments in the Boston area, Emerson, MIT, Northeastern, Tufts, Portland State University, University of Southern California, and the University of California in Berkley.
