Against Preceptorship; For Class Mobilization!

As we conclude this paper, we have learned about the injunction Salvini issued against the transport workers who participated in the strike called by the USB for Friday the 13th of November. This measure mirrors the one issued during the November 29th general strike, and has been submitted to Parliament for ratification alongside the “security bill.” In Il Partito Comunista #439, we condemned this as a repressive move against picket lines, factory protests, demonstrations, and workers’ marches.

Furthermore, an even more burdensome piece of legislation (when compared to existing legislation passed by previous governments) regarding strikes is currently under consideration. It is evident that the politicians who have chosen to take this repressive turn against worker’s struggles are doing their job. They are preparing appropriate regulations designed to stop struggles, which will certainly not be overturned by any “progressive” government that might follow. 

Similar to how we acted in the face of fascism in the 1920s, we are not crying “they are trespassing on democracy.” It is our job to show the workers that relying on bourgeois institutions, like commissions or courts, is nothing but delusion. The only response is to generalize and extend mobilization. If Capital and its State criminalize struggle, the working class must either accept this battleground or perish.

For the umpteenth time the great line of “democracy” and the “state for all people” has been unmasked. It has revealed its true face as a machine of organized violence, erected exclusively to defend the interests of Capital and the ruling class.