A DAY OF CONTRADICTION
Recently I had the misfortune of stumbling over a Statement [ https://communismgr.blogspot.in/2017/04/pame-calls-greek-and-foreign-workers-to.html ]issued by the All-Workers Militant Front (PAME) , Greece, where they have made a passionate plea to workers, both from Greece and foreign origins, to observe and honour the International Labour day in Greece. One cannot miss the anxiety and tension that form the core of that Statement which seemed to have risen straight out of a deep seated doubt to make the event a real success. The Statement has been bracketed characteristically by age-old rhetoric, such as "We will[sic] not be slaves in the 21 century;" "we are moving forward for ...the great cause of the liberation of the workers and the oppressed of the chains of exploitation;" and so on. However, watching thousands of kilometers away from the actual scene of action it appears that International Labour Day has become more of a ritual and an added holiday in the c...
