1st of May Manifesto

[wilpuri]

AUTONOM hereby, on the 1st of May , present a manifesto for workers of the world. A manifesto for the new proletariat, who are no longer the ones without material property, but the ones without ownership of their own future, culturally and spiritually.

The new proletarians are those of us who can’t shape or influence their own future, or the future of those close to them. In other words, most of us living in the West, year 2009. The post-industrial worker works in every field of the society; as unskilled labour, skilled labour, academic labour, farmers, hunters, fishers or self employed, to name a few.

He or she no longer possesses the right to shape their own identity, culture, welfare, safety or harmony. Nation Kultur thus calls on workers of the world to rise against global imperialism, in solidarity with their own kin and workers in all countries that are exploited and sacrificed on the altar of capitalism.

International solidarity is national solidarity.

Workers, fight against the global forces of capital that abuse your labour, your efforts and the labour and effort of your forefathers, in order to benefit their own interests at the expense of your own people’s welfare, identity and future.

Workers, fight against the exploitation of foreign people’s slave labour in order to enrich the few over the many, for short term gains at the expense of long term national prosperity. Don’t accept that others work under conditions you wouldn’t accept, in order to achieve short term material gains for yourself. Fight not only for the benefit of your own labour, but for the benefit of all your kindred’s labour and industries, being sold out because the few want the benefit of what you and your fellow workers have built up through generations. In this way you will not only protect your own people’s interest, but the interest of other people.

Workers, fight against destruction of nature and environment. Fight against the global trade of your people’s natural resources by global parasites. Don’t accept that the future of your children is sold on a global super market. Nature is the foundation of your, your people’s and all people’s welfare and future. No short term profit is worth the cost of a lost future.

Workers, fight for the right to shape your own future, fight for a real popular government, where your efforts are rewarded accordingly with mutual influence, trust, respect and privileges. A government where your meaning is a part of the meaning of the people, and hence become a part of that whole that shape the future of your people.

Workers, fight against the dictatorship of the material, that reduce your existence, your life, to capital, coins and currencies. Spirit, beauty and harmony make life worthwhile and existence greater. Fight for an existence where just and justice signifies more than more and most.

Workers, fight for the equal worth of the sexes. A woman’s traditional labour is as valuable as the labour of men, and should be rewarded accordingly. Everyone should have the right to equal payment for equal labour, everyone should have the right to equal payment for equal worth of labour.

Workers, fight for your children’s right to a home and upbringing of two parents under safe conditions. Don’t accept that the environment of your children’s upbringing is being jeopardized by the social experiments of career politicians. Don’t accept injustice being handed over to future generations.

Workers, fight against imperialism and any kind of global rule that reduces your possibility to influence your future, steal the better of your work and industries, and the future of your children and people. Fight against any power that names war as peace, abuses democracy in order to commit crimes against humanity in the name of humanity, diminishing the human value of the individual and the people. No one has the right to kill in the name of peace.

Workers, fight for the right to an independent culture, ethnic preservation and sovereignty. This way, and only this way, you support other people’s right to an independent culture, ethnic preservation and sovereignty. Fight for the unique people you belong to, be proud of your people’s achievements in history and learn of their defeats. Build the future of your people on an autonomous foundation.

Workers, fight against your own egotism that hinders your kindred’s, your people’s and other people’s development towards a better, healthier, more just and vital society. Fight against the destructive and terminal, in any shape it may form - fight for the life-affirming, natural and people worthy your concern.

Originally published and written 1st of May 2005 on request by Alexander Dugin’s Eurasian Movement

[Каие]

This has been tried before it ended in epic failure.

[wilpuri]

This has been tried before it ended in epic failure.

What has been tried before...?

[Каие]

International solidarity.

[wilpuri]

International solidarity.

Ok? This is a little different from the liberal-leftist variety of international solidarity.

[Каие]

Still, nationalist worker solidarity has been done before too you know.

[wilpuri]

Still, nationalist worker solidarity has been done before too you know.

How has it been "done"? Sure, there have been nationalist trade organizations and plenty of nationalist, anti-marxist socialist organizations, but they hardly ever gained the kind of monopoly over 'the proletariat' as the marxist trade unions and political fronts did, with the exception of individual countries - and there it did function in accordance with some form of corporatism - which incidently is also very close to the so-called Scandinavian social-democratic model. In Finland the parallels are perhaps the most obvious as here the organized owners and employers come together with the organized workers and the state to decide over taxation, wages and prices.

Of course, we live in a very different age these days, with the economies of the world more closely integrated than ever, and the question is - who benefits?

I'm forced to demonstrate with a cartoon by the late Kari Suomalainen, Finnish political satyrist.



Before: Finnish salesperson selling Finnish-made shirts

Now: Finnish salesperson selling 1/4 priced foreign-made shirts

In the future: Foreign salesperson working on 1/4 salary sells 1/4 priced shirts to unemployed Finns.

[Каие]

Then it is merely veiled plain nationalism. The worker bits, are not actually the focus, but the nationalist bits.

[wilpuri]

Then it is merely veiled plain nationalism. The worker bits, are not actually the focus, but the nationalist bits.

It is actually great. It has great dynamism, its time has come. It is here.

But pray tell, what is it?

[Каие]

It's nothing. Political ideologies based on contradictions and paradoxes do not succeed. See the NSDAP and CPSU

[wilpuri]

It's nothing. Political ideologies based on contradictions and paradoxes do not succeed. See the NSDAP and CPSU

My point was simply: what the hell are you talking about? What do you mean, veiled nationalism? What is veiled nationalism? If you mean the manifesto, its not veiled, its right there. Do you think that nationalists don't consider workers members of the nation, or what? Do you think that nationalists are not/cannot be socialists? Its not veiled, its right there for everyone to see.

Fascism was not veiled nationalism, it was a nationalist alternative to the problems of the modern world, as was the entire fascist tendency throughout Europe. It was perceived as a modern solution in favour of the failed and out-dated ideologies of liberalism and socialism. It addressed the economy, socio-economics, et al. It was not nationalism + veiled nationalism.

Veiled nationalism my arse.

[Каие]

How can you have the international solidarity of workers, and nationalism in one? As you demonstrated in that cartoon, the focus is not on worker solidarity but nationalism. It only cares about Finnish workers, or dare I say, white workers.

[wilpuri]

How can you have the international solidarity of workers, and nationalism in one?

The manifesto explains it, as does the picture, in general terms. The picture is not nationalistic or radical in anyway, it is political satire.

As you demonstrated in that cartoon, the focus is not on worker solidarity but nationalism.

The cartoon and the manifesto are separate, I simply used a cartoon to demonstrate in pictures what the manifesto criticizes using words.

It only cares about Finnish workers, or dare I say, white workers.

Obviously you dare... Without getting the manifesto, without getting the cartoon or even knowing anything about backgrounds. But you dare, yes.

Since criticizing using cheap third world labour to replace Finnish workers and criticizing the dismantling of Finnish industries is only caring about "white workers"? Not quite sure how even this Anglo-Saxon monster of a term, "white" even fits the picture.

Opposing this development (i.e. wage-dumping, worsening work conditions, increasing unemployment, etc) is worker solidarity: demanding good working conditions for the national working class also opposes the use of poorly paid immigrant labour and the manifesto urges to show solidarity with the workers of the third world.

Obviously the manifesto and the cartoon both only in general and vague terms describe what's happening - which is why your certainty about everything is very strange and perplexing as its not clear what you're talking about. I don't think its even clear to yourself.

[Каие]

So in effect this ''worker solidarity'' is dependant on workers staying in their country of origin?

[wilpuri]

So in effect this ''worker solidarity'' is dependant on workers staying in their country of origin?

Well, according to this world view each national working class should be able to work in their homeland, where they were born and where their kin is, under tolerable conditions. It is quite consequent that it would also oppose shipping industries into lands with badly paid, poorly treated labour, and bring in badly treated, poorly paid people to do the jobs they can't or won't do for the pay offered.

[Каие]

Well, according to this world view each national working class should be able to work in their homeland, where they were born and where their kin is, under tolerable conditions. It is quite consequent that it would also oppose shipping industries into lands with badly paid, poorly treated labour, and bring in badly treated, poorly paid people to do the jobs they can't or won't do for the pay offered.

Well I must say it is very much interesting, and completely what the BNP believes. But for them it is a mere euphemism, I suspect it is the same here too.

[wilpuri]

Well I must say it is very much interesting, and completely what the BNP believes. But for them it is a mere euphemism, I suspect it is the same here too.

What is a euphemism?

[Phier]

This sort of trend will increase in Europe in the near future and most likely come to a head in 20 years or so when I expect to see very nationalistic parties start to come to real power.

I don't even disagree with some of it, but calling this a workers thing is a bit, disingenuous.

It purely nationalistic, perhaps even racial, with a few meaningless phrases about worker solidarity or some such....

Workers, fight against the exploitation of foreign people’s slave labour in order to enrich the few over the many, for short term gains at the expense of long term national prosperity. Don’t accept that others work under conditions you wouldn’t accept, in order to achieve short term material gains for yourself. Fight not only for the benefit of your own labour, but for the benefit of all your kindred’s labour and industries, being sold out because the few want the benefit of what you and your fellow workers have built up through generations. In this way you will not only protect your own people’s interest, but the interest of other people.

Translation, don't allow cheap imported goods and immigrant workers to take our jobs.

Really the whole thing reads like that.

Its the future of Europe as well, so get used to that sort of talk, you Euro's will be hearing a lot of it. We have a bit more buffer time in the US but its coming here too.

[Каие]

Not in Britain. Britain is immune to the nationalist/communist trends of Europe. History has proven it.

[Phier]

Not in Britain. Britain is immune to the nationalist/communist trends of Europe. History has proven it.

Based on how your left wing papers whine about the BNP gaining influence and votes every year, I wouldn't be to sure about that.