Iranian workers are not alone! - Madrid picket

On March 14 activists and members of El Militante (Spanish section of Marxist Current International) organised a picket in front of the Iranian embassy in Madrid. Dozens of members participated in that picket. This action shared the same features as that of other pickets organised on the same day in dozens of cities around the world. The purpose was to show that Iranian workers are not alone in facing oppression; that they suffer at then hands of the reactionary regime of the mullahs and that their struggle for a free and independent trade unions, for basic democratic rights including the right to strike, demonstrate, organise, etc. Their struggle is considered the same struggle for many workers worldwide.

Workers in Spain encourage the Iranian workers to persevere in the struggle. 30 years ago the struggle of the Spanish workers achieved the overthrow of a hated Spanish dictatorship. The Franco regime seemed almighty and eternal, but was unable to resist the power of a working class determined to end it. Although many years have passed since those events, the fight still is fresh in the minds of millions of workers. For that reason the Spanish workers follow closely the struggle of Iranians workers for their democratic rights and the socialist transformation of society.

• The Iranian workers' struggle is our struggle!
• Freedom for all political prisoners!
• Free and independent trade unions!
• For the right to strike, assembly and association!
• Long live the struggle for socialism!

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