the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
February 2, 2026
The big January winter storm was predicted a week in advance. All levels of government had time to plan and prepare. But with all the cutbacks and reductions it meant they were left with little resource to do planning and preparations. FEMA hasn’t even paid out the money for last year’s storms. States are expected to take care of things. And states have less resources than the federal government.
The way the current society is organized, everyone is expected to handle the storm, or any other crisis for that matter, on their own. Even the news media put out tips of what to do to survive the storm—a storm affecting more than half the country! Everyone is out for themselves, not because they are selfish but because this society is not organized on a collective basis. This society, organized as it is, created the chaos many of us experienced. Long lines wrapping around grocery stores, empty shelves, no shovels or salt. Children at home, parents pulling their hair out, no electricity or heat for tens of thousands of people, nowhere near enough warming centers.
Now imagine people organized where they live into teams to shovel, or cook, or help others to get where they need to go. It’s much easier and faster for five people to dig a car out than for one person digging out their own car. Or better still, imagine real public transportation that worked. It would make more sense to have teams of people keep public transit going. It’s true, some people already help each other to dig out or deal with the crisis. Some of us saw this in our own neighborhoods—neighbors getting together to help each other out.
A storm of this magnitude requires a collective solution. The idea that it is everyone out for themselves is totally inefficient. The unions had a slogan “One for All and All for One.”
The way this society is organized is to funnel the mountains of wealth produced by the working class into the hands of billionaires. But it could be organized on a different basis. One where everyone benefits from the wealth and resources that we produce.