Released by the National Steering Committee of the Revolutionary Women League On 1 st of May, 2026
The Revolutionary Women League, commemorates the International Workers’ Day, honouring the historic struggle of workers and their unwavering fight against exploitation, oppression and inequality. This day is not merely a celebration, but a necessary reflection on the unfinished struggle towards our collective liberation. It compels us to confront the entrenched structures of imperialist and exploitative domination, that continue to shape the material conditions of the workers and peasants, the driving force of the economy.
We recognize that within this struggle, the question of women’s labour has become more visible and prominent in significant ways. This shift, while still incomplete, marks an important milestone in how women’s work is contextualized and situated within broader struggles for liberation. This is of importance especially as women continue to exist at the intersection of patriarchy and capitalism, systems under which their labour is continually extracted and exploited.
Women’s exploitation is manifested in formal and informal economies, as well as within unpaid domestic and formal care work, where women’s labour is central to the reproduction of society and the running of the economy, yet persistently overlooked and undervalued. In this sense, the growing visibility, owing to the labour women precariously, diligently and devotedly partake in, must be understood not as a resolution, but as a site where the contradictions of their living and working conditions are more sharply exposed.
These contradictions reinforce the urgency of liberating workers from all forms of exploitation, oppression and domination. This is a goal that cannot be achieved in isolation or through fragmented struggles, but through the conscious organization and unity of the working masses. As the Revolutionary Women’s League, we emphasize the necessity of this unity and reaffirm the task before us as women at the forefront of the struggle, to continue with the militant work of organizing and contributing to the emancipation of the exploited masses.
As we commemorate International Workers’ Day, we do so as an expression of ongoing struggle, solidarity and continued resistance.
Forward with the struggle of the emancipation of the workers!
Long live the NDR!
Forward to socialism!