Breakdown of global capitalism:

Discuss vital issues

The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) and the International Students for Social Equality (ISSE) call on workers and youth to attend the public meetings in Colombo on May 1 to mark International Workers' Day and discuss the vital issues confronting the international working class.

Since the beginning of 2011, after decades of political reaction, workers internationally, have come to the forefront of struggles in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as in the State of Wisconsin in the United States, to defend democratic rights and to halt the deep inroads into living standards.

The critical question facing workers is: what road forward?

The breakdown of global capitalism that emerged in 2008 fuelling rivalries between the major powers and the eruption of neo-colonial adventures.