The Communist Party of Great Britain, Marxist-Leninists commemorated May 1st with speeches to the masses. They discussed the persistence of resistance against oppression, fueled by the people's enduring desire for freedom, aims to end supremacist Zionist rule in Palestine and challenge US, British and French colonial domination in West Asia. They spoke of the shameful persecution of Julian Assange by the US and its vassal, Britain, underscoring the suppression of free speech when it threatens those in power. They explained that the economic crisis, worsened by capitalism's contradictions burdens the working class, necessitates a socialist revolution that seizes the means of production. And they demanded that trade unions must sever ties with establishment political parties and embrace organized mass movements for radical change to build a society in which the working class is the new ruling class.