As capitalist ‘run-offs’ ensue, need for labor party exacerbates

In order for working people to gain the ability to fight back against inflation and war, we’ll need to form a political party that is of by and for labor — employed, unemployed, disabled and elderly.

Empty grocery store shelves in baby formula aisle in Edinburg, Texas, price tags displaying exorbitant price-gouging. U.S. bosses have been posting record profits in recent weeks.

There is no end in sight for the “transient” inflation wreaking havoc on the lives of working people here in the Rio Grande Valley, across the U.S., Mexico and around the globe.

A crisis exacerbated by a lack in production of essential goods is further intensified by wars of plunder, in all corners of the capitalist world. Both Democratic and Republican parties, who’ll be hosting runoff elections this upcoming Tuesday May 24, have no answers for the problems we face as a class, as they only represent the interests of the capitalist classes here, south of the border, and everywhere else.

Although both possess factions that appear “worker-friendly,” there’s never been a mass, nationwide political party in the history of this country that’s been solely composed of workers. This unfulfilled historical task of our…