Solidity message to the Vendor OF Zimbabwe.

 Ahoy, Comrades of the Informal Sector! Ahoy, Proletarians of Zimbabwe!

In unwavering solidarity with all informal vendors across Zimbabwe, we must recognize that the proletariat is under relentless assault by the tyrannical bourgeoisie regime in Harare. This is not merely a struggle for survival; it is a class war—a battle against the dictatorship of the elite, who seek to crush the working masses under the weight of their exploitation and oppression.

Comrades, let us be clear:  the ban on vending is not just an attack on livelihoods; it is a deliberate act of economic sabotage against the informal sector, which sustains the majority of our people. This assault is part of a broader strategy to shrink the spaces where the working class can organize, resist, and fight for their future. The civic space is being suffocated, the liberal opposition is comatose, and the poor are left with no room to breathe, let alone to mobilize for their liberation.

This is a call to arms, comrades! We must reconvene a  Working People's Convention—a gathering of the oppressed, the exploited, and the marginalized—to exchange ideas, strategies, and tactics for a new path of resistance and revolution. The time for half-measures and empty promises is over. The regime in Harare has declared war on the people: students are being expelled, journalists are being silenced, teachers are paid starvation wages, and the informal sector is being criminalized. Who will be next? The answer is clear: all of us, unless we rise up together.

The urgency of this moment cannot be overstated. The bourgeoisie regime has launched a brutal onslaught on every sector of society, seeking to crush dissent and maintain its stranglehold on power. But we, the working class, have the power to resist. We have the power to organize. We have the power to fight back.

Comrades, it is time to organize Zimbabwe!  It is time to build a united front of the oppressed, to reclaim our streets, our livelihoods, and our future. Let us rise together, not as individuals, but as a class—a class that will no longer tolerate the exploitation and oppression of the many by the few.

Forward to the Working People's Collective ! Forward to Revolution! Forward to the Liberation of Zimbabwe! 

Power to the People!  

Solidarity Forever!

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