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Owen Jones delivers “all-time great congress speech”
In a barnstorming address to the UNI World Congress in South Africa, author and journalist Owen Jones delivered a stinging appraisal of global capitalism, oppression and injustice. In what UNI General Secretary Philip Jennings called “one of the all-time great congress speeches”, Jones offered hope in the face of adversity, urging “If Apartheid can fall, then all other oppression can fall as well.”
He also issued a rallying call to workers around the world: “The cry of our movement must ring loud and clear: an injury to one is an injury to all! We must overcome our divisions and become ever more coordinated, ever more united, to build a different world.”
The congress brings together 2000 people from over a hundred countries. Jones urged delegates to unify in their push for inclusive economies and societies. “Whether we are Argentinian or Malian, French or Malaysian, Nigerian or Japanese, we are one people. We have one struggle. Together we will build a world of justice, of equality, of dignity.”
“We stand together, we fight together, and we will win together!”