Brooklyn, NY, June 21 — The first anniversary of Kyam Livingston’s death is on July 21. As members of the Progressive Labor Party who work within the Committee for Justice for Kyam, we have to be mindful of what is primary: to build the Party and continual struggle and eventual revolution for a society led by the working class.
Today, a month prior to the anniversary of the murder of Kyam, we held a demonstration to commemorate her death. There were many good speakers, and two hundred CHALLENGEs and hundreds of leaflets were distributed. People were gathering across the street to listen to the speakers as the cops shoved them away. All spoke in one way or another about the inhuman system of capitalism. Some addressed the shock troops of capitalism, the racist police who bring terror wherever they go.
Kyam was murdered because of racist neglect of a human being suffering behind iron bars in a holding cell. The only words of comfort she heard were from her working-class cellmates. From the police authority all she heard was, “Shut the f… up or we’ll lose your paperwork.”  
While all of the speakers spoke the systemic murder of workers by the system, one from the Progressive Labor Party pointed out that the only way to deal with these murderers is to end their system with a communist revolution.
The demonstration was larger than the one last month. Kyam’s mother is determined to keep fighting for justice, even on her birthday. After the demonstration she hosted a picnic on the sidewalk outside her building.
Two close friends of Kyam’s sang an upbeat “Happy Birthday” at the picnic. There was much joy mixed with the anger and sorrow of the moment. As communists become intimately involved with the lives and struggles of our fellow workers, we will gain the numbers and experience needed to overthrow this capitalist system. The road to get there is often difficult. We must never allow the rulers to forget their murder of Kyam Livingston.