By James Thompson

Note: For many years many people have prayed to divine beings to deliver human beings from a variety of cataclysms to no avail. Their prayers have been met with wars, famine, homelessness, racism, sexism, xenophobia and poverty. Perhaps it is time that prayers are addressed to those who can change the course of history. Divine beings do not cause wars, famine, homelessness, racism, sexism, xenophobia and poverty. Human beings are responsible for these societal ills.

Let us pray!

Dear humanity:

Let us gather our collective strength to battle the ills that persecute us.

Let us find the wisdom to discern the difference between the wealthy who oppress us and our fellow workers who share in our oppression.

Let us demand that the wealth that we workers produce be shared equally among all people.

Let us demand an end to all imperialist wars of oppression and prepare ourselves for a class war in which workers can prevail over their oppressors.

Let us demand an end to fascism, terrorism and efforts to achieve world domination.

Let us demand an end to famine, homelessness, homophobia, racism, sexism, xenophobia and poverty.

Let us utilize our collective political strength to overcome oppression in all its forms.

Let us demand democracy for working people and an end to democracy for the wealthy to the exclusion of all other peoples.

Let us work for education for all people, healthcare for all people, housing for all people and food for all people.

Let us work for collective human respect for our environment as well as respect for all beings on this planet.

Let us fight against the negative forces of the wealthy who seek to enslave all humans, animals and the environment for their selfish desires.

Let us demand an end to nuclear weapons. We must remember that all beings can be cremated equally.

Let us respect all sovereign nations until we achieve a socioeconomic system in which nations are irrelevant.

Let us respect all religions equally. Let us respect those who choose no religion.

Let us work for the unity of working people to achieve the above goals.

May it be so.