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Explanation of the amendments by comrade Steinklopfer rejected by the Congress
Here we publish the second of two texts expressing divergences on the resolution on the international situation from the 24th ICC Congress.
La France Insoumise: always at the service of capitalism
We are publishing an article by our French section, written during the recent French elections. The emergence of “new” and more “radical” left forces is a phenomenon we are seeing in a number of countries, from Colombia, Bolivia and Peru to western Europe and Australia. But as the article shows, parties like La France Insoumise are no less an integral part of capitalism than the traditional or right-wing populist parties which they claim to oppose. Above all, they reflect the need of capitalism to offer false alternatives that sterilise any really critical thinking about the origins of capitalist war and misery.
Uvalde shootings: a new illustration of the barbaric agony of capitalism
The Texas school massacre can’t be explained as the act of a single “evil” individual, but is a product of a profoundly sick society
From internationalism to the "defence of the nation"
The diversity of responses by anarchists to the war in Ukraine shows the political incoherence of this tradition
Critical balance sheet of the 2011 Indignados movement in Spain
Ten years on, what lessons can we draw from the Indignados movement? Understanding past struggles with a critical analysis, while looking to the future, is a source of strength and encouragement for the proletariat in a historical situation that is deteriorating over time at all levels: pandemic, economic crisis, barbaric wars, environmental destruction, moral collapse...
Capitalism is War - War on Capitalism!
A selection of articles, analyses, leaflets and statements on the unfolding inter-imperialist war following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Divergences with the Resolution on the International Situation of the 24th ICC congress (explanation of a minority position, by Ferdinand)
Imperialist conflict in Ukraine and the responsibilities of revolutionaries
A face to face meeting in London, 1pm, 7 May
Plus an online meeting, 5pm, 8 May
Stop the War Coalition: an instrument of anti-American imperialism
Stop the War Coalition (STWC), with Jeremy Corbyn as one of its most prominent supporters, presents itself as a movement aiming for peace and to end the war in Ukraine. But reality is far removed from its narrative.
Britain plays its part in the imperialist slaughter
Behind its hypocritical denunciation of Russian atrocities, the British ruling class is pursuing its own imperialist agenda in Ukraine
“Humanitarian” propaganda in the service of war
The mass exodus of Ukrainian refugees is a terrible tragedy – and the ruling class does not hesitate to exploit in the interests of war propaganda.
Trotskyism: beating the drums of imperialist war
The different forms of Trotskyism, in the name of “revolutionary marxism”, once again tell us to choose our camp in the imperialist war in Ukraine.
Some impressions of the ICC meetings of the 5th and 6th of March 2022
We publish here two contributions from close sympathisers about the war in Ukraine. The first is an account of the two public meetings held in English in March; the second a statement of support for the ICC's response to the war. Our article on all the public meetings we have held so far can be found here.
Brief position statement on the war in Ukraine
I agree with the content of the ICC’s leaflet denouncing the war and with the articles ‘Ukraine: the worsening of military tensions in Eastern Europe’ and ‘The ruling class demands sacrifices on the altar of war’.
Who can put an end to capitalist wars and barbarism?
A short account of recent international public meetings held by the ICC online in a number of languages.
Confronted with war and economic crisis, the working class must not make any sacrifices
Unleashing the barbarism of war in Ukraine means that the whole world is threatened with its collateral "damage", in particular in the growth of poverty worldwide and through the mounting attacks on the living standards of the working class: increased exploitation, inflated prices and widespread unemployment.
Against imperialist war - the class struggle!
As the horror in Ukraine increases, the necessity for authentic proletarian internationalism is as urgent as ever.
Zimmerwald Conference – An indispensable reference for the defence of internationalism
The Zimmerwald conference of 1915 showed the need for internationalist revolutionaries to make a common stand against imperialist war.
Joint statement of groups of the international communist left about the war in Ukraine
The organisations of the communist left must mount a united defence of their common heritage of adherence to the principles of proletarian internationalism, especially at a time of great danger for the world's working class. The return of imperialist carnage to Europe in the war in Ukraine is such a time. That's why we publish below, with other signatories from the communist left tradition (and a group with a different trajectory fully supporting the statement), a common statement on the fundamental perspectives for the working class in the face of imperialist war.