class struggle
Articles about mass working class struggles and the theory of class struggle.
Albania 1997: The Proletariat Confronts the Bourgeois State - ICG
From Communism #11
"The atmosphere in Gjirokaster is mad. Popular revolt transforms itself into total anarchy, there are no more police, no more State, no more rules. The city is exuding enthusiasm, blossoming, has become excited by rebellion."
(Le Monde - 11/3/1997)
Class struggle in the unemployment capital of Europe, Lower Andalucia, 1995-96
This article deals with a number of specific episodes of class struggle in Lower Andalucia[1] in the recent period.
The Revolutionary Movement in Germany, 1917-1923
Introduction
Whatever the struggle of the world proletariat, considered in Russia, in Germany or elsewhere, we will invariably get a vision about it -in its more concrete expression in a place and in a given period of time- through the world relation force between the enemy classes.
1936-1938: The Workers of the Paris Region During the Popular Front - Michael Seidman
The Birth of the Weekend and the Revolts Against Work: Workers of the Paris Region During the Popular Front (1936-38)
Michael Seidman
The Birth of the Weekend and the Revolts Against Work: Workers of the Paris Region During the Popular Front (1936-38) in PDF Format (4.2MB)
1991: About Class Struggle in Iraq - ICG
We have published several articles describing the insurrections of March 1991 in Iraq, which were written as and when information was able to reach us. Shortly after the end of the Gulf War, we also published in French the text "Proletariat contre nationalisme" (Communisme No.36) in which, from a distance of just over a year, we tried to draw the lessons from these struggles.
1988: Massacre in Halabja - ICG
From Communism #6
1980: The Remaking of the American Working Class - Loren Goldner
The changing nature of capital and its exploitation.
The Restructuring of Global Capital and the Recomposition of Class Terrain
Preface to the 1999 Edition
1917-1921: Generalised revolutionary struggle in Patagonia - ICG
An article by the Internationalist Communist Group (ICG/GCI) about the events in Patagonia 1917-21.
Workers' Memory, from Communism #4
"This signifies the rashest defiance of everything that stands for law and order and the worship of the Homeland, which is the worship of institutions under whose protection groups of more or less genuine workers attempt to vent their hatred and class resentment with unspeakable abuse" said the bourgeois of the "Union", 1921.
Bangladesh... Not Just Floods! - ICG
Capital has asserted itself as the worldwide mode of production since the XVth century. Since then, it has cemented every brick in every mine, factory, office where it extracts surplus value from those who it exploits. It oils its machines, air planes and computers... with the blood of those from whom it extracts surplus value.
Behind the 21st Century Intifada
Written in 2001, this article is an excellent history and analysis of the new Intifada of the time, covering the roots of the problems in Israel and Palestine and the class struggles of both Arabs and Jews in the region throughout the 20th century
Introduction
