The Venezuelan Crisis
Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 7 2019 11:32
Recent political events in Venezuela have once again brought to the fore its devastating economic situation. The struggle for power between Maduro and Guaidò, or between a fraudulently re-elected president and an opposition candidate who has proclaimed himself president, besides giving Venezuela a grotesque image, hides the real scenario of an economic and political human tragedy.
Against All Capitalist Factions! For Proletarian Independence!
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 30 2019 13:28
Neither Maduro nor Guaidó have anything to offer the working-class in the face of this turmoil.
The Sorry Spectacle of “Marxists” in Defence of Chinese “Collective Capitalism”
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 15 2019 17:47
An Italian comrade takes a sardonic look at the latest abasement of so-called “academic Marxists” at the feet of the new imperialist order à la chinois.
The Crisis of the Sudanese Regime
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 15 2019 17:10
It was the tripling of bread prices which sparked off the current revolt in Sudan. People first took to the streets in the town of Atbara in north eastern Sudan on 19 December 2018, but they did not restrict their demands to bread even though some had not managed to find any in four days. They had had enough of the brutal military dictatorship of Omar Hassan al-Bashir which has ruled the country since 1989. The protestors not only demanded “freedom, peace, and justice” but also echoed the slogan of the 2011 Arab Spring that “the people want the fall of the regime.” As a symbol of their wider political demands, the ruling party headquarters in Atbara was burned to the ground.
Workers' Strikes in Iran: This Time it is Different
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 2 2019 13:06
To see the new phase of the crisis, which began with the bursting of the speculative bubble in 2008, as just a repeat of the same decades-long pattern of boom and bust, is a mistake. It is a gross misunderstanding of the impasse that capitalism has come to today.
Bosses' Political Faction Fights – Not Our Problem!
Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 17 2018 11:46
Pantomimes usually start in December and end early in the New Year. The Brexit version at the Westminster Palais looks set for an extended run.
1918 — 1968 — 2018
Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 13 2018 12:37
As 2018 draws to a close, a twofold picture emerges. On one side, the accelerating capitalist crisis. Escalating global turmoil and imperialist manoeuvres bring untold misery to Yemen, Syria and the Ukraine. The ruling class, struggling to find a solution to the economic crisis, causes political chaos and confusion in Britain and the United States. On the other side – new mass struggles of the working class in Iran, Iraq, China, Nicaragua, Jordan and France. This happened before.
The Class Party in the Light of the Struggles in Iran
Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 6 2018 10:30
The struggle can hardly prosper if it becomes isolated in Iran. The Iranian workers’ need for a useful political organization, to develop consciousness and guide struggles, is what we all need. Not in the future but now.
Against Racism, Against Capitalism
Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 5 2018 15:26
The leaflet below was given out by the Italian affiliate of the ICT, Il Partito Comunista Internazionalista, in the anti-racist demonstration in Rome on 10 November.
Iran: Workers' Strikes and Protests Continue
Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 3 2018 13:31
Today the slogan of Bread, Jobs, Freedom, Soviet Organisation is to everyone's surprise, if not disbelief, resonating everywhere. The support of other workers, teachers, office workers has ignited hope in the hearts of millions of workers and toilers. Against the regime’s drumbeat for imperialist war, our slogan is “no war but class war”. As the class struggle intensifies, the balance of power in Iran is being questioned for the first time since 1979.
