The internationalists

(From Prometeo 1 Series VII, July 2009 - In our last issue we published an article from Prometeo, the theoretical journal of Battaglia Comunista (PCInt) on the cost of the crisis so far for to the working class. Here we present a second article from that issue on the same theme of the economic crisis, this time on the prospective for the capitalist crisis whose underlying cause is not financial...

(From Battaglia Comunista 9 - 2009) · An association taking the name “Istituto Onorato Damen” was formed on 30 April of this year. The association was formed by comrades who for several years were the Catanzaro section of the Internationalist Communist Party. These comrades were formally expelled from the organisation on 10 May at the AGM (1) but largely because the, by now, ex-section of...

Across the world many people will be joining the demonstrations against this war in Afghanistan and many others that are wreaking havoc around the planet. There is no doubting their sincerity. There is much to protest about. Since the so-called “end of history”, and the “new world order” were announced in 1990, millions have been massacred around the globe.

To give him his due, even the President seemed stunned by the Nobel Committee’s award of the 2009 Peace Prize. We have got used to spin but the notion that the President of the greatest imperialist power on the planet is worth a peace prize after only 11 days (1) in office takes us back to the “Newspeak” of George Orwell’s 1984.

Since 14 September the workers of Spx (Tecnostest) in Sala Baganza (Parma - Italy) have been fighting a hard struggle, with courage and intelligence. They were left with no choice after the firm had pushed their backs against the wall. · The Sala plant - belonging to a multinational, with a head office in the USA - produces and repairs diagnostic equipment for cars.