Notes on the UK Strike Wave

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What a difference a few years makes! The period between 2015 and 2019, despite being one of the worst for wage growth, saw some of the lowest levels of strike action in the UK since records began. The period of the Covid-19 pandemic, despite revealing how deeply the divide has grown between the ruling class and the rest of society, did not elicit a wider fightback then and there.

A Spectre of "Capitalist-Socialism" is Haunting China

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The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China concluded with Xi Jinping acquiring a third term as General Secretary of the Party. The "hope" of fulfilling the objective of further capitalist growth was confirmed, since (the declaration is textual) “China cannot develop isolated from the world which needs China for its development”.

Notes on the Political Situation in Germany

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The war in Ukraine has put German imperialism under further strain on a strategic and economic level. The crisis (and not least the Covid pandemic) has not left Germany unscathed. In 2020, the share of German goods sold on the world market was only 7.2% (compared to 12% in 1990). Even before the war, extensive job cuts were announced in the automotive industry, a backbone of the German export...

Migrants and Italy: The Show Must Go On

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(The document which follows was translated from the Italian pages of our website written by our comrades of Battaglia Comunista. The story is the same the world over. The global capitalist system is in crisis in every sphere you care to mention and, for many, either climate change or war compels them to flee the intolerable conditions in which they find themselves in order to survive.

Turkey: Nation or Class?

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(Article by NWBCW Turkey ( · Due to the capitalist crisis, living conditions are getting worse and worse in Turkey, just like in the rest of the world. With the increasing cost of living, it has become impossible to pay the rent, provide adequate nutrition or socialise. This situation also adversely affects working conditions.

Statement on the US Rail Workers' Struggle

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Rail workers are the most overt targets of the bosses' offensive in the class war. On November 28th, Biden issued a statement in which he called on Congress to “avert” a strike of 100,000 rail workers by “adopting” the Tentative Agreement that had been reached back in September between the unions supposedly representing these workers and the railroad companies employing them.

Iran: Workers Respond to the Executions

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In their latest attempt to scare the participants of anti-government protests into submission, the Iranian authorities have resorted to public executions. Mohsen Shekari, accused of injuring a member of the Basij militia, and Majidreza Rahnavard, accused of fatally stabbing two Basij militia volunteers, were both charged with “moharebeh”, or "waging war against God", and hanged.

Notes on the Union Demonstration of 3 December in Rome

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This demonstration was supposed to unite the various rank and file trade unions, but turned instead into a competition as to who would "win" the battle to lead the procession. Specifically, that between its most numerous and significant animators: the SI Cobas and the USB.(1) · In the minds of the organisers the joint strike on Friday(2) and the national demonstration on Saturday were aimed at...

Ontario Education Strike: No Union Wants to Walk the Picket Line!

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For a brief moment, the Ontario education workers’ struggle imposed itself on the public consciousness. News reporters addressed it with a serious tone, young Trotskyists took to Twitter giving empty slogans, union representatives extended Halloween and put on their costumes as labour leaders, Doug Ford came to tears pleading: “please, and I’m begging you, don’t go on strike!”, and Trudeau spoke...

Report on NWBCW Montreal

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Not long after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Internationalist Communist Tendency launched the No War but the Class War (NWBCW) initiative. This launching was opened by an initial call to action ( which was based on twelve points highlighting the war in Ukraine as an imperialist war resulting from the system crisis of capitalism, marking a clear escalation in the tendency towards the...

Iran: Towards a General Strike?

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After more than 75 days of protests, the regime's barbaric repression has resulted in over 450 deaths and more than ten thousands arrests. Yet the working class in Iran continues to fight back. The regime's alleged disbandment of the “morality police” seems to have had little effect, as sectors of the oil workers have already begun to strike and many workers are now preparing for a...

Protests in China: Not Just About Covid

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China is currently experiencing the most significant wave of unrest since the labour strikes of the early 2010s, if not since Tiananmen Square. A number of factors are at play here. The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October already elicited symbolic protest in the form of banner drops which were then circulated online.

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