Quebec City - IWG public meeting

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On February 18th, fifty people attended a No War but the Class War conference given by a member of the Internationalist Workers' Group in Quebec City. The conference was held with the precious help of members of the city's Université Populaire; a political forum regularly held by some anarchist-communist comrades.

On the Events in France

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(Statement of the International Bureau for the Revolutionary Party) · For the thirteenth consecutive night, working class suburbs mainly occupied by immigrant workers have been the victim of riots. At first these were in the suburbs on the outskirts of Paris and then were extended to the provinces where they were repeated in cities like Lyon, Bordeaux and Nantes...

France - From Riots to Revolt - Editorial

The riots which have gripped France during the first weeks of November represent an elemental explosion of anger at the degrading conditions under which capitalism demands its wage slaves live. The massive unemployment in France has resulted in a situation where, in some of the poorer working class areas, there is approximately 50% unemployment.

Gate Gourmet - Workers Defeated by Unions

The recent dispute at Gate Gourmet, where baggage handlers walked out in solidarity with sacked catering staff, is one of the clearest examples of the way the unions take over class struggle to divide, isolate and help defeat workers. The circumstances behind the dispute show the arrogance and contempt with which the bourgeoisie treats the working class.

On the Events in France

(We are publishing below the statement of the International Bureau for the Revolutionary Party on the recent riots in France. As we write, over three hundred towns have seen rioting by marginalised and isolated youths. When Sarkozy called them "scum", he merely blurted out the feelings of the ruling class towards the working class in general and to the poorest in particular.

Hurricane Katrina Breaches Capitalism's Levées

(Statement of the International Bureau for the Revolutionary Party) · With the clinical sharpness of a laser beam Hurricane Katrina has opened up a whole series of issues about the nature of today's class society, the level of the economic crisis, the culpability of capitalism for ecological disaster, and also the fact that capitalist rule is neither as powerful nor as permanent as many believe.

Germany's New "Left Party"

We reproduce below a text by the Gruppe Internationaler SozialistInnen on the regroupment between the PDS (Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus, offspring of the East German Stalinists) and the new Social Democrats of the WASG (Wahlalternative Arbeit und soziale Gerechtigkeit - Election Alternative Work and Social Justice) for the German elections.

The UK and Capitalism's New Economy - Part Three: The Booming Financial Sector

"The strongest performing sector in the UK economy is business and financial services." · "Business and financial services continue to form the largest single sector of the UK economy, and in 2003 accounted for 31.7 per cent of the total, which was more than double the size of the manufacturing sector.

Iraq - US Imperialism on the Back Foot

In mid-October Iraqi voters narrowly accepted the new constitution in a referendum and thereby opened the way to a general election in December. This was hailed by the invaders as a turning point - a clear signal that democracy was on the march in Iraq and the Middle East as a whole. The celebrations have, however, been somewhat muted.

Iran - The Next Target for US Imperialism?

The election of Ahmadinejad · The election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President of Iran in June 2005 was greeted with dismay by leftists and liberals alike. But his election came as no surprise to us nor is it as significant as most observers are making out. As we wrote in Revolutionary Perspectives 32 (p15): · "As the effectiveness of religion as a tool for fooling and controlling the working class...

Gaza - Two texts on the Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza

The Israeli withdrawal from Gaza has two dimensions. On the one hand, it represents the next chapter in the category of suffering and exploitation which the Palestinian workers are suffering, while, on the other, it represents another move in the greater strategy of US imperialism for the Middle East. We publish below two texts which consider the events from each of these angles.

The Economic Role of War in Capitalism's Decadent Phase

Introduction · The role which war plays in the present phase of capitalist society is something which was extensively discussed by left communists in the 1970's. This was the period in which the post-war reconstruction boom collapsed and the post-war economic order agreed at Bretton Woods fell apart.

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