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IWG EDUCATION GROUP MEETING

Readings: Radek's Theses on Imperialism (1915) and The Latest Butchery in the Middle East is Part of the March to Generalised War

When: Monday, 27 November 2023, at 7:00pm (EST)

London Bookfair

LONDON RADICAL BOOKFAIR

The CWO will have a stall at the London Radical Bookfair.

When: Saturday, 4 November 2023

Where: Great Hall and adjoinging rooms at Goldsmiths University, 8 Lewisham Way, London, SE14 6NW

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Online Public Meeting

IWG EDUCATION GROUP MEETING

Discussion of part X of the Class Consciousness and Revolutionary Organisation pamphlet.

When: Monday, 23 October 2023, at 7:00pm (EST)

Where: Zoom (request an invite by contacting us through our social media: linktr.ee)

Internationalist Workers’ Group

New York Public Meeting

NO WAR BUT THE CLASS WAR: WHAT OPPOSITION TO IMPERIALIST WAR REALLY MEANS

PUBLIC MEETING AND DISCUSSION

Topics of discussion:

  • The communist perspective against nationalism and imperialist war
  • What "No War but the Class War" and internationalism actually mean
  • Historical lessons, the war in Ukraine, and other imperialist conflicts
  • Our role as militants and what we can do to combat the drive towards world war

When: Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 2:00pm

Hamilton Public Meeting

READING GROUP

This meeting's text: Theses on the Tasks of International Social-Democracy by Rosa Luxemburg

When: Saturday, 7 October 2023 at 6:00pm

Where: Hamilton, Canada (contact us through our social media for location details: linktr.ee)

Klasbatalo

London Bookfair

ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR IN LONDON

The CWO will have a stall at the Anarchist Bookfair in London.

When: Saturday, 7 October 2023

Where: four venues in East London (see link below)

anarchistbookfair.london

Hamilton Bookfair

HAMILTON ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR

Klasbatalo will have a presence at the Hamilton Anarchist Bookfair.

When: Saturday, 30 September 2023

Where: Hamilton Craft Studios, 121 Princess St, Hamilton, ON L8L 8B7, Canada

hamiltonanarchistbookfair.noblogs.org

Online Public Meeting

IWG EDUCATION GROUP MEETING

Discussion of part IX of the Class Consciousness and Revolutionary Organisation pamphlet.

When: Monday, 25 September 2023, at 7:00pm (EST)

Where: Zoom (request an invite by contacting us through our social media: linktr.ee)

Internationalist Workers’ Group

Bradford Bookfair

WEST YORKSHIRE ANARCHIST AND RADICAL BOOKFAIR

The CWO will have a stall at the West Yorkshire Anarchist and Radical Bookfair.

When: Saturday, 2 September 2023

Where: 1in12 Club, 21-23 Albion Street, Bradford BD1 2LY

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Online Public Meeting

IWG EDUCATION GROUP MEETING

Discussion of part VIII of the Class Consciousness and Revolutionary Organisation pamphlet.

When: Monday, 28 August 2023, at 7:00pm (EST)

Where: Zoom (request an invite by contacting us through our social media: linktr.ee)

Internationalist Workers’ Group

Activities

Presentation and Reports from the Public Meetings in Paris and Saint-Nazaire

Paris Meeting (22 September 2023)

Welcome to the Revolutionary Internationalist Group as French Affiliate of the Internationalist Communist Tendency

Birth of the Revolutionary Internationalist Group

Everyday we receive the confirmation of what we wrote in issue 22 of Bilan et Perspectives: the renewal of workers’ struggles.(1) In the past few years, the long retreat of over five decades, seems to be approaching its end. This is evident from:

Don't Let Them Deal You a Bad Hand!

Leaflet distributed by Klasbatalo during the croupiers' strike in Montreal.

Internationalism and the War in Ukraine

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is now approaching the two month mark. Like other imperialist conflicts in the past, it has put the internationalist convictions of revolutionaries to the test.

No War but the Class War - A Call for Action
  1. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is no isolated act. It is the beginning of a new period of imperialist competition which threatens more generalised war in a way not seen since 1945.
No to Capitalism's Wars

Leaflet given out by comrades of the Internationalist Communist Party (Battaglia Comunista) at a demonstration in Florence on 26 March.

Against Capitalism, As Always!

Leaflet distributed by the PCInt during the "No Draghi Day" protests in Italy.

Striking Kellogg's Workers: Don't Settle for Crumbs!

Leaflet distributed by the IWG during the Kellogg's strike in Lancaster, PA.

Striking Kellogg's Workers: Don't settle for crumbs! Demand the abolition of the 2-tier system & more!

Report from the Kellogg's Workers Strike

Since October 4, 1,400 workers at the four Kellogg’s plants in the United States have been on strike in response to a two-tier wage system and the company’s efforts to permanently classify workers out of receiving better wages and benefits. The IWG has been able to intervene at the strike at the Lancaster plant several times over the last month, distributing leaflets and collecting information from the workers there.(1) What follows is a brief report and analysis on the situation.

The Generalized Crisis Requires a Generalized Struggle

Leaflet distributed by Klasbatalo during the CPE daycare workers' strike in Quebec.

Workers' conditions and struggles

Lessons from the Strike Wave

Cost of Living Crisis = Capitalist Crisis

USA: Renewal of Workers' Initiative is Real

To Throw a Wrench in the Bosses' Plans, We Need to Take Control of the Struggle!

IWG flyer for distribution during the auto-workers’ strike.

Utilizing deceit and dirty tricks, the individuals that are supposed to defend the auto-workers’ interests are the first to betray them…

The Real Fight is Yet to Come

Balloting on Tentative Agreement at UPS: Workers' Mobilizations in the USA are Subordinated to the Exigencies of Crisis and Rearmament

UPS Struggle: Strike While the Iron is Hot!

The recent situation of the working class has been treacherous, to say the least. Inflation, war, and instability prevail, while wages stay down and things only get worse.

The Present Wave of Strikes and the Way Forward for the Working Class
Montreal: Why are the BAnQ Workers on Strike?

Leaflet distributed by NWBCW Montreal during the BAnQ and Owens Illinois strikes.

The BAnQ workers are on strike because, even prior to the current inflationary period, their wages were suppressed, without any pay increase since 2018. With generalized inflation, workers across the board have seen their real pay slashed as food prices rise and real estate speculation causes skyrocketing rent prices.

Sweden: The Wildcat Strike on the Commuter Trains Shows the Way Forward

News

2019-01-16

At least 70,000 workers from 45 factories—including tens of thousands of auto parts and assembly workers at companies that supply GM, Ford and Fiat-Chrysler—have launched a wildcat strike in the US-Mexico border town of Matamoros.

The strike is a rebellion against both the “maquiladora” manufacturing corporations and the pro-company trade unions. Over 1 million workers endure low wages and sweatshop conditions at the 3,000 “maquiladora” factories that line the Mexican side of the border and account for 65 percent of Mexican exports. It looks like it has the potential to escalate.

Ant

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2018-11-15

China has detained student organisers and factory workers in at least three cities as a crackdown against labour protests spreads across the country. Security forces stormed student and worker dormitories in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen on Friday night, according to student activists, taking away five university students, three workers in Guangdong province, as well as several employees at a Shenzhen-based labour rights organisation.

For more from the Financial Times article see: ft.com

2018-09-25

It has now spread to other cities.

notesfrombelow.org

2018-05-21

bbc.co.uk

For a fuller investigation see Sarah O Connor here:

ft.com

2018-04-03

Thousands of teachers on strike in both states following the strike in West Virginia

In Kentucky its the pensions issue again but in Oklahoma the continual cuts in the state budget due to tax cuts has forced schools to shut an extra day a week and some schools find they cannot buy textbooks despite sacking teaching assistants and teachers en masse. edition.cnn.com

2017-12-15

libcom.org

More than 200 workers at the flagship rail construction project have downed tools today in solidarity with more colleagues who have been sacked and locked out.