The Outlook for 2023

Politics: 
No War But The Class War
Publications: 
Revolutionary Perspectives

(Editorial for Revolutionary Perspectives 21 ( (Series 4).) · There is no point pretending that the prospect for 2023 is anything other than dismal. Inflation has come back to haunt capitalism and wage workers throughout the world are facing sharp cuts in their standard of living, if not outright penury.

Our Lives Are Not Safe in Their Hands

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British Isles
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Health and social assistance
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Documents

(A comment from a CWO sympathiser.) · During and following the Second World War, the British ruling class were aware that the working class were in no mood to return to the old regime, the misery of poverty and unemployment of the thirties. Convinced that the Labour Party was the vehicle for a new society, socialism, many workers voted for the first Labour government of 1945 with its program of...

The Migration Crisis Stems From the Crisis of Capitalism

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Migrations
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The crisis of capitalism manifests itself in many different ways. At the heart of it is the fundamental contradiction between capital and labour, and the need to increase exploitation of the working class by driving down wages and increasing workloads in attempt to offset the falling rate of profit; a process first fully explained by Karl Marx.

"Qatargate": After the World Cup, the Scandal of a Decadent Spectacle Goes On

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Middle East
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Criminal activities
Publications: 
Documents

If ever a cultural event epitomised the state of today’s global mode of production then we need look no further than the FIFA World Cup tournament held in Qatar at the end of 2022. Allegedly, more people watched this televised spectacle than any previous World Cup. It also cost more to put on than all previous World Cups and Olympics put together, despite being hosted by a nation with a...

Guy Sabatier, an Internationalist

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ICC and French Communist Left
Regions: 
France and Benelux
Publications: 
Documents

Guy left us on 4 January 2023. He remained throughout his life a revolutionary militant of the working class. · 1. A Militant in Social Struggles · In 1968-9, during those years of important struggles of the working class (the decade of wildcat strikes which descended on the world), he co-founded the Movement for Spontaneous Revolutionary Action (Mouvement d'action révolutionnaire spontané,...

Notes on the UK Strike Wave

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British Isles
Facts: 
Workers' conditions and struggles
Publications: 
Documents

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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Maoism
Regions: 
Eastern Asia
Publications: 
Documents

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

Regions: 
Europe
History: 
2022: Russo-Ukrainian War
Publications: 
Documents

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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Italy
History: 
2015: Refugee Crisis
Facts: 
Discriminations
Migrations
Publications: 
Documents

(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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No War But The Class War
Regions: 
Caucasus and Anatolia
Facts: 
Workers' conditions and struggles
Publications: 
Documents

(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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United States of America
Facts: 
Transports
Workers' conditions and struggles
Publications: 
Documents

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

Regions: 
Middle East
History: 
2018: Haft Tappeh Struggle
2021: Iran Oil Workers' Strike
Facts: 
Workers' conditions and struggles
Publications: 
Documents

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.

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