PETERBOROUGH RADICAL BOOKFAIR
The CWO will have a meeting and a stall at the Peterborough Radical Bookfair.
When: Saturday, 17 October 2026
Where: The George Alcock Centre, Whittlesey Rd, Stanground, Peterborough PE2 8QS
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London Bookfair
LONDON ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR
The CWO will have a stall at the London Anarchist Bookfair.
When: Saturday, 26 September 2026
Where: six venues in East London (see link below)
IWG Public Meetings
IWG PUBLIC MEETINGS
The IWG will be holding two public meetings on internationalism and the US-Iran war.
When: Saturday, 30 May 2026 at 1:00 PM
Where: Woodbine Collective, 414 Broadway, NYC
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FDR Park, Picnic Area #20, Philadelphia (boathouse if raining)
Newcastle Bookfair
NEWCASTLE EWAN BROWN ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR
The CWO will have a stall at the Newcastle Ewan Brown Anarchist Bookfair.
When: Saturday, 30 May 2026
Where: Star and Shadow Cinema, Warwick St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 1BB
Teesside Bookfair
TEESSIDE RADICAL BOOKFAIR
The CWO will have a stall at the Teesside Radical Bookfair.
When: Saturday, 23 May 2026
Where: Auxiliary, Station St, Middlesbrough TS1 1SR
Montreal Anarchist Bookfair
Klasbatalo will have a stall at the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair
When: May 16th
Where: 2515 Rue Delisle, Montreal
Edinburgh Bookfair
EDINBURGH ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR
The CWO will have a stall at the Edinburgh Anarchist Bookfair.
When: Saturday, 9 May 2026
Where: Quaker Meeting House, Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2JL
Manchester Public Meeting
REVOLUTIONARY DEFEATISM: THE TASK OF WORKERS IN WARTIME
PUBLIC MEETING AND DISCUSSION
We, as internationalists, consistently oppose taking sides in imperialist war. Instead, we advocate for working class struggle against war. Time and again, we are asked what this looks like on a practical level. (As though sacrificing oneself for a national flag is practical!).
NWBCW Montreal Public Meeting
NWBCW Montreal Public Meeting
Where: 3516 Ave du Parc, Montreal
When: March 22nd, 14:00
Topics:
The Mass Strike and the March Towards Generalized Imperialist War
The US - Iran War: A Step Towards WW3
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Lessons of the University of Leicester Strike
Leaflet distributed by the CWO at the University of Leicester.(1)
Welcome to Class War
We welcome the formation of Class War, the nucleus of a new group in South Asia. These comrades have initially come together through the work of NWBCW South Asia, but increasingly felt the need for a permanent political organisation as their natural next step. Planting the seeds for a future revival of the class is by no means an easy task, but we hope to travel along this road together. Meanwhile, NWBCW South Asia will continue to operate as a joint initiative with other internationalists in the region.(1)
Two Speeches From the University of Leicester Picket Line
Hundreds of lecturers at the University of Leicester (UoL) have been out on strike since the start of term in September 2025. This is in reaction to an attempt by the university executives, headed by Vice Chancellor Nishan Canagarajah (chairman of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association), to make large parts of the workforce redundant. They announced this in June, just before the summer break – likely an intentional choice of a time when students and staff are separated.
Fifty Years of Struggle, Fifty Years of Swimming Against the Tide
The Communist Workers’ Organisation (CWO), today the UK affiliate of the Internationalist Communist Tendency (ICT), was originally formed from the merger of two groups, named for their publications – Workers’ Voice and Revolutionary Perspectives – at a meeting in Liverpool in September 1975 – fifty years ago.
Fifty Years of the CWO: Perspectives for 2025 and Beyond
This document was originally drafted in May for the Annual General Meeting of the CWO. Since then a number of events have taken place, key among them Israel’s attack on Iran and Trump’s threats to impose more tariffs on Europe. On our website you can find further analysis of these developments which only reinforce our perspectives for this period.
Welcome to Communism or Barbarism
As the capitalist system increasingly engulfs the world in imperialist wars and climate catastrophes, more and more young people are looking for an alternative. The revolutionary ideas defended by the Communist Left over the last century are once again gaining wider exposure and as a consequence we see new groups appear around the world.
Universities in Crisis: The Fight is On
Flyer for distribution at protests and strikes at universities.
The higher education sector is, by all accounts, a sinking ship. Lack of government support and a decrease in the number of international students have created a serious funding crisis. Some 80% of institutions could soon be at risk of deficit. Many have already announced redundancies, course closures, are scaling down catering provisions, changing work patterns or trying to outsource services. All the while we face the now-standard real terms pay cuts to our wages.
Welcome to Kompass-gruppen
New group of sympathisers in Sweden
A number of comrades in Sweden sympathetic to the Internationalist Communist Tendency (ICT) have, after years of contact with the organisation, decided to formalise our work in a group. We have taken the name Kompass-gruppen after the broadsheet Kompass, of which we have already produced two issues. The ambition is to continue the work of propagating ICT politics in Sweden.
Imperialism: What it Is, What it Isn't and How it Ends
On Monday 18 November, the CWO held a public meeting in Manchester on the topic of imperialism. We publish here the presentation followed by notes from the discussion.
Workers' conditions and struggles
A Few Days of Protest Will Not Stop the Capitalist Steamroller! Against All Imperialist Wars: Class Struggle!
Flyers distributed by the ICT during the recent public sector strike in France and demonstrations on the third anniversary of 7 October in Italy.
Airbus Strike: The Working Class Can Only Win by Freeing Itself Once and For All From the Union Straitjacket!
Since 25 August, Airbus employees in Spain have been on an "indefinite" strike due to deteriorating living and working conditions, after rejecting — in a referendum — an initial agreement negotiated between the unions and company management.
Lessons of the University of Leicester Strike
Leaflet distributed by the CWO at the University of Leicester.(1)
On the Noida Strike
On April 13, a massive strike erupted in Noida, India, drawing the participation of an estimated 40,000 to 60,000 workers. This overwhelming show of force by the working class brought the entire industrial zone to a complete standstill. Countless factory workers walked out in unison, deeply frustrated by the crushing reality of brutal 12-hour shifts and starvation wages. Demanding a basic, living minimum wage of ₹20,000, they rightfully rejected the factory owners' insulting and arrogant offer of a mere ₹350 raise.
On the Daily Struggle of the Working Class and the Role of Communists (For the Forgetful and the Mistaken)
Unions Mediate the Terms of Our Exploitation, Only Communism Can End It
Workers across the world and in almost all industries are once again feeling the need to struggle against the attacks on our living standards. Unions, which form an important part of our working class history, are the first to offer us a way to channel this struggle collectively. But looking beyond these initial stages of working class struggle, the history of union struggles becomes less rose-tinted. The history of the class struggle has shown that the unions became gradually integrated into the state’s planning apparatus during the last two world wars.
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.
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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.
2018-06-29
2018-05-21
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
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.
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