SWANSEA RADICAL COMMUNITY FESTIVAL
There will be an NWBCW stall at the Swansea Radical Community Festival.
When: Saturday, 22 November 2025
Where: Elysium, 210 High St, Swansea SA1 1PE
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Bristol Bookfair
BRISTOL ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR
The CWO will have a stall at the Bristol Anarchist Bookfair.
When: Saturday, 1 November 2025
Where: Elmgrove Centre, Elmgrove Rd, Bristol BS6 6AH
Peterborough Bookfair
PETERBOROUGH RADICAL BOOKFAIR
The CWO will have a meeting and a stall at the Peterborough Radical Bookfair.
When: Saturday, 18 October 2025
Where: The George Alcock Centre, Whittlesey Rd, Stanground, Peterborough PE2 8QS
Leicester Public Meeting
WHAT IS COMMUNISM?
PUBLIC MEETING AND DISCUSSION
As the economic crisis gets worse, the class war is intensifying. Everywhere workers’ wages are being reduced, social services are cut and workers are being made redundant. There are 101 different parties and groups that propose solutions, many of them calling themselves socialist or communist – but providing answers that stay within the framework of the state, the nation, the international order – in short, capitalism.
London Public Meeting
WHY THE SO-CALLED WORKERS' MOVEMENT DOESN'T DEFEND THE WORKING CLASS
PUBLIC MEETING AND DISCUSSION
London Bookfair
ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR IN LONDON
The CWO will have a stall at the Anarchist Bookfair in London.
When: Saturday, 20 September 2025
Where: Waterloo Graffiti Tunnel, Leake St, London SE1 7NN
2025 NYC Anarchist Book Fair
2025 NYC Anarchist Book Fair
The IWG will have a table at the 2025 NYC Anarchist Book Fair.
When: September 13th, 11am-7pm
Where: La Plaza Community Garden, E 9th St and Avenue C - New York
No War But The Class War Public Meeting Montreal
No War But The Class War Public Meeting Montreal
When: September 7th 2pm
Where: 3516 av parc Montreal
Newcastle Bookfair
NEWCASTLE EWAN BROWN ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR
The CWO will have a stall at the Newcastle Ewan Brown Anarchist Bookfair.
When: Saturday, 7 June 2025
Where: Star and Shadow Cinema, Warwick St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 1BB
Derby Festival
DERBY SILK MILL FESTIVAL
The CWO will have a presence at the Derby Silk Mill Festival.
When: Saturday, 7 June 2025
Where: Derby Market Place, Lower High Street, Derby DE1 3AE
Activities
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.
Anti-Fascism Against the Working Class
On Saturday 9 November, the CWO held a public meeting in London on the topic of anti-fascism. We publish here the presentation followed by notes from the discussion.
CWO Public Meetings on Internationalism: A Balance Sheet
Between the months of January and March 2024, CWO comrades held three public meetings (in Manchester, London and Birmingham) and gave presentations at two other events (an NWBCW Liverpool public meeting and the Sheffield Radical Bookfair). In recognition of the seriousness of the world situation, the topic of discussion at each of these meetings was centred around the drive to war, the meaning of internationalism, and the tasks of revolutionaries.
Yes, Fight and Strike Against War: But Against All Capitalist Factions!
Leaflet distributed by the PCInt, in Italian and English, during the recent protests and strikes about the situation in Palestine.
Workers' conditions and struggles
Workers Fight to Keep Head Above Water, Aimbridge Swims in Money
Document written for the November 2025 Aimbridge hotels strike.
The Working Class is Still Fighting! But What World Are We Fighting For?
The picture may seem bleak, but don’t be disheartened! Across the planet, the working class are proving that just as we face the same attacks and conditions everywhere, our struggle is the force that can fight them everywhere. Workers are relearning how to fight, developing an arsenal that can be turned against the capitalist system itself.
Hilton Fights For Profit, Workers Fight For Survival
Leaflet distributed by IWG members and sympathizers to workers on strike at the Hilton-Americas in Houston, Texas.
Italy: On the "General Strike" for Gaza
In Italy, thousands of workers recently took strike action in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla, the initiative attempting to deliver aid to Gaza, and against the ongoing massacre in Gaza. The following is based on reports from our comrades in Italy, who intervened in the strikes in a number of cities – below we also include a flyer they distributed on the day.
Against Worsening Conditions and Redundancies, Workers are Starting to Fight Back
As the bosses’ crisis of profitability deepens, so too does the exploitation of those creating profits for them – the world working class. In every country and every sector, the same arsenal of attacks is being used against us. In the UK wages share of GDP has fallen from 63% to 52% since 1980.
From Gurgaon to the Globe: Why the Working Class Is Being Attacked
We have received this short report on working conditions in the city of Gurgaon from a sympathiser in India. It demonstrates how all across the world attacks on "foreign" workers are becoming a weapon of choice for the ruling class as it tries to shift the blame for the crisis of their system and pave the way for the drive to war.
Police, Profit, and the Crisis of Capitalism
1. Introduction: Not an Exception, but a Pattern
The Only Way Out: Your Own Strength!
On this international day of the working class, it should not be a groundbreaking revelation that we are (and have been) facing a drastic attack on our living standards. Inflation, speed-ups, rent hikes, tariffs, deportations, a possible recession, and the threat of war all make us wonder if we are able to carry on this way.
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
- 1.19
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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