The internationalists

(Perspectives document from Kompass-gruppen's Annual General Meeting (AGM) back in March 2026.) · The year 2025 saw continued war between Russia and Ukraine, a fragile ceasefire in Gaza (with continued killings), a terribly bloody civil war in Sudan, Israel’s bombing of Lebanon, and a series of major uprisings – albeit under more or less liberal-democratic auspices – in South Korea, Turkey and...

(Leaflet distributed by the CWO at the University of Leicester.(1)) · We have (probably) lost this battle. Are we content to lose the war? · Of course, the strike is not over just yet. But barring a last-minute reversal of fortune, we seem to have lost. The year is almost over, and the university bosses show no signs of stopping. Staff and student energy to resist seems to be sputtering out.

As we go to press, the impact of Trump’s “war of choice” against Iran is making itself felt. His continual boasts that striking Iran "extremely hard" would finish the job "very fast" are increasingly hollow. They may help calm “the markets” but are scary news for the world’s population (including those Iranian workers who have been resisting the Islamic regime for years).

The US-Israeli attack on Iran began at 9:45am IRST (1:15am EST) on 28 February 2026. The motives are well known. They stem from the refusal of Khamenei’s regime to accept Trump's demands for a negotiated solution to the crisis and the fact that the intervention, which had already been planned (otherwise, the enormous deployment of military forces, including two aircraft carriers at the...

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.