The internationalists

"Everything seemed to have melted and pressed the bodies away in front of us. Women and children were so charred as to be unrecognisable; those that had died through lack of oxygen were half-charred and recognisable. Their brains had tumbled from their burst temple and their insides from the soft part under the ribs. How terribly these people must have died.

"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it." (Marx, Theses on Feuerbach, 1845, Thesis XI) · When Radio 4 recently held a poll to find the 'nation's favourite philosopher', the winner by a landslide was Karl Marx. This, despite a campaign by The Economist to get their readers to vote for David Hume, under the argument that although Marx...

(From Battaglia Comunista 6, June 2005) · The following text is translated from the paper of our sister organisation in Italy. The "Great Game" it refers to is the one played out by rival imperialist powers for more than two centuries in Central Asia. Today, in some ways, the stakes are higher as these states have added oil production to their strategic significance.

Introduction · In 2004 Blair set up a commission for Africa which produced a report in March this year calling for an extra $25bn in additional annual aid for Africa together with debt relief for the poorest countries. By setting up this commission, the UK government was able to present itself as the leader of the anti-debt, anti-poverty lobby.

More Workers Pay for the Crimes of Capitalism - Statement of the International Bureau for the Revolutionary Party · The International Bureau condemns unreservedly the appalling bombings in London on July 7th in which 55 have died and hundreds more have been injured. Indiscriminate murder is the thin end of the genocidal wedge.