Nationalism, War, Repression, Austerity: Symptoms of Capitalist Crisis

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“Ceasefires” Bring No Respite · Since the US-brokered “ceasefire” deal between Israel and Hamas, tens of thousands of Palestinians have returned to Gaza to find their home reduced to rubble, divided in half and still under near-constant fire. Not a single day has passed without Israel continuing to attack and kill civilians in Gaza, with over 100 killed on Tuesday 28 October alone.

"Gen Z Protests": From Morocco to Madagascar Only Renewed Class Activity Can End Capitalism’s Social Decay

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Since September 25th and the 27th, both African states have been experiencing protests against government corruption and an overall rapid decline in social conditions. These protests have been under the banner of the Gen Z protest movement; this is because the composition of the movements has primarily been the youth who find their positions as proletariat extremely precarious.

Racism Divides - Class Struggle Unites!

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No one can have missed the wave of conservative populism, narrow minded nationalism and outright racism that is sweeping across large parts of the world. Even though it hits us very differently, it affects us all – and it is therefore a crucial aspect to address for our class. · Right-Wing Extremism in the Parliaments and in Wider Society · Here in Sweden, the Sweden Democrats have gone in just...

Lebanon: Another Year, Another Imperialist Massacre

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On September 18th 2025 Israel announced that the IAF launched fresh airstrikes in Southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah’s military infrastructure to prevent them from regrouping south of the Lintani River. This is just shy of a year since the October 1st invasion which was preceded by a year of airstrikes killing and injuring thousands and displacing more than 1.

Parliamentary Democracy and Fascism: The Two Faces of the Bourgeoisie (Two Speeches by Onorato Damen from 1925)

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When Onorato Damen rose to speak in the Italian Chamber of Deputies in March 1925, parliamentary democracy, such as it existed in the Kingdom of Italy, was in its dying days.(1) Three years earlier, Benito Mussolini had been installed as Prime Minister by King Victor Emmanuel after the “March on Rome”, despite the Fascists having only 35 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.

Committee of Intesa: A Century of Class Stuggle

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By 1925 the world revolutionary wave sparked by October 1917 in Russia was on the wane. Across the world workers' struggle was in retreat and capital was advancing its counteroffensive. The working class in Germany had suffered a series of defeats by the hand of the SPD and the rest of the capitalist state.

France: Mass Protests Against Spending Cuts

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This leaflet produced by the GRI for the social movement of 2 October follows their previous leaflet distributed on 10 and 18 September.(1) The comrades felt it was important to write another one, more critical of the counter-revolutionary role of the left of capital and its dead-end methods, whether they be ‘blocking everything’ or arranging leisurely trade unionist walks.

Hilton Fights For Profit, Workers Fight For Survival

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(Leaflet distributed by IWG members and sympathizers to workers on strike at the Hilton-Americas in Houston, Texas.) · When the Hilton Americas management walked out of months of contract negotiations, they demonstrated a complete lack of interest in the lives and conditions of the Hilton workers. Hilton aims to maximize their profit through increasing the exploitation of their workers, and in...

Fifty Years of Struggle, Fifty Years of Swimming Against the Tide

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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.

Italy: On the "General Strike" for Gaza

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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.

Worker, Resist the Snake of Nationalist Populism!

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(A CWO sympathiser comments on the resurgence of the far-right in the UK.) · In 2024, riots and anti-migrant protests broke out across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The spark that set it all off was a lie about the religion and ethnicity of the perpetrator of a mass stabbing in Southport; far-right media claimed the murderer was an immigrant Muslim, when in fact he was a Welsh...

Moscow and Tel Aviv: "Anti-Imperialism" is an Aesthetic

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Russian president Vladimir Putin commented that “Israel is almost a Russian-speaking country” in a press release when he was asked why Russia would not be providing Iran with military aid. This may surprise some observers when Russia, which is in an alliance of convenience with Iran, didn't provide direct military support in the wake of IAF air strikes and indiscriminate missile and drone...

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