Adventures in the Culture Wars: A Review Article

Ash Sarkar, a contributing editor at Novara Media, has this year published her first book, Minority Rule, with the provocative subheading “Adventures in the Culture Wars”. Novara Media was founded in 2011 and rose to prominence in the wake of the student movement as an outlet for news and political analysis with an autonomist slant.

Fifty Years of the CWO: Perspectives for 2025 and Beyond

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(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.

Imperialism and Genocide: The Failure of International Law to Prevent Mass Killings

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With airstrikes, controlled explosions and bulldozers Gaza is being razed to the ground. What still remains of it in the ever-shrinking "humanitarian zone" is now a shooting gallery, where starvation and disease rule the day. The Israeli military does not distinguish between military and civilian targets. The real death toll won't be known for years to come – if ever.

The Working Class: Biggest Victims of Capitalism's Environmental Devastation

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Some General Reflections · At last, in 2025 Italy is due to reach its defence spending target of 2% of GDP. Thus prime minister Meloni gleefully announced on 7 May. “Because without defence there is no security and without security there is no freedom." Apparently security and freedom are in symbiosis with bombs. So, if we want more security and freedom, we must arm ourselves to the teeth.

Against Worsening Conditions and Redundancies, Workers are Starting to Fight Back

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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. · The so-called ‘gig economy’, which reduces us all to individuals and weakens our ability to...

Resisting Capitalism's Road to the Next World War

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The global economic and political crisis is gaining momentum. We are often told that this crisis started with the financial crash of 2007/2008 or even with Covid. But these were just the latest episodes. The entire capitalist world economy has been limping along for decades. And today, US hegemony is threatened by the rise of China. · World War Two was the deadliest conflict in history.

From Gurgaon to the Globe: Why the Working Class Is Being Attacked

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(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.

In the Wake of the Capitalist Crisis: Protests and Riots - And the Need for an Independent Class Expression

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The terrible wars in Gaza and Ukraine are both a product of the imperialist death dance of a capitalism in crisis and a trigger for further rearmament and international tensions. Ultimately, a future conflict between the USA and China (and a third world war) threatens and all countries are drawn in and forced to enter into one alliance or another.

The Working Class will Pay the Costs of the Tariff War, Unless...

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"Dear friend, I'm writing to you..." · This is, more or less, how Trump's letter to von der Leyen starts. In it, the US president announces the imposition of a 30% tariff on European goods imported into the US, in addition to equally heavy tariffs on automobiles, aluminium, and steel. · The letter was expected, but the announced measures went far beyond Brussels’ worst fears, as it had...

On the State Repression of Palestine Action

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Following a vote in the House of Commons, the group Palestine Action has been officially designated a "proscribed terrorist organisation" in the UK. As of 5 July 2025, both membership of the group as well as support for the group constitutes a criminal offence. The decision has been a major source of controversy and deserves a critical comment.

Fight the Imperialists! No War but the Class War!

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(Leaflet handed out by the IWG at anti-war protests.) · "Fool me once, shame on- shame on you. Fool me… you can't get fooled again!" (George W. Bush) · Once again, the United States has bombed the Middle East with the phrase “Weapons of Mass Destruction” being pounded on the heads of the working class- first Iraq, now Iran.

Israel's Attack on Iran: Some Initial Thoughts

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(A brief comment from our comrades in Battaglia Comunista written in the immediate aftermath of Israel's attack on Iran.) · On the night of 13 June, Israel attacked Iran. Tehran, and seven other cities, experienced heavy bombing whilst six nuclear sites, the real target of the assault, were hit. At the moment Iran acknowledges “only” 79 dead, and 350 injured.

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