The internationalists

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...

(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.

"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...

(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.

When Russia invaded Ukraine, the world situation changed dramatically. It became clear that the economic crisis was now so deep that the imperialist powers were forced to confront each other on a historic scale and that the world was once again threatened by a general imperialist war. In this new historical situation, the Swedish bourgeoisie was forced to reconsider its imperialist alliances.