We are publishing below extracts of a contribution from a close contact in India. We think that his denunciation of the powers waging the current conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East shows a clear internationalist position and is fundamentally different from the pseudo-internationalism of the leftists.

We publish here a contribution from comrade Baboon on the international public forum held by the ICC on the significance of the election of Trump in the USA. The extract that follows focuses on the question of the “rupture” in the class struggle and broadly agrees with much of the ICC’s position on this. However, he expresses some disagreements about the moment at which this rupture took place and so his contribution is followed by our response on this point.

Once again, "Enough is enough" was the undertone for the days of action that took place in Brussels on 13 December 2024 and 13 January 2025 against the 'austerity plans' that are on the negotiating table in the talks about forming a new federal government, which have been dragging on for six months now. Earlier these plans  were revealed through media 'leaks'; today they are no longer a public secret. The unions speak of the "most drastic measures of the past 80 years". The planned attacks would affect all sections of the working class.

The Trump presidency is one expression of a decomposing social system - it's the system itself that has to go

Despite some optimistic forecasts by the ruling class, “the capitalist system is well and truly continuing its trajectory into the abyss of a chronic economic crisis, plunging the world further into stagnation and poverty”.

It is with great sorrow that we must inform our readers of the death of our comrade Laurie, at a hospital in Birkenhead where he had been a patient for the best part of a year.

As wildfires spread in California and floods hit western Europe, where lies the hope for the future of humanity?

As we go to press, the media are full of the news about the ceasefire and exchange of prisoners being cooked up in the Middle East. But as our article insists, “whatever truces or ceasefires may be concluded in the context of future imperialist manoeuvres, they can only be temporary and will only represent momentary pauses in the reinforcement of the barbaric militarism which characterises the capitalist mode of production”.

A dispute arose a few months ago between the two French Trotskyist groups, Révolution Permanente (RP), an offshoot of the NPA (Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste), and Lutte Ouvrière (LO), concerning the Palestinian question. But behind their differences we find the same defence of Palestinian nationalism. 

How the various factions of the Dutch bourgeoisie instrumentalised the “football riots” in November 2024

First of two articles defending our view that the workers' struggles in Britain, France and elsewhere in 2022 marked an important new phase in the class struggle, a "rupture" with decades of retreat. 

Trump's election is a product of capitalist society rotting on its feet - and it will speed up the rot

ICC international online public meeting

Saturday January 25, 2pm to 5pm UK time

The election of Trump will accelerate capitalism’s decomposition

The discussion will aim to deepen understanding of the concrete perspectives for capitalism and for the working class in the coming period.

The ICC is thus following up the international online public meeting it held in October (see An international debate to understand the global situation and prepare for the future) with a second meeting on the significance of Trump’s victory. The format will be the same as the October meeting, offering translations into English, French and Spanish.

If you want to take part, write to us at [email protected]

We publish here a letter from a close sympathiser, which we think is a very lucid denunciation of the current campaign about the 'good news' coming from Syria with the fall of the Assad regime - a denunciation based on the ICC's position on the decomposition of capitalism and the slide into military chaos.

On 23 November, the Internationalist Communist tendency (ICT) held a public meeting in Paris on the theme: ‘Faced with the rise of nationalist wars and confrontations, the only perspective is the internationalist class struggle’. In this article we want to briefly underline the crucial points which emerged from the discussion.

Despite the fall of the Assad regime, the fragmentation of the Syrian state will continue, offering little respite from a multi-sided war

A sympathiser sends some critical feedback on the organisation of our international online public meeting held on 16 November, followed by our response

Since last summer, we have witnessed a real escalation of military conflicts, with fighting and massacres intensifying everywhere: Ukraine, Russia, Lebanon, Gaza, Syria.....

On 16 November, the ICC held an Online Public Meeting on the theme ‘The Global Implications of the US Elections’.