Mythology About the Middle Class and the Class Struggle
Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 1 2021 13:16
The notion that there exists a growing middle class whose livelihood rests neither on wage labour nor manufacturing or industrial profits has long been used to challenge Marx’s revolutionary perspective that ultimately the future of capitalism will be decided by a struggle between the two great contending classes in modern society: the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, or if you prefer, the bosses and the workers.
Revolts in Myanmar
Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 23 2021 13:43
Since 1 January the streets of what used to be known as Burma have filled with demonstrations nearly every day. The straw that broke the camel’s back was the army’s coup which overthrew State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, destroying her party (NLD) through the heavy repression meted out to the demonstrators demanding “liberty and democracy”.
The Trump Era is Over, Now it's Time for Biden
Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 1 2021 15:05
The recent change-over in the White House will not lead to major changes in American politics. On the domestic front the moderate Biden will be forced to concede something to keep his electorate quiet, but in foreign policy very little new will be produced by the new Democratic president.
Paltry Returns on Capital and an Enormous Debt Pile Are Bringing the World Economy to its Knees
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 29 2021 19:23
The following piece is a slightly condensed translation of the Italian original, published in the January edition of Battaglia Comunista, journal of the ICT’s founding section in Italy.
100 Years Since Livorno
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 22 2021 22:43
In January 1921, more than three years after the October Revolution in Russia, some two years since the murder of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in Berlin at the behest of the German Social Democratic Party, and in the aftermath of two wasted years of workers’ factory occupations in Italy itself, the intransigent revolutionaries in the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), led by Amadeo Bordiga, finally won the day and broke from the old party of compromise and accommodation with capital to form the Communist Party of Italy (PCd’I).
Wealth Tax: Expropriation of the Rich or Capitalist Smokescreen?
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 16 2021 15:16
As the bourgeoisie wracks its brains for solutions to this epochal crisis, the tax lever has become one of the main tools that left reformists believe will end capitalist aggression and bring substantial benefits to the depleted pockets of the proletariat.
The Illusion of State Intervention in the Economy: The Eternal Anti-Working Class Weapon of Reformism
Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 12 2020 13:38
With each new jolt to the capitalist structure its crisis deepens. The disruption of production and distribution caused by the coronavirus pandemic has only added to the existing woes of the system. And, as ever, the working class is being fed illusions about the beneficial effect that state intervention would bring to their conditions and to the "community" in general, irrespective of class.
Denmark's Mink Farms Demonstrate that Covid-19 is the Child of Capitalism
Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 27 2020 14:52
The media on 5 November was greatly agitated by the news that a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 had been found in intensive rearing of minks on Danish factory farms. This mutation weakens the ability to produce antibodies, a fact which could compromise the effectiveness of future vaccines.
Turkey's Imperialist Aggression Threatens to Set More than the Mediterranean Alight
Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 13 2020 12:41
As well as exacerbating the decline in living conditions of the international working class the deepening world economic crisis is sharpening imperialist competition.
Gramscism or Marxism?
Submitted by Internationalis... on Oct 8 2020 00:43
The following is our foreword (with additional footnotes) to the book Gramsci between Marxism and Idealism by Onorato Damen, which we translated and published last year. The book is still available to order, but you can now download the PDF of it for free HERE.
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