Reflections on Mark Fisher's Essay on "Capitalist Realism"
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jun 16 2020 15:35
Fisher's book on Capitalist Realism remains a popular reference point for many would be anti-capitalists in the UK. As such, we have decided to translate this new review from our comrades in Italy, where the book has only recently been published. See also our reviews of Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work and Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future by authors from a similar milieu.
The Virus is Capitalism, the Revolutionary Proletariat is the Cure
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jun 14 2020 16:40
The following leaflet was given out in various cities across Italy on 6 June on the occasion of demonstrations by the various rank and file (Cobas) unions against the imposed return to work whilst the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage.
We Are Against All Institutional Parties
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 21 2020 12:34
The ICT considers itself to be one core of the future international party of the working class. But the word “party” often triggers an allergic reaction, even amongst elements otherwise sympathetic to our politics – after all, there is already no shortage of parties both of the left and the right which attempt to rule the capitalist state, be it through electoral or military means. As we often repeat, our vision has nothing in common with these rackets. The party we seek to build is not a government in waiting but a guide in the struggle for a new world.
April 1945: Perspectives and Directives of the Internationalist Communist Party
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 7 2020 23:45
As the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe approaches and the British ruling class is trying to use the occasion to stoke patriotic fervour, when we are once again being told we must suffer in the ‘national interest’ due to the coronavirus pandemic and the economic crisis, it’s a timely reminder that even in the most extreme of circumstances, the brutal imperialist slaughter of World War II, the Communist Left stood for the principle ‘no war between nations, no peace between classes’.
Reflections on the Coronavirus and Economic Crises
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 7 2020 23:36
A much expanded update to the article we previously published here: leftcom.org
Mauro Stefanini (9 January 1948 - 2 May 2005)
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 3 2020 22:03
Today (02/05/20) is the fifteenth anniversary of the death of our unforgettable comrade Mauro Stefanini. We are not great fans of formal rituals or commemorations (neither was he) but by way of acknowledging our debt to him we publish this short introduction to the volume of his work our comrades of the Internationalist Communist Party (Battaglia Comunista) published five years ago under the title Le radici spezzate – Il percorso ideologico della controrivoluzione in Italia (Broken Roots – The Course of the Counter-Revolution in Italy).
What Does the Communist Left Do?
Submitted by Internationalis... on Apr 24 2020 11:55
What we will focus on in the following is how we understand the inseparable link between theory and practice and how that reflects on our activity.
The Pandemic and the Worsening Crisis: Some Reflections on the Consequences and Perspectives
Submitted by Internationalis... on Apr 19 2020 00:16
This short reflection is a synthesis of ideas common to various comrades, from different areas, with whom we frequently discuss. In fact, some of the considerations here are now becoming an integral and shared perspective beyond that of any one organisation. This gives us hope that in the near future the most politically aware elements will recognise that we are all travelling in the same direction.
The Left, Still Clinging onto Gramsci
Submitted by Internationalis... on Apr 16 2020 17:28
If we take this opportunity to criticise Gramsci’s "thought", it is because it is back in fashion with layers of intellectuals dedicated to reworking socio-political "categories" that Gramsci's idealism left as a legacy to his followers.
Reflections on Coronavirus and the Economic Crisis
Submitted by Internationalis... on Apr 11 2020 22:49
Leaving aside for a moment the issue of “fake news” conspiracy theories circulating in the ether about the origins of the virus, that whether by accident or deliberately American laboratories engineered it themselves (with all the implications this would have on international imperialist scenarios), let us confront the problem in simple terms, based on what the theorists are saying about the possibility of coming out of this latest financial-economic crisis.
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