What's the System? Review of an Angry Workers Pamphlet
Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 27 2020 14:06
The Angry Workers of the World (AWW), a group based in West London which publishes the irregular workplace bulletin WorkersWildWest, has released a pamphlet collecting their articles on history, crisis, and revolution. We want a new society – and don’t we need it! seeks to explain in a straightforward manner how the current system emerged and how a new society can replace it.
Humanity's Health or Capitalism's Profit?
Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 25 2020 18:18
Socialism, or communism, or whatever you want to call a society of the future, will not save us from occasional epidemics. It would however deal with them in an entirely different way.
The Four Horsemen of Capitalist Decay
Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 22 2020 16:24
Capitalism – the current social system based on private property, wage labour and production for profit – is at a turning point. Day by day it becomes clearer that the existing relations of production have become fetters preventing humanity from addressing the urgent problems facing the whole planet. Unable to resolve its own contradictions, capitalism is instead hurtling us towards barbarism.
Demonstration and Strike of Peroni Workers at Tor Sapienza (Rome)
Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 14 2020 17:27
On February 29th we (comrades from the CWO and Battaglia Comunista) were at the solidarity demonstration with the warehouse workers of the Italian-Japanese company Peroni in Tor Sapienza, Rome. The workers there are carrying on a bitter struggle for better working conditions which started with a week-long strike.
Destroying Our Planet... Sustainably
Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 10 2020 17:01
As this article goes to press (December 2019), the bush fires that have been raging for weeks through six Australian states, from Queensland to Western Australia, have consumed 12.5 million acres of land and the death toll is mounting. They continue to wreak disaster as record-breaking temperatures average over 400C.
Supplementary Thoughts on The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists and the Ongoing Great Money Trick
Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 5 2020 09:37
After 100 years of us failing to achieve the "Co-operative Commonwealth" the bourgeoisie continue to dominate workers' lives with the "Great Money Trick". As Tressell foresaw, there remains a desperate need for the revolutionary reconstitution of society.
Strikes Against Pension Reform in France
Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 5 2020 09:29
Governments and bosses have divided the class, between “national” and “foreign” workers, young and old, public and private, all in the name of the so-called national interest. But workers in France have given an inspiration to workers everywhere.
US/Iran Rivalry: What No War But the Class War Really Means
Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 29 2020 15:32
The Twentieth Century saw the emergence of “total war”. Wars which are not just between armies but involve entire socio-economic formations and inflicted on the population at large. They are wars to the death with no negotiated outcome — only the “unconditional surrender” of the loser. Revolutionary Marxists call this “imperialist war”.
Can Capitalist Reform Save The Environment?
Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 27 2020 15:28
The Stockholm Resilience Centre has recently identified a number of key issues which are becoming catastrophic for life on Earth. Climate change is only one of them but it’s top of the list.
Brexit or Remain: Workers Pay Either Way
Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 24 2020 14:30
For the “remain” section of the capitalist class the unexpected result of the 2016 referendum meant they had lost control of the political process. Now the December general election has confirmed the “leavers” will be in control for the next 5 years.
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