Teesside Construction Workers Challenge the State
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jun 7 2019 09:29
On Thursday 30 May construction workers at the Tees Renewable Energy Plant, owned by MGT Power, walked out in a wildcat action over safety conditions at the site. When workers act on their own class terrain they begin to challenge the capitalist structure as a whole.
Iran and the USA on the Warpath?
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jun 3 2019 20:19
Whether this situation of neither war nor negotiation, or ‘a bit of war, a bit of truce’ is going to last for a long time or will be temporary, one thing is certain. Neither Trump nor Khamenei, despite their desires and intentions, will ever be able to bypass the impasse that the present crisis is creating.
Brexit or Remain: A Choice of Tripe at the End of May
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 30 2019 10:39
The crisis in the capitalist party political system has become even more acute during May. Two sets of election results have shown that the Labour v Conservative Punch and Judy show has, at least for the time being, lost its ability to call all the shots.
ANC: The Chosen Party for South African Capitalism
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 29 2019 13:46
The victory of the ANC in the South African election has yet again shown it is the capitalists’ chosen party for running South African capitalism. Its primary role is organising and enforcing the exploitation of the working class even when this means downing strikes in bloodshed as we saw at Marikana in 2012 (see leftcom.org).
1980-1: Class Struggle in Poland
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 28 2019 15:32
As a follow up to our recent article about Solidarność (see: leftcom.org) we are republishing three of the leaflets that the CWO and Battaglia Comunista distributed in 1980-1 among workers in Britain, Italy, France, and the USA on the events unfolding in Poland.
Solidarność: Trade Unionism or Self-Organisation?
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 23 2019 12:25
Political and economic crises led to the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc. The downturn in the post-war accumulation cycle, the Cold War, the USSR’s disastrous intervention in Afghanistan, as well as the popular revolts in Central and Eastern Europe all played a role. But it is the class struggles of 1980s Poland to which we turn our eye here.
Twenty Years of the National Minimum Wage
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 22 2019 11:05
2019 marks the 20th anniversary of the National Minimum Wage.
Workers' Conditions in UK Warehouses
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 14 2019 12:41
It is hard to describe how awful the job is. Almost anyone could do it for a few minutes, even find it stimulating, nice bit of exercise, find a location, a bit of mental stimulation, almost a game. But give it an hour, the feet hurt, the knees hurt, the lower back hurts, the brain hurts… give it a few days and there is no learning curve anymore. Give it a few weeks and you are no longer the same person. You are the walking dead between seven and three.
Climate Change: Capitalism is the Problem
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 7 2019 09:37
The capitalist mode of production, characterised by exchange for profit, private property, wage labour and capital accumulation, has only existed for around 300 years. Since the late 19th century it has found its way to even the most remote corners of the Earth by the way of exploitation, dispossession and imperialist competition. It has brought immense scientific and technological progress but at great cost. Wars, poverty, hunger, inequality, and oppression have plagued this system throughout its existence.
Crisis, War and Environmental Catastrophe: There is No Alternative to the Social Revolution!
Submitted by Internationalis... on Apr 29 2019 20:53
2019 finds humanity in an increasingly dangerous place. The consequences of global economic stagnation, itself the product of a much deeper crisis of profitability, can be seen in the rise of nationalism, racism and xenophobia. These in turn threaten not only to add to the increasing proliferation of unending wars around the world but to the possibility of more general conflict further down the line. Not unconnected to the current wars are the environmental disasters which the pursuit of profit has already inflicted on millions across the globe. If allowed to proceed unchecked capitalism threatens, in one way or another, the very existence of the only home humanity has.
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