This is the introduction to a series of articles.
The US military raid on Venezuela on Saturday 3 January raised several questions about the scale of the attack, about the motives of the US government and which position to defend as revolutionaries. We received contributions from two different contacts, which we welcome because of their clear defence of the internationalist position in reaction to the US military strike.
Our public meetings in December 2025 aimed to present the Manifesto published by the ICC on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its foundation. It is mainly devoted to a global analysis of the last fifty years of capitalist convulsions and class struggle.
Saturday February 7 2026,  The Lucas Arms, 245A Grays Inn Rd, London WC1X 8QY, and online. 2-5pm UK time.    The US attack on Venezuela, the mounting threat to annex Greenland and to once again launch air strikes against the regime in Tehran confirm that it is the world’s strongest power that has become the main factor in the acceleration of chaos and disintegration, a process which bears with it the threat of the destruction of humanity.  
The massacre of civilians, always a feature of oppressive systems, constantly reaches new, sickening heights under capitalism which thrashes about in its own decomposition and moral decay.
The real reasons behind the kidnapping of Maduro - and the real consequences: a further dive into imperialist chaos
Indignation against the massacres in Gaza is being manipulated by the bourgeoisie, especially is left wing
The ICC considered it important to mark the 120th anniversary of this historic moment in the movement of the working class by holding an online public meeting in English (together with similar meetings in other languages), aimed at showing its relevance to the class struggle today.
The working class has everything to lose in letting itself be swept up in a wave of popular protests, blinded by democratic illusions about the possibility of a ‘cleaner’ capitalist state.
The class confrontations currently shaking Belgium are illustrative of the context in which workers' struggles will develop in the current period, with attacks coming from all sides due to the acceleration of the economic crisis, interacting in a whirlwind with the expansion of militarism and the spread of chaos.

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