We republish a resolution from our 6th International Congress, which, though produced 40 years ago, remains as relevant today as it did then, since opportunism remains a constant danger for every revolutionary organisation fighting a society in which "the dominant ideas are the ideas of the dominant class" (Marx).
1) Academic debate on the question of centrism is impossible. As a concept, centrism was born and has developed in the workers' movement in the face of the necessity to demarcate the political forces present in the class struggle, in particular with a view to the constitution of class parties in the present epoch of wars and revolutions.
1) On the eve of the 1980s, the ICC designated these years as the ‘years of truth', in which the formidable extent of what was at stake in the whole life of society would be clearly revealed. Half-way through this decade, the evolution of the international situation has fully confirmed this analysis: -- through a new aggravation of the convulsions of the world economy which were manifested from the very beginning of the ’80s in the most important recession since the 1930s;
Our initial internationalist response to the new war between the US, Israel and Iran
The brutal repression being unleashed in the USA is not simply down to Trump and his clique - it is an expression of the putrefaction of an entire global system
The importance of having a clear class analysis of the current wave of popular revolts
The Gauche Communiste de France, founded 80 years ago this year, made an irreplaceable contribution to the future development of the revolutionary movement, and is the political ancestor of the ICC.
The American offensive marks a considerable deepening of the process of the disintegration of capitalist society, in the evolution of imperialist rivalries.
The bourgeoisie is not content with seeking to directly enlist the proletariat in its wars; it also relies on its left-wing organisations to push the proletariat to accept sacrifices and rally behind this or that bourgeois faction, deemed more ‘progressive’, ‘anti-imperialist’, etc.
The road to the overthrow of capitalism will be long and fraught with pitfalls. But there is no other way.

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