Uncontrolled and increasingly barbaric militarism is spreading around the world.
ICC open meeting
2-5pm, Saturday 27 June
Calthorpe Arms
252 Gray's Inn Rd, London WC1X 8JR
The ICC will be holding an open meeting, without a formal presentation, where we will be available to discuss any aspect of our politics, current world events, or the history of the workers’ movement. We welcome suggestions in advance about possible questions or topics: write to [email protected] or BM Box 869, London WC1N 3XX.
The rise in anti-Semitism and other forms of racism are symptoms of the accelerating decay of bourgeois society, actively encouraged by its governments and political parties
A reader writes on the historic situation that has given arise to the explosion of war, not limited to one region but with global implications.
The crisis surrounding the Strait of Hormuz reveals the historical impasse into which capitalism is dragging all of humanity. The war that has been raging in the Middle East since February 2026 is part of a dynamic of accelerated collapse of the global capitalist order, a dynamic in which every manifestation of the decomposition of the capitalist system (uncontrollable wars, environmental crises, populism, etc.) has repercussions on all other fronts, including the economic sphere.
Current struggles of the working class in Britain are primarily driven by a profound fall in purchasing power (inflation devaluing wages) plus an increase in the rate of exploitation (fewer workers taking on more responsibilities and tasks over longer hours). Despite their modest size and impact on national life, they are still in continuity with the much larger-scale movements of the class in Great Britain in the summer of 2022 and the winter 2023, which reverberated around the globe.
The working class must refuse to be drawn into defending the democratic state
Capitalism has no way out of its economic crisis. Workers have no choice but to resist the attacks on their living standards demanded by the ruling class.
Second part of a series explaining the importance of the Gauche Communiste de France, which is a key part of the ICC's historical heritage.