This dossier contains contributions to an internal debate relating to the understanding of the CC’s concept of decomposition, to inter-imperialist tensions and the threat of war, and to the balance of forces between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie.

Continuation of a debate within the ICC about the growing drive to war, its nature in the phase of decomposition, and the state of the class struggle

Our response to a message from the Ant-Militarist Initiative, a network mainly based in Eastern Europe, which is part of a wider questioning of capitalism's war drive in the wake of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. 

The ICC's paper in France reached its 500th issue in January

A hundred years ago, the Left Opposition around Trotsky and others was formed inside the Communist Party of Russia. This article focuses on the opportunist errors which eventually led it to abandon the proletarian camp. 

The ruling class will mark the 100th anniversary of Lenin's death with their own fables about Lenin the "bloodthirsty autocrat". Our answer is to highlight his essential contribution to the emancipation of the working class. 

Articles from International Review 171 on the two poles of the world situation: on the one hand capitalism's accelerating drive towards barbarism and destruction, and on the other, the revival of proletarian struggle, opening the possibility of a new society.

Articles from International Review 171 on the two poles of the world situation: on the one hand capitalism's accelerating drive towards barbarism and destruction, and on the other, the revival of proletarian struggle, opening the possibility of a new society.

A health warning against the lies of the left wing of capital, contributed by a close sympathiser.

Another example of a populist party emerging within the accelerated decomposition of capitalism and characterised by the bourgeoisie's loss of control of its political game.

Despite the manoeuvres of the ruling class, workers in Northern Ireland are fighting for their own class interests

Faced with the explosion of barbarity in Gaza, both sides and their supporters around the world are blaming each other for the crimes.

The war in the Middle East marks a further escalation in capitalism’s drive towards destruction.

The strikes that took place in the public sector in Canada from last November are a full confirmation of the international revival of the struggles of the working class following on from Britain, France, the US, and Scandinavia.

The working class is shaking off decades of passivity. To understand the depth of the process underway, and what is at stake, a historical approach is necessary.

The rupture with passivity and resignation has also been manifested in the Swedish “Welfare State”.

Continuing our analysis of the history and context of the ongoing slaughter in the Middle East

A collection of articles illuminating the origins of and current conflict in the Middle East.