All over the world, lockdowns are being lifted. Amidst the biggest economic and social crisis in living memory, the ruling class is pushing a “return to normality” – while preparing new attacks on the working class.
Caught in the clash between US and Chinese imperialism, the Tory government has confirmed plans to ban Huawei from 5G infrastructure. Far from displaying any post-Brexit strength, this reveals British capitalism’s weakness.
The pandemic has triggered an unprecedented crisis of capitalism. The ruling class has no solution for how to get out of this. Consciousness will be shaken and transformed by these events. We must prepare for world revolution.
The ruling class, under pressure from the enormous Black Lives Matter movement, have given minor concessions. However, nothing will fundamentally change until we do away with this rotten system and the state apparatus that maintains it.
Alan Woods comments on the uprising in the USA, which was sparked by the police murder of George Floyd, and has become the catalyst for an explosion of anger by the downtrodden in America. What is the way forward?
A split is developing at the top of American society over how to deal with the mass movement, as Trump’s crackdown adds fuel to the fire. Workers in the USA cannot rely on either Trump or Biden – they must rely on their own strength.
In our latest episode of IMTV, Alan Woods – editor of In Defence of Marxism, discusses the police killing of George Floyd in the USA and the insurrectionary protests seen in response across America.
In this recent live broadcast statement by Antonio Balmer – of Socialist Revolution, US section of the IMT – looks at the recent police killing of George Floyd, discussion the question of racism and police violence, and explaining the need for revolution.
Anger has exploded across the United States in response to the recent police killing of George Floyd. This time workers and youth are drawing more radical conclusions, declaring “this ain’t a riot, it’s a revolution!”
New documents reveal the existence of a secretive “Venezuela Reconstruction Office” at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, showing the close relationship between the Tory government and the coup-plotting Juan Guaido. We say: Hands off Venezuela!
The COVID-19 crisis is exposing the limitations of global bodies like the UN and the WHO, trapped between the competing interests of US and Chinese imperialism. Like an umbrella full of holes, they’re useless precisely when they’re most needed.
A recent report estimates that half the world’s workforce will lose their livelihoods as a result of the pandemic. Capitalism is destroying people’s lives. We must fight for a system that works for the billions, not the billionaires.