On Sunday 17th April, the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, the Brazilian President, was approved on Sunday by a united front of bourgeois parties in order to establish a new government to act in the interest of the capitalists. But the impeachment has unleashed the forces of class struggle in Brazil, and the new government will be unable to stabilise the situation.

In this fourth and final part, the International Marxist Tendency’s draft world perspectives document analyses the revolutionary tasks and tactics required in this turbulent period, concluding with an overview of the historical epoch that society is passing through – an epoch of crises and class struggles in all countries.

We publish here the latest part of a draft document by the International Marxist Tendency examining the world economic and political situation. In this third part, the document looks at the increasing tensions developing between the imperialist powers of the USA, Russia, and China, and analyses the seemingly-permanent crisis in the Middle East.