The New World Disorder: What is to be done?

The New World Disorder: What is to be done?

 

ICC public meeting, 26 April 2025, 2-5pm

Lucas Arms, 245A Grays Inn Rd, London WC1X 8QY

Nearest tube: Kings Cross

The election of Trump in the USA is clearly marking a new step in capitalism’s slide into decomposition and chaos. The historic divorce between the USA and Europe and the ‘Tariff War’ now underway are both products of, and active factors in, the tendency towards ‘every-man-for himself ‘ in international relations. They will both deepen the world economic crisis and intensify the drive towards militarism and war.

There is no question that this situation will compel the capitalists and their state to intensify the attacks on the working class, demanding sacrifices in the name of national defence, cutting wages, jobs and social benefits, while laying waste to more and more parts of the planet through war and ecological destruction. There is no doubt that workers will have to defend itself from these attacks, but there is also no doubt that the ruling class will lay many traps aimed at preventing a massive, united proletarian response – not least the false perspective of lining up to ‘defend democracy’ from the threat of the far right, “greedy billionaires” or power-hungry autocrats.  All those who are seriously asking the question “what is to be done” in response to these challenges have their place at this meeting.

Revolutionary organisations in particular are faced with a growing responsibility both to analyse the direction of world events and defend the needs of the class struggle faced with economic attacks, growing barbarism, and the illusions peddled by the ruling class. But these analyses and the way to develop a proletarian response need to be debated and defined more precisely, and this is the aim of our meeting.