International Communist Current

We examine the Anarchist Communist Group's growing concessions to the campaigns in favour of Palestinian nationalism

An account of a public discussion about  the historical method of  the Italian Communist Left and its contribution to the communist programme.

Workers are not only faced with vicious economic attacks from the government, they also have to deal with traps set to divert their discontent.

In Britain, the group Lotta Comunista hides behind the “Internationalist Workers Club”, which runs food banks in London. It may at first sight look like an internationalist organisation from the tradition of the Communist left. This article argues that appearances can be deceptive.

This article argues that the Houthis in Yemen are a clear expression of capitalist decomposition, and that they typify the growing tendency towards “every man for himself” in inter-imperialist relations.

In mid-January 2024, the ruling class in Germany launched a cunning campaign to defend democracy. This campaign shows all the deviousness of the German bourgeoisie in the way it is able to exploit the vile evidence of the decomposition of its system, and especially in its ability to use this against the working class.

Since the beginning of the year, farmers have been mobilising against the fall in their incomes. The movement, which started in Germany following the abolition of subsidies for farm diesel, has now spread to France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

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

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

 

 

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. 

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

The articles reproduced here were originally published in 1936 in issues 31 and 32 of Bilan, the organ of the Italian Fraction of the Communist Left. The Fraction was obliged to outline the marxist position on the Arab-Jewish conflict in Palestine following the Arab general strike against Jewish immigration, which had degenerated into a series of bloody pogroms.

Resolution on the state of the British capitalism and imperialism, and the response of the working class to the crisis, adopted at a recent ICC conference

Starmer's move to the right in search of future electoral success does not signify a betrayal of the working class. That happened over a century ago. 

In the new war in the Middle East, the crimes of one side are being used to justify the crimes of the other, as in all wars of this decaying system.

The bourgeoisie cannot save the planet and humanity because, by its very nature, it is trapped in a logic that rules out any questioning of capitalist accumulation, the thirst for profit, and its apocalyptic dynamic.

We are publishing a letter from a reader and our reply. We cannot deal with all the points raised by this very detailed text here, and we do not consider our reply brings an end to the debate. Quite the opposite, we encourage all our readers to use this initial response to continue the discussion, either with more letters or in our public meetings and open meetings.

 

We look at the reality behind America's use of the atomic bomb at the end of World War Two.

The Bordigist group Il Partito Comunista has written about its intervention in workers' strikes in Portland, Oregon, which in our view shows the group's opportunism on the trade union question. 

The Internationalist Communist tendency has recently published an article which whitewashes Bakunin’s intrigues against the International Workingmen’s Association. This is our response.

The 2nd Bulletin of discussion between groups of the communist left in response to the war in Ukraine.