New ICC publications for the month: August 2022

Articles published this month

Leaflet for the ‘Day of Action’ on November 5 in France

Spread the movement everywhere!

The trade unions in France have called a ‘general strike’ on 5 November, with the aim of defusing the revolt of school and university students. The police are no doubt gearing up to inflict their repression on the demonstrations The way to counter this capitalist response is given in the title of our leaflet: ‘Spread the movement everywhere!’

Strike wave in India

An expression of the international revival of class struggle

During the spring of 2026, a significant wave of workers' struggles developed across several industrial regions of India. This article situates in the context of an international revival of class movements. 

ICC public meeting on the struggles of proletarian youth

Reflections on the ICC public meeting of 18th October 2026

We publish here the reflections by an ICC sympathiser on the online public meeting we held in English on 18 October. We agree with its approach and think it is a very useful contribution to future discussions about the significance of the current movements of proletarian youth.

France

The high school and university student movement in France: A compass for the class struggle

A wave of discontent and struggle is sweeping across the world, particularly among young people.

Trump’s recurring war in the Middle East:

The twilight of American leadership

The US war in Iran marks a new step into global chaos

Social movement in France

The question of violence

A response to the deafening propaganda about violence in the movement of the French high school and university students.

Spread of populism in Latin America

The breakup of the bourgeoisie’s political apparatus is escalating

Confronted by the upheavals rocking the bourgeoisie in Latin American countries, the working class there must wage the struggle on its own class terrain by opposing the terrible attacks launched by both populist and ‘progressive’ governments on its living and working conditions.

Movement of high school and college students in France

What makes us strong…

This is the text of a leaflet drawing out the lessons from the many demonstrations across France.

Leaflet for the October 17th demos in France

At the crossroads: leaflet handed out on 17 October

We publish here the leaflet the ICC distributed in large numbers at the massive demos in France on 17 October.  As the preamble says, “at times like this that it is vital to reflect and discuss things collectively. Because the traps into which our movement can fall are beginning to take shape”.

Dossier: France

Dossier: Movement of French high school and university students

 A collection of some of the ICC articles and leaflets produced during the October and November 2026 movement of high school and university students in France, plus a leaflet distributed in September 2026 recalling the lessons of the 2006 student and workers’ movement against the CPE contract of employment.

International leaflet

Student struggles in France: tip of the iceberg in the struggle of the world working class

Our international leaflet providing an analysis of the important social movements taking place in Europe. We encourage all those who agree with its contents to forward it online and to print copies from the PDF in order to hand out at any opportunity (meetings, demonstrations, colleges, universities, workplaces, etc).

Capitalism’s deadly spiral

Faced with the horror of capitalism, there is only one alternative: communist revolution

Far from being separate from one another, the combined effects of the economic crisis, war, the bourgeoisie’s loss of control over its own system, and the climate crisis interact and multiply their impact.

Leaflet on housing in Spain

The problem of housing and working conditions... is capitalism!

The defence of decent housing is part of the struggle for the living conditions of the working class, for wage rises to keep pace with inflation, against redundancies, and against social cuts in education and healthcare.

School and student movement in France

The young generation of the working class rejects a future of poverty and war

The high school and university student movement in France has grown to spectacular proportions, rapidly spreading across the whole country.

Online meeting: Billions for war, batons for youth

The struggle of school pupils and students is the struggle of the entire working class!

ICC online public meeting Sunday 18 October at 17:00 London time about the high school and university student movement throughout France.

Write to [email protected] for the link to the meeting

International class struggle

Appeal to the high school and university student movement throughout France

Flyer distributed to those taking part in the current social movement in France