The importance of having a clear class analysis of the current wave of popular revolts

The Gauche Communiste de France, founded 80 years ago this year, made an irreplaceable contribution to the future development of the revolutionary movement, and is the political ancestor of the ICC.

The American offensive marks a considerable deepening of the process of the disintegration of capitalist society, in the evolution of imperialist rivalries.

The bourgeoisie is not content with seeking to directly enlist the proletariat in its wars; it also relies on its left-wing organisations to push the proletariat to accept sacrifices and rally behind this or that bourgeois faction, deemed more ‘progressive’, ‘anti-imperialist’, etc.

The road to the overthrow of capitalism will be long and fraught with pitfalls. But there is no other way.

In this article we examine the lessons we can draw from the history of the workers' movement regarding the construction of the revolutionary organisation.

The protests in Iran are not taking place on a proletarian terrain. By getting involved, workers have everything to lose. 

The Binaliw collapse is not an isolated event. It is a symptom of a dying system that will drag us all down with it unless we act.

A reader finds it difficult to accept the marxist view on bourgeois democracy and the dictatorship of the proletariat.

More and more, our rulers tell us, we must get ready for war...

This is the introduction to a series of articles.

The US military raid on Venezuela on Saturday 3 January raised several questions about the scale of the attack, about the motives of the US government and which position to defend as revolutionaries. We received contributions from two different contacts, which we welcome because of their clear defence of the internationalist position in reaction to the US military strike.

Our public meeting in December 2025 presented the Manifesto published by the ICC on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.  It is mainly devoted to a global analysis of the last fifty years of capitalist convulsions and class struggle.

Saturday February 7 2026, 2-5pm UK time The US attack on Venezuela, the mounting threat to annex Greenland and to once again launch air strikes against the regime in Tehran confirm that it is the world’s strongest power that has become the main factor in the acceleration of chaos and disintegration, a process which bears with it the threat of the destruction of humanity.  

The massacre of civilians, always a feature of oppressive systems, constantly reaches new, sickening heights under capitalism which thrashes about in its own decomposition and moral decay.

The real reasons behind the kidnapping of Maduro - and the real consequences: a further dive into imperialist chaos

Indignation against the massacres in Gaza is being manipulated by the bourgeoisie, especially is left wing

Indignation against the massacres in Gaza is being manipulated by the bourgeoisie and its left wing in particular

The ICC considered it important to mark the 120th anniversary of this historic moment in the movement of the working class by holding an online public meeting in English (together with similar meetings in other languages), aimed at showing its relevance to the class struggle today.

The working class has everything to lose in letting itself be swept up in a wave of popular protests, blinded by democratic illusions about the possibility of a ‘cleaner’ capitalist state.