The class confrontations currently shaking Belgium are illustrative of the context in which workers' struggles will develop in the current period, with attacks coming from all sides due to the acceleration of the economic crisis, interacting in a whirlwind with the expansion of militarism and the spread of chaos.

On the importance of Congresses in the history of the workers' movement, and of this ICC Congress which marks the 50th anniversary of our organisation. 

In this article we explain why the greatest danger facing the working class and humanity is not the formation of two new imperialist blocs and a disciplined march towards world war, but rather a ‘world of wars’ spiralling out of the bourgeoisie’s control.

Far from being able to fulfil its false promises about peace, capitalism in decay is war without end.

We publish extracts from the report on the world economic crisis from the ICC’s 26th Congress, with a new introduction.

It is important for revolutionaries to patiently explain to workers that pacifism is a trap, just like support for international law or the defence of democracy against populism.

Trump is the most dramatic expression of a universal populist political trend that has been gaining ground in the period of decomposition, at the expense of liberal democracy.

The Trump regime is an expression of a more global loss of political control by the ruling class.

The situation in Britain shows the two poles at work in the world situation: the acceleration of capitalist decomposition, and the struggles of workers in defence of their class interests.

Our organisation, the International Communist Current, was founded in January 1975, just over half a century ago. Since then, the world has undergone major upheavals, and it is our responsibility to present the proletariat with an assessment of this period in order to determine what future lies in store for humanity.