Category: Articles

Malignant Ulcers of Capitalism: The Proletarian Struggle for Reproductive Freedom (Part 3)

June 4, 2022

In our first two pieces on reproductive struggles in class society we highlighted the family unit, prostitution, sex-selective abortions, sterilization, religion, bourgeois laws, and some of the facts and dangers surrounding abortion and contraception. This piece examines sexual violence in times of imperialist conflict and the impact that the climate crisis is having on reproduction. … More Malignant Ulcers of Capitalism: The Proletarian Struggle for Reproductive Freedom (Part 3)

“If we can show them, we’re capable of anything:” The 1972 Québec General Strike in Retrospect

June 4, 2022

The growing militancy of the North American working class, marked by the uptick in strikes last fall, in facing its deteriorating conditions post-2008 financial crisis and its sharpening with the Covid-19 pandemic demands a serious examination of past revolts against the domination of workers by the wage system and capital. Fifty years ago, the workers … More “If we can show them, we’re capable of anything:” The 1972 Québec General Strike in Retrospect

Cuba: The real fight against state repression begins with workers’ self-organization

June 4, 2022

The following statement was written six months ago in the weeks and days leading up to planned protests in Cuba on November 15th, 2021. When the statement was first published, it was feverishly denounced by online crowd of detractors who by their own admission hadn’t bothered to actually read it; they saw that their cherished … More Cuba: The real fight against state repression begins with workers’ self-organization

The Impossible Aspirations of Reformism During Capitalism’s Decadence

June 4, 2022

Politicians continue to put out programs containing provisions for worthwhile reforms while the crisis-stricken capitalist system has already decided that life-saving safety measures to decrease the spread and mortality of covid has continued longer than what is acceptable from the perspective of profit-making. Throughout the major waves of the pandemic, most of the working class … More The Impossible Aspirations of Reformism During Capitalism’s Decadence

Ice breaker imperialism

October 4, 2021

The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Maple follows the crew of Canadian Coast Guard Icebreaker Terry Fox through the icy waters of Franklin Strait, in Nunavut Canada, August 11, 2017. The Canadian Coast Guard assisted Maple’s crew by breaking and helping navigate through ice during several days of Maple’s 2017 Northwest Passage transit. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn. … More Ice breaker imperialism

Malignant ulcers of capitalism: The proletarian struggle for reproductive freedom (Part 2)

October 4, 2021

1919 Introduction The article which follows was first published on the website of the Internationalist Communist Tendency (leftcom.org) at the end of 2020. It sheds light on sterilization, sex selective abortions, religion, and bourgeois laws as specific to the needs of capital, while noting the consequential damages which are caused to the proletariat. Along with … More Malignant ulcers of capitalism: The proletarian struggle for reproductive freedom (Part 2)

Agricultural migrant workers during pandemic capitalism

October 4, 2021

There has been an ongoing shortage in labor for agriculture and adjacent industries, such as food processing, tourism and hospitality. All of these industries have a dependence on the labor of seasonal migrant workers. This issue was already trending in 2019 before the outbreak of Covid-19 but has been exacerbated by the pandemic. In a … More Agricultural migrant workers during pandemic capitalism

Covid capitalism is still killing workers across the world

October 4, 2021

Over the previous year and a half, the working class across the world has been subject to an extreme intensification of their exploitation and the degradation of their living conditions. Already suffering from a renewed series of attacks by the capitalists to expand their profit margins going all the way back to the end of … More Covid capitalism is still killing workers across the world