The youth and popular movement that developed from July to December 1968 has undoubtedly been one of the most intense and revolutionary chapters of the class struggle in Mexico. Its repercussions extended during the following decades to all areas of public life, and marked the consciousness of an entire generation.

What is the way to defeat reaction and imperialism?

On the afternoon of Saturday 4 August, various explosions on Bolivar avenue in Caracas interrupted the speech of President Nicolas Maduro during a parade to commemorate the 81th anniversary of the Venezuelan national guard.

What is the way to defeat reaction and imperialism?

On the afternoon of Saturday 4 August, various explosions on Bolivar avenue in Caracas interrupted the speech of President Nicolas Maduro during a parade to commemorate the 81th anniversary of the Venezuelan national guard.

The crushing victory of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as AMLO, in the Presidential elections on 1 July is a turning point. After decades of PRI (ruling party) tyranny, military and police violence, privatisation of strategic sectors of the economy and reactionary labour and education reforms, millions of workers, youth, indigenous people...

Now build a Left alternative to defeat cuts and repression

It is over. The fall of Rajoy following a no confidence motion led by Pedro Sanchez, reflects above all, the depth of the crisis of the Spanish capitalist “regime of 1978”. It is a direct result of the massive social discontent throughout the...

General strike of metal sector in Cadiz on 13 June. Interview with strike leader, Antonio Muñoz

On 18 May, 2 workers, Joe Daniel and Jose Luis, 31 and 46 years old respectively, were killed at work in the bay of Cadiz (a major hub of the metal industry in southern Spain). They both worked for EQUIMANSUR (EQM),...

Neither the capitalists nor bureaucracy can solve the crisis! Build a revolutionary Left which defends the interests of the workers and poor!

On 20 May there were Presidential elections in Venezuela. According to final results, Maduro won with 6.2 million votes, ahead of Henri Falcon (a general and ex...

Steps forward in building the forces of Marxism

The political conference of Izquierda Revolucionaria (CWI in the Spanish state) on 5 & 6 May took place 200 years after the birth of Karl Marx and 50 years after May 68, in the midst of a great social rebellion against the sentence given to the...

On the 21st of February the whole of Argentina took to the streets. In Buenos Aires there were half a million demonstrators; among them were many workers, including sugar production workers from   the Jujuy and Salta provinces who are engaged in a struggle against job losses and plant closures that has been going on for over a...