1917 #40

Class, State and Party

Class, State and Party

The Lessons of October The following is an extract from “Celebrating Red October: The Russian Revolution in Historical Perspective,” first published 23 October 2017. The Russian Revolution showed that even in relatively backward countries,...

In Defense of (Seymour’s) Marxism

In Defense of (Seymour’s) Marxism

Exposing the ‘Theoretical Framework’ of ICL’s Neo-Pabloist Turn The abrupt abandonment of the longstanding approach to the national question by the Seventh International Conference of the International Communist League (ICL – formerly the international...

Under the Banner of Trotskyism

Under the Banner of Trotskyism

Eighth International Conference of the IBT The International Bolshevik Tendency (IBT) held its Eighth International Conference in 2017, with delegates and non-delegate members attending from Europe, Oceania, Asia and North America. It provided an...

‘Marxist’ Social Democrats

‘Marxist’ Social Democrats

Fightback’s NDP Loyalism Niki Ashton (second from right) with Fightback supporters (Fightback photo) The run-up to the October 2017 vote to replace Thomas Mulcair as leader of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) has...

Hands Off North Korea!

Hands Off North Korea!

The International Bolshevik Tendency condemns Washington’s outrageous threats to use its massive nuclear arsenal against North Korea. We demand an end to the UN sanctions and the removal of all U.S. forces from South...

Election 2017: A Choice for Workers

Election 2017: A Choice for Workers

Vote Labour! Break with reformism! Build a revolutionary party! For the first time in a generation, the Labour Party is offering British workers the appearance of a real choice at the ballot box on...

Labour’s Bid to Run New Zealand Capitalism

Labour’s Bid to Run New Zealand Capitalism

There are token phrases that slip easily from the mouths of politicians; the usual odes to housing, education, health and employment – and all the reasons we can’t have them: “fiscal responsibility”, “working within...

We Vote for Class Struggle!

We Vote for Class Struggle!

IBT statement on the September 2017 German federal elections, translated and lightly edited from the original article, first published in German on 12 September 2017. The continued consolidation of German imperialism as a rising...

Liquidationism Yesterday and Today

Liquidationism Yesterday and Today

Open Letter to the Opposition within the ‘Fourth International’ 2 June 2017 Comrades, we read with interest your document “Opposition formed in the Fourth International,” published on 3 February 2017 on the website of...

Independence for Catalonia!

Independence for Catalonia!

Down with Madrid’s State Repression! The International Bolshevik Tendency condemns Madrid’s egregious use of force to suppress Catalonia’s 1 October independence referendum, and we absolutely oppose all attempts by the Spanish state to impede...