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The Ukrainian war: an internationalist class position- RCI Statement

The first casualty of war is truth. This is also the case of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine. Marxists need to be able to cut through the fog of lies and war propaganda and analyse the real reasons behind the conflict; what has caused it; and the real interests that lie behind the excuses and justifications of the different parties involved. Above all, we must do so from the point of view of the interests of the world working class.

The Ukrainian war: an internationalist class position- RCI Statement

2026 kicks off to the sound of imperialist war drums and class struggle

This February, the leadership of the Revolutionary Communist International met in Italy to assess the world situation and how the forces of communism are being gathered and trained around the globe, and to plan ahead. Below we publish a transcript of a talk on the world situation by Jorge Martín of the International Secretariat of the RCI, assessing where the world is going in these turbulent first months of 2026.

2026 kicks off to the sound of imperialist war drums and class struggle

Iran War leaves Asia reeling

The war in the Middle East, ignited by the US and Israel’s full-scale attack on Iran, has dealt a hammer blow to the world economy. Asia, though bearing no responsibility for Trump and Netanyahu’s reckless adventure, is among the heaviest casualties of the economic fallout. As the war rages with no end in sight, Asian workers must be ready to resist any attempt by the ruling class to make them foot the bill.

Iran War leaves Asia reeling

Disability care and the limits of reformism

When the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was launched in 2013, it was sold as proof that the state could be compassionate toward the working class. It promised “choice and control.” Then Prime Minister, Julia Gillard called it “a fundamental social reform that will change our nation,” ensuring that “people with disabilities have the same opportunities as everyone else to participate in work and in the community.”

Disability care and the limits of reformism

Domestic Violence in Australia: an Analysis, a Vision and the Way Forward

The planet is burning. The seas rise, the air thickens with smoke, and the workers’ human life and soul bend and warp under the crushing weight of capitalist decay. Every sharpening contradiction: the ecological, the economic, the social and psychological – dialectically echoes and reverberates another, because they are born of the same parent: The capitalist system that subordinates that essence which makes us human, to profit. In Australia, as in every capitalist nation, this rot reaches into our most intimate spaces. Behind closed doors, in the homes that capitalism once called “the heart of society,” domestic violence festers and grows. It is not an anomaly. It is a product of the system itself.

Domestic Violence in Australia: an Analysis, a Vision and the Way Forward

Australian imperialism and the crisis in the South West Pacific

Established as a colonial outpost of British imperialism, Australian capitalism grew by extending its reach across the Pacific through financial domination and state coercion. Today it faces a world rocked by capitalism’s rotting system. With America’s relative decline and China’s power surging, the bosses are tightening their grip to protect their profits.

Australian imperialism and the crisis in the South West Pacific

Housing crisis: designed for profit

Housing, a basic human right, is now more than ever a tool of profit-making for the wealthy. The working class face an acute emergency, intensified by decades of capitalist exploitation. While the rich amass enormous profits, millions are locked out of secure, affordable housing. This is not a policy failure, it is the inevitable result of a system that prioritises profit over people’s basic needs.

Housing crisis: designed for profit

Revolution & Finance

The task of building an international is not unheard of. Many comrades have dedicated their lives to it, and some have also lost their lives fighting for a future worth living in. At the current stage of capitalism’s crisis it is apparent that it would be a waste solely to fight for small scale reforms that the ruling class are unable and unwilling to afford. The only way forward is a revolution that can overthrow the entire system. As inflation keeps on rising, wages keep on sinking, bombs keep on dropping and the rich keep on exploiting- the working class will keep on fighting. However, most of the struggles currently being pursued by the working class ‘leaders’ are isolated. Only a united working class is capable of a successful socialist revolution.

Revolution & Finance