Capitalism is killing the planet. July 2023 was the hottest month ever recorded, and the following months each set records as the hottest-ever August, September, etc.

The raid by Hamas militants which overran two military bases and various Israeli municipalities killing soldiers and civilians and taking hostages, has set off the predictable response from the Isr

The working class stirs back into action the world over. In China, factory workers’ resist their confinement in dormitories by employers, while workers push back in France against pension reforms.

As the death toll in Gaza grows, many of the victims children, the double standards of imperialist _realpolitik_ are laid bare. For our ruling classes, some lives are worth more than others.

The wars that capitalism is now unleashing, and the ones yet to come, are a product of the imperialist epoch.

(We publish here the founding statement of _NWBCW Tyne & Wear_ (https://libcom.org/article/no-war-class-war-tyne-wear).

The horrific massacres on both sides in the war between Israel and Hamas over recent days are just one more sign of what capitalism has in store for the rest of us.

Imperialist conflict has a tendency to revive historical traumas.