International Review 165 Winter 2021

Contents

Presenting the Review

Report on the Covid-19 pandemic and the period of capitalist decomposition 

 Pandemic, decadence, decomposition

The pandemic and the state

The "boomerang" effect experienced in the period of decomposition

All pandemics of the past were the product of decadent societies and Covid-19 is no exception

From the plague of the Roman Empire to Covid-19

Health policies of the state are at the service of capitalist exploitation

AIDS, SARS, Ebola... indications of a retreat in capitalist mastery of the laws of nature

Cutting-back the policy of prevention reflects a society without a future

Report on the economic crisis Introduction 

The irruption of decomposition on the economic terrain

The seriousness of the crisis

The crisis of the "multilateral" phase of state capitalism

The brutal irruption of decomposition into the economic terrain

How will the bourgeoisie respond?

National withdrawal

Counter tendencies to national withdrawl

A nightmare for the proletariat of all countries, but especially in the central countries

High-speed pauperisation

Report on the international class struggle and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic

1) The balance of power between the classes just before the pandemic

2) The impact of the pandemic on the class struggle

3) Obstacles to the capacity of the working class to develop its response

International Communist Current



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