Socialism and the Fight Against War
Build an International Movement of the Working Class and Youth Against Imperialism!

Statement of the International Committee of the Fourth International 
18 February 2016

The International Committee of the Fourth International calls for the widest discussion of the analysis presented in this statement. We call on the tens of thousands of readers of the World Socialist Web Site to study it and to fight for its widest circulation. We urge that the principles presented in this statement serve as the foundation of the building of a new international anti-war movement.

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Ex-Australian PM calls for “freedom of navigation” challenge to China
2 March 2016
Abbott’s comments are part of growing demands for the Australian government to mount a military intrusion into Chinese-claimed territory in the South China Sea.
Australian Greens back government’s Senate voting “reforms”
2 March 2016
The legislation is aimed at shoring-up the political establishment and clearing out the Senate to push through the sweeping austerity measures demanded by big business.
The Australian Defence White Paper and the drive to war
1 March 2016
The militarist agenda spelled out in the White Paper is incompatible with the democratic and social rights of the working class.
Tens of thousands homeless in Fiji cyclone disaster
26 February 2016
Australia and New Zealand have responded by dispatching substantial military hardware to Fiji.


Hundreds of Australian climate-change science jobs to be axed
25 February 2016
The CSIRO cuts are a major setback for scientific investigation into ocean temperatures, greenhouse gas levels and other climate-change issues.
Australian media use US admiral’s comments to push for confrontation with China
24 February 2016
The aim was to lend an air of urgency to a decision by the Australian government to order a military response to alleged Chinese “expansionism” in the South China Sea.
Australian health care rallies promote election of Labor and Greens
23 February 2016
Not one of the speakers mentioned the cutting of health spending by the last Labor government, kept in office by the Greens.
Australia: BlueScope Steel profits leap on back of union-imposed job cuts
23 February 2016
After the AWU and other unions helped impose savage cost cutting, the Australian steel manufacturer doubled its profits.