International appeal

The world is suffering a calamity. The coronavirus pandemic is spreading out of control. There are hundreds of thousands infected and thousands of dead. What is happening in the world is unprecedented. Borders are being closed, millions of people and countries are being quarantined. The crisis of the health systems under capitalism is becoming clear. There are strong elements of chaos. Panic and uncertainty grow in millions of people not only because of the fear of contagion but also because there is a great distrust of those at the top, of capitalist governments and regimes. Trump and Bolsonaro, for example, continue to minimise the coronavirus.

By Miguel Sorans, 9 March 2020

On Monday, 9 March, the world’s stock markets collapsed. A new “Black Monday” for the world capitalist economy. Wall Street stopped trading for 15 minutes. The price of oil fell to $33 a barrel. In January, it was at $63. The price cut is an emergency move that Wall Street set up during the 2008 crisis to avoid panic selling. But the panic between the capitalists, finance capital and the multinationals is installed. And it’s not just because of the coronavirus.

Declaration of the International Workers’ Unity - Fourth International (IWU-FI)

8M: for a struggle world day against austerity governments and for all our rights

International Workers' Unity-Fourth International

In an attack on democratic rights that shows the acceleration of the decomposition of the Dominican regime, the municipal elections scheduled for February 16th of this year were suspended a few hours after they began. A massive fraud through the manipulation of the equipment for electronic voting, which was to be implemented in the municipalities that concentrate 62% of the voters, was aborted. In at least half of the voting centers, the electronic ballots were defective because they did not show one or more of the opposing candidates. The Central Electoral Board (JCE), surrounded by complaints and protests, suspended the elections.