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We take our inspiration from the 1917 Russian Revolution, which demonstrated the need for a a disciplined party of revolutionaries and a clear Marxist program.

Joined June 2014
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Marx & Engels Collected Works finally back on Marxist Internet Archive! marxists.org/archive/marx/wo…
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Our comrades in NZ on this weekend's election and how the two potential coalitions pass management of capitalism from hand to hand bolshevik.org/statements/ibt…
Breaking the Cycle On 7 November, New Zealanders will be asked to choose who manages a crisis that none of the major contestants intend to resolve. bolshevik.org/statements/ibt…
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Dockers Do Not Work for War! 'The mobilization comes amid a wider resurgence of class struggle. Across Europe, youth-led protests have erupted against rising prices, austerity, deteriorating services & the absence of prospects for an entire generation.' bolshevik.org/statements/ibt…
"Dockers do not work for war!" Actions across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas demonstrated the international reach of organized labor and the strategic power dockworkers hold within the global economy. bolshevik.org/statements/ibt…
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International Bolshevik Tendency retweeted
We don’t have an independent party, & we aren’t going to build one by tailing the parties that are tailing the party that’s tailing the party that’s tailing ACT. Demand what we need, make a scandal, & spoil your ballot on Saturday.
Breaking the Cycle On 7 November, New Zealanders will be asked to choose who manages a crisis that none of the major contestants intend to resolve. bolshevik.org/statements/ibt…
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"Dockers do not work for war!" Actions across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas demonstrated the international reach of organized labor and the strategic power dockworkers hold within the global economy. bolshevik.org/statements/ibt…
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Breaking the Cycle On 7 November, New Zealanders will be asked to choose who manages a crisis that none of the major contestants intend to resolve. bolshevik.org/statements/ibt…
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Electoral Diversions No working-class choice in Holborn & St Pancras Why are we in this situation, where the two high-profile 'left' candidates in a high-profile by-election cannot represent even the basics of working-class independence?bolshevik.org/statements/ibt…
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It Was Never Your Party bolshevik.org/statements/ibt… Over a year after an impatient Zarah Sultana and a reluctant Jeremy Corbyn announced the formation of a new left-wing party in Britain, the hopes of the 800,000 initial sign-ups lie in tatters....
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When IBT supporters joined the nascent party in mid-2025, we had no illusions it was, or would become, what is really needed - a revolutionary party leading an independent working class with the objective of overthrowing the capitalist state....
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Our British supporters on their intervention in Your Party bolshevik.org/statements/ibt…
**It Was Never Your Party** A squandered opportunity Now we (and many many others) have left, we look back over a year of Your Party bolshevik.org/statements/ibt…
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Further articles and speeches from their time within Your Party are also available on our website at bolshevik.org/bolshevik_cauc…
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Bill Logan remembers a founder of NZ Trotskyism and a significant link in the history of our tendency bolshevik.org/statements/ibt…
Owen Gager (1939-2024). Obituary for a founder of New Zealand Trotskyism bolshevik.org/statements/ibt…
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The IBT calls to free Bogdan Syrotiuk, Ukrainian militant of @WSWS_Updates, sentenced to 15 years for treason His “crime”? Publishing articles that condemned both sides in the war and called for the working class of Ukraine and Russia to stand together bolshevik.org/statements/ibt…
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*Neo-Pabloism & Revolutionary Regroupment* Reviewing the ICL’s Ninth International Conference We were invited to the Spartacist international conference. This is our report: bolshevik.org/statements/ibt…
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From our British comrades on the election for leader of the country’s second largest trade union
Our comment on the Unite General Secretary election bolshevikcaucus.substack.com…
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A new three-part article on changes in the imperialist system over time and the tasks of revolutionaries today Part I: Multipolarity & World War Part II: Pax Americana Part III: Return to Multipolarity & Inter-Imperialist Conflict bolshevik.org/great_power_ri…
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International Bolshevik Tendency retweeted
I met Mokoena when I was in South Africa last year. An inspiring comrade working in difficult conditions, who knew the danger of his work and did it anyway. Avenge Mokoena - fight for working-class power! Read more here: bolshevik.org/statements/ibt…
Political Assassination in Potchefstroom Shacks Electricity, neo-apartheid & working-class power South African community organiser, human-rights activist and anti-corruption campaigner Mokoena Letsie was brutally gunned down on 27 May. bolshevik.org/statements/ibt…
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Political Assassination in Potchefstroom Shacks Electricity, neo-apartheid & working-class power South African community organiser, human-rights activist and anti-corruption campaigner Mokoena Letsie was brutally gunned down on 27 May. bolshevik.org/statements/ibt…
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Text of our online talk, Materialism or Moralism? Marxism, intersectional feminism & trans liberation What strategies can we use to fight for trans liberation? What is the role of the family in oppressions related to sex, gender & sexuality? Now online at bolshevik.org/statements/ibt…
Online public forum: Materialism or Moralism? Marxism, Intersectional Feminism & Trans Liberation Sunday 14 June 2026 10am BST | 11am CEST | 7pm AEST | 9pm NZST Register on zoom at bolshevik.org/trans-forum
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