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Together For A Just World

dilemma confronting international labour organizations becomes visible. When
labour organizations operate under the control or influence of capital, speaking
of “equality” without challenging the structural inequalities produced by the ca-
pitalist world order, or of “justice” without confronting global relations of exploi-
tation, becomes increasingly unconvincing.

In this context, labour is positioned both as the bearer of crisis and as the cent-
ral subject of a possible social transformation. The challenge for labour today is
no longer merely the deterioration of working conditions; it lies in the systema-
tic erosion of labour’s social value, political representational capacity, and colle-
ctive organizational power. What is therefore required is not the partial reform of
the existing order, but the construction of a new world order grounded in rights
and centred on structural justice.

A New International Labour Paradigm and the Foundational Role of the ILC
The impasse confronting the global labour movement cannot be explained so-
lely in terms of organizational capacity or representation; it points to a deeper
historical necessity. The International Labour Confederation (ILC) has emerged
precisely in this context. The establishment of the ILC is not merely a new orga-
nizational initiative, but the product of a search to provide strategic direction to
the global labour struggle. Its aim is to bring together fragmented labour forces
on a common terrain of struggle.
Historical experience demonstrates that the working class weakens in the face
of capital when it is divided. By contrast, capital has achieved a high degree of
integration through multinational corporations and global financial networks.
The ILC seeks to overcome this asymmetry by reconstituting global labour
solidarity against the global mobility of capital. This solidarity is grounded in
class-based unity that transcends geographical boundaries, sectoral divisions,
and identity differences.
One of the defining features that distinguishes the ILC from other structures
is its articulation of global solidarity together with an explicit critique of the
system. The ILC does not treat labour-rights violations, precarity, low wages,
or the commodification of the public sphere as isolated policy choices, but as
structural outcomes of the capitalist accumulation model and imperialism. Ac-
cordingly, its struggle is directed not merely at visible consequences, but at the

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