Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The communists are coming…

The world is rocked by war, crisis and chaos.

The capitalist system, which has been in terminal decline since the 2008 recession, is now in freefall. Millions are dying every day in conditions of conflict and poverty. The entire political establishment, from right to ‘left’, is rotten and discredited.

The old world is dying, and a new one is struggling to be born. A fundamental transformation of society is needed if humanity is to have any sort of future. Working people and the youth of the world must take their destinies into their own hands.

But who will lead them?

This original documentary charts the founding year of the Revolutionary Communist International, up to its inaugural conference in June 2024.

With parties and groups all over the world, the RCI has set itself the monumental task of building an international organisation worthy of the tasks of history, in the traditions of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Trotsky.

Through interviews with revolutionaries from over a dozen countries, including Britain, the USA, Canada, Mexico and Pakistan, the film shows how our International was built, and illustrates our political programme: grounded in the science of Marxism and methods of Bolshevism!

Learn how we spooked the richest man on the planet, came under attack by the capitalist press, and even launched an unexpected election campaign… all culminating in our founding congress, where the finest Marxist minds demonstrate the immense power of our philosophy to explain and change the world!

This is the story of the RCI: and we are only getting started…

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Length: 83 mins

Credits:

Featuring

Alan Woods
Jorge Martin
Fred Weston
Hamid Alizadeh
Rob Sewell
Fiona Lali
Ylva Vinberg
Fredrik Albin Svensson
Marie Frederiksen
Hubert Prevaud
Dersu Heri
Sonja Kopf
Ubaldo Meneses
Alessandro Giardiello
Adam Pal
Joel Bergman
Sahak Margossian
Caspar Oertli
Lotta Angantyr
Matt Zarb-Cousin

and

Comrades of the Revolutionary Communist International

Director

Frank Higson

Executive Producer

Joe Attard

Producer

Hamid Alizadeh
Niklas Albin Svensson
Fred Weston

Music & Composing

James Higson
Caleb Sharp
Erik Hill Blaske

Camera

Frank Higson
Leon Cuanillon
George Rigby
Gage Tijerina
Adrian Rau
Karl Lonsdale
Laura Brown

Edit

Frank Higson

Colourist

Sidney higson

Edit Assist

Adrian Rau
George Rigby

Track Listing

Written & Produced by James Higson

“2008”
“Sad Bernie”
“Steam Piston”
“MOLECULAR PROCESS”
“ELECTION”
“ELON IS WATCHING”
“Power of Ideas”
“Sense of Belonging”

Written & Produced by Caleb Sharp

“OLD MOLE OF REVOLUTION”
“THE UNBROKEN THREAD”

Written & Produced by Eric Hill Blaske

“PALESTINE”

Further music from Clemens Ruh

“this place has never known some love”

Translation

Alen Yerinkov
Benjamin Beyer
Benjamin Roobol
Leon Cuanillon

Special Thanks

Alen Yerinkov
Lukas Nyffeler
Anna Kyas
Morton
Sarah Baumann
Benjamin Roobol

🌐 LINKS 🌐

✊ Join the Revolutionary Communist International: marxist.com/join-us.htm
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/68nGNHz5lB8UZXICGIDMva?si=682ef70551644443
📱 Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/against-the-stream/id1777793987
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/revcomintern
💬 Twitter: https://x.com/revcomintern/

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