About Us
Established in 2001, the International League of Peoples Struggle is a global formation of people’s organizations and movements that strives to realize the unity, cooperation, and coordination of anti-imperialist and democratic struggles around the world. With over 350 member organizations spanning 40 countries, the ILPS is the largest formation of its kind. The US Chapter of ILPS was established in May 2012, during the massive protests against the NATO meeting in Chicago. Since then, ILPS US has continued to contribute to building the anti-imperialist movement in the US and taking on campaigns No to APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Forum), Resist NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and Cancel RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific military exercises). For more information on ILPS as a global alliance, visit peoplesstruggle.org
The League fights for the following concerns:
The cause of national liberation, democracy and social liberation against imperialism and all reaction;
Socio-economic development for oppressed and exploited countries and nations and social equity for all working people;
Human rights in the civil, political, economic, social and cultural fields against state violence, national oppression, class exploitation and oppression, gender oppression, fascism, casteism, racism and religious bigotry; and justice and indemnification for the victims of illegal arrest and detention (especially political prisoners), violations of due process, torture, extra-judicial executions, disappearances, mass displacement, and other blatant forms of human rights violations.
The cause of just peace and struggles against wars of counterrevolution and aggression and against nuclear, biological, chemical, missile and other weapons of mass destruction;
Promotion of trade union and other democratic rights of the working class, improvement of wage and living conditions against all forms of intensifying exploitation of labor and the destruction of working class organizations in their pursuit of the historic mission of fighting for social liberation;
Agrarian reform and rights of peasants, farm workers and fisherfolk against feudal, semifeudal and capitalist exploitation and oppression;
The cause of women’s liberation and rights against all forms of sexual discrimination, exploitation and violence;
Rights of the youth to education and employment;
Children’s rights against child labor, sexual abuse and other forms of exploitation;
Rights of indigenous peoples, national minorities, and nationalities for self-determination and decolonization against discrimination, racism, and national oppression by imperialism and local reaction;
Struggle of teachers and other education workers against imperialism and for an alternative future;
The right of the people to health and the rights of health workers;
Science and technology for the people and development;
Arts and culture and free flow of information in the service of the people and the rights of artists, creative writers, journalists and other cultural workers against imperialist and reactionary propaganda and oppression;
Rights and welfare of the diaspora refugees and migrant workers displaced by imperialism and local reactionaries;
Rights of elderly and other differently-abled people to a life of dignity and secure existence;
Rights of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people against discrimination, intolerance and homophobia;
Rights of homeless, urban poor and Internally Displaced People against gentrification, forced evictions, containment, criminalization and exploitation;
Defense of the environment against imperialist plunder and overproduction as the main causes of ecological degradation, resource declination and climate crisis;
The struggle of faith-based associations against fascism and imperialism and for the attainment of just peace
Our aims and activities:
1. To stimulate, facilitate and coordinate common lines of action and undertake definite actions on the aforesaid concerns and issues,
2. To cooperate with all possible organizations, institutions and personages in the attainment of the aims and purposes of the League,
3. The activities of the League include: advocacy, research, publications, conferences, seminars and social and political action.
Who Can Join the League?
Any organization or formation of a mass character that agrees with the Charter of the League may apply or may be invited to become a member organization of the League.
The application shall be evaluated and acted upon by the national chapter as soon as possible after such application is submitted.
All participating organizations shall assume responsibilities in accordance with the resolutions and decisions of the International Assembly.
All participating organizations shall have equal basic rights and duties.
A participating organization may cease to be such by resignation, self-dissolution or by expulsion for serious violation of this charter, resolutions or decisions of the International Assembly.
All participating organizations shall maintain their independence and initiative and shall accordingly have equal basic rights and duties.