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Proletarian news highlights
Russia
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Sergei Lavrov on western imperialism, nazism and the rise of the global south
Russian foreign minister tells press: ‘The west has a colonial approach to Russia; they are incapable of seeing us as equal partners.’
27 Jun 2023 ,
RT
Korea
/
Michael Palin in the DPRK: a western exceptionalism showcase
Workers in Britain could learn much from our Korean comrades, but they are unlikely to realise that from listening to Palin’s arrogant commentary.
25 Jun 2023 ,
Class Consciousness Project
USA
/
How the USA practices so-called ‘coercive diplomacy’
A new name for an old imperialist game.
24 Jun 2023 ,
Xinhua
Pay and conditions
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Homeless charity workers on strike for decent wages
St Mungo’s staff have suffered a 30 percent real-terms pay cut in the last ten years.
22 Jun 2023 ,
Trade unions
/
Derby Silk Mill commemorations 2023: no communists allowed
How did the CPB appoint itself the gatekeeper of the British working-class movement?
21 Jun 2023 ,
Environment
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The biggest threat to the environment is the imperialist war machine
While lecturing workers about ‘consumer choices’, western environmental lobbies give a free pass to the planet’s real polluters.
20 Jun 2023 ,
British politics
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Why is Britain so set on escalating the war in Ukraine?
Tanks, depleted uranium shells, long-range missiles, F16s: hardly a week goes by without some news of how Britain is upping the ante again.
17 Jun 2023 ,
British politics
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Communist message to Silk Mill rally: Ditch the Labour party!
Don’t settle for social democracy when only scientific socialism has the answer!
16 Jun 2023 ,
Environment
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Ecology without class struggle is gardening!
Our planet can only be saved by scientific planning of human production and economic activity, taking into account all the consequences for nature.
15 Jun 2023 ,
Russia
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EVENT: Book launch: Neo-nazi Nato’s Proxy War Against Russia
What is really happening in Ukraine? And what should antiwar activists be doing about it?
14 Jun 2023 ,
Russia
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Who blew up the Kakhovka dam?
With Ukraine’s ‘offensive’ failing, and the western psyop brigade keen to talk about everything except battlefield realities, it is not hard to see who benefits.
9 Jun 2023 ,
France
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Joti Brar: We are heartened and inspired by French workers’ fighting spirit
Unfortunately, even the most militant of Britain’s trade union leaders seem keen to end the strikes here as quickly as possible.
8 Jun 2023 ,
Communist Initiative
Trade unions
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Model motion: No cooperation with the imperialist drive to war
Only the collective action of workers has the power to stop the war drive in its tracks. This demand must be taken up in every trade union at every level.
7 Jun 2023 ,
Trade unions
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Model motion: Urgent measures needed to address the cost of living crisis
Why are workers being asked to pay the cost of a crisis that was not of their making? If capitalism cannot provide for its workforce, then capitalism must go.
6 Jun 2023 ,
Trade unions
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Model motion: Defy the anti-trade union laws
Within the current legal framework, workers’ right to strike in Britain has been all but annulled. This situation must be reversed by means of collective action.
4 Jun 2023 ,
Trade unions
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Model motion: Break the link with Labour
The essential precondition for a successful struggle for decent pay is that our unions must break their connection with the imperialist Labour party.
3 Jun 2023 ,
Yugoslavia
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Solidarity with the people of Serbia against Nato-backed violence in Kosovo
Nato troops must leave immediately and allow Kosovo and Metohija to return to the body of its motherland, Serbia.
2 Jun 2023 ,
WAP
Pollution
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Demand renationalisation of the water system without compensation
Growing public outrage has forced a mealy-mouthed apology from Water UK, but the profiteers deserve jail sentences, not a wrist-slapping.
30 May 2023 ,
Proletarian
Ukraine
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Zelensky piling up his millions as Nato tries regime change via assassination
Washington continues to stoke the fire in Ukraine, but the blowback may refuse to remain safely in Europe.
24 May 2023 ,
Proletarian
Trade unions
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Defy the anti-trade union laws!
It is time we turned the struggle for decent wages into a struggle for socialism.
22 May 2023 ,
Proletarian
Trade unions
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The real trade union barons
Having been absorbed into the fabric of the state machine, most trade union leaders now work not to aid but to suppress their members’ struggles.
20 May 2023 ,
Class Consciousness Project
Venezuela
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Venezuela: Blockade and plunder
How the imperialists use theft and sanctions to try to force regime change in countries that defy their diktat.
18 May 2023 ,
Palestine
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Free Palestine; end zionism!
No matter what weapons have been used against them, the Palestinians have resisted attempts to wipe them out for 75 years, and will continue to do so.
15 May 2023 ,
Korea
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Remembering the 1980 armed uprising against imperalism in Gwangju, Korea
The spirit of Gwangju still burns bright amongst large sections of the Korean people, who yearn to reunite their country and free it from colonial rule.
13 May 2023 ,
WAP
France
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The French working class fights on
Already there have been isolated instances of gendarmes refusing to obey orders. If the cotagion spreads, will the rest of Macron’s state machinery be more reliable?
12 May 2023 ,
Lalkar
Jamaica
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The human cost of bauxite-alumina mining in Jamaica
Another example of monopoly looting with no care for the consequences to people or environment.
11 May 2023 ,
Palestine
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Zionists step up their efforts to ethnically cleanse the West Bank of Palestinians
The extreme fascism of the Israeli state is now clearly revealed – and a sign that the whole colonial endeavour is careering headlong towards the abyss.
9 May 2023 ,
Lalkar
Ukraine
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Is Zelensky getting cold feet about the prospects for his ‘spring offensive’?
Zelensky’s US backers are determined to keep on fighting to the last Ukrainian and beyond, but could the beleaguered regime decide in favour of a face-saving deal?
8 May 2023 ,
Lalkar
China
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US imperialism’s militarisation of Taiwan
Continued attempts to use the island province as a battering ram against China must be vigorously opposed.
7 May 2023 ,
Lalkar
British history
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Twenty years later: the predatory imperialist war against Iraq
While the heroic resistance was defeating US and British imperialist forces, the British working class was effectively demobilised by its corrupted leadership.
4 May 2023 ,
Lalkar
Ukraine
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Odessa after the massacre: nine years later the wounds are still fresh
The west continues to ignore, downplay and misrepresent the trade unionists who were burned alive in Odessa’s trade union building by Nato’s fascist stormtroopers.
2 May 2023 ,
Proletarian
Working-class history
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Long live May Day!
Workers have made immense sacrifices in the great struggle of labour against capital; have shed rivers of blood in their quest for a better life and real freedom.
1 May 2023 ,
Lalkar
North Africa and Middle East
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The quiet revolution: peace breaking out all over the middle east
While Uncle Sam and co are bogged down in trying to destroy Russia via Ukraine, peoples elsewhere are getting out from under his jackboot.
30 Apr 2023 ,
Proletarian
Ukraine
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Desperate for a ‘win’ in Europe, USA mulls merging Ukraine with Poland
The war in Ukraine once more reveals imperialist hypocrisy over its alleged defence of the ‘rights of nations’.
27 Apr 2023 ,
Proletarian
Russia
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Zyuganov to Putin: ‘Form a patriotic front against the imperial west!’
Communist leader urges Russian president to reunite the country’s greatest heroes with the people.
25 Apr 2023 ,
CPRF
Palestine
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The ‘incremental genocide’ of the Palestinians continues
Ilan Pappe: it is high time the seventy-year project of extermination of Palestinians should be internationally recognised as a genocide.
24 Apr 2023 ,
Palestine Chronicle
Peru
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Solidarity with the people of Peru!
As in Bolivia, the people are resisting a US-backed coup that has removed their elected president and replaced him with a fascistic comprador.
19 Apr 2023 ,
Pollution
/
ULEZ: a
green
greed initiative
Not so much an environmental measure as a tax on driving and an effort to keep the car monopolies in profit.
18 Apr 2023 ,
Proletarian
Divide and rule
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Anti-immigration propaganda stirs up anger and rioting in Knowsley
As the cost of living crisis brings suffering to workers, our rulers are once again using immigration to distract from their failures.
17 Apr 2023 ,
Proletarian
Syria
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Natural disaster in Syria and Turkey: a tale of two earthquakes
Imperialist sanctions, occupation and war have hugely exacerbated the effects of the recent quake on the longsuffering Syrian people.
15 Apr 2023 ,
Proletarian
Belarus
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Rise of the new world order: Belarusian president honoured in Beijing, Tehran
A growing network of economic and military cooperation outside its control is enraging US imperialism.
14 Apr 2023 ,
China
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China sets out new foreign policy approach: oppose US unilateralism
The CPC has officially acknowledged that the ‘agreement incapable’ USA is set on hegemony and confrontation.
13 Apr 2023 ,
British politics
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The Labour left still lost in its labyrinth
Starmer’s refusal to allow Corbyn to rejoin Labour has highlighted the true loyalties of the party’s supposed ‘left-wingers’.
12 Apr 2023 ,
Proletarian
Baltics
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Condemn the demolition of monuments to the WW2 victory over Nazism!
History is being rewritten and Soviet sacrifices are being desecrated as hundreds of WW2 memorials are dismantled across the Baltics.
11 Apr 2023 ,
USA
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Message to US workers: Britain sending depleted uranium to Ukraine
The imperialists can seem incredibly powerful, but in fact their dominance is declining and their rule is showing signs of senility and decay.
10 Apr 2023 ,
France
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French communists: A revolutionary crisis is developing in France
If properly directed, workers’ action has the power to sweep away not only the rule of Emmanuel Macron but of the entire French bourgeoisie.
7 Apr 2023 ,
Proletarian
Italy
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British delegate in Italy: Our rulers are working to overturn Brexit
Workers across Europe share the goal of defeating both the EU imperialist bloc and the US-led Nato war machine.
4 Apr 2023 ,
Proletarian
China
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Is China the target of the greatest propaganda campaign in human history?
How can we resist the rising tide of sinophobia when there is so little printed or spoken about China by western media and politicians that actually reflects reality?
3 Apr 2023 ,
Pearls and Irritations
Ukraine
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Ukraine: From coup d’état to war
A brief history of Ukraine from 1991 til today, which aims to fill in a few of the gaping holes in the western corporate media narrative.
2 Apr 2023 ,
Lalkar
Palestine
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Israeli persecution of Palestinians taken to a new level in January
The zionists have seemed to get away with their crimes untouched for 75 years, but every sign is that this experiment in fascistic colonialism is doomed.
1 Apr 2023 ,
Lalkar
USA
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Why is the BLM movement so quiet about the murder of Tyre Nichols?
Racial oppression can only meaningfully be fought by a united working class against the capitalist state that seeks to divide and keep us down.
31 Mar 2023 ,
Lalkar
USSR
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Glory to the heroes of Stalingrad!
This titantic achievement of the socialist Soviet Union is one the imperialists are incapable of erasing or explaining away.
30 Mar 2023 ,
Lalkar
Trade unions
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NHS pay offer exposes the limitations of trade unionism
The NHS dispute has brought into sharp focus the inability of modern trade unions in Britain to advance working-class aims.
29 Mar 2023 ,
Proletarian
Africa
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France is losing its dominance in west Africa
Chinese economic and Russian military assistance are enabling the region to finally break its neocolonial bonds.
28 Mar 2023 ,
Proletarian
Germany
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Scholz visits Biden as USA works to bury the truth about Nord Stream
Will Washington test the anti-Putin coalition to destruction?
28 Mar 2023 ,
Proletarian
Baltics
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The west wants to leverage Estonia against Russia
The people of the Baltics are being used as more pawns and potential cannon fodder in Nato’s war against Russia.
26 Mar 2023 ,
Lalkar
Media
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Look, balloons! The Hollywoodisation of imperialist ‘news’ media
Hyperbolic reportage of the ‘spy balloons’ story was a perfect example of how the ‘infotainment’ industry works to distract and confuse.
25 Mar 2023 ,
Proletarian
Korea
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DPRK pledges firm support for Russia
Kim Yo Jong affirms her country’s solidarity while highlighting the futile criminality of the USA’s proxy war in Ukraine.
24 Mar 2023 ,
Lalkar
France
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Strikes in France demonstrate the benefits and limits of trade union action
Why are French workers being forced to endlessly fight the same battles?
23 Mar 2023 ,
Proletarian
Venezuela
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Caracas declaration: Latin America’s vital role in the world anti-imperialist struggle
Nato’s armies must be defeated on the battlefield and behind the lines.
22 Mar 2023 ,
Trade unions
/
After the strikes, what then?
As union leaders look for the exit, their members’ anger is being directed towards yet another diversionary ‘vote Labour’ campaign.
21 Mar 2023 ,
Proletarian
British politics
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Rishi Sunak’s new northern Ireland deal foreshadows the end of Brexit
But any victory of our rulers is likely to be short-lived.
20 Mar 2023 ,
Marx Engels Institute
France
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French workers fight for their pension and retirement rights
Militant fighting spirit is on display in abundance in France. What is now needed is class-conscious leadership and vision.
18 Mar 2023 ,
Lalkar
Education
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Why I left my first teaching job: ‘No support, no training, no care for the kids’
This view from a school gives an insight into why so many of our teachers are feeling so demoralised.
17 Mar 2023 ,
Proletarian
Palestine
/
Israel elections – even more racism and even nastier fascists
The utter degeneracy of the zionist polity is just one of many signs that Israel’s days are numbered.
16 Mar 2023 ,
Lalkar
Education
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Support our teachers; save our schools!
It is not only their present ability to exist that Britain’s teachers are fighting for, but our children’s future.
14 Mar 2023 ,
Proletarian
Social wage
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Many councils have crippling gambling debts. Workers will be paying the bill
Local councils across Britain are going bankrupt, leading to ever deeper cuts in services that have already been stripped to the bone.
13 Mar 2023 ,
Lalkar
Venezuela
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British delegate in Caracas: ‘Facing the same enemy, we must fight together’
The world’s anti-imperialist forces are coming together in a way that has not been seen for 70 years.
12 Mar 2023 ,
Proletarian
USA
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Working-class antiwar rage sends US woke mafia into a head fit
A broad coalition of those who really want to stop the US war machine faces silence from the media and insults from the ‘left’.
11 Mar 2023 ,
Proletarian
Working-class history
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Jenny Marx’s life of struggle and sacrifice in the cause of the working class
A tribute to the woman who made a vital yet routinely overlooked contribution to the founding of scientific socialism.
9 Mar 2023 ,
Lalkar
Divide and rule
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Sound and fury: the hollowness of the woke v anti-woke debate
Workers have no interest in perpetuating bourgeois-incited culture wars. What we need is a clear understanding of how these harmful ideas destroy our ability to unify.
8 Mar 2023 ,
Germany
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Nord Stream sabotage – Seymour Hersh’s revelations
Corporate media are doing what they can to quash discussion of the USA’s attack on its ally, but the fall-out from this detailed exposé is destined to be far-reaching.
1 Mar 2023 ,
Lalkar
Ukraine
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Defeats in the front line spark chaos in the Kiev junta
Even as their proxies are collapsing at the front and behind the lines, the USA and its EU allies are pressing on with their plans to carve up Russia.
28 Feb 2023 ,
Lalkar
Australia
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Murdoch propaganda pushes Australia: double military budget to fight China
The time to start resisting is now.
23 Feb 2023 ,
Caitlin's Newsletter
Civil liberties
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Police officer David Carrick’s campaign of rape: a bad apple or a rotten barrel?
News that the Met will now reopen the cases of a thousand officer complaints would seem to answer the question.
17 Feb 2023 ,
Proletarian
Media
/
On the media of ‘Russiagate’ and related fake stories
The last shred of mainstream journalistic integrity has been destroyed by the revelation that every part of the relentless Russiagate media barage was false.
16 Feb 2023 ,
Moon of Alabama
British politics
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Lessons and legacy of the two-million strong Iraq antiwar protest
Demonstrations are dead-end get-togethers without the leadership of a vanguard revolutionary party. Iraq, Occupy – where are you now?
15 Feb 2023 ,
Proletarian
Argentina
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Lawfare in Latin America: the case of Argentina’s Cristina Kirchner
Corruption of a nominally-independent country’s justice system is a major tool in the arsenal of imperialist control.
14 Feb 2023 ,
Proletarian
USA
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Anticommunism in the USA: the spectre remains
The spectre of communism haunts the US Congress 175 years later.
13 Feb 2023 ,
Marx Engels Institute
Germany
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The truth about the war in Ukraine – straight from the horse’s mouth
Retired German general lays out a few key facts for the hard of learning.
12 Feb 2023 ,
Proletarian
Germany
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How America took out the Nord Stream pipeline
The New York Times called it a ‘mystery’, but the truth is that the United States executed a covert sea operation against its own allies.
11 Feb 2023 ,
Seymour Hersh
Housing
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Poor housing kills
The death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak has shone new light on a growing problem: the slum conditions being endured by too many in Britain today.
9 Feb 2023 ,
Proletarian
Cuba
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Cuban president: ‘We must strengthen the integration of Our America’
Heads of Latin-American and Caribbean countries agree to reinforce economic and political cooperation that can help free their peoples from US domination.
8 Feb 2023 ,
Proletarian
Pay and conditions
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Pardeep Singh and Boohoo: sweatshop and semi-slavery conditions on the rise
An immigrant worker whose punishment beating was filmed by his employer serves as a stark reminder of the true face of capitalist exploitation.
6 Feb 2023 ,
Yugoslavia
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Oppose western pressure on Serbia to recognise the Kosovo province as a state
The imperialists are still pursuing their 30-year campaign to forcibly disintegrate and occupy the territories of the former Yugoslavia.
5 Feb 2023 ,
Proletarian
Americas
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EVENT: Drive to war in the Americas: Disband Nato; Yankees go home!
As the reckless imperialist war drive threatens every corner of the globe, the World Anti-Imperialist Platform is bringing its focus to Latin America.
4 Feb 2023 ,
Greece
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Athens conference: anti-imperialist unity in the Balkans is pivotal for all of Europe
Only by standing together can workers and oppressed peoples find the strength to defeat Nato’s bestial neo-nazi war machine.
2 Feb 2023 ,
Proletarian
Czech Republic
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Medieval inquisition returns to Europe as historical truth-tellers are put on trial
Josef Skála and two other scholars are being prosecuted in Prague, charged with ‘expressing doubts’ about who perpetrated the Katyn massacre.
31 Jan 2023 ,
Marx 21
Trade unions
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TUC directs its members’ anger into more meaningless busywork
An email campaign to reverse anti-union laws? Really?
30 Jan 2023 ,
Proletarian
Capitalist crisis
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Capitalists are causing inflation, not workers!
It’s time for the hoary old myth about wages causing inflation to be put to bed. Higher wages lead to lower profits, hence the bosses’ opposition.
29 Jan 2023 ,
Civil liberties
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Minimum Service Bill is the latest salvo in the class war against workers
No cooperation with union-busting anti-strike laws!
27 Jan 2023 ,
Proletarian
Yemen
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Yemen’s quest for self-determination continues unabated
Despite conditions of siege and war, the Yemeni people are finding ways to lay the foundations of a diversified and more self-sufficient economy.
26 Jan 2023 ,
Lalkar
USA
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The US ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ – blatant protectionism
US monopolies are hoping to survive the present crisis at the expense of their rivals, but alienating all their allies will ultimately only hasten their demise.
24 Jan 2023 ,
Lalkar
Civil liberties
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Communists condemn cancellation of WPB anti-Nato meeting by Conway Hall
The Conway Hall Ethical Society’s craven submission to ‘online intimidation’ gives the lie to its claim to uphold free speech.
23 Jan 2023 ,
Europe
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Food bank crisis in Europe
As our rulers double down on their war against Russia, workers across the EU are suffering rising hunger and fuel poverty.
22 Jan 2023 ,
Lalkar
Italy
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Remembering the history and achievements of Italy’s communists
The militant and heroic legacy of our movement is much needed as an inspiration for the struggle that faces us today.
21 Jan 2023 ,
Peru
/
Solidarity with the people of Peru against US aggression
Another president falls to a US-backed coup in Latin America – but the people are not taking it lying down.
20 Jan 2023 ,
Proletarian
Yugoslavia
/
What is happening in Kosovo?
It is impossible to make sense of rising tensions in Serbia without knowing the post-socialist history of the Balkans and imperialist geopolitical aims.
19 Jan 2023 ,
Lalkar
Capitalist crisis
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Prepay meter scandal reveals workers being slowly crushed by energy debt
Workers who can’t afford crippling energy prices are being forced to pay even higher rates by the vulture providers.
18 Jan 2023 ,
Proletarian
Ukraine
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Bakhmut: Russia breaches crucial Ukrainian defence line
With Ukraine’s defeat in this pivotal battle now certain, western media are rushing to assure their audiences the town holds no significance.
17 Jan 2023 ,
Proletarian
China
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Covid: China changes gear
As the People’s Republic moves on from the era of zero-Covid, western media are desperate to portray its decision as a sign of failure.
15 Jan 2023 ,
Proletarian
Philippines
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Jose María Sisón, father of the Filipino revolution
Tribute to a long life lived in the service of the liberation of humanity.
12 Jan 2023 ,
Lalkar
Iran
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Iran and the western-manufactured hijab protests
Attempts to cast imperialist countries as champtions of women’s rights are laughable to anyone familiar with the declining position of women in the west.
11 Jan 2023 ,
Lalkar
Science and technology
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Microchips and monopoly: a new front in the global struggle
What is the significance of the USA's quest to repatriate the complex chain of semiconductor production?
10 Jan 2023 ,
Lalkar
Peru
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Peru’s fragile socialist government ousted by a soft coup
Can the anger and energy of the Peruvian masses be channelled so as to realise their dreams of liberty and socialism?
9 Jan 2023 ,
Lalkar
Russia
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Price cap stunt will not stop Russian oil trade
But it will deepen and expand the fissures within the imperialist camp itself, as the demise of the west accelerates.
6 Jan 2023 ,
Lalkar
Capitalist crisis
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Communist replies to BBC budget tips: ‘Get out and see the real world.’
What kind of ‘journalist’ could seriously investigate whether ‘showering at the gym’ could be a money-saving tip for impoverished workers?
5 Jan 2023 ,
Capitalist crisis
/
Happy new year?
There is no reform that could enable this profit-hungry system to serve the needs of the working people.
3 Jan 2023 ,
Qatar
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Qatar at the crossroads?
Can US pressure force Qatar to sever its economic ties to Iran and Russia?
31 Dec 2022 ,
Proletarian
Health
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The ruin of the NHS for the benefit of private interests
In their desperation for sources of profit, our exploiters as individuals even end up damaging their own collective interests.
29 Dec 2022 ,
Lalkar
Climate change
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What a Cop-out!
Even the most inveterate supporters of capitalism have been forced to admit that the UN’s climate mechanism has been taken over by the oil lobby.
26 Dec 2022 ,
Lalkar
Capitalist crisis
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Communist responds to patronising BBC advice for a ‘budget’ Christmas
Naughty? Nice? It’s time workers stopped believing the fairy tale that we get what we ‘deserve’ and organised to fight for what we need!
24 Dec 2022 ,
Proletarian
World TV
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Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘New globalisation?’
Are we witnessing the end of ‘globalisation’ as we have known it for about the last 40 years?
22 Dec 2022 ,
Proletarian TV
Pollution
/
Britain’s dire water situation is no joke
Privatisation has stolen over £60bn from essential services, leaving the country to wallow in its own filth.
19 Dec 2022 ,
Proletarian
Yugoslavia
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Anti-imperialist conference: Nato’s war drive threatens to engulf Europe
Rather than admitting defeat, the imperialists are doing everything possible to prolong and extend the war in eastern Europe.
17 Dec 2022 ,
Proletarian
Australia
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Racist persecution of Aborigines in Australia continues unabated
A culture of torture has been exposed in Australia’s penal system, facilitated by the dehumanisation embedded into every level of the state machinery.
15 Dec 2022 ,
Lalkar
Ethiopia
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Ethiopian peace talks begin as rebel Tigrayans suffer military setbacks
Will this African nation be allowed to settle its own future without any further interference?
11 Dec 2022 ,
People's Dispatch
Brazil
/
Can Lula get Brazil back on track?
Much has changed since Lula’s first presidency. While the economic situation is far more difficult, international shifts could work in the country’s favour.
10 Dec 2022 ,
Turkey
/
Iran and Turkey hit Washington’s Kurdish proxies in Iraq and Syria
Failing US hegemony is making itself felt in some surprising ways – and none of them bode well for the imperialists.
9 Dec 2022 ,
Capitalist crisis
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Polycrisis? Time to put an end to this capitalist madness
This system is unable to escape from its own absurd contradictions: in particular the insanity of deepening poverty in the midst of ever-accumulating wealth.
7 Dec 2022 ,
Lalkar
British politics
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What is really meant by the demand for a ‘general election now’?
It is true that Rishi Sunak’s appointment was undemocratic. But what do those calling for his ousting really want?
5 Dec 2022 ,
Argentina
/
What is behind the attempted murder of vice-president Cristina Kirchner?
US imperialism and its local proxies are willing to do whatever it takes to put this popular leader out of office – permanently.
30 Nov 2022 ,
Lalkar
Nicaragua
/
Oppose US ‘special measures’ against sovereign Nicaragua!
Once again, the USA wants to starve an entire people into submission, simply because they have asserted their right to economic and political independence.
27 Nov 2022 ,
Proletarian
World
/
Imperialist aggression hastens demise of US hegemony and the rise of Brics
As history moves on, new alliances are being formed that are more in tune with the real balance of forces in the world.
25 Nov 2022 ,
Proletarian
Colombia
/
Colombian president Gustavo Petro walking the tightrope of ‘total peace’
Will the new government be allowed to implement its social programmes to address the damage from decades of US-backed terrorism and war?
24 Nov 2022 ,
Lalkar
China
/
Xi Jinping to CPC: The times are calling us, and the people expect us to deliver’
The last five years have indeed been ‘truly momentous and extraordinary’ ones in China’s history and development – and the next five look likely to be even more so.
23 Nov 2022 ,
Friends of Socialist China
Divide and rule
/
Tribute to Comrade Avtar Jouhl
An indefatigable fighter against racism and imperialism, and for socialism, which he knew held the only solution to humanity’s problems.
20 Nov 2022 ,
Lalkar
Russia
/
British armed forces planned terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge
Like the fool of ancient Chinese fable, the imperialists continue to lift rocks that merely break their own feet.
19 Nov 2022 ,
Proletarian
Disputes
/
Support our nurses’ struggle for decent pay!
It is not our hard-pressed medical staff who are greedy, but the privateers who are pushing down their wages in the interests of profit.
18 Nov 2022 ,
Proletarian
Trade unions
/
Are Britain’s union bosses interested in helping their members fight back?
As the crisis deepens, the ruling class is looking far more determined than the unions, where lions continue to be led by loyal Labour donkeys.
16 Nov 2022 ,
Proletarian
Brazil
/
Lula is back!
With so much hope pinned on his new government, will his ministers be able to resist the push from global financiers insisting on ‘fiscal prudence’ (ie, on austerity)?
15 Nov 2022 ,
Lalkar
Czech Republic
/
Czech communist leader on the mass movement against Nato’s war
Josef Skála explains what is driving the huge protest movement that has rocked his country to its foundations.
13 Nov 2022 ,
Proletarian
Environment
/
Environmentalists: time to look your gift horse in the mouth
The misguided actions of the environmentalist movement are annoying workers and harming the aims they espouse.
11 Nov 2022 ,
Proletarian
Ukraine
/
Ukraine referenda: Russians exercise their right to self-determination
From now on, attacks or threats against these safeguarded territories will be dealt with as attacks against any other part of Russia.
10 Nov 2022 ,
Lalkar
British politics
/
Rishi Sunak becomes Britain’s third prime minister in seven weeks
No changing of the guard can address the fundamental problem the British ruling class faces – a deepening crisis of overproduction that it is powerless to overcome.
9 Nov 2022 ,
Lalkar
Yugoslavia
/
Neo-nazis smash up Yugoslav communist party headquarters
British communists stand in solidarity with our Yugoslav comrades under attack from EU-backed fascist thugs.
8 Nov 2022 ,
Proletarian
Capitalist crisis
/
The cost of living crisis is a capitalist crisis!
The capitalists have shown themselves to be entirely unable to run their own system for the benefit of society.
4 Nov 2022 ,
Russia
/
West uses Putin’s birthday to ramp up demonisation and personal attacks
But despite all the baseless allegations, reality is stubbornly resistant to imperialist propaganda.
3 Nov 2022 ,
Europe
/
Liz Truss’s message to the USA seconds after the Nord Stream attack: ‘It’s done’.
The former prime minister’s leaked iPhone messages convince Russia that British forces blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines.
2 Nov 2022 ,
Finance Twitter
Social wage
/
Hungry schoolchildren; another sign of a failed system
When an economic system can’t provide basics like food and warm shelter to its people, it is time for it to be replaced.
22 Oct 2022 ,
Proletarian
Azerbaijan
/
Azeri chauvinism used by imperialists to set Russia’s borders on fire
War has broken out again between Armenia and Azerbaijan, but who does it really benefit?
21 Oct 2022 ,
Proletarian
Germany
/
Germany is under pressure. Something’s got to give
As the economic crisis deepens and political panic spreads, the future of a unified European imperialist block is looking ever more shaky.
19 Oct 2022 ,
Proletarian
Media
/
Inside the world of imperialist mind control
The upside-down world of corporate media lies: how fairy tales and disappearing facts keep workers in ignorance and fear.
16 Oct 2022 ,
Ukraine
/
Foreign mercenaries in Ukraine – Steve Sweeney reports
One mercenary demanded Russian troops ‘surrender or die!’ after botched drone fundraiser cancelled.
13 Oct 2022 ,
RT
Africa
/
African trust in Russia grows as western influence wanes
The growing strength of the anti-imperialist block, anchored by Russia and China, is sending tremors of fear and panic through western corridors of power.
13 Oct 2022 ,
Energy
/
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse: fracking is back on the agenda
Whichever way they turn, Truss and co are tying themselves in knots trying to escape the Gordian knot of the energy and inflation crises.
10 Oct 2022 ,
Proletarian
Russia
/
Vladimir Putin greets new regions with lesson on imperialism’s bloody history
‘The west is ready to cross every line to preserve the neocolonial system which allows it to plunder the world, thanks to its dollar and technology domination.’
7 Oct 2022 ,
RT
Ukraine
/
Kharkov and Mobilisation: the Russian coalition persists, unhindered
The advance of Ukraine’s armed forces into territory from which Russian forces had already withdrawn, is not the ‘turning point’ western media are claiming.
6 Oct 2022 ,
The Postil Magazine
Civil liberties
/
Free Julian Assange!
The chilling persecution of honest journalism has only highlighted the unfreedom of bourgeois society and the lies and complicity of imperialist corporate media.
5 Oct 2022 ,
Germany
/
Pipeline terrorism: Who benefits?
Western media allegations denouncing Russia’s alleged act of (self) sabotage make no sense, either politically or economically.
5 Oct 2022 ,
China
/
Joti Brar on the history and future of the Chinese communist party
‘The stronger China becomes industrially, technologically and militarily, the more it is able to help poorer countries break free of the stranglehold of debt slavery.’
3 Oct 2022 ,
China Reports
Health
/
Coffey’s ‘plan for patients’ boils down to more targets and some magical thinking
Reams of empty phrasemongering are aimed at hiding the fact that Truss and co have no plan to do anything to fix the crisis in our health service.
1 Oct 2022 ,
Proletarian
Haiti
/
Protests erupt in Haiti against corrupt comprador government
Ruthless political suppression and rampant superexploitation by US monopoly capital continue to drive social unrest in the island nation.
29 Sep 2022 ,
Proletarian
Russia
/
First international antifascist congress held in Moscow
Uniting those who oppose the spread of Nazi ideology – which remains, as before, an imperialist tool for the division and control of the world’s peoples.
28 Sep 2022 ,
Lalkar
British politics
/
Farewell to Eric Levy
A lifelong antirevisionist and anti-imperialist fighter who never failed to act on his beliefs and never gave up his faith in the socialist future of humanity.
25 Sep 2022 ,
Lalkar
Czech Republic
/
Czech people take to the streets in record numbers against Nato’s war in Ukraine
Is this huge demonstration in Prague a sign of things to come across the European Union?
22 Sep 2022 ,
Proletarian
Iraq
/
‘Normalising’ relationships with Israel now carries the death penalty in Iraq
A new law may force Iraqi politicians to put their money where their mouth is on the question of Palestine solidarity and anti-imperialism.
21 Sep 2022 ,
Ukraine
/
Selling Ukraine to the highest bidder
Alongside the wanton sacrifice of its military-aged men, the total immiseration of Ukraine’s entire population by western imperialism continues apace.
20 Sep 2022 ,
Proletarian
Ukraine
/
Free Ukraine’s Kononovich brothers, jailed communist youth!
As part of its suppression of political activity, the Ukrainian stooge regime has banned communist organisations and imprisoned their leaders.
19 Sep 2022 ,
Korea
/
US-south Korean war games are fuelling the drive towards war in the Pacific
The USA and its south Korean stooges are recklessly stoking the flames of war on the Korean peninsula by staging DPRK invasion and nuclear strike rehearsals.
18 Sep 2022 ,
Lalkar
China
/
Outrageous ‘assessment of human rights concerns’ in Xinjiang by UN commission
Solidarity with the people of China, being subjected to abhorrent and baseless accusations as part of the imperialists’ relentless drive to war.
17 Sep 2022 ,
Friends of Socialist China
Trade unions
/
Shameful capitulation of workers’ leadership in face of ‘mourning’ demands
With hunger, blackouts and war knocking urgently at workers’ doors, our demand should be: ‘Don’t mourn, organise.’
12 Sep 2022 ,
Proletarian
Disputes
/
Amazon workers against Victorian working conditions and derisory pay
Despite unions being banned by Amazon, its British staff have been staging wildcat actions in defence of their right to decent pay and conditions.
11 Sep 2022 ,
Lalkar
Germany
/
Closure of Nord Stream 1: another own goal for Europe
It is not Russians but European who are facing hunger and blackouts as a result of the EU’s failed sanctions war.
9 Sep 2022 ,
Proletarian
Netherlands
/
The Dutch farmers’ militant struggle
How can the needs of the people to eat and their need to live in a clean and stable environment both be met?
8 Sep 2022 ,
Lalkar
Capitalist crisis
/
EU quietly rowing back on self-defeating sanctions against Russia
In the face of the abject failure of their economic war, EU leaders are trying to salvage what they can without admitting to a U-turn.
7 Sep 2022 ,
Proletarian
Capitalist crisis
/
Cost of living crisis: the fightback is under way
Growing militance among unionised workers and vigorous new campaigns to combat the effects of poverty and inflation signify a change in the workers’ mood.
6 Sep 2022 ,
Lalkar
World
/
Support for USA’s proxy war in Ukraine draining as true cost dawns on the world
Meanwhile, the Russian targets of the present war front remain unbroken and unbowed – and headed for a decisive victory.
5 Sep 2022 ,
Lalkar
Social wage
/
Malthusianism is alive and well as feminists celebrate declining birth rate
Since they cannot admit to a solution lying outside of capitalist production relations, ‘women’s rights’ advocates are reduced to prettifying their chains.
2 Sep 2022 ,
Proletarian
Capitalist crisis
/
Families face energy bills topping £5,000 this autumn
Privatisation of the energy industry has put Britons at the mercy of world market prices – and no bourgeois party has a clue what to do about it.
30 Aug 2022 ,
Proletarian
Media
/
Dissecting the cliches of Anglo-American ethnocentrism
Former US ambassador calls on Britain and the USA to ‘come to the rescue’ of the world ... ‘again’.
26 Aug 2022 ,
Disputes
/
Support the postal workers!
Workers at Royal Mail are joining those on the railways and the docks in standing up for pay and conditions.
24 Aug 2022 ,
Proletarian
Support the Felixstowe dockers!
Workers at the country’s busiest port are using their collective power to demand a pay rise in line with rampant inflation.
23 Aug 2022 ,
Ukraine
/
How corrupt is Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky?
Who is this man who ‘preferred the ruin of his country to a timely compromise’?
18 Aug 2022 ,
Covert Action
Afghanistan
/
One year on from the Afghan rout: collective punishment continues
Having been beaten militarily, the USA and its allies continue to use economic and terroristic means to try to keep the Afghan people down.
17 Aug 2022 ,
Proletarian
British politics
/
Backing Truss for PM means doubling down on war drive and economic pain
Liz Truss represents a continued commitment by our rulers to their catastrophic direction on both the war drive and the economy.
11 Aug 2022 ,
Proletarian
China
/
USA’s provocations against China faced down by the People’s Liberation Army
In its desperation to ‘stop’ China’s growth, the USA is pushing towards all-out war – all while driving its various targets into ever-closer alliance.
9 Aug 2022 ,
Proletarian
China
/
China warns the USA on Taiwan: ‘Those who play with fire will perish by it.’
The US imperial tiger has far less power against China than it imagines. But while it remains in existence, it will continue to bring death and destruction in its wake.
3 Aug 2022 ,
Palestine
/
Obituary for Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
A CNN investigation has endorsed the view that Shireen was deliberately assassinated. But the truth about Israeli crimes cannot be snuffed out so easily.
1 Aug 2022 ,
Lalkar
British politics
/
Britain fretting over declining influence on ‘the rules’ as China and Russia rise
The accelerating development of a strong anti-imperialist camp is threatening the foundations of imperialist domination and plunder of the globe.
30 Jul 2022 ,
Proletarian
Civil liberties
/
Julian Assange must be freed – a plea from his wife Stella Moris
This battle is not to only save a single journalist from gross injustice but to defend the right of all workers to access and speak the truth.
29 Jul 2022 ,
Lalkar
Ukraine
/
$65bn in western ‘aid for Ukraine’ is neither aid nor is it for Ukraine
Ukraine will be paying off its latest ‘aid’ package for the rest of this century. That is, provided there is a viable Ukrainian state left when the conflict ends.
28 Jul 2022 ,
InfoBrics
Civil liberties
/
‘Bill of shame’ spits in the face of ‘Troubles’ victims
British attempts to whitewash war crimes in Ireland make clear once again: there will be no ‘reconciliation’ until reunification.
25 Jul 2022 ,
Proletarian
Ukraine
/
Is Russia’s advance in Donbass too slow?
What accounts for the moderate pace of Russian progress in eastern Ukraine? Is it true that the speed is indicative of an imminent collapse?
16 Jul 2022 ,
USA
/
Cynical calculations behind America illegalising abortion
Has the Roe v Wade abortion rights ruling been overturned in the hopes of shoring up Joe Biden’s electoral prospects?
12 Jul 2022 ,
Lalkar
Health
/
Dr Bob Gill: The demise of British primary healthcare
First they came for the cleaners, then they came for the caterers, then for the porters, the student nurses and the junior doctors. Now they’re coming for the GPs.
11 Jul 2022 ,
Consortium News
Yemen
/
Saudis continue to violate the truce in Yemen
Despite ceasefire agreements, Saudi military attacks are ongoing, as is the brutal blockade of Yemeni ports, leaving millions at risk of starvation.
8 Jul 2022 ,
Lalkar
Colombia
/
Colombians say enough is enough
An electoral victory for the left in of one of the USA’s regional strongholds shows that the people’s will for liberation has not gone away with the fighters of the Farc.
7 Jul 2022 ,
Lalkar
Ukraine
/
As Russia completes Ukraine operation, fallout for the west is just beginning
The reality of Europe’s much-vaunted ‘unity’ in support of Ukraine is that the EU is in the process of tearing itself apart.
6 Jul 2022 ,
Lalkar
Africa
/
Why African countries are remaining ‘neutral’ over the war in Ukraine
Historical ties of friendship and solidarity between Africa and the former Soviet Union weigh strongly in the feeling that Africa has towards Vladmir Putin.
1 Jul 2022 ,
The African Exponent
Cuba
/
Cuba responds to failed US-controlled summit: Our America deserves better
With anti-imperialist sentiment on the rise once more, the USA is more terrified than ever of the infectious socialist example in its continental ‘back yard’.
27 Jun 2022 ,
Proletarian
Russia
/
USA’s proxy war in Ukraine cementing the world anti-imperialist alliance
Not only have the imperialists strengthened instead of crushing Russia, they have in the process given new confidence to independent-minded states everywhere.
23 Jun 2022 ,
Proletarian
Disputes
/
Victory to the striking railworkers; defend the right to strike!
In fighting to save jobs and defend pay, railworkers are in the front line of a desperately-needed push-back against the onslaught of capital.
22 Jun 2022 ,
Social wage
/
Food bank Britain
British families are relying on charity to eat as the market and the government both fail to provide even such a basic necessity as food.
20 Jun 2022 ,
Proletarian
Pay and conditions
/
Sainsbury’s CEO in the money as workers feel the pinch
As conditions for the mass of workers get rapidly worse, the obscene inequalities of the system come into ever-sharper relief.
15 Jun 2022 ,
Proletarian
Burkina Faso
/
The example of Thomas Sankara lives on in Burkina Faso
Murder trial reminds the Burkinabè masses that freedom and dignity will only return when theirs is once more the land of the upright men.
13 Jun 2022 ,
Proletarian
Ukraine
/
Ukraine operation phase 2: Mariupol nazis fall and Donbass steadily liberated
Russian forces have defied imperialist narratives on every front; soon a new phase in the conflict will begin.
12 Jun 2022 ,
Proletarian
British politics
/
Boris in trouble: It’s the economy stupid … and that bloody stupid war
The commentariat might not be admitting it, but it is the Ukraine war that looks like finally finishing off Boris Johnson’s premiership.
11 Jun 2022 ,
Proletarian
Ukraine
/
Joti Brar: ‘Greek workers have power to play leading role against Nato in Europe’
Those who spread the lie that the conflict in Ukraine is an ‘interimperialist war’ are helping to demobilise the world’s most militant antiwar activists.
9 Jun 2022 ,
Proletarian
Cuba
/
The heroes of Hotel Saratoga
A tale of everyday solidarity in the streets of socialist Cuba.
8 Jun 2022 ,
Capitalist crisis
/
Cost of living crisis worsens as inflation and energy prices soar
Our rulers are keen to blame ‘the Russians’ for the intrinsic failings of the capitalist system itself.
29 May 2022 ,
Proletarian
Disputes
/
Train strike: Britain could see the largest walk-out since the 1926 general strike
Meanwhile, the government is considering adding to anti-trade-union legislation to try to outlaw the action before it begins.
27 May 2022 ,
Reddit
Palestine
/
Palestinian Nakba continues with the murder of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
After 74 years of endless atrocities, the Israelis are further than ever from realising their fascistic goal of an ethnically ‘pure’ state.
26 May 2022 ,
Proletarian
Ukraine
/
Is Poland planning to invade Ukraine? Nato eyes new fronts in drive to WW3
US imperialism is desperate to shore up its waning hegemony – and doesn’t care who or what it has to lay waste in the process.
25 May 2022 ,
Proletarian
Ukraine
/
Why did the USA build a string of biolabs across Ukraine?
Why were they funded by the US defence department and what was Hunter Biden’s role?
24 May 2022 ,
Proletarian
Media
/
Yemen v Ukraine: What makes a war newsworthy?
Why are the crocodile tears of our leaders and their presstitutes reserved for some victims of war and denied to others?
23 May 2022 ,
Proletarian
World history
/
Annette Beaumanoir: antifascist and anti-imperialist heroine of our times
Legendary French resistance fighter and groundbreaking ‘Red Doctor’ who dedicated her long life to serving the people.
20 May 2022 ,
Lalkar
British politics
/
Labour is the party of Nato, the party of war
Throughout Labour’s history, in and out of government, its leaders have always been unabashed cheerleaders for the crimes of imperialism.
19 May 2022 ,
Proletarian
Civil liberties
/
Assange, the 21st-century inquisition
It is not one man who is on trial, but the people’s right to access meaningful and reliable information.
18 May 2022 ,
Lalkar
Divide and rule
/
Monstrous plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda
The main target of anti-immigrant rhetoric is the British working class, which remains disunited and powerless when racist lies flourish.
17 May 2022 ,
Lalkar
Media
/
Liberal journalism’s fury as Soviet symbolism returns to liberated Donbass
True colours? Guardians of western values are agonising over the rout of the murderous thugs who have been rampaging for eight years in east Ukraine.
16 May 2022 ,
Proletarian
Sri Lanka
/
Sri Lankan workers revolt against the kleptocracy
As the world economic crisis bites deeper, a combination of unmanageable debt and rapidly rising food and fuel prices is making life impossible for the masses.
14 May 2022 ,
Lalkar
Divide and rule
/
Does our government love refugees now? What a difference one war makes
What are we supposed to make of the our rulers’ desire to extend the warmest possible welcome to refugees from Ukraine?
13 May 2022 ,
Lalkar
France
/
Macron secures second term, despite unpopularity and ‘ocean of abstentions’
Where is the force capable of harnessing the anger and militancy of the French working class?
10 May 2022 ,
Lalkar
Ukraine
/
Nato weapons for Ukraine: military aid and future profits for the USA
Arms monopolies have jumped at the chance to force as many countries as possible to replace their entire machinery of warfare.
8 May 2022 ,
Brics Information Portal
Media
/
‘Hurrah for the Azov!’ – The curious case of BBC whitewashing nazism in Ukraine
None of the glib refutations of nazism in Ukraine stand up to scrutiny, yet western media continue to repeat them while closing down those who expose their lies.
7 May 2022 ,
Al Mayadeen
Ukraine
/
Russia advances to liberate the Donbass
Despite the floods of weaponry and propaganda from the west, Russia is slowly advancing its aim of denazifying eastern Ukraine. Again.
6 May 2022 ,
Lalkar
British history
/
Kim Philby: Hero of the working class
How the Soviet Union inspired a British establishment insider to devote his life to the cause of socialism and the socialist motherland.
4 May 2022 ,
Lalkar
Housing
/
London’s great council housing fraud
Politicians talk as if workers are fools, but no-one who has tried to live on a worker’s salary can swallow the London mayor’s lies about an increase in ‘affordable’ homes.
2 May 2022 ,
Lalkar
British politics
/
Partygate again: Is Boris really about to suffer ‘death by a thousand cuts’?
The prime minister’s lies and hypocrisy are once more back in the media spotlight. But the ruling class is struggling to find a replacement for its disgraced frontman.
25 Apr 2022 ,
Proletarian
British politics
/
Paltry Partygate fines for Boris and Sunak are a slap in the face for British workers
The ‘us and them’ reality of British class society has never been clearer.
25 Apr 2022 ,
Proletarian
Lay-offs and closures
/
The day that P&O sacked all its staff: view from a worker in Dover
When capital makes decisions about its profit margins, it is real people whose lives are destroyed.
23 Apr 2022 ,
Proletarian
Pakistan
/
USA conspires for regime change in Pakistan, but will it last?
Powerful enemies are ranged against Imran Khan, but it would seem that the streets are with him.
20 Apr 2022 ,
Lalkar
Ukraine
/
Swiss intelligence specialist assesses the military situation in Ukraine
As information trickles in, it is becoming clear that Nato and its proxies are losing the ground war to Russia and the Donbass antifascist forces in east Ukraine.
16 Apr 2022 ,
Korea
/
Solidarity with people’s Korea on the Day of the Sun 2022
Progressive humanity has every reason to celebrate the birth of the great Korean Marxist and revolutionary Kim Il Sung.
15 Apr 2022 ,
Yugoslavia
/
Belgrade forum reminds the world: ‘Never forget’ Nato war on Yugoslavia
It is the height of hypocrisy for the west to be crying about war in Europe while remaining silent about the blitzkrieg carried out by its own air force 20 years ago.
12 Apr 2022 ,
Proletarian
Ukraine
/
Fake news in Kiev heralds cruel April
As Russia meets its military objectives, western enthusiasm for disinformation continues to grow.
8 Apr 2022 ,
Ukraine
/
Faking ‘war crimes’: Mariupol hospital witness exposes imperialist lie machine
The accounts of those on the scene clearly contradict the atrocity narratives the west is spinning to whip up support for an escalation of the war.
7 Apr 2022 ,
Proletarian
Ukraine
/
Ukraine calls for Nazi-era tribunal against Russia
But if the USA backs this call, the tables could well be turned.
6 Apr 2022 ,
Climate change
/
Demonising fossil fuels will not tackle the environmental crisis
Only nationalisation of the energy sector will allow us to make rational plans to safeguard both our energy supplies and our future.
2 Apr 2022 ,
Proletarian
Lay-offs and closures
/
P&O sackings: Don’t make workers pay for the capitalist crisis
The ferry company’s callous treatment of its employees reminds us yet again that the logic of the capitalist system is impervious to the needs of human beings.
30 Mar 2022 ,
Palestine
/
Amnesty International: Israel guilty of ‘apartheid against Palestinians’
Western NGO is forced to conclude that Israel has constructed ‘a cruel system of domination’ that is ‘a crime against humanity’.
26 Mar 2022 ,
Lalkar
Ukraine
/
Nazis on the retreat as Russian encirclement bites in Ukraine
President Putin’s declared objectives of demilitarisation and denazification look likely to be fulfilled.
25 Mar 2022 ,
Proletarian
Ukraine
/
Ukraine’s President Zelensky: ‘It’s time to meet’
Are western leaders and their local proxies ready to recognise Russia’s legitimate security concerns?
22 Mar 2022 ,
Proletarian
Civil liberties
/
Iniquitous new borders bill aims to make citizenship-stripping routine
Are we entering a time where any outspoken opponent of the present system can be rendered stateless and deported?
19 Mar 2022 ,
Lalkar
Afghanistan
/
Victory of Afghan resistance forces is a heavy blow against our shared enemy
The defeat of US imperialism and its allies after 20 years of barbaric warfare is a tremendous advance for the anti-imperialist camp.
18 Mar 2022 ,
Laos
/
The inspirational yet unheard story of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
How has the most heavily-bombed nation on Earth managed not only to survive but to continue defending socialism and resisting US imperialism?
17 Mar 2022 ,
Workers World
Capitalist crisis
/
Why should the working class pay the cost of the capitalist crisis?
Profiteering, taxation, money printing, social provision cuts, interest rate hikes ... are all combining to transfer the burden of the crisis onto the backs of the poor.
16 Mar 2022 ,
Lalkar
Ukraine
/
View from a Russian communist: ‘Russia is not going to occupy Ukraine’
How did it come to pass that fascist forces now dominate in this formerly socialist country? What is it that western media have not been telling us about the war?
15 Mar 2022 ,
Kazakhstan
/
Failed ‘colour revolution’ in Kazakhstan
Quick and decisive action by Russia and the CSTO has dealt a blow to the USA’s nefarious schemes in central Asia.
12 Mar 2022 ,
Lalkar
Ukraine
/
North Korea backs Russia’s action in Ukraine
DPRK points out that US provocations and military aggression are entirely to blame for the present situation in Europe.
11 Mar 2022 ,
Ukraine
/
Cuba calls for Ukraine solution that guarantees security and sovereignty of all
The United States and Nato are entirely responsible for the military escalation in Ukraine.
10 Mar 2022 ,
Lalkar
Ukraine
/
The crisis in Ukraine is not about Ukraine. It’s about Germany
In whipping up a provocation against Russia in Ukraine, the USA’s primary objective was to stop the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
9 Mar 2022 ,
Lalkar
British politics
/
Renegacy of Stop the War on display once again at ‘antiwar’ events
Those who turn out to voice their concern over war in Ukraine are being fed a nausea-inducing diet of pacifism and imperialist lies.
8 Mar 2022 ,
British politics
/
Build the Workers Party of Britain
The primary goal facing us today is the breaking of all bonds between the Labour party and the working class.
5 Mar 2022 ,
Civil liberties
/
Chris Mullin: Is another honest journalist about to be put behind bars?
West Midlands police are still pursuing a vendetta against the veteran reporter who revealed their corruption and incompetence.
4 Mar 2022 ,
Proletarian
Capitalist crisis
/
Poverty stalks the land as ultrarich count the spoils
Inequality is rising in Britain and in the world, the inevitable outcome of the workings of our much-praised market economy.
3 Mar 2022 ,
Proletarian
Ukraine
/
Kiev junta facing defeat as Russia roots out fascist militias from Ukraine
The present denazification operation is the result of 30 years of slow-motion war by Nato against Russia.
1 Mar 2022 ,
Lalkar
Social wage
/
Nationalise the buses!
Covid was the last straw for thousands of Britain’s remaining bus routes, and the profit motive won’t save these essential services.
28 Feb 2022 ,
Proletarian
Ukraine
/
‘Antiwar’ and corporate media play same tricks in anti-Russia war drive
And none of them care a jot for the wellbeing or the wishes of the people of Ukraine.
23 Feb 2022 ,
Canada
/
Solidarity with the Freedom Convoy of Canada
The arteries of the Canadian capital are clogged to the point where Canada’s whole rotten capitalist system is having a heart attack.
23 Feb 2022 ,
Proletarian
British politics
/
Learn the lessons of the Corbyn project: break the link with Labour!
Breaking the thousand threads that connect workers’ organisations to the Labour party is the biggest task facing us now.
22 Feb 2022 ,
Divide and rule
/
Imperialist society can’t be ‘decolonised’; fight racism by building for socialism
While state power remains in the hands of a tiny exploiting class, workers will continue to be divided by racism.
21 Feb 2022 ,
Divide and rule
/
The tragic fall of Kathleen Stock: another voice silenced by trans extremism
A backlash against the domination of our university campuses by anti-material transgender ideologists is long overdue.
16 Feb 2022 ,
Proletarian
Divide and rule
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Fight racism with class unity, not separatism or black nationalism
It is only by unifying the maximum forces that we will be able to confront the enemy of ALL workers – the capitalist-imperialist economic system as a whole.
13 Feb 2022 ,
British politics
/
The real conspiracy is that of the ruling class against the workers
Workers are being side-tracked from the class struggle with plausible lies that exploit their fears and their anger at being endlessly lied to.
12 Feb 2022 ,
China
/
China investing massively to address climate change
China’s example shows the real way out of our climate disaster – but taken alone, even its great strides cannot be enough.
5 Feb 2022 ,
Proletarian
Health
/
Law on mandatory vaccination for NHS staff to be repealed
In a last-minute U-turn, the beleaguered prime minister has realised that this is one battle he can do without.
1 Feb 2022 ,
Proletarian
Russia
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Russia demands security guarantees to stop Nato expansion
The firm stance of Russia in the face of immense provocation stands in stark contrast to the chaos and disunity of the imperialist camp.
1 Feb 2022 ,
Proletarian
Syria
/
Bombing of Syria’s Tabqa dam: US war crime that nearly killed untold thousands
A recent investigation has uncovered the truth about an action for which the imperialists had previously denied responsibility.
29 Jan 2022 ,
Proletarian
USA
/
Insider dealing is just one of the ways US politicians get paid
Only revolution can end the corruption of public life.
28 Jan 2022 ,
Proletarian
China
/
US ‘forced labour’ act harms the people of Xinjiang
The imperialists are trying to curtail China’s rise and sow domestic strife by banning goods made in Xinjiang.
26 Jan 2022 ,
Proletarian
Kazakhstan
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Kazakhstan: the latest in a string of failed coup attempts by the USA
Western-backed terror in central Asia is part of the imperialist drive to war, but has been scotched by Russia and China via the CSTO.
20 Jan 2022 ,
Proletarian
British politics
/
What can Boris’s ‘partygate’ tell us about the nature of capitalist Britain?
It is not just one leader we need to replace, but the whole rotten and corrupt system he represents.
18 Jan 2022 ,
Proletarian
Divide and rule
/
The Channel boat tragedy and Britain’s inhumanity to asylum seekers
Why is the plight of these desperate migrants being weaponised?
14 Jan 2022 ,
Lalkar
Civil liberties
/
Julian Assange loses extradition appeal; British ‘justice’ exposed to the world
On the insincere assurances of US lawyers, a British court has decreed that it would be safe for Mr Assange to be handed over to their country’s tender mercies.
13 Jan 2022 ,
Lalkar
UAE
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Dubai’s freezing of F-35 order is a slap in the face for the USA
Another formerly loyal vassal is looking to keep its options open as imperial America’s star wanes.
12 Jan 2022 ,
Proletarian
Economy
/
BP’s ‘cash machine’ goes into overdrive as workers’ energy bills soar
Britain’s energy monopolies are enjoying a profit bonanza as their rivals disappear and Ofgem fixes prices on their behalf.
11 Jan 2022 ,
Proletarian
Yugoslavia
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Bosnia: Republika Srpska stands firm in resisting the push into Nato
Resistance to Brussels’ self-appointed authority is growing in the autonomous Serbian region.
8 Jan 2022 ,
Lalkar
Ukraine
/
MH17 disaster – who do you trust?
As in the case of the Lockerbie bombing, the ‘investigation’ into the MH17 atrocity is less an inquiry into facts and more a weapon in the propaganda war.
7 Jan 2022 ,
Lalkar
Russia
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Russia stands firm against the latest imperialist provocation over Ukraine
‘Russian aggression’ is merely the pretext for Nato and Ukraine’s military manoeuvres and warlike rhetoric.
6 Jan 2022 ,
Lalkar
India
/
The Indian farmers’ magnificent victory
What lessons can workers everywhere learn from this historic struggle, and how is a decent future to be secured for India’s small farmers?
5 Jan 2022 ,
Lalkar
Capitalist crisis
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Crisis is inescapable while capitalism remains
The working class’s historic role is to put an end to profit-driven capitalism and to build a new, socialist society in its place.
4 Jan 2022 ,
Health
/
Covid has exposed the weakness of capitalism and the strength of socialism
In highlighting the fatal flaws of capitalism, the pandemic has also given us a chance to pursue solutions with renewed energy and hope.
2 Jan 2022 ,
Poetry
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Poem: ‘Liberals’ & ’Death’
By Irish poet Kevin Higgins.
30 Dec 2021 ,
Proletarian
USSR
/
Tribute to Comrade Tamila Yabrova, 1929-2021
A steadfast and lifelong fighter against revisionism in the USSR.
28 Dec 2021 ,
Lalkar
Venezuela
/
Landslide victory for Maduro and the PSUV in Venezuelan election
The imperialists continue to cry ‘foul’ but even their most loyal proxies have been forced to recognise the result.
27 Dec 2021 ,
Proletarian
Divide and rule
/
Jobs are available – let asylum seekers work!
What possible justification can there be for refusing to let migrants work when there are so many empty positions?
26 Dec 2021 ,
Lalkar
Peru
/
Abimael Guzmán: death of a great revolutionary leader
Comrade Guzman may be dead, but so long as the conditions that gave rise to his movement remain, Peru’s rulers will continue to fear his name.
22 Dec 2021 ,
Lalkar
Health
/
Covid-19: Damning report highlights unpreparedness and corruption
Under cover of a global health emergency, our rulers have executed a blatant raid on the Treasury.
20 Dec 2021 ,
Proletarian
Korea
/
South Korean workers strike for secure work and better living standards
Strikers demand job security, healthcare, social housing and the right to free assembly in latest class-war skirmish.
19 Dec 2021 ,
Proletarian
Education
/
No academic freedom to support Palestine
Bristol academic sacked for refusing to bow to the diktat of the zionist world lobby.
18 Dec 2021 ,
Lalkar
China
/
China and Covid: working towards a global community of health for all
While China has declared its vaccines to be a global public good, imperialist corporations continue to put profit ahead of health.
17 Dec 2021 ,
Proletarian
Nicaragua
/
Imperialists incandescent as Nicaragua re-elects President Ortega in a landslide
Meanwhile, the country is leaving the OAS after its attempts to have the election results overturned.
16 Dec 2021 ,
Proletarian
Environment
/
Stop these sociopaths from poisoning our rivers!
We are reaping the whirlwind after decades of criminal neglect of Britain’s privatised water and sewage systems.
15 Dec 2021 ,
Proletarian
Economy
/
Energy crisis: more millions to prop up the privateers
Taxpayer cash will shore up monopoly profits while workers shiver this winter.
14 Dec 2021 ,
Proletarian
Health
/
The NHS, the Covid pandemic and the private insurance takeover
A meaningful defence of Britain’s health service is urgently needed. What would it look like?
13 Dec 2021 ,
Lalkar
Civil liberties
/
Imperialism’s global conspiracy against Julian Assange
Corporate media maintain their silence as the persecuted journalist and publisher remains behind bars, though convicted of no crime.
10 Dec 2021 ,
Lalkar
China
/
US appoints itself arbiter of ‘democracy’: one more act of anti-China propaganda
Invitation list confirms that to be counted as democratic one must be first and foremost a friend of the dictatorial US imperialist regime.
9 Dec 2021 ,
Proletarian
USA
/
Influence-peddling scandal implicates Joe Biden, son Hunter and brother Jim
Meanwhile, it transpires that it wasn’t the Russians interfering in the 2020 US presidential election but the barons of Silicon Valley.
6 Dec 2021 ,
Proletarian
Health
/
Derisory pay offer covers further cuts as NHS privatisation reaches new heights
National clapping and a George Cross have left nurses empty handed as the new health chief helps US profiteers move in.
2 Dec 2021 ,
Proletarian
British politics
/
Brexit continues to be a thorn in the side of imperialism
Exposing capitalist democracy, hastening Irish reunification, weakening the camp of international imperialism ... these effects of Brexit are greatly to be welcomed.
25 Nov 2021 ,
Industry
/
A curate’s egg: Shapps’s ‘Great British Railways’ scam
The proposed railways ‘solution’ is less a plan for renationalisation than it is a promise to provide further subsidies to monopoly capital.
24 Nov 2021 ,
Lalkar
China
/
Comrade Ella: Our enemy is here at home, not in China
Confusing and demoralising anticommunist propaganda is a cornerstone of the imperialist drive for domination and war.
23 Nov 2021 ,
Proletarian
Venezuela
/
Iniquitous lawfare: diplomat Alex Saab illegally kidnapped by US imperialism
The US is attempting to shore up its waning hegemony by claiming the right to try and convict independent-minded individuals in every corner of the globe.
22 Nov 2021 ,
Lalkar
Climate change
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Cop26: Fiddling while the world burns
Awash with fossil fuel lobbyists and corporate sponsors, the latest ‘climate conference’ was just another greenwashing exercise for monopoly capital.
19 Nov 2021 ,
Proletarian
Energy
/
Why is Britain importing coal from Australia and the USA?
Is it fear of militant miners that keeps our rulers from reopening deep mines in Britain while we still have a need for coal?
18 Nov 2021 ,
Proletarian
Poland
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Trouble in the EU: is Polexit looming?
Already holed beneath the water line by Brexit, the European imperialist flagship is heading into increasingly turbulent waters.
17 Nov 2021 ,
Lalkar
Economy
/
‘Just in time’ reveals the fatal inadequacy of market mechanisms
Global supply lines have been designed with profit maximisation, not the needs of the people, in mind.
16 Nov 2021 ,
Proletarian
Lebanon
/
Lebanon has a new government, but remains a vassal state
The hypocrisy of US imperial enforcer Victoria Nuland denouncing the ‘thieves’ her own government has propped up for decades passes all bounds.
15 Nov 2021 ,
Lalkar
Economy
/
Energy crisis: how imperialism manufactures ‘shortages’
The monopolists are too busy vying for advantage to worry about the effects of their machinations on the lives of the workers.
13 Nov 2021 ,
Lalkar
Education
/
Prof David Miller and the zionist campaign to crush dissent on campuses
The list of truths that we are being told we must not utter in public spaces continues to grow, but truth has a way of winning out.
12 Nov 2021 ,
Proletarian
British politics
/
Ninth party congress: We must connect our movement with the masses
Important foundations have already been laid. Now we must expand and build on those in a principled and serious way.
11 Nov 2021 ,
Proletarian
USA
/
US state revokes child protection laws instead of creating decent jobs for adults
Wisconsin is planning to patch up the cracks in its faltering economy by getting children to work longer and later.
10 Nov 2021 ,
Proletarian
China
/
What do Evergrande’s troubles mean for the Chinese and world economies?
No amount of state intervention can break the connection between overproduction crisis and the market.
9 Nov 2021 ,
Lalkar
Bolivia
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Haitian president’s assassins part of plot to kill Bolivian leader
Evidence has emerged of a plan to kill President Luis Arce, the popular successor to Evo Morales.
29 Oct 2021 ,
Nicaragua
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Nicaraguan ambassador: ‘In our country, democracy is in the hands of the people’
Comrade Guisell Morales reminds us that capitalism, imperialism and sanctions kill; and that another world is possible.
28 Oct 2021 ,
Proletarian
Venezuela
/
The US has placed itself in charge over which nations get to eat
The imprisonment of diplomat Alex Saab is a further indication of the lengths to which US imperialism will go in imposing its starvation sanctions on Venezuela.
27 Oct 2021 ,
British politics
/
Britain steps up diplomatic hostility towards China
In banning the Chinese ambassador from Parliament, Britain is ramping up its pro-war stance.
26 Oct 2021 ,
Proletarian
Cuba
/
Cuba rebuts claims of ‘sonic weapon’ targeting US diplomats in Havana
Claims of a ‘mystery syndrome’ don’t stand up to the slightest scientific scrutiny, yet western politicians and media continue to repeat them.
25 Oct 2021 ,
Proletarian
Honduras
/
Honduran masses reject neocolonial ‘private cities’ and demand sovereignty
Imperialist corporations are establishing private empires, the better to maximise profit and control resources.
16 Oct 2021 ,
Lalkar
British politics
/
Palestine solidarity motion deepens division in the Labour party’s ranks
Keir Starmer has already vowed to ignore the motion passed by an overwhelming majority of conference delegates.
15 Oct 2021 ,
Proletarian
British politics
/
Labour party conference not a ‘safe space’ for women
While Keir Starmer can’t say who has a cervix, one of his MPs is receiving death threats for defending women’s rights.
14 Oct 2021 ,
Proletarian
Civil liberties
/
Anglo-American plot to assassinate Julian Assange on London’s streets
Will the authorities now be forced to cease their decade-long persecution of the world’s most celebrated journalist?
13 Oct 2021 ,
Proletarian
Australia
/
Aukus deal splits the imperialist front against China
As Lord Palmerston declared 200 years ago: imperialism has no permanent friends, only permanent interests.
25 Sep 2021 ,
Proletarian
Economy
/
Gas prices go through the roof as global shortage ties supply lines in knots
Millions of families will again be forced to choose between heating and eating this winter.
22 Sep 2021 ,
Proletarian
Ireland
/
Deprivation, anger and fear behind loyalist riots in northern Ireland
Poor protestants are responding to a sense of alienation and being left behind. The question they will need to answer is: to what and to whom are they ’loyal’?
15 Sep 2021 ,
Lalkar
Tunisia
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Ten years on from the Jasmine revolution, the masses are moving again
The ravages of Covid have added to the longstanding issues of poverty, hunger, unemployment and corruption which brought down Ben Ali a decade ago.
14 Sep 2021 ,
Lalkar
Ecuador
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Chevron’s disgraceful persecution of human rights lawyer Steven Donziger
Instead of paying billions in damages owed for horrific pollution of Ecuador’s rainforest, the oil giant is hounding and demonising its accusers.
13 Sep 2021 ,
Proletarian
Colombia
/
The masses are fighting back in Colombia
Colombian workers are learning vital lessons about the power of mass action to achieve their ends.
10 Sep 2021 ,
Lalkar
Civil liberties
/
Craig Murray: British state locks up elderly journalist on spurious charges
In Britain today, any journalist who becomes an inconvenience to the ruling class can expect to be ruthlessly targeted.
9 Sep 2021 ,
Proletarian
Italy
/
Workers at the GKN factory in Florence fight back
Workers demand an end to the dismantling and export of their industries and the protection of their rights to healthcare and a decent environment.
8 Sep 2021 ,
Lalkar
Economy
/
Scandalous levels of public service corruption in Britain
Is honest dealing by businesses and politicians compatible with capitalist society and the profit motive?
7 Sep 2021 ,
Lalkar
Pay and conditions
/
Keep on trucking: supply lines chaos as Covid and Brexit effects combine
The obvious answer to the present shortage of skilled labour is to invest in training and to improve pay and conditions in the areas concerned.
3 Sep 2021 ,
Proletarian
Afghanistan
/
Saigon all over again: US pull-out from Afghanistan turns into a rout
Nato’s invading armies have been ignominiously kicked out after two decades, having achieved nothing but the reinvigoration of anti-imperialist resistance.
31 Aug 2021 ,
France
/
Solidarity with French workers and their fight against Nato in Toulouse
Workers protest the militarisation of space and the subordination of their interests to those of US imperialsm.
26 Aug 2021 ,
Ukraine
/
Russia puts Ukrainian junta in the dock
Will the European court be interested in upholding the human rights of the people of Crimea and the Donbass?
10 Aug 2021 ,
Environment
/
Workers party hosts popular rally against LTN scheme in Birmingham
An excellent example of socialists connecting with the community in order to advance their interests and raise their understanding.
7 Aug 2021 ,
Proletarian
Cuba
/
Support the Cuban people as they defend their revolution
The progressive people of the world are firmly with Cuba’s masses as they face a renewed onslaught of US interference and sabotage.
7 Aug 2021 ,
Working-class history
/
Remembering the 2011 youth uprising
Ten years on, the poverty, inequality and injustice that led to an outpouring of rage on England’s streets have only worsened.
6 Aug 2021 ,
Proletarian
Civil liberties
/
Reform of the Secrets Act is another brick in the wall
While the ‘opposition’ sits on its hands, the ruling class is rolling out more legislation designed to suppress working-class discontent.
5 Aug 2021 ,
Proletarian
China
/
No politicisation of Covid origin tracing: joint statement with CPC
The quest to understand the origin of Covid-19 must be pursued in the spirit of international cooperation, not used as a political football.
2 Aug 2021 ,
Social wage
/
Cambian Childcare: End this chattel slavery
How many more horrendous revelations do we have to endure before action is taken to end the abuse of vulnerable children by profiteers?
1 Aug 2021 ,
Proletarian
Afghanistan
/
US imperialism slinks out of Afghanistan
As war after war ends in defeat, the much-touted ‘new American century’ is turning out to be the era of imperial decline.
31 Jul 2021 ,
Proletarian
USA
/
Whistleblower Daniel Hale sentenced to 45 months in US prison for drone leak
‘I am here because I stole something that was never mine to take – precious human life.’
29 Jul 2021 ,
The Intercept
Environment
/
‘Recycling’ today: greenwashing for a broken, ecocidal system
Why does our society seem so incapable of dealing with the rising tide of plastic that threatens to overwhelm us?
28 Jul 2021 ,
Proletarian
Social wage
/
Scandalous profiteering at the expense of children in care
Our most vulnerable children have been transformed into business units by private equity funds.
25 Jul 2021 ,
Lalkar
Korea
/
Comrade Kim Jong Il’s lifelong contribution to the Korean revolution
Why do north Koreans celebrate the date on which Kim Jong Il started work on the central committee of the Workers Party of Korea?
23 Jul 2021 ,
Lalkar
Iran
/
US escalates tension with Iran in attacks at home and abroad
But in doing so, it is only weakening its own already shaky position in the middle east.
22 Jul 2021 ,
India
/
Legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh dies from Covid, aged 91
The incredible life story of the ‘Flying Sikh’ exemplified the triumph of determination over adversity.
21 Jul 2021 ,
Lalkar
Ireland
/
Britain’s dirty war back in the spotlight
The full historical reckoning for centuries of colonial crimes will be made by a future reunified Ireland.
20 Jul 2021 ,
Palestine
/
Nasrallah: Gaza’s victory paves the way for the total liberation of Palestine
Lebanese resistance leader shows how the Palestinians won in Gaza and what that victory signifies for the middle east.
19 Jul 2021 ,
Lalkar
Economy
/
Fraud office’s ‘deferred prosecution’ trick shields top bosses from legal action
The lords of finance capital have long made it clear that they are above the law: now it’s being implicitly accepted by those who supposedly ‘regulate’ their activities.
15 Jul 2021 ,
Cuba
/
‘The streets of Cuba belong to revolutionaries and we will defend them’
Enemies of the revolution are trying to manipulate problems of the pandemic and the blockade to effect regime change. It will not work.
14 Jul 2021 ,
Proletarian
Social wage
/
Unemployment and poverty set to rise as furlough ends and benefits are cut
A brutal shock is in store for many workers as the temporary multi-tiered unemployment support system is slashed back to the bone.
13 Jul 2021 ,
Proletarian
Ukraine
/
Britain’s Crimea provocation: a navy lark that went very wrong
Those who are driving us towards a full-scale conflagration with Russia should be careful what they wish for.
10 Jul 2021 ,
Syria
/
Bashar al-Assad’s latest presidential election victory is gall to imperialism
The regime change project may have destroyed countless lives and livelihoods, but the Syrian people remain firm in resisting outside interference.
9 Jul 2021 ,
Lalkar
Belarus
/
Demonisation aims at regime change in Belarus
Imperialist-backed opposition forces in disarray after their publicity stunt backfired.
7 Jul 2021 ,
Lalkar
Palestine
/
Operation al-Quds Sword strikes terror into the heart of Israel
After bombarding Gaza for 11 days, Israel has achieved only the emboldening and greater unity of Palestinian resistance.
5 Jul 2021 ,
Lalkar
Civil liberties
/
Metropolitan police branded ‘institutionally corrupt’
An unsolved murder and a persistent family have laid bare a catalogue of dishonest dealings by police stretching out over decades.
28 Jun 2021 ,
Proletarian
Canada
/
Mass children’s grave uncovers brutal details of Canada’s indigenous genocide
Laying bare the unpalatable truth about capitalism, red in tooth and claw.
23 Jun 2021 ,
Health
/
Film: The Great NHS Heist
Dr Bob Gill’s contribution to the fight to save our NHS is incalculable. This film is essential viewing for every British worker.
19 Jun 2021 ,
Palestine
/
‘Resiste y avanza’: Venezuelans host global solidarity event for Palestine
Workers all over the world have been expressing their disgust at the latest zionist outrages.
18 Jun 2021 ,
Health
/
NHS dentistry in its death throes as Covid is used as a cover for privatisation
Increasing numbers of poor workers are not registered with a dentist and are forced to use DIY treatments in an emergency.
17 Jun 2021 ,
Proletarian
World history
/
Film review: Judas and the Black Messiah
A searing reminder of the need for class unity in the battle for socialism.
8 Jun 2021 ,
Proletarian
Colombia
/
Support the Colombian people’s uprising
Renewed struggle has burst out in the streets of Colombia, where the panicked government's concessions have by no means satisfied the militant demands of the masses.
5 Jun 2021 ,
Palestine
/
Latest Gaza assault: zionism signs its own death warrant
Palestinians have given up waiting for the ‘international community’ to act on toothless resolutions and are increasing the strength and unity of their own resistance.
1 Jun 2021 ,
Proletarian
Civil liberties
/
Workers Party statement: No to Covid passports
There is no medical justification for the imposition of such documents; they are not aimed at protecting our health but at the surveillance and control of workers.
31 May 2021 ,
Divide and rule
/
Sewell report concludes ‘no institutional racism’ in British society. How?
The whitewashers of the system and the self-identifying ‘social justice warriors’ form a perfect double-act, working to keep workers perpetually divided.
27 May 2021 ,
Lalkar
Africa
/
President Idriss Déby of Chad: death of an imperialist puppet
After decades of kleotocratic tyranny, French and US imperialists are working to ensure power passes to Déby's equally corrupt and unpopular son.
26 May 2021 ,
Lalkar
Civil liberties
/
Kill the Policing, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill!
A marked increase in police violence against workers has already been in evidence even before the new policing bill has passed into law.
24 May 2021 ,
Lalkar
Industry
/
The Sanjeev Gupta, Lex Greensill and David Cameron affair
Once again we see the absurdity of a system that leaves the fate of essential industries and millions of workers in the hands of rapacious fraudsters.
21 May 2021 ,
Lalkar
World
/
Five Eyes become four as New Zealand distances itself from anti-China action
Workers have no interest in going along with the wave of anti-China propaganda that is preparing the ground for a devastating war.
20 May 2021 ,
Proletarian
Britain
/
Britain commits to nuclear expansion in defiance of non-proliferation treaty
What is behind the renewed imperialist drive to war?
15 May 2021 ,
Yemen
/
Imperialism and its sidekicks sink in a swamp of their own making in Yemen
The indomitable spirit of the Yemeni resistance is further proof that the imperialists and their proxies are incapable of winning a single aggressive war.
13 May 2021 ,
Lalkar
Health
/
Imperialism fails the Covid test
Capitalism is proving itself to be systemically incapable of dealing rationally and humanely with the global pandemic.
12 May 2021 ,
Lalkar
USA
/
Derek Chauvin found guilty on all counts of George Floyd’s murder
A conviction that serves to underline the general impunity of imperialist state forces when carrying out their role as defenders of the status quo.
11 May 2021 ,
Lalkar
India
/
India’s Covid nightmare
In India, the true face of capitalism is showing itself with utmost clarity: poverty, inequality and a total inability to put the needs of the people first.
10 May 2021 ,
Lalkar
Palestine
/
Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, steal land with impunity
The violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers against civilians continues, propped up by Israel’s legal system and the world’s blind eyes.
9 May 2021 ,
In Gaza
USA
/
Biden’s US ramps up hostility toward refugees, despite ‘humane’ promises
Joe proves his imperialist credentials by presiding over ‘business as usual’ in America’s war on migrant workers.
5 May 2021 ,
Proletarian
Economy
/
Post Office pursued vindictive prosecutions against subpostmasters
The appeal court victory of 29 of those wrongfully convicted has opened the floodgates for hundreds more claims.
4 May 2021 ,
Proletarian
Industry
/
Greensill debacle: the door keeps revolving
The collapse of this particular debt-laden finance house is drawing public attention to some very uncomfortable truths.
3 May 2021 ,
Health
/
NHS privatisation accelerated during the pandemic: a medical ‘shock doctrine’
Instead of rebuilding our decimated public capacity, private providers are being subsidised to the tune of billions to take the place of the NHS.
1 May 2021 ,
Proletarian
Industry
/
FlyBe is dead, long live FlyBe
Turns out all it takes to avoid the creditors is a slightly tweaked name and a fresh coat of paint.
26 Apr 2021 ,
China
/
Who is peddling the ‘Uyghur genocide’ myth, and why?
It is not in the interests of British workers to accept the lies being propagated by our rulers.
21 Apr 2021 ,
Proletarian
China
/
The Chinese ‘debt trap’ is a myth
Did Chinese firms build the Sri Lankan port of Hambantota as part of a new imperialist domination strategy, as many commentators allege?
19 Apr 2021 ,
The Atlantic
Pay and conditions
/
Don’t make care workers pay for the crisis in social care!
We must renationalise and reunite social care with healthcare, and pay all workers in the sector a decent wage.
17 Apr 2021 ,
Proletarian
Russia
/
Alexei Navalny – criminal, fraudster and puppet of imperialism
8 Apr 2021 ,
Lalkar
Civil liberties
/
Police Bill: capitalism gears up for the class struggles to come
Our rulers are in a hurry to pass new laws while the excuse of Covid lingers and before workers have woken up to the true scale of the present economic crisis.
7 Apr 2021 ,
Proletarian
Korea
/
Kim Jong Un elected as general secretary of north Korean party
Workers Party of Korea celebrates its successful congress and returns with renewed vigour to the task of building a prosperous life for all.
4 Apr 2021 ,
Proletarian
British politics
/
Salmond v Sturgeon: what’s going on in the Scottish nationalist camp?
All this sound and fury is serving to obscure Salmond’s real crime: the incitement of reactionary separatism amongst the British working class.
3 Apr 2021 ,
Proletarian
Civil liberties
/
BLM, XR: No reds under the bed … yet
Our rulers are nervous that workers may start to put up really meaningful resistance to imperialist domination, despoliation and war.
2 Apr 2021 ,
Proletarian
Housing
/
Ban extended, but evictions continue
Behind the toothless legislation is a government, and parliament, inextricably intertwined with the landlord class.
1 Apr 2021 ,
Proletarian
Disputes
/
Shrewsbury 24: Justice delayed is justice denied
Workers must start to organise themselves so as to be able to demand justice now – social justice for all.
30 Mar 2021 ,
Proletarian
British politics
/
Liverpool scandal: Starmer cheers as the government sends in the commissioners
Labour and Tory are two sides of the same dud coin; we should be grateful to Starmer for demonstrating this so clearly.
29 Mar 2021 ,
Industry
/
Cameron’s hand caught trapped in the till as Greensill collapses
The collapse of yet another debt-laden house of cards has shone a light on the revolving door between career politicians and the corporations they serve.
27 Mar 2021 ,
Proletarian
Working-class history
/
Book review: The East Was Read by Vijay Prashad
An excellent collection that reminds us of the urgent need for a cultural renaissance amongst the working and oppressed masses.
26 Mar 2021 ,
Lalkar
Media
/
Facebook employs propagandist to wage war on ‘disinformation’
Big tech is enthusiastically embracing the drive to war with Russia and China.
24 Mar 2021 ,
Proletarian
Ethiopia
/
What is behind the war in Tigray?
One thing stands out clearly from the last few decades of privatisation and war: capitalism is not working in Ethiopia.
23 Mar 2021 ,
Climate change
/
The profiteers are responsible for the environmental disaster in Texas
The logic of capitalism means that our rulers consistently prioritise short-term profits over society’s long-term needs; even at the risk of their own extinction.
20 Mar 2021 ,
Lalkar
Palestine
/
The ethnic cleansing of the West Bank
While western politicians and media pursue imaginary ‘antisemites’, they continue to ignore or excuse the murderous crimes of Israel.
19 Mar 2021 ,
Lalkar
Palestine
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Israel weaponises Covid, witholding vaccine from Palestinians
While loudly claiming to be the ‘most vaccinated nation’ on earth, Israel continues to ignore the health needs of the occupied and blockaded Palestinians.
16 Mar 2021 ,
Lalkar
Palestine
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Israel arrests Palestinian politicians ahead of PA elections
As Palestinian elections draw near, Israel has been rounding up politicians in an attempt to suppress any real exercise of political sovereignty or self-determination.
15 Mar 2021 ,
Yemen
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US falters over Yemen war, while Britain stops its ears
While the US looks to hide its defeat behind talk of peace and principles, Britain continues blatantly to prioritise the interests of its arms manufacturers.
12 Mar 2021 ,
Lalkar
Myanmar
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Turmoil in Myanmar: what’s going on?
Why would a military that already held most of the strings of power carry out an apparently unnecessary seizure of power?
11 Mar 2021 ,
Lalkar
Social wage
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Don’t tell Newham we are all in it together
The financial and physical inability to isolate or to work safely has led to far worse covid outcomes for the poorest in our society.
10 Mar 2021 ,
Proletarian
Industry
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With ‘saviours’ like Gupta, who needs enemies?
If you are rich enough, you can get richer still without spending a penny; it is the workers who pay when the vultures’ schemes collapse.
9 Mar 2021 ,
Proletarian
Health
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More ‘reforms’ of the NHS, so many nails in the coffin
We have a hard fight on our hands if we wish to save our health service from the corporate looters and privateers.
6 Mar 2021 ,
Lalkar
Health
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Nutrition is a human right: we must demand decent food for all
Corporate-funded ‘nutrition’ studies are a perfect example of how the profit motive perverts the course of scientific enquiry.
5 Mar 2021 ,
Proletarian
Social wage
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Destitution in Britain compounded by 2020 crash and covid shutdowns
How can it be that there is so much want in the midst of so much plenty?
4 Mar 2021 ,
Proletarian
Ukraine
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Zelensky cracks down on Ukrainian opposition as US tightens colonial screw
The country continues to be used as a pawn in the imperialists’ drive to war with Russia, regardless of the needs and wishes of its people.
3 Mar 2021 ,
Proletarian
Cuba
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Harpal Brar: Support Cuban medical disaster relief team for Nobel peace prize
Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade has saved thousands of lives across the world.
1 Mar 2021 ,
Lalkar
Palestine
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Israel makes Palestinian children homeless as world watches US election
Eleven families left searching for shelter after Israeli forces destroyed their village in the Jordan Valley.
25 Feb 2021 ,
Lalkar
Civil liberties
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Mairead Maguire nominates Assange, Manning, Snowden for Nobel peace prize
Irish peace prize winner explains how the bravery of these three whistleblowers inspires peace-loving workers everywhere.
24 Feb 2021 ,
Lalkar
Armenia
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President Putin mediates groundbreaking peace deal in Nagorno-Karabakh
A Russian-brokered agreement has affirmed the central role of Moscow in securing peace on the territory of the former Soviet Union.
22 Feb 2021 ,
Lalkar
Pay and conditions
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Bringing Kaplan to book: time to get organised in the gig economy
A reminder that the whole reason for having trade unions is to fight the workers’ corner everywhere.
21 Feb 2021 ,
Media
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Big Tech and the end of dissent: First they came for Donald Trump
The useful idiots of the liberal left are cheering while tech giants clamp down ever harder on freedom of speech.
17 Feb 2021 ,
Proletarian
USSR
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Communist George Blake dies in Moscow aged 98
One of Britain’s most committed cold war warriors, who went on to live out his years in peace in Russia.
15 Feb 2021 ,
Lalkar
Housing
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Planning reforms won’t fix the housing crisis
Building more homes is not the answer unless they are built for those who need them.
14 Feb 2021 ,
Lalkar
USSR
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Where men die and legends are born – remembering the Battle of Moscow
In the winter of 1941, Soviet forces outside Moscow exploded the myth of the Nazi war machine’s invincibility and stopped the fascist advance in its tracks.
13 Feb 2021 ,
USA
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Crisis in America: Trump, Biden and the Capitol Hill affair
How has the US arrived at the point where it is disarming its own national guardsmen?
12 Feb 2021 ,
Proletarian
Venezuela
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Venezuela elects a new national assembly headed by socialist coalition
Venezuelans went to the polls on 6 December, overwhelmingly electing legislators who will serve their own interests, rather than those of imperialism.
11 Feb 2021 ,
Media
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British ban of Chinese news channel is another step towards open warfare
The mainstream media is spreading cold war propaganda against China in support of the imperialists’ drive to an all-out conflagration.
10 Feb 2021 ,
Proletarian
British politics
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The Big Ride for Palestine and the Labour party
Tower Hamlets council’s decision to ban a fundfaising event for Palestine highlights the Labour party’s role as a tool of British imperial policy.
9 Feb 2021 ,
Lalkar
Social wage
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Hard to swallow: UK food parcels shamefully inadequate
When profit takes precedence over the provision of service, it’s no surprise that half-hearted and belated government measures are not fit for purpose.
8 Feb 2021 ,
Proletarian
Lay-offs and closures
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Chester Road closure: No to GKN’s industrial vandalism!
A 270-year-old British manufacturer is being slowly dismantled by asset-stripping vultures, destroying vital jobs and engineering capacity in the process.
4 Feb 2021 ,
Proletarian
Economy
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GameStop stops Wall Street
Activist amateur traders ‘driven by righteous anger’ very nearly broke at least one hedge vulture’s bank, causing panic on the stock exchange.
2 Feb 2021 ,
Proletarian
France
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Macron government attempts to suppress exposure of police brutality
French workers continue to set an example in resisting the encroachments of the powerful upon their rights.
29 Jan 2021 ,
Lalkar
USA
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Trump’s lengthening shadow will stymie Biden’s return to the Obama ‘norm’
Efforts to revive the halcyon days where Obama could sign off on endless drone assassinations and still be heralded as a beacon of ‘progress’ will not work.
28 Jan 2021 ,
Lalkar
Health
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DVLA: Keeping non-essential staff in offices is endangering lives
The biggest outbreak of covid yet recorded in Britain is taking place in a government office in Wales – and staff are still being forced to come in to work.
27 Jan 2021 ,
Proletarian
Health
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Covid: Frontline workers are paying for the crisis with their lives
Thousands of businesses are claiming to be ‘essential’, forcing staff to come to work but failing to provide PPE or to implement proper safety measures.
25 Jan 2021 ,
Proletarian
Society
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Time to end poverty: expropriate the expropriators!
Bourgeois commentators are increasingly identifying the problems besetting humanity, but they are congenitally incapable of recognising the solution staring them in the face.
23 Jan 2021 ,
USA
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Joe Biden can’t rebuild the bridges burnt by Donald Trump
Liberal commentators are heaving sighs of relief and hoping for a return to ‘business as usual’, but the days of US global dominance are ending.
21 Jan 2021 ,
India
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The global aspect of India’s farmer protests
Exposing India’s food producers to untrammelled force of the market will raise food prices and put farmers at the mercy of agribusiness corporations.
19 Jan 2021 ,
The Hindu
Civil liberties
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Julian Assange: the persecution continues
Years of unwarranted imprisonment and torture do not look likely to end any time soon, despite the denial of the US’s extradition claim.
18 Jan 2021 ,
Lalkar
Iran
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Is the US about to launch an all-out war against Iran?
Incapable of learning from experience, the war hawks are once more banging the drum for yet another criminal, genocidal but ultimately futile war in the middle east.
16 Jan 2021 ,
Proletarian
China
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Harpal’s book on China renders ‘invaluable assistance’ to working class
We must find a way to evaluate market socialism honestly without giving up support for people’s China.
15 Jan 2021 ,
Cuba
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USA adds Cuba to ‘state sponsors of terror’ list without a shred of justification
Is this a parting shot aimed at stirring up trouble by Donald Trump?
14 Jan 2021 ,
Korea
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Kim Jong Un: ‘Thanks to the anti-pandemic forces that protected us’
As the Workers Party of Korea turns 75, the country holds a huge military parade, celebrating its latest victories over covid, natural disasters and imperialist threats.
12 Jan 2021 ,
India
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The largest strike the world has ever seen is taking place now in India
But you wouldn’t know it from Britain’s corporate media and Labour-affiliated trade union leaderships.
11 Jan 2021 ,
Lalkar
Iran
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One year on from the imperialists’ murder of General Qasem Soleimani
All progressives must support the right of Iran to defend itself against relentless imperialist aggression.
8 Jan 2021 ,
Lay-offs and closures
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Jobless figures mount as Paperchase is latest retail chain to fail
As the economic crisis is exacerbated by repeated lockdowns, company after company is going to the wall.
7 Jan 2021 ,
British politics
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Fresh revelations prove definitively that Britain’s ‘defence’ capacity has aggressive intent
What kind of defence force entails a permanent military presence of 145 base sites in 42 countries?
6 Jan 2021 ,
Proletarian
Civil liberties
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Julian Assange victorious, for now
Judge’s ruling makes it clear that the principles supposedly protecting free speech and honest journalism remain in peril.
5 Jan 2021 ,
Proletarian
USSR
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In memory of Nina Alexandrovna Andreeva
Communists mourn the passing of one of Russia's foremost fighters against the counter-revolution and for the refounding of Soviet socialism.
2 Jan 2021 ,
Lalkar
World
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ICC drops case against Britain, despite ‘clear evidence’ of war crimes
How can the warmongering criminals rampaging around the globe be held to account?
28 Dec 2020 ,
Proletarian
India
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Rape and murder of dalit girls continues as Indian authorities turn a blind eye
Old caste prejudices from the feudal era are preventing Indian workers from coming together in class solidarity.
24 Dec 2020 ,
Lalkar
Lay-offs and closures
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Sunak extends furlough till April as jobless stats sow panic
The number of redundancies continues to climb inexorably each month, despite all efforts to massage the figures and soften the blow.
23 Dec 2020 ,
Civil liberties
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Julian Assange extradition trial: Shameful martyrisation continues
Kafka’s dystopian vision has been brought to life in the heart of the British injustice system.
22 Dec 2020 ,
Lalkar
Iran
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In memoriam Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iranian scientist who served his people
Israel hopes by such cowardly assassinations both to decapitate Iran’s defence capabilities and to trigger a new regional war.
11 Dec 2020 ,
Industry
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Government announces extra £16.5bn for military
Government promises spending will protect 10,000 jobs, but at what cost to the working class?
9 Dec 2020 ,
Chile
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Signs in Chile that capitalism is fast approaching its end-point
The shooting of young children at a care home has provoked fresh outrage against the brutality of Chile’s ruling oligarchy.
8 Dec 2020 ,
Cuba
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US diplomat caught interfering in Cuba’s internal affairs
The Cuban FM has made it clear that such actions will not be tolerated. Viva Cuba!
7 Dec 2020 ,
British politics
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Crisis of legitimacy: trust in politicians and journalists keeps going down
What does it say about our ‘democracy’ when those who are supposed to uphold it are some of the least trusted people in the country?
7 Dec 2020 ,
Proletarian
Social wage
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Demise of RPI: another attack on workers’ pensions
Why should our right to a dignified old age depend on the vagaries of stock-exchange gamblers and government statisticians?
5 Dec 2020 ,
Proletarian
Economy
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Debenhams, Arcadia: Making workers pay for the crisis
Tens of thousands are set to lose jobs and suffer pension cuts, once again making workers pay the price for capitalism’s failings.
4 Dec 2020 ,
Proletarian
China
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Charting the way ahead for China
A fifteen-year roadmap for the further modernisation of the country.
1 Dec 2020 ,
Proletarian
Economy
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Water privateers: ‘Doing what’s in the best interests of shareholders’
As Britain’s utilities are looted by shareholders, workers are forced to pay astronomical bills for deteriorating services.
29 Nov 2020 ,
Proletarian
Economy
/
B&M: Bending the rules and ripping off the public purse – and it’s all legal
Funds used to ‘support the economy through covid’ have been spent on making the rich richer while everyone else struggles.
25 Nov 2020 ,
Proletarian
Azerbaijan
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War in Nagorno-Karabakh
What is at stake in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, and who stands to gain from it?
25 Nov 2020 ,
Lalkar
Social wage
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Humbled by their own incompetence: ‘winter economic plan’ back to square one
Lockdown exacerbates ruling class conflict over future for employers, employees, and unemployed.
24 Nov 2020 ,
Proletarian
British politics
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Paul Turek: passing of a working-class fighter
Our party mourns the loss of a true class-conscious proletarian and a staunch fighter for socialism.
24 Nov 2020 ,
Proletarian
Australia
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‘Killing for sport’: Is the Australian SAS an outlier or the norm?
Four-year investigation reveals the true depravity of imperialist occupation forces in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
23 Nov 2020 ,
Proletarian
Economy
/
Edinburgh Woollen Mill: the vultures circle
Thousands of workers look set to lose their jobs, but the man whose fortune they made will have no trouble hanging onto his millions.
19 Nov 2020 ,
Proletarian
Economy
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Capital gains tax: Big business cries before it is hit
Despite the exponential growth of poverty and inequality, our rulers still can’t seem to face the idea of paying a little more of their ill-gotten gains into the state’s coffers.
18 Nov 2020 ,
Proletarian
Economy
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City spivs raid the public purse
The revolving door between private sector consultancies and the civil service continues to spin.
16 Nov 2020 ,
Proletarian
Education
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Marketisation of services to vulnerable children exposes true values of liberal democracy
Never has the gap between human and capitalist logic been so glaringly apparent.
15 Nov 2020 ,
Proletarian
Economy
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CBI arrogance undermines capitalist stability
Thinking representatives of the system are increasingly concerned with how blatant the corporate control and looting of the Treasury has become.
13 Nov 2020 ,
Proletarian
British politics
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Jeremy Corbyn suspended from the Labour party
Sir Keir Starmer is doing everything in his power to ram home the lesson that Labour will never serve working-class interests.
11 Nov 2020 ,
Lalkar
USA
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Why are women being unnecessarily sterilised at a US immigration centre?
Disturbing facts have come to light in a for-profit immigration centre. What is the motivation behind these crimes against women prisoners?
6 Nov 2020 ,
Proletarian
Capitalist crisis
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Book: Bandit Capitalism: Carillion and the Corruption of the British State
A meticulously researched exposure of outsourcing and corruption that falls short of finding either the true culprit or the way out for impoverished workers.
3 Nov 2020 ,
Proletarian
Economy
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Covid: Parasites enjoy a bonanza whilst workers struggle
There has never been a better time for workers to learn hard truths about the nature of the capitalist system.