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History highlights

  • Italy / 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 ,
  • Philippines / 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
  • Peru / 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
  • 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 / 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
  • 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
  • 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 ,
  • 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 ,
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 ,
  • Yugoslavia / 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
  • USSR / Tribute to Comrade Tamila Yabrova, 1929-2021

    A steadfast and lifelong fighter against revisionism in the USSR.

    28 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
  • Nicaragua / 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 ,
  • 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 ,
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • USSR / 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
  • USSR / 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 ,
  • China / 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 ,
  • USSR / 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
  • South Africa / Marie-José Moumbaris, née Smoothy: a lifelong fighter against the apartheid regime

    Tribute to a lifelong communist and fighter against apartheid, a daughter of France, but a dedicated friend to the oppressed everywhere.

    15 Sep 2020 ,
  • Canada / Communists globally mourn the passing of Comrade Michael Lucas in Toronto

    Known to friends of the Soviet Union as the editor of the Northstar Compass, Michael was a selfless and dedicated internationalist.

    23 May 2020 ,
  • Books / Polish hack writes laughable fantasy on ‘feeding dictators’

    As the crisis of capitalism continues to destroy lives, anticommunist hirelings are churning out increasingly blatant and ridiculous lies.

    22 May 2020 , Proletarian
  • World history / Women in the victory over fascism

    Without the brave and tireless efforts of women across the USSR and Europe, vanquishing the enemy would have been impossible.

    21 May 2020 , Granma
  • Capitalist crisis / A call to arms: This May Day, fight together against imperialism

    Workers’ parties sign international revolutionary anti-imperialist manifesto.

    1 May 2020 ,
  • Film and TV / Mr Jones: anti-Soviet propaganda gets thumbs up from Ukrainian president

    The same old tired lies are being recycled under the guise of ‘fresh evidence’ in order to remind workers they must not think about taking state power.

    14 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
  • USSR / Alexei Leonov, hero of the Soviet space programme

    The first man to walk in space, Comrade Leonov was on the cutting edge of space exploration.

    20 Jan 2020 , Lalkar
  • USSR / International communists on the attack against anti-Stalin lies

    Workers will never find courage in their own strength until they have learned to see through the exploiters’ lies about socialism.

    8 Jan 2020 , Proletarian
  • USSR / Stalin and the Bolsheviks of Transcaucasia, part 2

    How the communists led the fight against aggressive nationalism and established peace and socialism in the Caucasus.

    1 Jan 2020 , Lalkar
  • Working-class history / Peterloo in its historical perspective, part 2

    As a result of the industrial revolution, a new class, the urban proletariat, was emerging onto the political and social scene in 1819.

    22 Dec 2019 , Lalkar
  • USSR / Why do we celebrate the October Revolution?

    Workers need to take inspiration from the achievements of October; an example that our rulers would prefer us to forget.

    2 Dec 2019 ,
  • China / Hail the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China

    We wish the Chinese people success in overcoming their enemies in the future as they have done in the past.

    24 Nov 2019 , Lalkar
  • Working-class history / Avtar Jouhl: lifelong class fighter against racism

    Comrade Avtar reflects on a life of struggle in the IWA and the trade unions from the 1950s to the 1990s.

    10 Nov 2019 , International Socialist
  • China / Comrade Isabel Crook recieves friendship medal from People’s China

    Our party’s honorary president was one of six recipients of the presigious award, along with Raúl Castro.

    15 Oct 2019 , Proletarian
  • Europe / EU legislates to erase the USSR’s role in defeating fascism

    But truth has a way of forcing its way through all the same.

    10 Oct 2019 , Proletarian
  • USSR / Stalin and the Bolsheviks of Transcaucasia, part 1

    How the revolutionary communists established themselves as the leading force against tsarist oppression in the Caucasus.

    3 Oct 2019 , Lalkar
  • China / The Chinese revolution: ‘One of the greatest moments in human history’

    Packed London meeting celebrates 70 years of New China and pledges support for its people and government.

    2 Oct 2019 , Proletarian
  • China / Defend China’s liberty as you would defend your own

    Workers everywhere must take a stand against the latest ‘colour revolution’ attempt by our imperialist rulers against a sovereign nation.

    27 Sep 2019 , Proletarian
  • Europe / Anniversary of the D-Day landings

    Why are the imperialists so keen to push the lie that the Normandy landings changed the course of WW2?

    23 Sep 2019 , Lalkar
  • Working-class history / Peterloo in its historical perspective, part 1

    What was the background to the massacre of workers that took place in St Peter’s Field two centuries ago?

    21 Sep 2019 , Lalkar
  • Music / A worker reviews Shostakovich’s fifth symphony in concert

    Shostakovich’s greatest triumph arose from Soviet life, reflecting its optimism and spirit.

    21 Aug 2019 , Lalkar
  • World history / The origins of World War Two

    How did WW2 come about? And when were the opening salvos really fired?

    11 Aug 2019 , Lalkar
  • Germany / Buchenwald camp bans memorial for one of its most famous victims

    Ernst Thälmann was a role model for unbroken resistance to Nazi terror, even under the most brutal conditions.

    3 Aug 2019 ,
  • World history / A visit with Isabel Crook, lifelong soldier of the revolution

    Memories of a life lived in the service of the people.

    31 Jul 2019 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / Airbrushing history: Israel buries evidence of its racist war crimes

    Zionist secret services exposed attempting to ‘construct a more convenient version’ of history.

    27 Jul 2019 , Proletarian
  • USSR / Workers in eastern Europe and former Soviet states prefer socialism

    As the dystopian reality of bourgeois exploitation and ‘democracy’ hits home, Stalin and communism are viewed with respect and longing.

    26 Jul 2019 , Proletarian
  • USSR / An introduction to the life and times of Maxim Gorky

    Celebrating 150 years since the birth of the great Soviet writer and pioneer of socialist realism.

    23 Jun 2019 , Lalkar
  • Ireland / The IRA plan to kill Michael O’Dwyer

    Irish national archives releases letter showing the close fraternal links between the Irish and Indian liberation movements.

    30 Apr 2019 , Lalkar
  • India / The Bengal famine: Churchill’s real darkest hour

    New evidence confirms British leader’s role in murdering millions of Bengalis.

    28 Apr 2019 , Lalkar
  • India / The Jallianwala Bagh (Amritsar) massacre

    The imperialist crime that put the final nail in the coffin of British rule in India one hundred years ago.

    11 Apr 2019 , Lalkar
  • Working-class history / Constance Markievicz – class traitor, Irish republican and working-class hero

    London rally salutes the memory of Britain’s first woman MP.

    20 Feb 2019 , Proletarian
  • North Africa and Middle East / World War One in the middle east and its aftermath

    How British and French imperialism carved up the middle east with the backing of their US bankers.

    17 Jan 2019 , Lalkar
  • USSR / Book: Grover Furr’s Mystery of the Katyn Massacre

    This impartial examination of all available evidence proves irrefutably that the Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of Polish officers in 1941.

    15 Dec 2018 ,
  • USSR / October Revolution 101: the future belongs to communism

    October changed the world forever, and the genie can never be put back in the bottle. Only socialism offers a decent future free from crisis, poverty and war.

    7 Nov 2018 ,
  • USSR / Andrei Zhdanov: Principles underlying Soviet literature and art pt 2

    Part two of a biography of an extraordinary servant of the proletariat.

    23 Oct 2018 , Lalkar
  • China / China celebrates Marx’s 200th birthday

    CPGB-ML participates in major international conference with other communist parties from around the world.

    19 Oct 2018 , Proletarian
  • Namibia / European holocaust had roots in Africa, now Namibia is suing Germany

    The genocide committed against the Namibian Herero and Nama people sheds light on the Nazi holocaust of jewish and other European peoples in WW2.

    29 Aug 2018 , New Eastern Outlook
  • USSR / October 100: The Red Army choir

    Culture by and for the people, uplifting hearts and spirits, and reinforcing the struggle for socialism.

    25 Aug 2018 , Proletarian
  • USSR / How do socialists approach the veil?

    Boris Johnson's comments do nothing to elighten anyone or further a debate, but those of his opponents are not much more sensible.

    19 Aug 2018 ,
  • USSR / Andrei Zhdanov: On the principles underlying Soviet literature and art

    Part one of a biography of an extraordinary servant of the proletariat.

    1 Aug 2018 , Lalkar
  • USSR / Soviet ballet: dancing the heritage of humanism

    How socialist realism, serving the people, sparked unparalleled creativity.

    27 Jun 2018 , Proletarian
  • Film and TV / Film: The Death of Stalin

    It’s bad history and bad art, but Armando Iannucci’s film has put the wind up bourgeois critics for quite other reasons than those.

    15 Jun 2018 , Proletarian
  • World history / Fifty years since the murder of Martin Luther King Jr

    A leader, one of many, murdered because they came to identify capitalism as the cause of the misery of the US masses.

    25 May 2018 , Proletarian
  • South Africa / Tribute to Comrade Winnie Mandela

    The mother of the South African nation has died, but her legacy continues to inspire new generations in the struggle for complete national liberation.

    9 May 2018 , Lalkar
  • Working-class history / 200 years since the birth of Karl Marx

    The founder of the modern proletarian movement who gave his life to furthering the science of class struggle.

    25 Apr 2018 ,
  • USSR / The October Revolution and the east

    How the Russian revolution of 1917 brought socialism to the oppressed peoples of Asia.

    21 Apr 2018 , Proletarian
  • USSR / 65 years since the death of Josef Stalin, hero of the oppressed

    By his deeds shall he always be known.

    9 Mar 2018 ,
  • North Africa and Middle East / Philby senior and his role in British imperial treachery in the middle east

    The secret manoeuvrings of British imperialism to take over control of Arabia as the Turkish empire was ousted during WW1.

    1 Mar 2018 , Lalkar
  • British politics / Released cabinet papers reveal imperialist skulduggery

    Although more files than usual were kept back from this year's release, those remaining reveal much about the workings of the imperialist system.

    1 Feb 2018 , Proletarian
  • Trade unions / Derek Robinson: the passing of a working-class hero

    A staunch and fearless union leader, one of an increasingly rare breed.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / One hundred years since the Balfour declaration

    A sordid document in the shameful history of British imperialism.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Korea / Korea’s communist party turns 72

    Congratulations to the Workers’ Party of Korea on the 72nd anniversary of its founding.

    1 Oct 2017 , Proletarian
  • Korea / Opposing imperialism in south Korea

    CPGB-ML meets representatives of a south Korean peace expedition to Britain.

    1 Oct 2017 , Proletarian
  • China / Why US media mourn death of Liu Xiaobo

    An unrepentant cheerleader for imperialism and enemy of the Chinese people.

    1 Oct 2017 , Proletarian
  • USSR / Editorial: The future belongs to communism

    1 Oct 2017 , Proletarian
  • Housing / What did the October Revolution do for us? 2. Housing

    The second in our series of articles examining the impact of the October Revolution of 1917 on the lives of workers in Britain.

    1 Aug 2017 , Proletarian
  • Sport / Hillsborough 28 years on

    Will the victims get justice at last?

    1 Aug 2017 , Proletarian
  • Sri Lanka / May Day in Sri Lanka

    CPGB-ML comrade addresses JVP rallies on International Workers Day.

    1 Jun 2017 , Proletarian
  • Germany / A tribute to East Germany’s General Heinz Kessler

    Defender of communism to the last.

    1 Jun 2017 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / Remembering Comrade Clement Murphy-Shaw

    An exemplary life given to the promotion of progressive and humanitarian causes.

    1 Jun 2017 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Join the CPGB-ML’s annual anti-imperialist barbecue

    In celebration of famous proletarian victories in Korea and Cuba.

    1 Jun 2017 , Proletarian
  • Health / Cloak and dagger: the operation to kill the NHS

    The campaign to destroy the NHS is reaching its final stages: how did we get here and what can we do?

    1 Apr 2017 , Proletarian
  • USSR / What did the October Revolution do for us? 1. The NHS

    The Great October Revolution, which created the world’s first socialist state, and whose centenary is celebrated this year, brought with it the first ever system of universal provision for all members of society, and amongst the most important of those gains was that of free and complete healthcare.

    1 Dec 2016 , Proletarian
  • Cuba / Farewell Comrade Fidel Castro. Eternal glory to you!

    The world mourns the passing of a great revolutionary leader, and celebrates the many enduring achievements of the revolution to which he dedicated his life.

    1 Oct 2016 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Shrewsbury 24: Amnesty International shows its true colours

    Even forty years later, the ‘human rights’ champions are still not prepared to tell the full story of their collusion with Labour in keeping Des Warren locked up.

    1 Aug 2016 , Proletarian
  • Ukraine / Eurovision circus but no bread

    The imperialist media support for opponents of Russia, including criminals and/or fascists, is relentless and shameless.

    1 Jun 2016 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / The 1916 Easter Rising remembered

    Irish revolutionary nationalists rose up against British rule a hundred years ago, in an event of world-historic significance.

    1 Apr 2016 , Proletarian
  • Books / A Nobel prize for literature in the service of reaction

    Art and popular history can be powerful tools in manipulating people's minds, and the imperialists are well-versed in using both to bolster their parasitic rule.

    1 Feb 2016 , Proletarian
  • Korea / Ri Ul Sol, hero of the Korean revolution (1921-2015)

    Revolutionary veteran fighter and leader dies aged 94.

    1 Dec 2015 , Proletarian
  • USSR / Letter: Follow the road of Great October!

    The October Revolution remains, almost a century later, as humanity’s beacon of hope and inspiration.

    1 Dec 2015 , Proletarian
  • USSR / Poem: Soviet Man

    Although the poet’s life was snuffed out in defence of his motherland, Strelchenko’s immortal work lives on, a beacon of light illuminating the power of Soviet socialism.

    1 Dec 2015 , Proletarian
  • Australia / Ray Berbling: a life in struggle (1935-2015)

    Ray was a dedicated Australian Marxist-Leninist and a lifelong friend of the the Soviet Union.

    1 Dec 2015 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / What did the Indian workers do for us?

    Harpal Brar gives a short history of the significant contribution made by the IWA (GB) to the British working-class movement, and points the way forward.

    1 Oct 2015 , Proletarian
  • Europe / Seventieth anniversary of the victory over fascism marked in Moscow

    An excuse for an orgy of bourgeois lies and prevarication.

    1 Jun 2015 , Proletarian
  • Burkina Faso / Burkina Faso: Upright once again

    The people of Burkina Faso have overthrown a hated dictator. They must carry the revolution through to the end, inspired by the legacy of the great Thomas Sankara.

    1 Oct 2014 , Proletarian
  • World history / Review: Prosperity’s Predicament

    A revealing eye-witness account of pre-revolutionary China by the CPGB-ML’s Honorary President, Isabel Crook.

    1 Oct 2014 , Proletarian
  • China / Tiananmen Square: a US-backed attempt at counter-revolution

    How the US tried to apply its colour-revolution formula to China, complete with the big lie of a non-existent ‘massacre’.

    1 Jul 2014 , Lalkar
  • World history / Review: Ten Mile Inn by Isabel and David Crook

    This seminal work continues to bring the achievements and challenges of the Chinese agrarian revolution to life for English-speaking readers.

    1 Oct 2012 , Proletarian
  • Books / Charles Dickens, champion of the poor

    The first novelist to put working-class people at the heart of story.

    1 Jun 2012 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / The Victorian origins of workfare

    Where did the government get the idea of subsidising free labour for big companies like Tesco?

    1 Apr 2012 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Forget the jubilee, join the revolution!

    The Queen is not ‘ours’, but theirs. She is of and for that tiny handful of ruthless exploiters who keep the world’s people in poverty and servitude.

    1 Apr 2012 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / Downton Abbey, the Jolly George and Stop the War

    Please, if we ask you nicely, will you? Pretty please?

    1 Oct 2011 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / Channel 4’s The Promise breaks new ground for Palestine on British TV

    Drama breaks new ground on mainstream TV by portraying some of the brutality that characterises the state of Israel and shattering its claims to be a democracy.

    1 Apr 2011 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / Book review: Striking a Light, the Bryant and May Matchwomen

    Louise Raw reveals the connection of these militant young East End strikers to new unionism, socialism and Irish republicanism.

    1 Apr 2011 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / Fred Hampton, American revolutionary, 1948-1969

    In August 2008, Fred Hampton should have turned 60. Owing to his political activities, however, he was assassinated by his US state forces aged just 21.

    1 Aug 2008 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / The matchgirls’ strike of 1888

    A landmark victory in working-class history, with much relevance to the many workers today who are once more unorganised and unrepresented by any union.

    1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian
  • Film and TV / Deborah Lavin film review: The Motorcycle Diaries

    A reminder that communists and communism are not our enemy but the hope of the world.

    1 Oct 2004 , Proletarian

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History video

  • China / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: Chinese Revolution 4: The cultural revolution

    What was the cultural revolution? Why was it launched? Did it acheive anything? And who won?

    8 Jan 2023, Proletarian TV
  • Theory / Comrade Joti: Why our rulers hide the truth about socialist science

    ‘The whole history of our movement tells us we must not leave this vital work to others. Every one of us needs to get educated!’

    3 Dec 2022, Proletarian TV
  • Divide and rule / Harpal Brar on Avtar Jouhl: Above all he was a fighter for socialism

    A heartfelt tribute in memory of Comrade Avtar Jouhl, courageous Marxist-Leninist who gave so much to our movement and will be sorely missed.

    20 Nov 2022, Proletarian TV
  • Theory TV / Harpal Brar: Lenin on party building (One Step Forward)

    How is it that the Russian revolutionary experience is still so relevant for workers in Britain today?

    14 Nov 2022, Proletarian TV
  • Theory TV / Ella Rule: Lenin on revolutionary theory (What Is To Be Done?)

  • USSR / Julia Hawkins: My Life in the USSR

  • World TV / Ranjeet Brar on US imperialism, 9/11 and the ‘War on terror’

  • British politics / Book: Britain’s Road to Socialism?

  • USSR / Harpal Brar: Why celebrate the Soviet and allied victory over fascism in 2022?

  • USSR / Journalist Steve Sweeney on Ukraine war – a personal account on Victory Day

  • China / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: Chinese Revolution 1: Birth of China’s Red Army

  • Ukraine / Joti Brar: British people being subjected to a major psyop regarding Ukraine

  • Theory TV / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: The Communist International

  • USSR / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: Industrialising the USSR

  • Working-class history / Comrade Ella Rule on socialism and women’s liberation

  • Ukraine / Doug Valentine on 70 years of the CIA in Ukraine

  • USSR / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: Soviet farming – revolution in the countryside

  • USSR / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: How the October Revolution changed the world

  • China / Harpal Brar on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics

  • Divide and rule / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: Capitalism and immigration

  • World TV / Vijay Prashad: How the imperialists couped the world in the 1960s

  • China / Serve the people! On the 100th anniversary of the CPC

  • Working-class history / Ivor Kenna: a long life dedicated to the struggle for socialism in Britain

  • Yemen / Who is really fighting whom in Yemen?

  • China / Review: Socialism with Chinese Characteristics by Harpal Brar

  • Theory TV / Friedrich Engels: founding father of scientific socialism

  • USSR / Comrade Harpal: October Revolution message 2020

  • Korea / 70th anniversary of the Korean war

  • Working-class history / Deborah Lavin: Early feminism, bourgeois and proletarian

  • Theory TV / Marxism in the 21st century: is it still relevant?

  • USSR / The NHS is ‘communist’ – we owe it to the October Revolution, not to Labour

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History theory

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    How is it that war in Europe should threaten people in Africa and the middle east with starvation?

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    Workers all over the world have much to learn from this great Marxist, whose birth is celebrated in the DPRK as the Day of the Sun.

    15 Apr 2022, Lalkar
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    What do we mean when we talk about bureaucracy? How did it manifest in the Soviet Union? What was done by Stalin and the Bolsheviks to counteract it?

    25 Jan 2022, Lalkar
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    Eclectic and utopian, the CPB’s programme is full of pious wishes but its authors don’t seem to have the first clue about the realities of the state or of class war.

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    On every question of importance, the CPB has ditched Marxism in favour of servility to the imperialist Labour party.

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    ‘If Roosevelt makes a real attempt to satisfy the interests of the proletarian class, the capitalists will put another president in his place.’

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    The battle between socialist and bourgeois ideas is not one in which workers can be neutral: on its outcome, humanity’s fate depends.

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    What lies at the root of the CPB’s total inability to educate or inspire even a fraction of the working class?

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    Throughout the last tumultuous century, socialism has scored victory after victory in China, fully justifying the people’s faith in its superiority.

  • Working-class history / Marx and Engels on the Paris Commune

    150 years on, Marx’s vivid portrait of the world’s first working-class government still impresses with its ‘short powerful strokes of such clearness and truth’.

  • Civil liberties / Red scare and yellow peril: challenging the new McCarthyism

    Many self-identifying leftists are going along with the imperialist campaign to vilify China, including by cheering on attempts to crush all debate and dissent.

  • Korea / Korean victory in the Fatherland Liberation War: 70 years on

    ‘Our people have inherited the heroic spirit of the generation who defeated the US-led gang in 1953 – a de facto confrontation between the rifle and the atomic bomb.’

  • Theory / Friedrich Engels 200 years on

    ‘What a torch of reason ceased to burn; what a heart has ceased to beat!’ – Comrade Lenin’s tribute to one of socialism’s great founders.

  • USSR / Harpal Brar: Long live Leninism!

    Why does Lenin hold such an honoured position in the lexicon of socialist leaders? A century later, what can we learn from his teachings?

  • Theory / Critique of the linguistic theory of Noam Chomsky

    What is behind the theory that language structures in the mind are inborn?

  • Working-class history / Lessons of the Communist (Third) International

    What can workers today learn from the experience of the Comintern?

  • Housing / Housing and architecture in the Soviet Union

    A variety of housing was built for working people designed to reflect the varied character, climate and context of the vast territories of the USSR.

  • Cuba / Cuba 60: Hasta la victoria siempre!

    Progressive humanity continues to cheer the incredible achievements of the tiny island nation, made in the teeth of the imperialists’ determined and unceasing aggression.

  • Working-class history / Marx 200: A brief overview of an extraordinary life’s work

    Why does Marx's name still strike fear and loathing into the hearts and minds of the bourgeoisie so many years after his death? What is the legacy that refuses to die?

  • USSR / October 1917: the defining event of our epoch

    What is the significance of the events in Russia one hundred years ago for workers in Britain today?

  • USSR / VI Lenin: Report on the tasks of Soviet power

    Speech by Lenin to the first meeting of the Petrograd soviet of workers’ and soldiers’ deputies after the revolution, 7 November 1917.

  • USSR / VI Lenin: To workers, soldiers and peasants!

    Decree issued by the second all-Russia congress of soviets of workers’ and soldiers’ deputies immediately after the revolution, 7 November 1917.

  • USSR / VI Lenin: The immediate tasks of the Soviet government

    Excerpt from the pamphlet by V I Lenin, written in April 1918.

  • USSR / JV Stalin: The tasks of economic executives

    Excerpt from Stalin’s speech to the first all-union conference of leading personnel of socialist industry, February 1931.

  • Theory / Marx on Ireland: how colonialism abroad divides workers at home

    Two letters give Marx’s insight into the connection between the liberation struggle of the Irish and the British workers’ struggle for socialism.

  • Ireland / Martin McGuinness: 1950-2017

    Irish revolutionary leader and working-class hero.

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    What kind of state will the workers need after the socialist revolution?

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