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communist party of great britain (marxist-leninist)

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British history highlights

  • 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
  • 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 ,
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 ,
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Sport / Hillsborough 28 years on

    Will the victims get justice at last?

    1 Aug 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 / Charles Dickens, champion of the poor

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

    1 Jun 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 / 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
  • 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
  • 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 / 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

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British history video

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

    27 Aug 2022, Proletarian TV
  • Theory TV / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: The Communist International

    The story of the Third International shines light on the great revolutionary moments of the twentieth century.

    6 Jun 2022, Proletarian TV
  • Working-class history / Comrade Ella Rule on socialism and women’s liberation

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

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

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

  • British history / British communism, 1920-1943

  • India / Jallianwala Bagh 100: what does it mean?

  • British history / Winston Churchill: hero or monster?

  • Ireland / The Easter Rising of 1916 and the October Revolution of 1917

  • India / Poem: Comrade Bhagat Singh and Comrade Udham Singh

  • Working-class history / Billy Vincent – communist

  • Britain TV / Indian workers in Britain

  • Ireland / Saville report: British murders on Bloody Sunday ‘unjustified and unjustifiable’

British history theory

  • British politics / A critique of the CPB’s ‘Britain’s Road to Socialism’ in the 21st century, pt 3

    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.

    17 Jan 2022, Lalkar
  • British politics / A critique of the CPB’s ‘Britain’s Road to Socialism’ in the 21st century, pt 2

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

    8 Nov 2021, Lalkar
  • British politics / A critique of the CPB’s ‘Britain’s Road to Socialism’ in the 21st century, pt 1

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

    1 Sep 2021, Lalkar
  • Culture / Celebrating Shakespeare: a Marxist-Leninist perspective

    Part 1. The times make the man: Shakespeare’s historical context

    1 Jun 2016, Proletarian
  • Zimbabwe / Book: Chimurenga! The liberation struggle in Zimbabwe

    A vital lesson in the importance of solidarity with anti-imperialist national-liberation struggles.

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    Monstrous plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda

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    Assassination of Donetsk leader stalls Minsk peace talks

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