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communist party of great britain (marxist-leninist)

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USSR highlights

  • 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 ,
  • 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
  • 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 ,
  • USSR / Tribute to Comrade Tamila Yabrova, 1929-2021

    A steadfast and lifelong fighter against revisionism in the USSR.

    28 Dec 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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 ,
  • 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
  • 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 ,
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 ,
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 ,
  • 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
  • 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
  • Working-class history / Remembering Comrade Clement Murphy-Shaw

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

    1 Jun 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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USSR 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
  • 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?)

    What is the continuing significance of Lenin’s seminal work on the importance of revolutionary theory?

    30 Oct 2022, Proletarian TV
  • USSR / Julia Hawkins: My Life in the USSR

  • 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

  • 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

  • USSR / Comrade Harpal: October Revolution message 2020

  • 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

  • History TV / WW2: The 70th anniversary of the victory over fascism

  • USSR / The fall of the USSR – market socialism

  • Britain TV / Revolution in Britain

  • USSR / Grover Furr on the continuing revolution in Stalin-era history

  • Capitalism or communism TV / Soviet communism – the truth

  • USSR / Paul Robeson, Stalin and the USSR

  • USSR / The fall of the USSR

  • USSR / Soviet preparations for World War Two

  • Culture / Soviet ballet: dancing the classical heritage of humanism

  • Britain TV / October 100: Our future is socialism

  • USSR / October 100: Working people have no country – we must win one

  • Cuba / Cuba and the October Revolution

  • Laos / Laos independence and the October Revolution

  • USSR / October 100: Women’s liberation

  • USSR / October 100: Why does it matter?

  • World TV / October 100: DPR Korea pays tribute

  • History TV / Prof Grover Furr: anti-communist academia is ‘propaganda with footnotes’

  • USSR / What you are supposed to think about Stalin and why

USSR theory

  • Ukraine / Disappearing context: West created and backed Ukrainian fascists for 85 years

    The Azov battalion did not appear out of nowhere; fascism has been the imperialist tool of choice in Ukraine since the 1930s.

    25 Jun 2022, Lalkar
  • USSR / The fight against bureaucracy in the Soviet Union under Stalin

    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
  • USSR / Marxism v liberalism: HG Wells talks to Stalin

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

    20 Oct 2021,
  • Theory / Book review: China’s Great Road by John Ross

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

    1 Oct 2021, Lalkar
  • 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?

  • 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.

  • 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 / 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: 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 / The dictatorship of the proletariat

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

  • Theory / Lenin on party building

    What kind of organisation does the working class need if it wants to overthrow imperialism and build socialism?

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