Derby Silk Mill commemorations 2023: no communists allowed

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Trade unions / Derby Silk Mill commemorations 2023: no communists allowed

How did the CPB appoint itself the gatekeeper of the British working-class movement?

British politics / Communist message to Silk Mill rally: Ditch the Labour party!

Don’t settle for social democracy when only scientific socialism has the answer!

Trade unions / 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.

Korea / 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.

Ukraine / 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.

Working-class history / 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.

Russia / 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.

Working-class history / 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.

British politics / 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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

World history / Film review: Judas and the Black Messiah

A searing reminder of the need for class unity in the battle for socialism.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Workers’ parties sign international revolutionary anti-imperialist manifesto.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

World history / A visit with Isabel Crook, lifelong soldier of the revolution

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

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.

Working-class history / Constance Markievicz – class traitor, Irish republican and working-class hero

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

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.

USSR / Andrei Zhdanov: Principles underlying Soviet literature and art pt 2

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

USSR / October 100: The Red Army choir

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

USSR / Andrei Zhdanov: On the principles underlying Soviet literature and art

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

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.

USSR / The October Revolution and the east

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

Trade unions / Derek Robinson: the passing of a working-class hero

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