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Capitalist crisis highlights

  • 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
  • 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
  • Capitalist crisis / 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
  • Social wage / Insult to injury: government plans to cut Universal Credit boost

    Covid has exposed the injustice of below-poverty-line benefits. How will our rulers balance their need for cheap and desperate workers with maintaining social peace?

    29 Oct 2020 ,
  • Economy / Vultures circle over Royal Mail

    Britain’s privatised mail service is likely to be broken down into ever-smaller parts as investors peel of the most profitable parts one by one.

    21 Sep 2020 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / FT spills the beans on the great pensions rip-off

    Not content with stealing workers’ unpaid labour today, the capitalists are conspiring to steal their right to a dignified retirement tomorrow.

    20 Sep 2020 , Proletarian
  • Lebanon / Tragedy in Lebanon

    The blast in Beirut port may prove to be the straw that broke the camel’s back.

    28 Aug 2020 , Lalkar
  • Economy / Hedge funds flourish on covid misery

    As the vaccine race heats up, holders of the right pharma shares are making a killing out of insider trading.

    2 Aug 2020 , Proletarian
  • Lay-offs and closures / P&O takes the money and runs

    The shipping company is laying off a thousand workers on the very routes it is being paid public money to operate.

    29 Jun 2020 ,
  • Civil liberties / The Coronavirus Act 2020

    Jumping on the excuse of Covid-19, parliament has rammed through a host of draconian measures unrelated to the health crisis.

    19 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • Lay-offs and closures / Debenhams shafts its cafe workers

    Catering staff at the department store have been summarily dismissed without notice or redundancy pay.

    15 Jun 2020 ,
  • Lay-offs and closures / British Airways takes the money and runs

    The Covid-19 crisis is highlighting the necessity for public ownership of all our vital services.

    13 May 2020 ,
  • Health / Covid-19: What is the coronavirus and is it a real threat?

    Dr Ranjeet Brar takes a look at the medical aspects of the present pandemic, comparing Covid-19 to other viruses such as influenza and Sars.

    12 May 2020 , Lalkar
  • Capitalist crisis / The corona pandemic and the capitalist world economic crash of 2020

    Our rulers are keen to convince us that the deepest depression in the history of capitalism is a random and unpredictable ‘black swan’ event.

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

    Workers’ parties sign international revolutionary anti-imperialist manifesto.

    1 May 2020 ,
  • Economy / Covid-19 furlough scheme: a bonanza for big business

    While thousands of workers find themselves without a job, bosses are cashing in on the ‘free money’ of the furlough scheme.

    30 Apr 2020 , Proletarian
  • Capitalist crisis / Burying bad news: crash caused by overproduction not coronavirus

    The present economic crisis has been long in the making, but is being passed off as the result of the covid lockdown.

    29 Apr 2020 , Proletarian
  • Venezuela / Using the covid crisis: British and US military massing off Venezuelan coast

    Reckless and desperate attempts are being made by US imperialism to encircle and crush Venezuelan socialism.

    25 Apr 2020 , Proletarian
  • Health / Coronavirus stats are air-brushing the elderly

    Thousands of Covid-19 infections and deaths in Britain’s care homes have simply not been tracked or counted.

    20 Apr 2020 , Proletarian
  • Society / Lessons of Covid-19 pt 1: Only workers can solve the problems created by capital

    Who are the real ‘key workers’ and why are they still being treated so badly?

    19 Apr 2020 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Hunger rising sharply as covid-19 lockdown combines with economic crash

    Why are we witnessing the obscene sight of workers going hungry in the midst of plenty?

    17 Apr 2020 , Proletarian
  • Film and TV / #EatTheRich: Parasite film review

    A searing and at times hilarious critique of south Korean class society, ultimately let down by its inability to offer any real way out.

    19 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
  • Ireland / The Irish electorate cry out against austerity and bring reunification closer

    The future is bright; the future is green.

    17 Mar 2020 , Lalkar
  • France / Macron wages war on French workers, making pension ‘reforms’ by subterfuge

    Striking workers were duped into moving their battle into parliament. Can they regain the momentum they had on the streets before?

    16 Mar 2020 ,
  • Social wage / Errol Graham and the unreported austerity pandemic

    Social murder in our midst is being hushed up by all arms of the state, hand in glove with media that are entirely uninterested in ‘speaking truth to power’.

    27 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
  • Europe / How the EU is demolishing pensions

    We need to stand together in resisting the drive to make workers pay for the economic crisis of capitalism.

    2 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
  • France / French strikes expand and deepen as more workers join the fray

    A class war is underway in France and the workers show no sign of backing down. Victoire aux grévistes!

    19 Dec 2019 , Proletarian
  • Society / The double victimisation of capitalism’s female victims

    Locked up for being poor, their children uprooted and set adrift ... while privatised prison services rake in the cash.

    23 Nov 2019 , Lalkar
  • France / One year on: the yellow vests and the class struggle in France

    What has fuelled the rise and sustained the popularity of the gilets jaunes movement in Britain’s nearest neighbour?

    19 Nov 2019 , Proletarian
  • Film and TV / Film review: Joker

    A real controversy, a true subversion, or merely a storm in a teacup?

    2 Nov 2019 ,
  • Economy / QuickQuid – cut and run

    Having extorted millions from struggling austerity-hit families, the US-backed payday lender is pocketing its loot and getting out.

    30 Oct 2019 ,
  • USA / General Motors workers on strike in the US

    The workers have paid a heavy price for their employer’s return to profitability.

    25 Oct 2019 ,
  • Lay-offs and closures / City leeches celebrate the demise of Thomas Cook

    Financial gamblers in the City are playing with loaded dice, deliberately pushing companies over the edge in order to get paid.

    6 Oct 2019 , Proletarian
  • Climate change / The TUC and climate change: don’t mention the wars

    Unions tail-end middle-class eco protests and stoke illusions in ‘green’ capitalism.

    28 Sep 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
  • Lay-offs and closures / Fight against the closure of Ford Bridgend

    Workers are not to blame for the crisis; stop redundancies and demand nationalisation!

    17 Jun 2019 ,
  • Climate change / Letter: How can we deal with climate change?

    Should workers ‘take a haircut’ to save the environment?

    10 Jun 2019 , Proletarian
  • Lay-offs and closures / British Steel: overproduction crisis claims another scalp

    As thousands of workers lose their jobs, the vultures of Greybull Capital are standing at the front of the queue for ‘reimbursement’.

    3 Jun 2019 , Proletarian
  • China / US-China trade war escalates

    In his quest to crush China’s technological advance, Trump is playing with a fire he cannot control.

    31 May 2019 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Support the Sellafield strikers!

    Workers at the Sellafield nuclear plant are in revolt against poverty wages and management bullying.

    28 May 2019 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Galloway, Farage and the Brexit party

    British workers are set to keep demanding Brexit at the upcoming EU elections.

    7 May 2019 ,
  • Climate change / Yellow vests v Extinction Rebellion

    Climate protestors’ leader accidentally gives away the ruling class’s agenda.

    4 May 2019 ,
  • British politics / Capitalism can’t solve society’s problems, but working people can

    In the immortal words of Karl Marx: “Workers and oppressed peoples of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains; you have a world to win!”

    1 May 2019 ,
  • Sri Lanka / May Day message from Sri Lanka

    JVP calls for Sri Lankan workers to unify and struggle for socialist transformation in answer to the recent barbaric attacks on their country.

    1 May 2019 ,
  • France / Reaction of the rich to the Notre Dame fire tells a lot about the world we live in

    Two of Europe’s wealthiest men pledge €300m to restore Notre Dame, while 8.8 million people continue to live below the poverty line in France.

    20 Apr 2019 , Joe
  • Lay-offs and closures / Interserve: another outsourcing giant hits the wall

    In the pursuit of monopoly profits, another building corporation turned ‘public service provider’ has gone bust – and the public will be picking up the tab.

    6 Apr 2019 , Proletarian
  • France / Call from France’s first yellow vest assembly

    Even as it sinks out of sight in the British media, France’s popular rebellion is continuing and gaining momentum.

    30 Mar 2019 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Privatisation undermines the probation service

    The government has reneged on its promise to step in if the privateers failed to deliver.

    17 Mar 2019 ,
  • Lay-offs and closures / Honda doesn’t blame Brexit

    The cover is blown on the attempt to blame everything on Brexit as Honda’s CEO denies that the Swindon closure has anything to do with Brexit uncertainty.

    28 Feb 2019 , Proletarian
  • Lay-offs and closures / Jobs massacre at Jaguar Land Rover confirmed

    Overproduction not Brexit is to blame. But if there really are too many cars in the world, what are workers to do?

    16 Jan 2019 , Proletarian
  • France / France’s yellow vests fight on, despite concessions

    Social unrest in France is being driven by workers’ anger at continuous attacks on jobs, wages and living standards.

    5 Jan 2019 , Lalkar
  • Lay-offs and closures / Support Asda Queslett workers’ fight for jobs

    Don’t let machines come before jobs, nor profit before people.

    19 Dec 2018 , Birmingham Worker
  • British politics / Challenges facing communists in Britain today

    Objective conditions for the creation of a revolutionary movement are improving, but much work needs to be done to take advantage of those conditions.

    14 Dec 2018 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Marriott hotel staff walk-outs across the USA

    Hard-pressed hospitality workers are fighting back over low pay and increasingly brutal conditions.

    9 Dec 2018 ,
  • World / Imperialists getting desperate as the balance of forces in the world shifts

    The US and EU imperialists continue to decline while China and Russia are steadily advancing.

    29 Nov 2018 ,
  • Europe / Prague communists host European conference

    CPGB-ML delegates join revolutionaries from across Europe in affirming that only socialism can save humanity from endless crisis and war.

    27 Nov 2018 ,
  • Social wage / Universal credit: forcing the needy into ever more desperate poverty

    The government can look after the interests of the capitalists or the interests of the workers; it cannot do both.

    13 Nov 2018 , Lalkar
  • Sweden / Shootings, killings, cars on fire – what’s going on?

    All a sign of the irretrievable decadence of bourgeois society.

    21 Oct 2018 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Bosses’ pay soars

    While Labour business rep worries over ‘undermining public trust in business’!

    9 Oct 2018 , Proletarian
  • Housing / Property tycoon hikes rent by 10 percent

    The decimation of social housing proves once more the inability of the market to provide even for people's most basic needs.

    1 Oct 2018 , London Worker
  • Europe / Populist victories throughout Europe

    What does it mean that populist governments are being elected in Europe? Is there a danger that fascism is on the rise?

    5 Jul 2018 , Lalkar
  • Disputes / TGI Fridays staff strike over tips ‘redistribution’

    Cut-throat competition in the oversupplied public dining sector is forcing real wages down even as the minimum wage officially goes up.

    21 Jun 2018 ,
  • British politics / Celebrate and struggle on May Day: International Workers’ Day

    We urgently need to reclaim the British working-class movement for socialism.

    1 May 2018 ,
  • Poetry / Poem: They Say that Both Sides are to Blame?

    Media lies keep the working class divided and weak. What's the way out?

    24 Apr 2018 , Proletarian
  • Housing / Editorial: The housing crisis

    The horrific fire at Grenfell Tower in London, which has killed so many working-class people, demonstrates the terrible reality of housing in Britain today.

    1 Aug 2017 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Not so strong and stable after all: May loses Brexit gamble

    The poisoned chalice of the British premiership.

    1 Jun 2017 , Proletarian

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Capitalist crisis video

  • USA / US election 2020: Biden v Trump: is there a difference?

    Every day the US imperialists fight amongst themselves bring a little closer the day of their empire’s fall.

    12 Nov 2020,
  • Health / Coronavirus: Cuts to health and social care crippled covid response

    The mismanagement of the pandemic in rich imperialist states continues to be highlighted through the chaos of lockdown easing.

    6 Aug 2020,
  • Capitalist crisis / Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘No Trust’

    Can you trust a government that says with one breath there isn't enough money for public services and with the next bails out the banks?

    31 Jul 2020,
  • Health / Coronavirus: NHS privatisation and the US second wave

    What explains the difference in approach and outcomes between the US and Britain on the one hand and China on the other?

    16 Jul 2020,
  • Health / Coronavirus: NHS is 72 but drugs companies are still rinsing the system

  • World TV / Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘Rethinking globalism’

  • Health / Coronavirus: The truth about ‘overpopulation’ and ‘herd immunity’

  • Health / Coronavirus: What do the experts say?

  • Capitalism or communism TV / The end of history – or the end of capitalism?

  • Britain TV / Revolution in Britain

  • Theory TV / The Communist Manifesto

  • Capitalism or communism TV / Capitalism can’t save the planet

  • Capitalist crisis / Economics 101: Capitalism

  • British politics / General election 2017: what did it mean?

Capitalist crisis theory

  • USA / Who are the Capitol rioters?

    Why do so many on the ‘left’ refuse even to try to work amongst the mass of the working class?

    8 Mar 2021, Lalkar
  • Theory / Modern monetary theory: is there a magic money tree?

    Those who would change the world must first understand it: Marxist economics is the antidote to bourgeois voodoo.

    22 Oct 2020, Lalkar
  • Capitalist crisis / The economic crisis and coronavirus

    In fighting capitalist exploitation and the war danger, workers will ultimately seek a way out through socialist revolution.

    11 May 2020, 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?

    26 Apr 2020,
  • Lay-offs and closures / Job cuts and factory closures; the car industry in Britain

    As automation and overproduction combine to wipe out industrial jobs, what is the answer to this seemingly insoluble problem?

  • 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?

  • Economy / Sanctions: a self-defeating weapon

    The tectonic plates of the world order are beginning to shift as a consequence of imperialist parasitism.

  • Theory / Time to face it: capitalism must go!

    Only a planned economy designed to meet people’s needs can solve the problems of disease, poverty, inequality, war and environmental degradation.

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