British delegate in Seoul: Global capitalist system teetering over the abyss

highlights

Korea / On the events in Korea

As public anger against the comprador ruling elite rises, the USA is standing on very shaky ground in its east Asian colony.

9 Jan 2025 , Lalkar
French / Le rôle du gouvernement travailliste britannique et la réponse nécessaire des travailleurs

9 Jan 2025 ,
Spanish / El papel del gobierno laborista británico y la necesaria respuesta de los trabajadores

9 Jan 2025 ,

Long live the martyrs of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla!

In its desperation to maintain the strangulating blockade on Gaza, Israel’s violent response to a peaceful humanitarian aid mission has instead brought the end of its criminal siege within sight.

1 Apr 2010 , Proletarian

Free the Gaza protestors! Jail the warmongers!

28 Mar 2010 ,

Defend public services: fight capitalism!

25 Mar 2010 ,

End the British occupation of Ireland!

15 Feb 2010 ,

Jack Shapiro lives forever in our hearts!

29 Jan 2010 ,

China / The just stance of people’s China in the case of drug trafficker Akmal Shaikh

Why are British media so concerned with the fate of a man convicted of pushing hard drugs in Xinjiang?

3 Jan 2010 ,

The people of Palestine will surely be victorious!

27 Dec 2009 ,

Jack speaks out against Israeli zionism

Transcription of Jack Shapiro’s speech at a meeting in January 2009, during the bombardment of Gaza.

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

Poem: Comrade Jack

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

Jack Shapiro lives forever in our hearts!

The CPGB-ML mourns the loss of its oldest member and Honorary President, a lifelong fighter for the British working class and for the oppressed peoples of the world.

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

Bring the war criminals to justice!

The following letter from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) was signed by a long list of MPs, human-rights lawyers and academics and published in the Guardian of 16 January.

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

Czech communists under threat

A request for support and solidarity with the CPBM (Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia).

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

Letter: Whose fault is the exchange of fire?

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

The US-backed bombing of Yemen

Obama seeks to extend US dominance to Yemen, under the familiar pretext of the ‘war on terror’.

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

Red Salute to Comrade Jyoti Basu

Stalwart veteran of Indian and international communist movement.

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

International friendship dinner

CPGB-ML celebrates the new year with comrades from the socialist countries.

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

Remembering two comrades

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

Book: Dark Heart

Author: Nick Davies

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

Film review: Avatar

Director: James Cameron.

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

Internet: new shot in the arm for US hegemony

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

Industry matters: BA – the strike that never happened

South Wales signallers; Break the link with Labour; BA - the strike that never happened; Blacklists: class war offensive by the bourgeoisie.

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

Korea calls to boost living standards and raise prestige of socialism

New Year editorial sets tasks for 2010.

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

New evidence of Korean War atrocities

Truth and Reconciliation Commission confirms mass murder of civilians by pro-American forces.

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

Tehran does not flinch

Latest developments in imperialism’s efforts to effect regime change in Iran.

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

Obama and Brown: warmongers

The Afghan war is being escalated further, but no amount of extra troops will save the occupation forces from defeat at the hands of the growing resistance movement.

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

Capitalists fail to tackle climate change at Copenhagen

But an attempt to push the burden of climate change onto developing countries has been thwarted by China.

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

Editorial: Extremes of rich and poor in capitalist Britain

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

Viva Palestina 3 – zionists nil

Humanitarian convoy reaches Gaza in spite of severe Egyptian obstruction.

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

Haiti: solidarity yes; occupation no!

Once again, US forces have bludgeoned their way into Port au Prince. No matter how much their arrival is dressed up as an exercise in philanthropy by Uncle Sam, supposedly rescuing this ‘failed state’ from the worst consequences of the recent horrendous earthquake, the reality is quite different.

1 Dec 2009 , Proletarian

Victory to the postal workers!

30 Oct 2009 ,

Celebrate the Great October Revolution

3 Oct 2009 ,

Letter: Tristram Hunt’s anti-communism (web only)

It was great to see the examination of The Frock-Coated Communist by Trishy Trashy Hunt in the last Proletarian.

1 Oct 2009 , Proletarian

People first, not profit. Also in Europe! (web only)

We reproduce below extracts from a statement issued to the press on 20 November by Tine van Rompuy, communist sister of the new European President, Herman Van Rompuy. Tine is a member of the Belgian Workers’ Party (PTB).

1 Oct 2009 , Proletarian

The Palestinian cause advances (web only)

Israel – the writing is on the wall.

1 Oct 2009 , Proletarian

Conditions of the working class: The elderly in care

CPGB-ML members and supporters urged to campaign for the elderly.

1 Oct 2009 , Proletarian

Police are watching you!

To oppose the state is to be labelled a “domestic extremist”.

1 Oct 2009 , Proletarian

October Revolution: beacon lighting the way forward for all humanity

CPGBML organises militant and internationalist celebration of 92nd anniversary.

1 Oct 2009 , Proletarian

Brazilian communist party celebrates its 12th congress

The Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) held its 12th congress from 5-8 November in Sao Paulo. The CPGB-ML was invited to attend this congress and was represented there by its chairman, Harpal Brar. His report of this important gathering follows immediately below

1 Oct 2009 , Proletarian

Theatre / Play: The Power of Yes by David Hare

Explaining nothing, this play is aimed merely at letting off some steam without getting any nearer to a solution to society’s systemic problems.

1 Oct 2009 , Proletarian

Labour racism is no answer to the BNP

Clarity is desperately needed on the real source of the fascist danger.

1 Oct 2009 , Proletarian

Industry matters: Postal strikes suspended; deepening repression

1 Oct 2009 , Proletarian

The Vestas campaign

Some thoughts from Tony Kelly on the Vestas occupation and its aftermath. (Tony is Secretary of the Ryde and East Wight Trade Union Council. He writes here in a personal capacity.)

1 Oct 2009 , Proletarian

Iran: US imperialism drops another rock on its feet

Iran continues its anti-imperialist resistance on all fronts.

1 Oct 2009 , Proletarian

Iraq: job done?

The Iraqi resistance has not gone away – it is going from strength to strength.

1 Oct 2009 , Proletarian

The Andolan in Kathmandu and the revolution to follow

The following article originally appeared on US-based website Counterpunch.org. We reproduce it here with the kind permission of the author, Professor Gary Leupp.

1 Oct 2009 , Proletarian

More walls must fall

How come those who build truly massive anti-personnel walls in Palestine and Korea celebrate the fall of the relatively modest Berlin Wall?

1 Oct 2009 , Proletarian

Editorial: This system is bankrupt

1 Oct 2009 , Proletarian

Afghanistan: occupation not corruption is the real problem

Afghan election and its aftermath.

1 Oct 2009 , Proletarian

Free Joe Glenton! Jail the warmongers!

Growing disaffection in the armed forces strengthens the anti-war movement.

1 Oct 2009 , Proletarian

Support the December Viva Palestina convoy to Gaza!

Make a donation today to help take much-needed aid and break the siege.

1 Oct 2009 , Proletarian

End the imperialist occupation of Afghanistan

27 Sep 2009 ,

Education update: The recession hits public education

1 Aug 2009 , Proletarian

Book: The Frock-Coated Communist, the Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels by Tristram Hunt *

A scurrilous ‘biography’ of Engels by a New Labour ‘historian’.

1 Aug 2009 , Proletarian

Afghanistan: the days of colonial occupation are numbered

Inter-imperialist contradictions are being forced into the open by heroic forces of patriotic resistance.

1 Aug 2009 , Proletarian

Iran weathers new provocations

Imperialists beat the sanctions drum again as ‘velvet revolution’ fizzles.

1 Aug 2009 , Proletarian

US health reform stifled by the Furies of Private Interest

Insurance companies in America have been frenzied in their defence of healthcare profiteering.

1 Aug 2009 , Proletarian

World War II: Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

Another barrage of anti-Soviet lies attempts to equate fascism with communism.

1 Aug 2009 , Proletarian

My flower to Bush the occupier: the story of my shoe

“Here I am, free. But my country is still a prisoner of war,” said Mutadhar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoe at George Bush, in the speech he gave on his release. Proletarian is pleased to publish this powerful statement of resistance from a heroic Iraqi patriot. Our thanks to the Stop the War Coalition for making it available.

1 Aug 2009 , Proletarian

Megrahi released in deal for oil

The media furore surrounding the release of the ‘Lockerbie bomber’ seems to have missed one salient point: he was innocent.

1 Aug 2009 , Proletarian

Juan Almeida Bosque, hero of the Cuban revolution

1 Aug 2009 , Proletarian

Industry matters: Capitalist assault upon the working class

1 Aug 2009 , Proletarian

Marx and Engels foresaw victory of Chinese revolution

1 Aug 2009 , Proletarian

CPGB-ML greets China’s communists on anniversary

1 Aug 2009 , Proletarian

Capitalism fails Britain’s youth

As poverty levels rise and welfare provision decreases, more British children are ending up behind bars.

1 Aug 2009 , Proletarian

Can the Green movement become a socialist movement?

Green shoots of political understanding sprout in Blackheath.

1 Aug 2009 , Proletarian

Editorial: Britain and France collude in Calais brutality

1 Aug 2009 , Proletarian

New China celebrates 60 years

On 1 October 2009, the People’s Republic of China celebrates the 60th anniversary of its foundation, the day when Comrade Mao Zedong declared that the “Chinese people have stood up”.

1 Aug 2009 , Proletarian

Hands off Honduras!

2 Jul 2009 ,

The German Nazis committed the Katyn massacre: why are we being lied to?

23 Jun 2009 ,

Stop the War says: no cooperation with war crimes!

18 Jun 2009 ,

Letter to the readers and supporters of the Morning Star

1 Jun 2009 ,

Letter: The real nature of zionism

1 Jun 2009 , Proletarian

Oppose army recruitment for imperialist wars

Heroic British soldier campaigns against Afghan war.

1 Jun 2009 , Proletarian

Say no to Islamophobia

Important new campaign launched in London.

1 Jun 2009 , Proletarian

Honduran masses resist fascist coup and support President Zelaya

The outcome of the struggle in this Central American nation will help set the agenda for an entire continent.

1 Jun 2009 , Proletarian

Building support for Irish unity and self-determination

Gerry Adams outlines Sinn Féin’s strategy at London meeting.

1 Jun 2009 , Proletarian

The German Nazis committed the Katyn massacre

Why are we being lied to?

1 Jun 2009 , Proletarian

UVF decommissioning

Murderous unionist paramilitary gangs lay down their weapons in the face of political changes in the north of Ireland.

1 Jun 2009 , Proletarian

UK soldier to Gordon Brown: why I won’t return to Afghanistan

1 Jun 2009 , Proletarian

British imperialism sinking deeper into Afghan quagmire

The telling blows of the courageous resistance are creating significant splits in the ruling class.

1 Jun 2009 , Proletarian

Free Gaza boat hijacked by Israeli navy

African-American politician experiences the fascist nature of Israeli ‘justice’.

1 Jun 2009 , Proletarian

Viva Palestina US convoy makes it into Gaza

Behind-the-scenes pressure on Egypt fails to succeed in crushing the sanctions-busting solidarity mission.

1 Jun 2009 , Proletarian

China / Uyghur provocations: oppose the balkanisation of China

Riots in Xinjiang have been provoked by US imperialism, which is desperate to break the unity of China and the Chinese people in its pursuit of global hegemony.

1 Jun 2009 , Proletarian

Where is the Spirit of Humanity?

Report by Ishmahil Blagrove Jr, a director of riceNpeas films, and a member of the Spirit of Humanity’s crew.

1 Jun 2009 , Proletarian

Disability benefits under attack

Assault on the sick and disabled steps up a gear.

1 Jun 2009 , Proletarian

Building Britain’s future? Decent homes for all!

1 Jun 2009 , Proletarian

Migrant cleaners fight state repression

Students, lecturers and cleaners join together in the face of anti-union immigration raids at the School of Oriental and African Studies.

1 Jun 2009 , Proletarian

Industry matters: A “whiff of the 70s”?

1 Jun 2009 , Proletarian

Editorial: Why we must support the Afghan resistance

1 Jun 2009 , Proletarian

The Iranian election

US and British attempt to overthrow the Iranian regime from within.

1 Jun 2009 , Proletarian

Workers occupy Vestas as economic crisis deepens

The green shoots of British working-class resistance.

1 Jun 2009 , Proletarian

CPGB-ML statement on second underground nuclear test in DPRK and other measures strengthening the DPRK’s defensive capabilities

27 May 2009 ,

No cooperation with Israeli war crimes! Victory to Palestine!

16 May 2009 ,

Workers of all countries, UNITE! Jobs for ALL!

16 May 2009 ,

Workers have the POWER to change the world; let’s USE it!

1 May 2009 ,

Congratulations to the DPRK

14 Apr 2009 ,

British state-sponsored thugs in uniform – licensed to kill

14 Apr 2009 ,

Brutal policing of G20 summit

The violence of the state apparatus exposed once more.

1 Apr 2009 , Proletarian

Industry matters: “Political parties of the workplace”

1 Apr 2009 , Proletarian

Anti-war movement calls for non-cooperation with war crimes

Report of the Stop the War National Conference 2009.

1 Apr 2009 , Proletarian

Pakistani students to be deported despite being found innocent of terror charges

Yet another phony ‘anti-terror’ raid generates anti-immigrant hysteria.

1 Apr 2009 , Proletarian

Pakistan and the US ‘war on terror’

An Islamist takeover looms as Pakistan’s army turns guns on its own people.

1 Apr 2009 , Proletarian

Iraq: when is a withdrawal not a withdrawal?

US and British troops are clinging on in Iraq, despite Obama and Brown’s rhetoric to the contrary.

1 Apr 2009 , Proletarian

Tiananmen anniversary

Twenty years since the crushing of counter-revolution in China.

1 Apr 2009 , Proletarian

South African masses foil imperialist attempt to split ANC

The election of Zuma is a triumph for the national-liberation forces, but questions of wealth and land distribution remain high on the agenda.

1 Apr 2009 , Proletarian

Latin America defends Cuba and boosts socialist alternative

A tale of two summits.

1 Apr 2009 , Proletarian

In memory of Comrade Helena Stevens

1 Apr 2009 , Proletarian

Racist countries attempt to sabotage anti-racist conference

“Capitalism is impossible without racism.” (Malcolm X)

1 Apr 2009 , Proletarian

The tasks facing our movement

Declaration of the 18th International Communist Seminar on the economic crisis.

1 Apr 2009 , Proletarian

Education update: Creationism on the rise

1 Apr 2009 , Proletarian

Swine flu: a product of capitalist piggery and greed

Intensive farming practices by imperialist monopolies are greatly to blame for both the ‘bird’ and ‘swine’ flu outbreaks.

1 Apr 2009 , Proletarian

Editorial: MPs’ expenses scandal reveals parasitic nature of the bourgeois parliament

1 Apr 2009 , Proletarian

DPRK stands up to imperialist bullying

Vain imperialist attempts to prevent the north Korean people from pursuing technological advance have forced the DPRK to enhance its defensive capabilities.

1 Apr 2009 , Proletarian

Economic commentators fiddling while Rome burns

Those predicting the imminent recovery of global capitalism are either fooling themselves or simply hoping to pacify workers’ anger and forestall a militant backlash against the system.

1 Apr 2009 , Proletarian

Capitalist crisis: which way forward for the British working class?

7 Mar 2009 ,

Support the Postal Workers! No Privatisation! No stealing of pensions! Break the Link with Labour!

24 Feb 2009 ,

Editorial: Israel more isolated than ever as war crimes evidence mounts

1 Feb 2009 , Proletarian

Book review: Imperialism and War (web only)

Author: Harpal Brar

1 Feb 2009 , Proletarian

Taking a stand for Palestine – there is no alternative!

Letter written by a CPGB-ML comrade to the Vice Chancellor of Manchester University in support of the student occupation there.

1 Feb 2009 , Proletarian

Students in support of Gaza

A wave of student occupations in solidarity with the people of Gaza has been rejuvenating student politics in universities all over Britain.

1 Feb 2009 , Proletarian

EDO (ITT) arms manufacturer decommissioned for a day

Resisting war crimes is not a crime!

1 Feb 2009 , Proletarian

US fighting to stay on top

Challenged on every front, ‘smart power’ cannot save US imperialism.

1 Feb 2009 , Proletarian

The Stanford affair and Antigua

A case study in neo-colonialism.

1 Feb 2009 , Proletarian

The way forward for Pakistan

Pakistan must abandon the role of US proxy if it is to avoid falling off the precipice.

1 Feb 2009 , Proletarian

Resisting rationalisation on the railways (web only)

Overproduction crisis hits the international freight market.

1 Feb 2009 , Proletarian

Education update: Shifting the blame onto parents; Cambridge report issues devastating criticism

1 Feb 2009 , Proletarian

Britain’s role in rendition

Imperialist brutality laid bare.

1 Feb 2009 , Proletarian

Industry matters: Royal Mail; General Motors; Waterford

1 Feb 2009 , Proletarian

‘Credit crunch’ or capitalist crisis?

Unemployment, the profit system and the power of euphemism.

1 Feb 2009 , Proletarian

History: The 1984/85 miners’ strike

Twenty-five years on, we salute the heroes of the great coal strike and look at what the British working class can learn from their example.

1 Feb 2009 , Proletarian

European ‘tiger’ economies collapsing

The bitter fruits of counter-revolution in central and eastern Europe.

1 Feb 2009 , Proletarian

CPGB-ML welcomes Greek party’s Theses on the collapse of socialism in the USSR

27 Jan 2009 ,

Hands off Gaza! Victory to the resistance!

9 Jan 2009 ,

Meeting: Hands off Gaza. Victory to the Intifada.

31 Dec 2008 ,

End the massacre in Gaza

29 Dec 2008 ,

Support the uprising of workers and young people in Greece

21 Dec 2008 ,

CPGB-ML’s reply to the lies and slanders of the CPB

4 Dec 2008 ,

Europe shivers in gas war

The dispute between Russia and Ukraine is about more than prices. Inter-imperialist rivalry is playing a critical role.

1 Dec 2008 , Proletarian

Remembering departed comrades

Proletarian salutes the memory of three veteran comrades who passed away at the end of 2008 after a lifetime of service to the working-class movement.

1 Dec 2008 , Proletarian

Education update: scholasticide in Gaza

1 Dec 2008 , Proletarian

New Year social: report, photos and video

An internationalist start to the new year

1 Dec 2008 , Proletarian

Industry matters: no capitalist ‘solution’ for capitalist crisis

1 Dec 2008 , Proletarian

Cuba shows lowest ever infant mortality rate

Reprinted from Prensa Latina, 2 January 2009.

1 Dec 2008 , Proletarian

DPRK sets economic and military priorities for 2009

1 Dec 2008 , Proletarian

New revelations highlight imperialist atrocities against the Korean people

1 Dec 2008 , Proletarian

Greek party to debate reasons for the collapse of socialism in the USSR

Review of the Theses of the CC of the KKE for its 18th Congress, 18-22 February 2009

1 Dec 2008 , Proletarian

Iraq: will Obama’s ‘change’ be more of the same?

‘Rebranding’ the occupation will not save US imperialism in Iraq.

1 Dec 2008 , Proletarian

CPGB-ML meeting against the zionist attack on Gaza

1 Dec 2008 , Proletarian

Gaza demos: police step up repression against protestors

1 Dec 2008 , Proletarian

PFLP leader Ahmed Sa’adat sentenced to 30 years in prison

1 Dec 2008 , Proletarian

Jean Charles de Menezes

An innocent life is lost; lawless police officers return to the streets; shoot-to-kill policy remains unchallenged.

1 Dec 2008 , Proletarian

Editorial: the fight back begins

1 Dec 2008 , Proletarian

The economic crisis deepens

Britain especially hard hit.

1 Dec 2008 , Proletarian

Israel fails to crush Gaza

Despite inflicting monumental human and physical destruction upon the Palestinian people, the zionist regime has completely failed in its efforts to overthrow Hamas and to annihilate the Palestinian resistance.

1 Dec 2008 , Proletarian

Celebrate the Great October Revolution

20 Oct 2008 ,

Spanish / Teoría: La dictadura proletaria

¿Qué clase de estado necesitarán los trabajadores tras la revolución socialista?

1 Oct 2008 ,

Change the world; join the communists

1 Oct 2008 ,

Congo: still struggling for independence

Imperialist looting threatened by Chinese aid.

1 Oct 2008 , Proletarian

Letter: Fight for communism

1 Oct 2008 , Proletarian

Book: Strange Liberators

Author: Gregory Elich

1 Oct 2008 , Proletarian

Celebrating the 100th birthday of Enver Hoxha

Architect of socialist Albania, anti-revisionist fighter, and one of the great Marxist-Leninist heroes of the 20th century.

1 Oct 2008 , Proletarian

Thieves fall out: crisis exacerbates inter-imperialist contradictions

The world financial crisis is putting ever greater strain upon relations between the major imperialist powers. It seems that the louder they talk about coordinating their efforts to stem the flow of fresh disasters, the more poisoned their relations become.

1 Oct 2008 , Proletarian

CPGB-ML meets Vietnamese Party delegation

Comrade Tran, of the Vietnamese Communist Party’s Central Committee, explained the changes that have been taking place in Vietnam and the challenges still to be overcome.

1 Oct 2008 , Proletarian

Uphold the banner of October!

1 Oct 2008 , Proletarian

Education update: segregated schools, SATs scrapped for 14-year-olds

1 Oct 2008 , Proletarian

Industry matters: chickens home to roost

1 Oct 2008 , Proletarian

Editorial: Mumbai terror attacks

1 Oct 2008 , Proletarian

Obama’s victory and its significance

On Tuesday 4 November 2008, Barack Obama, product of a broken interracial marriage and peripatetic childhood poverty, won the world’s most powerful office, the presidency of the United States of America, by promising the change that his compatriots crave.

1 Oct 2008 , Proletarian

Economic crisis: no escape under capitalism

“Commerce is at a standstill, the markets are glutted, products accumulate, as multitudinous as they are unsaleable, hard cash disappears, credit vanishes, factories are closed, the mass of the workers are in want of the means of subsistence because they have produced too much of the means of subsistence, bankruptcy follows upon bankruptcy, execution upon execution.” (F Engels, Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, 1876)

1 Oct 2008 , Proletarian

Cuba / Cuba special: 50 years of revolution

Workers must stand shoulder to shoulder with the Cuban people in their heroic defence of Cuban independence and socialism.

1 Oct 2008 , Proletarian

Celebrate China’s National Day

7 Sep 2008 ,

Reasons to support China

31 Aug 2008 ,

The working class has the POWER to stop the war. Let’s USE it!

27 Aug 2008 ,

The whole world must condemn Georgia’s genocide in South Ossetia and support Russia’s intervention in defence of the South Ossetian people

13 Aug 2008 ,

Editorial: China explores space while the capitalist world economy crumbles

The news has just come through that Zhai Zhigang, the commander of China’s third space mission has become the first Chinese citizen to walk in space.

1 Aug 2008 , Proletarian

Global consequences of failed Ossetian invasion

Russian response to Georgian aggression leaves imperialism impotent, but gives new strength and unity to anti-imperialist forces.

1 Aug 2008 , Proletarian

Letter: Centenary of the state pension

1 Aug 2008 , Proletarian

Industry matters: Scottish strikes, Coventry farce, Tube cleaners’ victory

1 Aug 2008 , Proletarian

Obituary: Harkishan Singh Surjeet

1 Aug 2008 , Proletarian

60th anniversary of the founding of the DPRK

London meeting celebrates six decades of Korean achievements in combating Japanese and US imperialist aggression and in the building of socialism.

1 Aug 2008 , 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

DVD review: Sicko

Dir: Michael Moore

1 Aug 2008 , Proletarian

Olmert admits: ‘Israel must withdraw’

1 Aug 2008 , Proletarian

40th Anniversary of Olympic ‘Black Power’ Salute

Real Olympic and Olympian heroes.

1 Aug 2008 , Proletarian

Conditions for the working class in 21st century Britain: Health

Some in the capitalist world have lately ‘discovered’ what Marx and Engels explained 150 years ago: that social factors are the key to determining people’s well being and quality of life.

1 Aug 2008 , Proletarian

Education update: SATs fiasco, tests for under 5s, university privatisation

1 Aug 2008 , Proletarian

CPGB-ML builds solidarity with Miami Five

Harsh treatment of Cuban patriots further exposes US imperialism’s support for counter-revolutionary terrorism.

1 Aug 2008 , Proletarian

Bolivian people fight to defend their gains

The masses of indigenous and poor confront the white racist owners of land and oil in a life-and-death struggle.

1 Aug 2008 , Proletarian

China’s Olympic triumph

The magnificence of the 2008 socialist Olympics.

1 Aug 2008 , Proletarian

Gaza: break the siege, oppose the occupation

More than a year since the complete closure of Gaza’s borders by the fascistic Israeli regime, the zionist stranglehold over the most densely-populated strip on earth is unrelenting, plunging the population ever deeper into poverty.

1 Aug 2008 , Proletarian

Prachanda becomes first prime minister of Nepali republic

Another great victory for the masses of Nepal as the Maoists overcome many hurdles to form a government, while their chief guerrilla leader, political theorist and tactician is voted into the top job.

1 Aug 2008 , Proletarian

Use the power: stop the war

Individually, we may be powerless against the state, but collectively, the British working class has the ultimate veto over the war – they cannot fight it without us.

1 Aug 2008 , Proletarian

Financial hurricane leaves Ike in the shade

The agonising death throes of capitalism.

1 Aug 2008 , Proletarian

Hands off China launch meeting

30 Jun 2008 ,

Education update: Social measures to be added to Ofsted rating

1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

35th anniversary celebration of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines

1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

CPGB-ML urges international seminar to remain vigilant as class struggle intensifies

The following speech was delivered on behalf of the CPGB-ML by our International Secretary, Comrade Ella Rule.

1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

Report: International communist seminar in Brussels

1 Jun 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

Obituary: Brian Keenan

“The single biggest threat to the British state.”

1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

CPGB-ML pays tribute to earthquake victims

1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

Myanmar / Burma: imperialists exploit natural disaster to promote regime change

Western leaders are livid at the foiling of their attempts to smuggle spies into Burma under cover of ‘sending aid’.

1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

Mumia Abu Jamal

A case in point.

1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

‘Land of the free’ is a prison of nations

The following article was first published as a CPGB-ML leaflet on 19 April 2008.

1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

Opposition desperate to weaken MAS advances in Bolivia

Bolivia’s comprador mafia are making moves to undermine the Morales government by stirring up secessionist trouble.

1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

Resistance in Somalia gaining strength

1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

Zimbabwe election update

Everything still to play for as the run-off presidential campaign ramps up.

1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

Industry matters: Continuing public-sector skirmishes, May Day and fake internationalism

1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

Feed the world? Overthrow imperialism

Why are food prices soaring?

1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

Editorial: Crisis of revisionism

1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

The truth about Labour: war crimes, pay cuts and privatisation

This speech was delivered from the Bectu conference floor by the delegate moving the Labour disaffiliation motion. No further debate was allowed.

1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

China resolute in face of earthquake disaster

Extraordinary rescue effort demonstrates the advanced morality of the socialist system.

1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

Dirty tricks at Bectu conference over anti-Labour motion

1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

Welcome the Republic of Nepal!

The masses will defend their electoral gains by any means necessary.

1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

On the local government elections

Just under a year ago, Gordon Brown replaced Tony Blair as prime minister. An important part of his mission was to rebuild Labour’s credibility in the eyes of the voters. In the light of the 1 May local government election results, that mission lies in ruins.

1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

Hands off Zimbabwe

12 May 2008 ,

Decent homes for all!

11 May 2008 ,

Break the link with Labour!

28 Apr 2008 ,

CPGB-ML congratulates the Nepalese Maoists on their historic election victory

27 Apr 2008 ,

Stop the privatisation of our schools! Free, quality education for all

24 Apr 2008 ,

‘Land of the free’ is a prison of nations

18 Apr 2008 ,

Stop the War Coalition retracts reactionary Tibet statements

The following is correspondence between the CPGB-ML and the Stop the War Coalition on the matter of reactionary support for splitting Tibet from China.

1 Apr 2008 , Proletarian

Kosovo: declaration of a Nato state

Kosovo’s declaration of independence highlights the growing tensions between Nato, the EU and Russia over Eastern Europe.

1 Apr 2008 , Proletarian

Education update: school and university teachers to strike

1 Apr 2008 , Proletarian

Letter: Communist Party membership

1 Apr 2008 , Proletarian

Letter: Reply to Finsbury Communist

1 Apr 2008 , Proletarian

Letter: Philip Lawrence was no saint

1 Apr 2008 , Proletarian

Privatisation and fragmentation of the NHS has resulted in a debt that we continue to service

The NHS is in danger of collapse as private profiteers bite off more and more of the service.

1 Apr 2008 , Proletarian

Long live Fidel Castro!

As the veteran leader stands down, the Cuban people make it clear that they will continue on his path.

1 Apr 2008 , Proletarian

Colombian people’s army fights on despite setbacks

“In Latin America we see a positive turn towards the revolutionary left, with the leadership of governments that are anti-imperialist, progressive, independent, Bolivarian* and moving towards socialism. Colombia will not be the exception. We are in the midst of conflict with an ultra-right, fascist and paramilitary government. We are proceeding along the same road; nothing and nobody will impede that.” Commander Raúl Reyes, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

1 Apr 2008 , Proletarian

Solidarity meeting supports Korean revolution

The achievements of Korean socialism celebrated.

1 Apr 2008 , Proletarian

Industry matters: the deepening crisis

1 Apr 2008 , Proletarian

Pakistan’s election and its likely consequences

Despite the US’s wishes, Musharraf’s days in charge may be numbered.

1 Apr 2008 , Proletarian

Cyprus elects communist president

Christofias plans to end decades of division.

1 Apr 2008 , Proletarian

Israel threatens ‘holocaust’ in Gaza

Apparently without irony, 60 years after zionists began the forcible ethnic cleansing of Palestine, Matan Vilanai, Israel’s deputy defence minister, has threatened a shoah – literally, a calamity or holocaust – if Palestinians continue their resistance.

1 Apr 2008 , Proletarian

Editorial: Tibet

CPGB-ML strongly condemns attacks on China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity

1 Apr 2008 , Proletarian

Economic crisis: the dance of death

The question is not whether there will be a recession, but how deep it will be.

1 Apr 2008 , Proletarian

Hands off Zimbabwe!

A massive and sustained campaign of interference, blackmail and propaganda by western imperialism has done its work in undermining electoral support for Zanu-PF, but there is still everything to play for.

1 Apr 2008 , Proletarian

Tibet: CPGB-ML strongly condemns attacks on China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity

27 Mar 2008 ,

End the occupation: victory to the Iraqi resistance!

15 Mar 2008 ,

Palestine is a British working-class issue

22 Feb 2008 ,

Long live the memory of Al-Hakim, Dr George Habash

13 Feb 2008 ,

George Habash, a revolutionary life (speech)

10 Feb 2008 ,

Education update: widening gap between rich and poor

Demoralised teachers leaving the profession in droves.

1 Feb 2008 , Proletarian

Use the present lull to prepare for future storms

Report on the 15th Congress of the Communist Party of Sweden.

1 Feb 2008 , Proletarian

Editorial: Global stock market crash

1 Feb 2008 , Proletarian

Japanese Star Wars test

1 Feb 2008 , Proletarian

Letter: Immigration policy fuels racism and keeps workers divided

1 Feb 2008 , Proletarian

Stand united against intimidation

British courts mobilised to punish all support for resistance to imperialism as ‘terrorism’.

1 Feb 2008 , Proletarian

Taiwan voters strike blow for reunification

1 Feb 2008 , Proletarian

Korea resists imperialist blackmail

The DPRK is refusing to submit to US economic and diplomatic pressure over the dismantling of its nuclear reactors.

1 Feb 2008 , Proletarian

Korea puts forward its fighting tasks

This year’s joint editorial emphasises the need to raise living standards in the DPRK and fight for peace on the Korean peninsula and beyond.

1 Feb 2008 , Proletarian

Report: New Year social

Party reaffirms unity and solidarity with socialist countries

1 Feb 2008 , Proletarian

Forward march of The Philippines’ people’s war

The New People’s Army continues to gain support as the comprador Filipino government descends into crisis.

1 Feb 2008 , Proletarian

Nepali parliament votes for republic

1 Feb 2008 , Proletarian

End the siege of Gaza

Thousands denounce Bush visit to Israel.

1 Feb 2008 , Proletarian

Benazir Bhutto’s assassination and its ramifications

Pakistan: another quagmire for imperialism

1 Feb 2008 , Proletarian

Industry matters: economic troubles

A “rocky” year ahead for the British economy.

1 Feb 2008 , Proletarian

Bali: no comfort for imperialism

Climate change conference demonstrates once again that imperialism is the cause of global warming and can never provide its cure.

1 Feb 2008 , Proletarian

Kenya: a crisis of neo-colonialism

Mass upsurge as people reject rigged election.

1 Feb 2008 , Proletarian

Film: The Kite Runner

Dir: Marc Forster

1 Feb 2008 , Proletarian

Is the US really ‘turning the corner’ in Iraq?

Abject failure of the ‘surge’.

1 Feb 2008 , Proletarian

Film: Taking Liberties

Dir: Chris Atkins

1 Feb 2008 , Proletarian

Editorial: Defend the Hungarian communists

1 Dec 2007 , Proletarian

Letter: Boycott US goods

1 Dec 2007 , Proletarian

Narrow defeat for Chávez’s new constitution

Reactionary mobilisation succeeds in defeating the constitution, but the revolutionary process marches on.

1 Dec 2007 , Proletarian

China launches moon exploration rocket launch

Another nail in the coffin of the US’s ambitions to achieve hegemony in space and thus maintain its status as the world’s only superpower.

1 Dec 2007 , Proletarian

Poem: The Sword

1 Dec 2007 , Proletarian

Palestine: the farce of Annapolis

The US and Israel talk of peace while brutally starving Palestinians, but neither the big stick nor the tiny carrot will make Palestinians surrender to imperialism and zionism.

1 Dec 2007 , Proletarian

Korea: new north-south declaration

Important milestones on the road to Korean reunification

1 Dec 2007 , Proletarian

CPGB-ML greets Chinese party congress

1 Dec 2007 , Proletarian

On the seventeenth national congress of the Communist Party of China

China’s communists chart the way forward.

1 Dec 2007 , Proletarian

October Revolution celebrated

Uphold the banner of communism.

1 Dec 2007 , Proletarian

Pakistan: military dictatorship on the way out

Lacking all legitimacy, and increasingly hated by the Pakistani masses, the Pervez Musharraf’s comprador military dictatorship is on its last legs.

1 Dec 2007 , Proletarian

Industry matters: demolition of Royal Mail

1 Dec 2007 , Proletarian

Cadbury’s closure

A symptom of capitalist overproduction.

1 Dec 2007 , Proletarian

Update from the Nepalese revolution

On 15 November 2007, Comrade Gaurav, Head of the International Bureau of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), spoke at Goldsmiths College, University of London, at a meeting organised by the World People’s Revolutionary Movement. Extracts from his speech are reproduced below.

1 Dec 2007 , Proletarian

Book review: The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

Author: Ilan Pappe

1 Dec 2007 , Proletarian

Let us learn to be more like Che

On the fortieth anniversary of the assassination of Che Guevara

1 Dec 2007 , Proletarian

Celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Great October Revolution

10 Oct 2007 ,

Northern Rock a casualty of capitalist madness

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

Poem: I Wonder If Those Days Are Coming Back

By William Hunt-Vincent

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

Comment: Learco Chindamo

It's Britain that made Philip Lawrence's killer and it's for Britain to deal with his rehabilitation

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

Belarus struggles to defend workers’ interests

Europe’s ‘last dictator’ faces vilification for the ‘crime’ of holding out against imperialist greed.

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

CPGB-ML honours Comrade Jack Shapiro

Veteran of Cable Street and lifelong communist activist

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

Art exhibition marks Korean party anniversary

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

Building a revolutionary party – the Korean experience

In celebration of the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea, 10 October 1945.

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

Bhagat Singh inspired by Irish freedom struggle

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

Slave labour used to build new fortress in Baghdad

The US strikes yet another blow for ‘freedom’, ‘democracy’, the ‘rule of law’ and the recognition of ‘human rights’.

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

Nepalese revolution faces fresh challenges

Maoists have resigned from Nepal’s transitional government and declared a republic from the streets.

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

More British war crimes at Porton Down

Mustard gas ‘tested’ on Indian soldiers

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

Iraq: US troop ‘surge’ a total failure

Bush's desperate measures to avoid admitting defeat during his presidency.

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

CPGB-ML celebrates birth anniversary of Bhagat Singh

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

Industry matters: Winter of discontent?

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

Theory: Capitalism and crisis

The current ‘credit crunch’ is the latest manifestation of overproduction crisis.

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

Communist Party of Greece achieves successes in elections

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

Support the postal workers’ strike and condemn the sabotage of Royal Mail

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

Jose Maria Sison is released, but the struggle for his rights still needs support

The CPGB-ML adds its voice wholeheartedly to the following statement from the New Communist Party of the Netherlands and the Workers’ Party of Belgium in relation to the disgraceful persecution of comrade Jose Maria Sison, exiled leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines and veteran of the international communist movement.

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

Education update: Workfare, fingerprinting and PFI profiteering

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

Editorial: No to imperialist interference in Iran

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

US banging the drums of war against Iran

Imperialism cannot keep away from war even when it spells disaster for itself.

1 Oct 2007 , Proletarian

Jose Maria Sison is released, but the struggle for his rights still needs support

31 Aug 2007 ,

Judgment of European Court is a victory for the cause of justice (web only)

By Prof Jose Maria Sison, Chief Political Consultant, National Democratic Front of the Philippines.

1 Aug 2007 , Proletarian

Free speech under serious threat

The victimisation of Islamic supporters of the Iraqi resistance

1 Aug 2007 , Proletarian

Ireland roundup

1 Aug 2007 , Proletarian

Iraq and Afghanistan: the temperature for imperialism reaching boiling point

Give heart and soul in support of the resistance

1 Aug 2007 , Proletarian

DPRK faces down imperialism at six-party talks

Korean leadership’s principled stand brings progress

1 Aug 2007 , Proletarian

In Memory of Comrade Pat Coulton – a lifelong communist

Comrade Pat Coulton, a founder member of the CPGB-ML, died peacefully on 22 June 2007 at the age of 81.

1 Aug 2007 , Proletarian

Support the postal workers

The second of the one-day postal strikes went off successfully on Friday 13 July. Comrades have been visiting picket lines, armed with the leaflet reproduced below.

1 Aug 2007 , Proletarian

Industry matters: Shop Stewards’ Network

1 Aug 2007 , Proletarian

Israel stares into the abyss

The release of captive newsman Alan Johnston through the good offices of Hamas was a propaganda disaster for Tel Aviv, Washington and London. Weeks of painstaking lies, painting the June events in Gaza as a ‘fundamentalist coup’ against ‘moderate’ elements in Fatah, were left in tatters by Johnston’s own candid account.

1 Aug 2007 , Proletarian

Gordon Brown – Tweedledee’s turn

Gordon Brown has taken over the helm from Tony Blair. It was a long time coming and the waiting produced a lot of hot air and speculation in the bourgeois media and from the self-styled left. Now there is much excitement, comment and prediction about what the new leader will make of things.

1 Aug 2007 , Proletarian

Editorial: Time running out for imperialism

1 Aug 2007 , Proletarian

Venezuela: progress report

Substantial economic and social changes afoot in Venezuela

1 Aug 2007 , Proletarian

Spanish shipbuilders’ struggle

1 Aug 2007 , Proletarian

Book Review: Imperialism, the Eve of the Social Revolution of the Proletariat

By Harpal Brar

1 Aug 2007 , Proletarian

‘Reconciliation’ conference unlikely to secure imperialist interests in Somalia

Stability cannot be imposed on the country by outside forces

1 Aug 2007 , Proletarian

A vote for the bourgeois parties is a vote for internal suppression and endless war

17 Jul 2007 ,

Support the postal workers! Break the link with Labour!

11 Jul 2007 ,

Sarkozy wins French election

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

Roisin McAliskey persecuted again

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

Historic moments for Ireland thanks to the skill and tenacity of Sinn Féin

Good Friday Agreement back on track as Belfast Assembly reconvenes

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

India celebrates 150 years since First War of Independence

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

Sign of the times: Bectu dumbs down its defence of the indefensible

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

Why the Virginia Tech shootings happened

A statement from the International Action Center, New York

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

Iraq: history renders its verdict

Unable to break the Iraqi resistance or to secure Iraqi oil, the US and Britain face total defeat.

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

Afghanistan: resistance to occupation gains strength

Nato heading towards ignominious defeat at the hands of Afghan anti-imperialist forces.

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

Industry matters: Labour leadership debacle

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

‘Victories and defeats’ in the motor industry

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

Tanzania’s water scandal

How ‘aid’ boosts imperialist superprofits

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

Imperialist-inspired bloodbath in Somalia

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

CPGB-ML signs up to Pyongyang Declaration

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

Anti-Musharraf riots in Pakistan

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

Elections in Nigeria

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

Elections 2007

With nothing to vote for, the electorate vote against.

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

Eastern Europe round-up

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

Czech people oppose US’s missile plans

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

African countries support Zimbabwe

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

Support the Palestinian unity government

Economic terrorism and political dirty tricks continue in the latest attempts by imperialists and zionists to divide Palestinians against each other and inspire a civil war.

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

Editorial: more imperialist meddling in Lebanon

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

Venezuela: oil nationalisation project completed

As the Bolivarian revolution deepens, progressive forces face new challenges

1 Jun 2007 , Proletarian

Break the link with Labour! Defy the anti-trade union laws!

24 Apr 2007 ,

Paisleyites outmanoeuvred as ‘devolution’ returns to the six counties

“Sinn Féin is about building a new relationship between orange and green and all the other colours, where every citizen can share and have equality of ownership of a peaceful, prosperous and just future.” (Gerry Adams)

1 Apr 2007 , Proletarian

Bird flu: spread by capitalist greed

Bourgeois 'solutions' can only make matters much worse

1 Apr 2007 , Proletarian

Editorial: Latest research puts Iraqi death toll at one million

1 Apr 2007 , Proletarian

Condemn US-Ethiopian aggression against Somalia

Report from a meeting opposing imperialist interference in Somalia

1 Apr 2007 , Proletarian

Nepalese comrade speaks in London

Report of a speech made by Comrade Gaurav, member of the political bureau of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and head of its International Department.

1 Apr 2007 , Proletarian

Industry matters: Airbus, Norgren, Corus cuts

1 Apr 2007 , Proletarian

Hands off Iran

To war or not to war?

1 Apr 2007 , Proletarian

Poem: England Arise

1 Apr 2007 , Proletarian

Jack Gaster, 1907-2007

A life in struggle

1 Apr 2007 , Proletarian

Defend Zimbabwe

Britain and US imperialists continue their bid for regime change

1 Apr 2007 , Proletarian

Slave trade abolition bicentennial: an exercise in whitewashing

Two centuries after the slave trade was formally abolished in the British Empire, the true extent of British involvement and reliance on that trade is less widely understood than ever; as are the real reasons for its abolition.

1 Apr 2007 , Proletarian

Book review: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

By John Perkins

1 Apr 2007 , Proletarian

The Revolution In Nepal

25 Mar 2007 ,

Condemn US-Ethiopian aggression against Somalia

3 Mar 2007 ,

End the occupation: victory to the Iraqi resistance!

20 Feb 2007 ,

Chinese space missile challenges US space supremacy

1 Feb 2007 , Proletarian

The Miami Five: defiant victims of US injustice

US criminalisation of anti-terrorism

1 Feb 2007 , Proletarian

Letter: Arthur Scargill and council housing

1 Feb 2007 , Proletarian

Obituary: Michael Balchin

1 Feb 2007 , Proletarian

Workers’ rights and bourgeois law

1 Feb 2007 , Proletarian

Stop the War Coalition cowardice as Iraq war anniversary approaches

1 Feb 2007 , Proletarian

Sinn Fein membership approves moves on policing

Neither Britain’s murderous dirty tricks nor unionist prevarication have succeeded in overturning republican determination to move forward with full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement.

1 Feb 2007 , Proletarian

Chávez victory paves the way for fresh progress

The revolutionary nationalist masses in Venezuela continue to take great strides forward, in the teeth of imperialist and comprador bourgeois opposition

1 Feb 2007 , Proletarian

Theory: Imperialism in the Middle East

Why is the Middle East so important to imperialism? And why should British workers be interested?

1 Feb 2007 , Proletarian

Industry matters: Strike in the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS)

1 Feb 2007 , Proletarian

Eye-witness to socialism: school education in Cuba

Cuban socialism has not only brought full literacy to the people, but has also pioneered new techniques in learning and reduced senior school class sizes to 15!

1 Feb 2007 , Proletarian

British politics / Editorial: Jade Goody is a product of capitalist society

1 Feb 2007 , Proletarian

China: new legislation not to the liking of western corporations

China is preparing new employment legislation. Western companies are threatening to retaliate.

1 Feb 2007 , Proletarian

Saddam Hussein: martyr of the Iraqi resistance

Statement issued by CPGB-ML on 30 December 2006

1 Feb 2007 , Proletarian

Condemn US-Ethiopian aggression against Somalia

The invasion of Somalia by the US’s proxy Ethiopian force may well lead to yet another prolonged and unnecessary war, but, in the end, the invaders will be forced to retreat.

1 Feb 2007 , Proletarian

Saddam Hussein – martyr of the Iraqi resistance

30 Dec 2006 ,

Slanders against Zimbabwe in the press

Lies about Zimbabwe, its government and its president, Robert Mugabe, have been a consistent feature in the imperialist press, both liberal and conservative, since 2000, the year in which its land redistribution programme began in earnest.

1 Dec 2006 , Proletarian

Mid-term elections USA

The Democrats represent monopoly capitalism with the same assiduousness as the Republicans. Nonetheless, the polls show that the workers of the US have had enough of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

1 Dec 2006 , Proletarian

McDonnell’s Labour leadership bid

‘Old’, ‘New’, ‘Real’ – the Labour Party in all its disguises is a party of imperialism that cannot be reclaimed

1 Dec 2006 , Proletarian

Eye witness to socialism: report from Korea

Free medical care, free housing, full employment, free education and safety for your children. These things are desired by all working people – and they are being achieved for people in north Korea in spite of US aggression and economic sanctions.

1 Dec 2006 , Proletarian

Prague Conference against Anti-Communism

Defend the world-historic achievements of socialism!

1 Dec 2006 , Proletarian

Iraq: imperialism heading for a crushing defeat

The resistance grows stronger as the invaders sink ever deeper into the mire

1 Dec 2006 , Proletarian

Theory: The October Revolution

What lessons can communists today learn from the Bolshevik victory in Russia in October 1917?

1 Dec 2006 , Proletarian

Industry matters: trade-union militancy on the rise?

1 Dec 2006 , Proletarian

Nepal: people’s war victorious

People's democracy comes to Nepal

1 Dec 2006 , Proletarian

Editorial: it is the people who are really powerful

1 Dec 2006 , Proletarian

Housing: the glamour of wealth disguises its crime

A comment on housing

1 Dec 2006 , Proletarian

Upsurge of anti-imperialist nationalism in Latin America continues

Recent elections demonstrate the popular will for freedom and independence

1 Dec 2006 , Proletarian

Film: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for …

Director: Larry Charles

1 Dec 2006 , Proletarian

Slanders against Zimbabwe in the press (web only)

Slanders against Zimbabwe, its government and its president, Robert Mugabe, have been a consistent feature in the imperialist press, both liberal and conservative, since 2000, the year in which Zimbabwe’s land redistribution programme began in earnest.

1 Dec 2006 , Proletarian

Save the NHS from capitalist greed!

10 Nov 2006 ,

CPGB-ML condemns show trial and death sentence of Saddam Hussein

5 Nov 2006 ,

You’ve got to be red to be green!

5 Nov 2006 ,

Celebrate the October Revolution

5 Nov 2006 ,

Congratulations to the DPRK

9 Oct 2006 ,

Poem: Of Mine and Me

1 Oct 2006 , Proletarian

Letter: Capitalism is bad for workers’ health

1 Oct 2006 , Proletarian

It’s more than Blair that has to go!

Anyone attending the recent anti-war demonstration in Manchester may well have come away with the impression that war and poverty will magically come to an end the moment Tony Blair leaves office. This dangerous ‘personalisation’ of politics serves only to confuse workers about what the issues really are and, more importantly, what needs to be done.

1 Oct 2006 , Proletarian

CPGB-ML delegation to Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

From 12-19 September 2006, a five-person delegation of the CPGB-ML visited the DPRK at the invitation of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK).

1 Oct 2006 , Proletarian

Lebanon: with the victory of Hizbollah a terrible beauty is born

While imperialism and its puppets in the Middle East are reeling from the shock of the Lebanese resistance’s victory, progressive people the world over have reason to be optimistic.

1 Oct 2006 , Proletarian

Spain: dismembering history (web only)

How Trotskyism ‘remembers’ the Spanish Civil War

1 Oct 2006 , Proletarian

Industry matters: Closure of LG Electronics in Newport

1 Oct 2006 , Proletarian

Iraq and Afghanistan: imperialism advances deeper into the quagmire

Efforts to 'Iraqise' and 'Afghanise' America’s failing counter-insurgency wars are just as doomed as earlier attempts to 'Vietnamise' the flagging counterrevolution in southeast Asia prior to the sudden and humiliating flight of imperialist forces from Saigon.

1 Oct 2006 , Proletarian

Gate Gourmet – workers’ courage and so-called leaders’ treachery (web only)

1 Oct 2006 , Proletarian

Closure of Ryton – organise to attack

If the unions continue to preach class collaboration, the workers must take political action independently of them.

1 Oct 2006 , Proletarian

Editorial: British foreign policy and the veil

1 Oct 2006 , Proletarian

Ye Squaddies of Olde Englande

Blairites plan to ‘globalise’ British army, making it less expensive and more expendable.

1 Oct 2006 , Proletarian

Cuban socialism standing firm

The masses of the world send greetings to Fidel, even as the US is hatching overoptimistic plans finally to topple socialist Cuba.

1 Oct 2006 , Proletarian

Review: Searching For Everado: A Story of Love, War and the CIA in Guatemala

By Jennifer K Harbury, Warner Books, 1997

1 Oct 2006 , Proletarian

In place of security, the loss of civil liberties

Suspicious timing and media manipulation cast doubt on the veracity of claims surrounding the latest ‘foiled terror plot’ in London

1 Oct 2006 , Proletarian

30 years since the Grunwick strike

Why is it that workers in struggle continue to be defeated, even when they have massive popular backing and solidarity action is carried out?

1 Oct 2006 , Proletarian

Weekend school: The Marxist theory of knowledge

25 Sep 2006 ,

It’s more than Blair that has to go!

23 Sep 2006 ,

The Lebanese resistance defeats Israel yet again

17 Aug 2006 ,

Meeting (Southall): Victory to the Resistance in Lebanon and Palestine

9 Aug 2006 ,

Victory to the Resistance in Lebanon and Palestine

5 Aug 2006 ,

Meeting: Victory to the Resistance in Lebanon and Palestine

2 Aug 2006 ,

Life in Iraq, before and after invasion (web only)

In a highly informative article on www.counterpunch.org, author/activist William Blum details some of the ways in which Iraq is worse off now than it was before the invasion. Below are some excerpts from this article.

1 Aug 2006 , Proletarian

End in sight for National Health Service

Health care will again be accessed in proportion to wealth, with disastrous consequences for the working class

1 Aug 2006 , Proletarian

Editorial: World Cup fever

1 Aug 2006 , Proletarian

Victory to the resistance in Palestine and Lebanon!

US-Israeli attempts to destroy Hamas and Hizbollah are doomed to failure. There will be no peace and security for Israel while the zionist state continues to occupy and murder the people of Palestine and Lebanon.

1 Aug 2006 , Proletarian

Support the just stance of the DPRK

The rage that greeted the recent missile tests in Korea was indicative of imperialist impotence in the face of the DPRK’s determination to further strengthen its ability to resist military bullying.

1 Aug 2006 , Proletarian

Strive for unity between the anti-war movement in Britain and the resistance forces in Iraq

Report from the Stop the War annual conference

1 Aug 2006 , Proletarian

Industry matters: Report to second party congress

1 Aug 2006 , Proletarian

Dunlop falls prey to imperialist depredations

An account by a former Dunlop worker, recently made redundant

1 Aug 2006 , Proletarian

Darfur: oil and hypocrisy

‘Human rights’ campaign masks US imperialism's quest to control the natural resources of Sudan

1 Aug 2006 , Proletarian

Iraq: occupation becoming increasingly desperate

As the resistance gains strength, the reactionary forces are falling into disarray, and the occupiers’ dreams of cashing in on Iraq’s oil wealth are becoming increasingly pie-in-the-sky

1 Aug 2006 , Proletarian

Forest Gate: botched ‘terror raid’ claims more innocent victims

Police and legislation shown up once again for deliberately promoting Islamophobia and a culture of fear

1 Aug 2006 , Proletarian

Hands off Iran

9 Jun 2006 ,

The May Day march

By James Carpenter, aged 11

1 Jun 2006 , Proletarian

Industry matters: railway pensions dispute

1 Jun 2006 , Proletarian

History: The British General Strike

The 80th anniversary of the 1926 British General Strike will be remembered and commented on by many groups, parties and individuals. Many will merely pay lip service while themselves continuing with their objectively anti-working class activities. How many dare draw the correct lessons?

1 Jun 2006 , Proletarian

Iraq: resistance giving a bloody nose to Anglo-American imperialism

1 Jun 2006 , Proletarian

Report: May Day in London 2006

Workers and oppressed peoples of the world, unite!

1 Jun 2006 , Proletarian

History: Bobby Sands, Irish liberation hero

Bobby Sands died a martyr and a hero of Irish independence on 5 May 1981, the first of ten hunger strikers to be murdered by the British state in its battle to crush the vibrant Irish republican movement through the use of the notorious H-Block prisons. Twenty-five years on, we pay tribute to the courage and dedication of these brave fighters against imperialism.

1 Jun 2006 , Proletarian

Collective punishment will not crush the Palestinian resistance

Following the election by Palestinians of a Hamas government in January 2006, the EU, Norway and Canada have followed the US’s lead in cutting off vital financial aid to the Palestinian Authority in a blatant and brutal attempt to starve the Palestinian people into removing support from their legitimate representatives.

1 Jun 2006 , Proletarian

Victorious gains of the Nepalese revolution

A decade of revolutionary people’s war in Nepal is coming to a climax as the imperialist-backed monarchy enters its death-throes.

1 Jun 2006 , Proletarian

Montenegro’s independence ‘vote’ is foul play

We reproduce below a statement issued by the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia

1 Jun 2006 , Proletarian

Immigration clampdown by US ruling class

Mexican workers lead united fight-back

1 Jun 2006 , Proletarian

Bolivia moves towards energy nationalisation

The unilateral renegotiation of multinationals’ gas concessions in Bolivia is another slap in the face for imperialist interests in Latin America

1 Jun 2006 , Proletarian

Editorial: Lessons of the British General Strike

1 Jun 2006 , Proletarian

Race hate attacks on the rise in Russia

Recent study reveals that racial hatred is another of the joys of capitalism that the Russian people won as part of the counterrevolution package.

1 Jun 2006 , Proletarian

Labour’s routing in the 4 May council elections

Racist hysteria drummed up by all the bourgeois parties and the bourgeois media has resulted in rising support for the BNP, but the BNP will never get near government while Tory and Labour are equally willing to implement racist and anti-working class policies on behalf of the ruling class.

1 Jun 2006 , Proletarian

Iran bourse and the fall of the greenback

The connection being drawn between Ahmadinejad's plan to set up an oil exchange that trades only in euros and the US's drive towards war against Iran may be too simplistic, but with or without a push from Iran, the US economy is in crisis and heading for disaster.

1 Jun 2006 , Proletarian

Royal Mail sets collision course with postal workers’ union

1 Jun 2006 , Proletarian

Political calendar

1 Jun 2006 , Proletarian

Break the link with Labour! Defy the anti-trade union laws!

26 Apr 2006 ,

Work Your Proper Hours Day

TUC’s “light-hearted” non-event disguises the fact that capitalism is robbery of the working class.

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

Theory: The dictatorship of the proletariat

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

Repression at home: freedom of speech next?

A new bill on terrorism and the BBC white paper are setting the scene for a strenuous clamp down on dissent in Britain.

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

History: Bhagat Singh, revolutionary martyr

27 September 1907- 23 March 1931

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

Guantanamo abuses continue

Force-feeding of hunger strikers is the US’s latest futile attempt to quash the rising tide of sympathy for Guantanamo prisoners.

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

Kadima wins shallow victory in Israeli elections

Israelis have voted for Sharon’s ‘permanent borders’, but without a just settlement for Palestinians, they will find a peaceful existence more elusive than ever.

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

Arsenal signs deal with Israel

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

The housing hydra

We must fight the bourgeoisie which denies us homes, not other people who need homes too

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

Eyewitness report from Belarus

Jef Bossuyt and Bert De Belder

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

Education for sale

Labour’s latest Education Bill is another step on the road to total privatisation of our schools.

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

Birth of Kim Il Sung

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

Gate Gourmet workers bravely fight on

Sacked workers at Heathrow airport fighting for reinstatement are facing opposition from employers and union leaders alike.

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

Poem: Comrade Bhagat Singh and Comrade Udham Singh

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

Cartoon wars

One more front in the imperialist war effort against the peoples of the Middle East.

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

Letter: Iranian bus workers and the British unions

The following letter was originally submitted by a party member to the RMT’s monthly journal.

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

Milosevic murdered at the Hague

The defender of Yugoslavia against NATO aggression has been killed in custody just as his show trial was nearing its climax.

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

Genocide and WMD in Iraq

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

Editorial: Latest attempt to rewrite the Good Friday Agreement

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

International Women’s Day, 8 March

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

Anglo-American imperialism caught between a rock and a hard place in Iraq

Despite their best efforts to ignite civil war, the imperialist occupiers are facing increasingly united resistance forces.

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

Industry matters

News on the industrial front is, as usual, mixed.

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

Letter: Expose the sham of social democracy

1 Apr 2006 , Proletarian

End the occupation: victory to the Iraqi resistance! Hands off Iran!

18 Mar 2006 ,

Palestine is a British working class issue! (updated March 2006)

11 Mar 2006 ,

Editorial: ‘State of the Union’ address reflects imperialist demoralisation

1 Feb 2006 , Proletarian

Butcher of Sabra and Shatila on his deathbed

What impact will Arial Sharon’s departure have on the continuing Palestinian struggle?

1 Feb 2006 , Proletarian

Landslide victory for Hamas in PA election

Israel pays for 12 years of prevarication.

1 Feb 2006 , Proletarian

DPRK: New Year editorial

We reproduce below highlights from the joint New Year editorial carried by several north Korean papers.

1 Feb 2006 , Proletarian

The great pensions robbery

British capitalism hopes to swindle the working class into paying more and receiving less.

1 Feb 2006 , Proletarian

WTO meeting: a raw deal for poor countries

Third world countries must form trade blocs independent of imperialism.

1 Feb 2006 , Proletarian

Guantanamo –a focus on imperialist brutality

Social-democratic treachery and racist propaganda must not stop us from giving full solidarity to prisoners held in the US’s notorious torture centres.

1 Feb 2006 , Proletarian

Rigged elections and trials in Iraq can only strengthen the resistance

The growing strength of the Iraqi resistance to the war of national oppression being waged against their country is creating ever-worse headaches for British and US imperialism.

1 Feb 2006 , Proletarian

Peace conference organisers get more than they bargained for

How the Iraqi resistance leads the willing and drags the unwilling.

1 Feb 2006 , Proletarian

EU prepares for crackdown on communism

Successful meeting in Brussels against PACE’s anti-communist resolution

1 Feb 2006 , Proletarian

Letter: No limits on solidarity

1 Feb 2006 , Proletarian

EU anticommunism: equating the victims with the aggressors, the heroes with the criminals

Statement of the famous Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis on the anticommunist Memorandum

1 Feb 2006 , Proletarian

Railway privatisation – an insider’s view

1 Feb 2006 , Proletarian

Ireland: Top tout out

1 Feb 2006 , Proletarian

Letter: No amount of welfare can fix the problems capitalism creates

1 Feb 2006 , Proletarian

Unions’ response to pension crisis

The issue of pensions has become an unavoidable, if unwanted, bone of contention between the various trade union leaderships and the Labour government.

1 Feb 2006 , Proletarian

Industry matters: Fabian dreams

1 Feb 2006 , Proletarian

US defeat at Americas summit

Bloc against ‘free trade’ zone shows strength of rising anti-imperialist movement in Latin America

1 Dec 2005 , Proletarian

Industry matters: Workers’ rights

1 Dec 2005 , Proletarian

Channel 4 Dispatches: the case against North Korea does not stand up

Crude propaganda masquerading as cutting edge journalism is unlikely to fool viewers.

1 Dec 2005 , Proletarian

A sick system: children’s mental illness on the rise in Britain

An ever-increasing pressure on the young to be conspicuous consumers is just one more stress that is contributing to the rising levels of mental illness among British children.

1 Dec 2005 , Proletarian

Niger: famine in the midst of plenty

Famine threatens yet another resource-rich African country as the people of Niger are forced to pay the price for imperialist plunder and domination.

1 Dec 2005 , Proletarian

Film review: The Constant Gardener

John Le Carré’s novel of multinational duplicity and governmental complicity is brought to the screen.

1 Dec 2005 , Proletarian

France: riots point to burgeoning unrest in imperialist heartlands

The spirited uprisings in over 300 out-of-city ghettoes across France in early November tore the mask from the face of capitalist ‘democracy’, revealing the panic-stricken class tyranny beneath.

1 Dec 2005 , Proletarian

Iraq: resistance unbowed

Neither the brutality of imperialist torture chambers, nor the carnage wrought by chemical and nuclear weapons have succeeded in stifling the rising tide of resistance in Iraq. It is clear that the ongoing election frauds and show trials will equally fail to save the Anglo-American imperialist occupation from defeat.

1 Dec 2005 , Proletarian

No to imperialist intervention in Iran

Since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became President of the country in August, US imperialism has further cranked up its hostile rhetoric against Iran, filling the media with accusations about his nuclear ‘ambitions’, ‘irrational’ comments about Israel, ‘ambassadorial culls’ etc, and describing his election as a ‘return of the bad old days’.

1 Dec 2005 , Proletarian

Editorial

1 Dec 2005 , Proletarian

Report: October Revolution celebration

1 Dec 2005 , Proletarian

Film: The Rising – Ballad of Mangal Panday

Directed by Ketan Mehta

1 Dec 2005 , Proletarian

Labour Party racism recruits for the BNP

26 Oct 2005 ,

Celebrate the October Revolution

12 Oct 2005 ,

Education update

1 Oct 2005 , Proletarian

Karl Marx? Been there, done that, got the t-shirt

A Proletarian correspondent visits Karl Marx’s birthplace and is interested to discover that Lenin had “no understanding of Marx”.

1 Oct 2005 , Proletarian

Palestine: Gaza withdrawal brings fresh challenges

The Israelis have never yet honoured an agreement with the Palestinians, and it is plain to see that they are continuing that dishonourable tradition.

1 Oct 2005 , Proletarian

The housing problem

Why is getting a permanent place to live so expensive and difficult and what would the CPGB-ML do about it?

1 Oct 2005 , Proletarian

16th World Festival of Youth and Students, Venezuela, August 2005

“For peace and solidarity, we fight against imperialism and war!”

1 Oct 2005 , Proletarian

Letter: Unite against fascism

The following letter was sent by a CPGB-ML party member to Unite Against Fascism.

1 Oct 2005 , Proletarian

IRA disarms as loyalists fight British state on its behalf

The flexibility of republicans in using the tactics of both political and military struggle has proved extremely effective, both in forcing the British into a gradual retreat and in mobilising the nationalist population for the struggle.

1 Oct 2005 , Proletarian

Cheap and dirty: pet

Capitalism shows itself yet again to be the enemy of the environment

1 Oct 2005 , Proletarian

Industry matters

Gate Gourmet dispute

1 Oct 2005 , Proletarian

Iraq: imperialism exposed

As the resistance continues to grow in occupied Iraq, support for the imperialists’ predatory war is drying up at home. The occupiers’ hopes are now pinned on their local stooges, who they hope will take over the fighting for them.

1 Oct 2005 , Proletarian

Hurricane Katrina: an object lesson in imperialist logic and humanity

In the aftermath of the recent hurricane, the richest and most powerful nation on earth stands exposed as being utterly incapable of providing for the most basic needs of its people.

1 Oct 2005 , Proletarian

Editorial: British agents exposed; DPRK nuclear talks; Gate Gourmet settlement; London anti-war march

1 Oct 2005 , Proletarian

Asylum seekers: bogus scapegoats of a failed system

Latest reports reveal the fate of the silent prisoners in our midst.

1 Oct 2005 , Proletarian

60 years of Korean socialism

In the face of 20,000 occupying US troops and 1,000 US nuclear warheads stationed in South Korea, and in spite of the strangulating effect of the US’s economic blockade, the people of the DPRK have succeeded in building a strong socialist society, where people are free to live in peace and dignity. The Korean revolution and the strong leadership of the Workers’ Party of Korea stand like a beacon of hope and inspiration to the oppressed and struggling peoples of the world.

1 Oct 2005 , Proletarian

Famine in Niger

1 Oct 2005 , Proletarian

End the Occupation: victory to the Iraqi resistance! No war for oil! (updated)

24 Sep 2005 ,

Students: Welcome to your life! What next?

10 Sep 2005 ,

The blood of the London victims is on the hands of Anglo-American imperialism

3 Aug 2005 ,

AFRICA Analysis: Africans need true independence not imperialist ‘charity’

The US and European monopoly capitalists are shedding crocodile tears over the havoc they have wrought in their latest scramble for Africa, but the African people will find that charity is no substitute for revolutionary struggle to attain true independence and freedom.

1 Aug 2005 , Proletarian

Report: Korea meeting

Celebration of Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War unites supporters of the Korean revolution

1 Aug 2005 , Proletarian

Report: CPGB-ML second party congress

1 Aug 2005 , Proletarian

Industry matters: 2005 Trade Union conferences ’round up’

1 Aug 2005 , Proletarian

Incapacity benefit under attack

Government announces assault on the living standards of those most vulnerable

1 Aug 2005 , Proletarian

AFRICA Culture: The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver's story of colonial arrogance and neo-colonial brutality set in the Congo.

1 Aug 2005 , Proletarian

Revolutionary upsurge in Bolivia

A revolutionary democratic movement is emerging in Bolivia. Made up of workers, peasants and indigenous people, it threatens to further shake imperialism's faltering grip on South America.

1 Aug 2005 , Proletarian

Iraq: an unwinnable war

Imperialist violence in Iraq is being confronted by ever more successful resistance

1 Aug 2005 , Proletarian

Editorial: Imperialism in crisis

1 Aug 2005 , Proletarian

Repression: Further moves towards a police state

Labour pushes forward with its agenda of criminalising all dissent in the name of 'fighting terrorism' and 'preserving democracy'.

1 Aug 2005 , Proletarian

London bombings

More blood on the hands of Anglo-American imperialism

1 Aug 2005 , Proletarian

The blood of the London victims is on the hands of Anglo-American imperialism

9 Jul 2005 ,

Greetings to the heroic Vietnamese liberation forces, 30 years on

1 Jun 2005 , Proletarian

Report: Sun’s Day celebration at Saklatvala Hall

1 Jun 2005 , Proletarian

Report: International communist seminar in Brussels

1 Jun 2005 , Proletarian

Poem: What peace is there?

1 Jun 2005 , Proletarian

Analysis: The Green Party

Capitalism with a smile

1 Jun 2005 , Proletarian

Working conditions at Peugeot

The capitalists' quest for maximum profit comes at the cost of the health and happiness of the workforce.

1 Jun 2005 , Proletarian

Rover collapse: another lesson about the nature of capitalism

For all the column inches devoted in the mainstream media to the MG Rover collapse, none of the bourgeois commentators have touched on the real problem: that the capitalist system of production for profit is fatally flawed and incapable of providing jobs, security and a decent life, even for workers in the rich imperialist countries.

1 Jun 2005 , Proletarian

Nepal – People’s war goes from strength to strength.

Support the heroic struggle being led by the Nepalese Maoists to defeat imperialism and feudalism in Nepal

1 Jun 2005 , Proletarian

The European Constitution

Despite assertions by social democrats that the proposed EU Constitution will enshrine 'workers' rights', the monopolists' charter makes it clearer than ever that the EU is an imperialist project with only one aim: more efficient, 'competitive' exploitation of workers at home and abroad.

1 Jun 2005 , Proletarian

Power grows out of the barrel of a gun

A pressure group called Campaign Against the Arms Trade and an Amnesty International, Oxfam and Iansa (International Action Network on Small Arms) grouping called Control Arms are calling on governments to stop weapons getting "into the wrong hands".

1 Jun 2005 , Proletarian

Industry matters: Corporate manslaughter

1 Jun 2005 , Proletarian

Editorial: Growing unrest in the imperialist heartlands

1 Jun 2005 , Proletarian

Election analysis: social democracy exposed

Imperialist war abroad and draconian suppression at home have long since proved Labour's imperialist credentials. Meanwhile, the supporting work at election time of the 'left' social democrats, be they Trots, revisionists or left Labour, is bound to expose those gentry, too, for the pro-imperialist scoundrels they are.

1 Jun 2005 , Proletarian

Iraqi patriotic forces keep imperialism pinned down

Fond hopes in London and Washington that the 'election' farce in occupied Iraq would serve to divide the national resistance movement, give confidence to the mercenaries and quislings of imperialism and clear the way for an early withdrawal of imperialist troops have all come to nothing.

1 Jun 2005 , Proletarian

Palestine is a British working class issue

20 May 2005 ,

Join the fight against imperialism and for communism! No to reformism!

15 May 2005 ,

A vote for the bourgeois parties is a vote for internal suppression and endless war

20 Apr 2005 ,

Coventry car production dealt another killer blow

18 Apr 2005 ,

Statement on Zimbabwe elections

10 Apr 2005 ,

Book review: The Communist Party of France – Manifesto, with an introduction by Harry Pollitt

Published by the Communist Party of Great Britain, 1943. A timely look at this classic pamphlet, which has great relevance to the situation in Iraq today and reveals the corruption of the revisionist remnants in today's CPB.

1 Apr 2005 , Proletarian

Martin McGuinness address at Sinn Fein conference

The following is the opening address to the Sinn Fein annual conference in the RDS in Dublin this evening by Sinn Fein chief negotiator Martin McGuinness MP.

1 Apr 2005 , Proletarian

IRA Easter message

The following is the full text of this year's Easter message from the Provisional IRA.

1 Apr 2005 , Proletarian

Meddlers not wanted in Iraq

Geert Van Moorter, 20 March 2005

1 Apr 2005 , Proletarian

Still no justice for Agent Orange victims

1 Apr 2005 , Proletarian

Ireland: The demonisation of republicans escalates

British and unionists continue to use every trick in the book to stall the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

1 Apr 2005 , Proletarian

Letters: Band Aid and the miners’ strike

The following remarks were written by a party member in response to the article on Band Aid in Proletarian No 3 (Dec/Jan).

1 Apr 2005 , Proletarian

Letters: fascism on the rise

The following letter was sent by a reader in response to the editorial on fascism in Proletarian No 4 (Feb/Mar).

1 Apr 2005 , Proletarian

Celebration of Korean Spring Holiday

CPGB-ML hosts reception for birthday of Kim Jong Il

1 Apr 2005 , Proletarian

Zimbabwe / Zimbabwean ambassador explains gains of land and business reform

The third and fourth chimurengas are yielding real results and improving the lives of the masses, despite the sabotage and sanctions of the imperialists.

1 Apr 2005 , Proletarian

An island built on coal … wasted

1 Apr 2005 , Proletarian

Industry matters: Labour attack public sector pension schemes

1 Apr 2005 , Proletarian

DVD review: Control Room

Director: Jinane Nouijaim

1 Apr 2005 , Proletarian

‘Communists’ do the Labour Party’s bidding yet again

The CPB continue to spurn revolutionary politics in favour of Labour cronyism

1 Apr 2005 , Proletarian

Report of the Stop the War Coalition conference

The 'widest possible unity' and the most ineffectual anti-war movement

1 Apr 2005 , Proletarian

Victory to the Iraqi resistance!

Heroic resistance to the predatory war is gaining strength as the ‘coalition’ crumbles.

1 Apr 2005 , Proletarian

Palestine negotiations take cautious steps forward

US and Israel caught up in a catch-22 situation as the occupation becomes increasingly untenable

1 Apr 2005 , Proletarian

Down with US meddling in the affairs of Syria and Lebanon!

No amount of 'broader Middle East', 'democratic' flannel from the Bush regime can conceal the ever-deeper warmongering hole into which Anglo-American imperialism is digging itself in the region.

1 Apr 2005 , Proletarian

Editorial: Election fever

1 Apr 2005 , Proletarian

A vote for Labour or Tory is a vote for racism and internal suppression at home and endless war abroad

Our civil liberties are disappearing as the flames of racism are fanned.

1 Apr 2005 , Proletarian

Zimbabwe meeting 19 March 2005

10 Mar 2005 ,

Break the link with Labour!

23 Feb 2005 ,

A decent pension is a right for all! No pensioner poverty!

3 Feb 2005 ,

Letter: Support the Iraqi national resistance!

The following was written by a party member to The Guardian in response to an obituary for IFTU secretary Hadi Saleh.

1 Feb 2005 , Proletarian

Letter: Defend Zimbabwe

The following email was sent to the Troops Out Movement by a member after receiving an advertisement for a meeting to defend ‘refugees from the human rights crisis in Zimbabwe’, ie, supporters of the imperialist-funded MDC who may be repatriated to Zimbabwe.

1 Feb 2005 , Proletarian

Conscientious objector: ‘On behalf of those who are still quiet’

On 21 May 2004, 28-year-old Sgt Camilo Mejia was sentenced to one year in prison for refusing to return to fight in Iraq. Camilo spent six months in combat in Iraq, then returned for a two-week furlough to the US. There he reflected on what he had seen, including the abuse of prisoners and the killing of civilians. He concluded that the war was illegal and immoral, and decided that he would not return. In March 2004 he turned himself in to the US military and filed an application for conscientious objector status. The following statement was issued by Camilo on discovering he had been prese

1 Feb 2005 , Proletarian

Israeli land grab

The latest attempts by zionism to make any future Palestinian state a practical impossibility are as doomed to failure as their former attempts to bury the resistance altogether.

1 Feb 2005 , Proletarian

Palestine election: Abbas stands firm

The new Palestinian president is refusing to give in to Israeli bullying and, despite the zionists’ best efforts, the PLO remains united in its aims.

1 Feb 2005 , Proletarian

Culture: False consciousness needs false controversies

What do Birmingham Rep and the BBC have in common? Both court false controversies as a way of distracting from the vital role they play in censorship of the arts in Britain.

1 Feb 2005 , Proletarian

Congo: the struggle continues

Peace talks and elections seem to signal a respite in the war-torn DRC, but as the fighting continues in the mineral-rich eastern region, it is clear that the Congolese people’s struggle against imperialist interference is far from over.

1 Feb 2005 , Proletarian

Defend socialist Cuba!

The US is increasing its efforts to starve the Cuban people into submission – it must not be allowed to succeed.

1 Feb 2005 , Proletarian

The Indian Ocean tsunami: a natural disaster?

Wall-to-wall coverage of the Indian Ocean tsunami has been strangely silent over the role of imperialism in leaving so many people vulnerable to the devastation wrought by natural forces. It has also been a godsend to the US and British governments, who have seized the opportunity to bury the bad news from Iraq.

1 Feb 2005 , Proletarian

Iraqi resistance statement – video and text

On 10 December 2004, a video message was released onto the internet by an Iraqi resistance group. Despite being issued in the name of the Islamic Jihad Army of Iraq, the content of the video – its rhetoric and imagery – have led experts to conclude that the video was actually made by secular resistance forces who may have sold it on in order to raise funds. The analysis contained within the message reveals an extremely high level of political consciousness and reinforces the information we have printed elsewhere in this issue on the state of the Iraqi liberation movement.

1 Feb 2005 , Proletarian

Editorial: Harry and the Nazis

1 Feb 2005 , Proletarian

Thirty liberated cities: The truth about the Iraqi resistance

Proletarian recently interviewed a Europe-based spokesperson for the Iraqi Patriotic Alliance (IPA), part of the national liberation movement in Iraq. The information we received, and which forms the basis of this article, has only confirmed what the CPGB-ML has always insisted, which is that the resistance is much stronger, better organised and more unified than the imperialists would have us believe.

1 Feb 2005 , Proletarian

Report: Swedish KPMLr congress

1 Feb 2005 , Proletarian

Guanatanamo Bay: US has feet of clay

Four British prisoners of war are to be released from the US’s prison camp in Cuba. Far from closing down Camp Delta however, the US plans to create more torture camps in which to hold the freedom fighters of the world – indefinitely, illegally and without charge

1 Feb 2005 , Proletarian

Industry matters: Government backs down on corporate manslaughter law

1 Feb 2005 , Proletarian

‘IRA’ bank raid: Hugh do you think you’re kidding?

The Northern Bank robbery couldn’t have come at a better time for unionism, which has been running out of excuses not to deal with Sinn Féin. As the IRA denies all knowledge, we ask – who stands to gain?

1 Feb 2005 , Proletarian

Israeli banks hush up holocaust cash scandal

Zionism has long exploited the jewish holocaust for its own ends. It now transpires that Israel’s banks have been profiting from the accounts of holocaust victims.

1 Feb 2005 , Proletarian

Report: Solidarity with ZANU-PF, champions of African independence

Under the leadership of Comrade Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean people's Chimurenga continues to go from strength to strength.

1 Dec 2004 , Proletarian

Culture: The art of mobilising the masses

Revolution: The Poster Art of the Soviet Union. Tate Modern, London

1 Dec 2004 , Proletarian

Salute to Lalkar

1 Dec 2004 , Proletarian

Theory: The need for conscious party discipline

In its struggle for power, the working class has two weapons: theory and organisation, but working-class organisation is meaningless unless it is characterised by iron proletarian discipline.

1 Dec 2004 , Proletarian

Hands off Cuba! End the occupation of Guantanamo Bay

The US is stepping up its attempts to starve the Cuban people into submission and continues to commit crimes against humanity on Cuban soil.

1 Dec 2004 , Proletarian

Industrial: Construction trouble – CIS vs PAYE?

1 Dec 2004 , Proletarian

Industry matters: Trade unionism and opportunist social chauvinism

1 Dec 2004 , Proletarian

Environment: Kyoto finally brought into effect

1 Dec 2004 , Proletarian

Colombia: Just say No to imperialism!

Despite the standard media portrayal of Colombian revolutionaries as ‘drug barons’ and ‘terrorists’, news is slipping out about the gains made for ordinary Colombians in the liberated territories.

1 Dec 2004 , Proletarian

Jaguar closure: livelihoods destroyed in the interests of profit

1 Dec 2004 , Proletarian

US elections: a terrible loss?

1 Dec 2004 , Proletarian

Statement: We salute Arafat’s life, we mourn his death

We mourn Cde Yasser Arafat’s death and salute his contribution in struggle toward the liberation of the Palestinian people. Joint statement by the CPGB-ML and anti-imperialist journal Lalkar, issued on 11 November 2004.

1 Dec 2004 , Proletarian

Band Aid: Feed the world? Just stop robbing the world

Patronising, cultural imperialism - and just plain wrong. Reasons not to buy Band Aid this Christmas.

1 Dec 2004 , Proletarian

Trade union wolves in sheep’s clothing

From Zimbabwe to Iraq, phoney trade unionists are doing the dirty work of imperialism

1 Dec 2004 , Proletarian

A decent pension is a right for all

It is often said that you can judge a society by the way it treats its old people. By such a standard, Britain must rank as one of the most uncivilised countries in the world. While the ruling class likes to perpetuate the myths that pensioners are a burden on society and that poverty in old age is entirely the fault of the poverty-stricken, the truth is that Britain has more than enough wealth to provide a decent life for all.

1 Dec 2004 , Proletarian

Education: Geography an indicator of decay

Imperialism dare not reflect reality in its schools

1 Dec 2004 , Proletarian

Ukraine / Editorial: Imperialist agenda in Ukraine (2004)

What is the true meaning and content of the so-called ‘Orange revolution’?

1 Dec 2004 , Proletarian

Fallujah: a nail in the coffin of the occupation

White House and Downing Street officials may be in denial about the strength of Iraqi liberation forces, but Fallujah has proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that the imperialist occupation’s days are numbered.

1 Dec 2004 , Proletarian

Jaguar closure: livelihoods destroyed in the interests of profit

27 Nov 2004 ,

We salute Arafat’s life, we mourn his death

11 Nov 2004 ,

We salute Arafat’s life; we mourn his death

11 Nov 2004 ,

Join the fight against imperialism and for socialism! No to reformism!

10 Oct 2004 ,

End the Occupation: victory to the Iraqi resistance! No war for oil!

5 Oct 2004 ,

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

Ireland in the spotlight

1 Oct 2004 , Proletarian

Venezuela – part of the Latin American struggle to break the imperialist stranglehold

The defeat on 15 August this year of the referendum vote designed to removed from office Hugo Chavez, the President of Venezuela, was a major tactical victory for the downtrodden and oppressed masses not only of Venezuela, but of the whole of Latin America.

1 Oct 2004 , Proletarian

Massive gains for people’s war in Nepal

The people's war has been making gigantic steps forward in Nepal. Inspired in particular by the experience of the Chinese Revolution, Nepal's communists have been conducting the people's war in an exemplary manner, and with spectacular success.

1 Oct 2004 , Proletarian

Mark Thatcher: oil snatcher!

Send your boys to Eton, like Smelly and Scratcher

1 Oct 2004 , Proletarian

Return of the new Iskra

We look at the transformation of the SLP Youth Section paper, [i]Spark[/i] ,from a vehicle for socialist enlightenment to a pusher of the worst kind of demagogic and reformist rubbish.

1 Oct 2004 , Proletarian

Why do we need a new party?

In Britain at present, there are close to a dozen parties claiming to be communist or socialist. Why, then, have comrades leaving the SLP opted to form yet another one? Surely the best thing would have been to join one of the existing organisations in order to create a bigger and more influential party? Are we worried about the possibility of becoming small fish in a big pond? Are we putting our circle interests ahead of the interests of the movement?

Here we outline in brief the fundamental differences between ourselves and other left-wing parties - differences that prevent us from j

1 Oct 2004 , Proletarian

Editorial: Crocodile tears for Ken Bigley

1 Oct 2004 , Proletarian

Iraq: resistance gains unstoppable momentum

As the sham elections planned by Anglo-American imperialism for occupied Iraq loom closer, or disappear over the horizon, depending on which government minister’s leak to which national newspaper you subscribe to, only one thing is certain; the resistance of the Iraqi people to both the forces of occupation and their puppet government has grown into an irresistible force.

1 Oct 2004 , Proletarian

Break the link with Labour

The many crimes committed by Labour in office since 1997 are often portrayed as some kind of an anomaly and a break with the 'socialist' tradition of 'old' Labour, but the truth is that Tony Blair is acting in the same interests as have all other imperialist Labour Prime Ministers since Ramsay MacDonald.

1 Oct 2004 , Proletarian

Industry matters: A radical third term for Labour?

1 Oct 2004 , Proletarian

Darfur: The scramble for Africa’s oil

In all the hysteria of the British bourgeois media over the situation in Sudan, remarkably little information emerges on the question of why the Sudanese government should take it into its head to start killing off black Africans in Darfur.

1 Aug 2004 , Proletarian

An exposure of the shameful, unconstitutional and anti-communist behaviour of Arthur Scargill and his flunkeys

1 Aug 2004 , Proletarian

Zionism plunges to new depths, but Palestinian resistance refuses to be quashed

The zionist aggression against, and oppression of, the Palestinian people continues unabated. So does the defiant and heroic resistance of the Palestinian people.

1 Aug 2004 , Proletarian

Theory: The crisis of overproduction and the price of oil

The overproduction crisis of capitalism is destabilising the world economy and pitching world society into slump and war.

1 Aug 2004 , Proletarian

Film: Fahrenheit 9/11

Director: Michael Moore

1 Aug 2004 , Proletarian

‘Reclaiming’ Labour

Latest attempt at the resuscitation of a corpse

1 Aug 2004 , Proletarian

Labour calls coppers on housing protesters

1 Aug 2004 , Proletarian

Formation of the CPGB-ML

Despite its slide into opportunism, no-one who has left the SLP feels their time there was wasted. We look at the gains made for Marxism Leninism and the opportunities criminally squandered by Scargill and his shameless cronies.

1 Aug 2004 , Proletarian

Editorial: A new party

1 Aug 2004 , Proletarian

Iraq: the occupation continues

The imperialist media have been keen to give the impression that the occupation of Iraq is over, but with 165,000 troops and a staff of 3,000 in five locations, ‘ambassador’ John Negroponte is the new colonial governor of Iraq in all but name.

1 Aug 2004 , Proletarian

CPGB-ML founding conference

The new party, at its founding conference on 3 July, passed the following resolutions. Unlike most so-called ‘left’-wing groups, we demand that our party not only pass resolutions of support, but actually put into practise real solidarity with those struggling on the front line against US and British imperialism.

1 Aug 2004 , Proletarian

Turkish coup: more fallout from the war in Syria

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The human cost of prisons for profit

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Who is to blame for the refugee crisis?

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Jeremy Corbyn: The ‘resurgence’ of left social democracy is likely to be shortlived

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Book: Go Set a Watchman

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Ukraine: Neither political chicanery nor naked aggression can save Poroshenko

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Imperialism raises the stakes in Syria

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Industry matters: Amazon unveiled

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Health warning: Austerity kills

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Editorial: Russia backs the Syrian people

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What did the Indian workers do for us?

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, Proletarian

Yemen: President Saleh shoots down his own people

But that’s OK – he’s a good friend!

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Seminar in Mexico reflects class struggle in Latin America

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Ecuador: landmark victory over oil barons

Historic ruling as Chevron are fined for deliberately contaminating the Amazon basin.

, Proletarian

Wisconsin workers give class lead in USA

Monopoly capitalism runs further into chaos as proletariat mounts resistance.

, Proletarian

What is the PSC executive afraid of?

The question is whether or not to build a fighting mass movement in support of Palestine.

, Proletarian

Ireland’s new anti-people government

Sinn Fein fights to complete national revolution as Irish Labour joins anti-working class coalition.

, Proletarian

In defence of multiculturalism

Attacks on minority cultures are attacks on the whole working-class movement.

, Proletarian

Crisis is bringing Britain to its knees as an imperial power

It’s an ill wind ...

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Editorial: Marching against the cuts is just the beginning

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Immigration: the colour of money

Harsh immigration rules are for the poor, not the rich. Our class must fight divide-and-rule.

, Proletarian

Bahrain: Saudi mercenaries cannot stop the revolution

Foreign intervention in the Arab world is consistently on the side of counter-revolution.

, Proletarian

Industry matters: How the TUC ‘leads’ the proletariat – by the nose

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Capitalist system adds to misery of natural disaster in Japan

Japanese authorities refused to put in place adequate safety measures before the quake, and have consistently failed to prioritise the needs of the people during the aftermath.

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Hands off Libya!

Under cover of supporting a 'people's revolution' and 'protecting civilians' in Libya, imperialist forces are attempting to grab the oil, destroy the political independence and wipe out the economic gains of the most advanced country in Africa.

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American trespasser interviewed in north Korea

The following article first appeared in the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on 5 February. We reproduce it here with thanks.

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Red Youth Statement of Aims

We reproduce below the mission statement of our new youth organisation.

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Communist seminar in Mexico City

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The Malvinas affair

British imperialism’s claim to sovereignty is all about hijacking oil reserves that rightfully belong to Argentina.

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Theatre: Billy Elliot The Musical

Victoria Palace Theatre, London. Director: Stephen Daldry

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Icelandic people reject debt slavery

Referendum result gives heart to working people across Europe.

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Industry matters: Turkey; Greece; BA strikes; rail strikes; Cadburys; Hicks campaign

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The financial crisis and how it affects women

The following is based on a presentation delivered by CPGB-ML Vice Chairman Ella Rule at a celebration of the 100th International Women’s Day organised by the Refugee Workers’ Cultural Association Women’s Commission, based in Britain’s Turkish community.

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Defend public services: fight capitalism!

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Defend our NHS; save the Whittington A&E

The campaign to save a vital A&E department in north London is doubtless the first of many defensive battles to come if healthcare services are to be retained.

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Marx honoured in graveside ceremony

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Zionist hit squad exposed

Spy thriller or serial killer?

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Iraq: the struggle continues

Neither another phoney inquiry nor another phoney election but only the victory of the resistance will end the agony of the Iraqi people.

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Afghanistan: Operation Moshtarak

Popular support sustains resistance in an unequal struggle that will end in victory.

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Editorial: The phoney budget

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Joe Glenton: sentenced for refusing war crimes

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Don’t vote Labour!

The significance of the coming election for British working people.

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Black propaganda: imperialist lies about Zimbabwe

The Furies of private interest unleashed on Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF.

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Resistance 2008: international youth festival in Athens

Young people from all over the world come together to learn and draw inspiration from each other’s experiences and examples in struggle.

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Education update: The ‘national challenge’, WMD schools and Uni fees to double

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NHS: Labour sharpens the privatisation knife

Darzi betrays his profession.

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Adams launches latest stage of Irish reunification campaign

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams told a packed London audience in June that this generation has the best chance of achieving Irish reunification and independence in two centuries.

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Raking over the coals of the SLP

Scargill’s party is politically dead and just awaits burial.

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STOP PRESS: Glasgow workers reject Labour

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Labour’s meltdown and the crisis of revisionism

The end of Middle England’s electoral support for Labour may be a wake-up call for some, but others on the so-called ‘left’ are still flying in the face of reality with persistent fantasies of ‘reclaiming’ the party for the working class.

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EU immigration law

An exercise in scapegoating immigrants that arouses indignation worldwide.

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CPGB-ML party congress expresses solidarity with people in struggle and makes plans for future work (full text of congress resolutions)

The following resolutions were passed by the CPGB-ML’s Fourth Congress in July.

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CPGB-ML congress marks political and organisational advance

United in struggle, we move forward.

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Labour threatens a new colonial war

Brown makes grab for Nigerian oil.

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Mongolia frustrates imperialist-backed regime change

The country’s vast mineral wealth attracts imperialism’s unwelcome attentions.

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CPC expresses thanks for earthquake condolences

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Hands off China

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Food crisis: writing on the wall for Imperialism

Since the beginning of 2007, world food prices have increased 60 percent. Rice prices are the highest for 19 years and wheat prices are the highest for 28 years.

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Spirited rally launches Hands off China campaign

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CPGB-ML congress calls for an end to immigration control

At the CPGB-ML’s recent congress, delegates unanimously adopted a new policy on immigration and vowed to take the party’s analysis into the working-class movement as a counter to the racist hysteria and anti-immigrant scapegoating that is being whipped up ever higher as the capitalist crisis deepens.

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Kenya / Attempted assassination of leading Kenyan communist Booker Omole

The stooge regime in Nairobi has every reason to fear the growing influence of communists in the country’s rising revolutionary movement.

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Britain TV / Red youth: Why I joined the CPGB-ML

Any communist party that is serious must succeed in harnessing, training and directing the energy of our revolutionary youth.

6 Jan 2025, Proletarian TV

Civil liberties / Joti Brar and Garland Nixon: Palestine repression, Ukraine war, ep9

Britain sees its plummeting freedom of expression hit a new low as protestors are arrested, whilst Moscow survives an attack.

24 Dec 2024, Proletarian TV

Capitalism or communism TV / Joti Brar: Whose side are the British communists on?

Introducing the CPGB-ML to a global audience: a genuinely anti-imperialist outlook is the key to success for the movement in every country.

14 Oct 2024, Proletarian TV

British politics / Starmer promises to ‘fix’ Britain – with racism, repression, austerity and war

British politics / Joti Brar and Garland Nixon ep8: Social democracy and the labour aristocracy

World TV / Joti Brar and Garland Nixon episode 7: Who are the ruling elite?

China / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: Chinese Revolution 3: Building socialism

Cuba / Cuban ambasador: ‘We are united by principles and a common struggle’

British politics / Ella Rule: ‘Proletarian revolution is our number one objective’

Palestine / Zionist collapse looms as Israelis riot in defence of rape and torture

Venezuela / Solidarity with President Maduro and the Venezuelan masses

World TV / Space-based warfare: America’s dominance challenged

World / Joti Brar: The growth of world war and the tasks of anti-imperialists

Theory TV / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: Imperialism and war

World TV / Covert Action: The CIA and the USA’s imperialist handbook

Palestine / Ranjeet Brar: Palestine Catastrophe: from British mandate to al Nakba

British politics / The Communists’ message for May Day 2024: Where are the unions

USSR / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: imperialism and nuclear weapons

USSR / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: the Sino-Soviet split

British politics / Elbit 7 sentenced in Bristol. Where is our ‘Hands off Palestine’ movement?

World TV / Joti Brar and Garland Nixon episode 6: Julian Assange and ‘rules-based order’

Russia / Communists send solidarity to a Russian nation in mourning after terror attack

Europe / Joti Brar and Garland Nixon ep5: EU farmers, the state and revolution

Divide and rule / Joti Brar on the connection between women’s liberation and socialism

World TV / Joti Brar and Garland Nixon: Policing Palestine protestors, episode 4

Civil liberties / Communist party rally outside the Royal Courts of Justice for Julian Assange

World TV / Joti Brar and Garland Nixon: The state and revolution, episode 3

Climate change / Nicaragua, climate crisis and capitalism

World / Steve Sweeney at the UN: ‘The failure of Minsk is also your failure’

World TV / Joti Brar and Garland Nixon: Palestine and Yemen, episode 2

Civil liberties / Zionism cannot be negotiated with – it must be defeated!

British politics / Book launch video: Britain’s Perfidious Labour Party

Theory / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: The immortal legacy of VI Lenin

Haiti / Another US mission to subdue and subjugate Haiti

World TV / Joti Brar and Garland Nixon: Parasitic imperialism, episode 1

Russia / Donetsk declaration: We are fighting a defensive, antifascist war of liberation

Civil liberties / British terrorist state persecutes communists on ‘anti-terror’ pretext

Palestine / South Africa brings Israel to the ICJ: Genocide by no other name

World TV / Joti Brar in the USA: ‘Work for the victory of the resistance forces’

Civil liberties / Huda Ammori: Why I risked prison to shut Elbit down

Civil liberties / Free the Elbit Seven! No cooperation with Israeli war crimes!

Palestine / Comrade Ranjeet talks to Press TV about his arrest and the fight against zionism

USSR / Joti Brar: The essential lessons of October

British politics / Gaza: tipping point in western crisis of legitimacy for politicians and media?

Palestine / Ranjeet Brar on Gaza war crimes and repression

Social wage / Heating and eating: the impoverishment of British workers

World / Athens declaration: World is entering a new era of anti-imperialist struggle

Palestine / An interview with comrade Khaled Barakat, Palestinian journalist

Greece / Nina Kosta and George Korkovelos: The crushing of the Greek revolution

Palestine / Platform declaration: From the river, to the sea, Palestine will be free!

Capitalist crisis / Red Youth: Marxism can channel the anger of our youth into revolution

World history / British delegate in Athens: We must learn the lessons of our history

Civil liberties / Anti-zionism is not racism! Join our protest today!

Greece / Athens Polytechnic commemoration: ‘Our lessons have been learned in blood’

Civil liberties / Demonisation and lawfare used to suppress support for Palestine in Britain

Philippines / US shaping Philippines into southeast Asia’s ‘Ukraine’

Russia / ‘Empire of lies’. Russia sums up the anti-imperialist view to the UN assembly

Korea / United with the peoples of the world, the DPRK is invincible

Syria / Syria-China partnership signals defeat for USA’s regional domination war

Venezuela / Orinoco Tribune interviews Joti Brar on imperialism and western fake socialists

Trade unions / Joti Brar: What happened to our trade unions?

Australia / Is Australian anti-aboriginal racism the most virulent on earth?

Niger / Mali and Burkina Faso stand with Niger, strongly warn against intervention

Niger / Nigerien coup spearheads a popular revolution

Czech Republic / Interview with persecuted Czech communist Josef Skála

Capitalist crisis / Garland Nixon and Joti Brar: The decay of western imperialism

Trade unions / Alex Mckay: Trade unions can do more than fight for narrow wage increases

Americas / Alba – The wrong kind of ‘fair trade’

Britain / Joti Brar on the human cost of arms industry profits

Korea / Joti Brar: Occupied Korea and the decline of US imperialism

Ukraine / Seven decades of US imperialist interference in Ukraine

Russia / Donetsk communist leader: ‘No democracy in Ukraine’

Ukraine / Ukrainian communists threatened with death by Zelensky regime

USA / Max Blumenthal to UN security council: Ukraine war is a giant Ponzi scheme

Chile / Former CIA chief to John Pilger: backing Pinochet’s crimes in Chile was ‘worth it’

China / Seek the truth to save humanity: why context matters

World TV / Garland Nixon and Harpal Brar: India, Russia, China and anti-imperialism

Britain TV / Joti Brar on RT: Imperialism’s fascistic proxy armies and MSM lies

Theory TV / Garland Nixon and Joti Brar: capitalism, imperialism, the ‘left’ and the Platform

Bulgaria / Ranjeet Brar: Brexit, Corbyn, the EU and the imperialist economic crisis

Ukraine / ICC’s Putin arrest warrant based on US-funded report that debunked itself

China / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: Chinese Revolution 2: The PLA and WW2

Korea / Seoul declaration: The rising tide of global war in east Asia

World TV / Former Greek communist leader says CIA-run Ukraine is fighting a ‘just war’

Korea / British delegate in Seoul: Global capitalist system teetering over the abyss

Korea / To south Korean workers: We share the same struggle against poverty and war

Korea / Platform rally in Gwangju: Nato war drive threatens Korea, Taiwan, east Asia

USSR / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: Soviet Union defeating fascism

Greece / Greek communist leader Koutsoumpas equates Russia with Nato

World TV / Lavrov to UN: Who has even seen the ‘rules’ the west expects us to follow?

USA / Hunter Biden’s laptop and democracy, US style

Economy / Bank of England ‘economist’ to workers: accept poverty, stop asking for a pay rise

Divide and rule / Dan O’Brien, Ranjeet Brar: immigration and the new ‘stop the boats’ bill

Russia / Russian communists: Russia is fighting neo-nazism in Ukraine

USA / Report from the anti-imperialist Summit Against Hypocrisy in Washington DC

Venezuela / Joti Brar: Caracas antiwar conference and the situation in Venezuela

Theory TV / Harpal Brar: Lenin is still key to understanding imperialism and war

Venezuela / Caracas anti-imperialist rally declares: One enemy, one fight!

Theory TV / The global drive to war and the launch of the World Anti-imperialist Platform

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

Saudi Arabia / The Duran: China and Saudi Arabia, a massive realignment

Yugoslavia / British delegates in Belgrade: Nato is trying to expand the war in Europe

Media / BBC’s crocodile tears over ‘mass graves’ in Mariupol are a sick farce

Theory / Comrade Joti: Why our rulers hide the truth about socialist science

Cuba / Cuban ambassador: We will fight to our last breath with faith in victory!

Nicaragua / Nicaraguan minister delivers powerful message: the Sandinista revolution lives!

China / Brian Berletic on China’s ‘social credit score system’: fact or fiction?

Divide and rule / Harpal Brar on Avtar Jouhl: Above all he was a fighter for socialism

Myanmar / Brian Berletic: How and why the west lies about Myanmar

Theory TV / Harpal Brar: Lenin on party building (One Step Forward)

Theory TV / Ella Rule: Lenin on revolutionary theory (What Is To Be Done?)

World TV / Harpal Brar to Anti-imperialist Platform: ‘Imperialism is going to crash’

World / Paris Declaration: The rising tide of global war and our tasks

USSR / Julia Hawkins: My Life in the USSR

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

Health / Dr Bob Gill on Julian Assange: Media censorship is key to NHS privatisation

Capitalist crisis / Kwarteng’s budget: less red tape – fewer workers rights

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

World TV / Scott Ritter and Ranjeet Brar: USA used 9/11 to justify global domination

Ukraine / Tempo likely to shift in Ukraine as east and south vote on joining Russia

World TV / Ranjeet Brar: The relationship between the Ukraine conflict and oil

Ukraine / Imperialist governments and media aid and abet Ukronazi war crimes

Capitalist crisis / Comrade Ranjeet: ‘Cost of living crisis is inseparably bound up with capitalism’

Capitalism or communism TV / Comrade Ella tells Chinese conference: ‘A decent future is ours for the taking’

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

Disputes / Rail strike spreads as employers and government remain intransigent

Civil liberties / British citizen Graham Phillips placed on UK sanctions list

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

Spain / 37 refugees dead, hundreds injured in Spanish-Moroccan police massacre

Bolivia / Evo Morales on how Britain backed the 2019 lithium coup

World TV / Comrade Joti on CrossTalk: ‘Russia and the Global South’

Ukraine / Bombing of civilians in Donetsk city by Ukronazi regime is no aberration

USA / Failed ‘Summit of the Americas’ foreshadows Monroe Doctrine collapse

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

China / Ella Rule: China’s history confirms that workers need a scientific socialist party

Ukraine / Jacob Dreizen: The fall of the Azov

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

Ukraine / Nato’s actions in Ukraine pushing Europe to economic collapse

USA / To US workers: ‘Only class politics can save us from the rampaging monopolists’

Ukraine / Comrade Ella on Kalima Horra: How did the world react to the Ukraine conflict?

Divide and rule / Joti Brar: ‘Nobody is telling women how socialist society will lift their burdens’

USSR / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: Industrialising the USSR

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

World TV / Imperialist war threatens Russia, China and the world

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

Ukraine / Comrade Nina with Dean O’Brien on Donbass, Ukraine, Russia and Nato

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

World TV / Comrade Ranjeet on Kalima Horra: The balance of power is shifting in the world

China / Comrade Nina on Kalima Horra: Why is the USA so aggressive towards China?

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

China / Harpal Brar on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics

World TV / Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘Crystal Ball 2022’

Divide and rule / A ‘luxury lifestyle’? The shocking abuse culture at immigrant detention centres

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

World TV / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: The Indian farmers’ movement

Capitalism or communism TV / Comrade Ranjeet: Our struggle is an international one

China / What has the Chinese revolution done for us? World leaders voice support

Cuba / Cuba and Covid: ‘To be internationalist is to pay off our debt to humanity’

Capitalist crisis / Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘What reset?’

Venezuela / Venezuelan ambassador: ‘They will see the kind of democracy we have’

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

Russia / Dr Ranjeet: The story about Russia stealing vaccine secrets is a lie

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

Iran / Iranian professor: ‘Israel is in no position to wage war against Iran’

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

Health / Dr Ranjeet Brar: Act now to stop the selling of your NHS data

China / Two decades of development in Zhejiang: CPC shares its achievements

Health / Dr Bob Gill and Dr Ranjeet Brar: The NHS is being dismantled before our eyes

Capitalism or communism TV / President Maduro: The significance of the Communist Manifesto

Social wage / Queues for food reach 2km in London

Capitalist crisis / Covid has laid bare the capitalist dystopia in which we are already living

Divide and rule / Comrade Lauren: ‘Identity politics divide workers’

Yemen / Who is really fighting whom in Yemen?

Health / Comrade Ranjeet on Moats: NHS marketisation and the covid death toll

Health / Comrade Ranjeet on Press TV: 100,000 covid deaths

Capitalist crisis / The unenviable plight of the self-employed

British politics / Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘Free Assange’

Health / Comrade Ranjeet on Kalima Horra: ‘Who benefits from a covid vaccine?’

China / Review: Socialism with Chinese Characteristics by Harpal Brar

Theory TV / Friedrich Engels: founding father of scientific socialism

China / China meets poverty goals ten years early as rest of the world goes the other way

USSR / Comrade Harpal: October Revolution message 2020

Climate change / Oxfam: Can fairer taxes save our environment?

Bolivia / Bolivian workers demonstrate power of united action, forcing rulers to hold elections

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

Economy / Amazon plays cat and mouse with the digital tax

Environment / Glyphosates: Monsanto still getting away with murder

Social wage / Picking workers’ pockets: the face mask tax is back

Health / Comrade Ranjeet on MoATS: ‘The government has failed the people’

Belarus / Interview with a Belarusian patriot: no colour revolution

Cuba / Defend Cuba from US imperialist lies

British politics / Book: The Rise and Fall of Project Corbyn

Korea / 70th anniversary of the Korean war

Nicaragua / Celebrating Nicaragua’s revolution

Health / Coronavirus: Cuts to health and social care crippled covid response

Capitalist crisis / Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘No Trust’

Health / Coronavirus: NHS privatisation and the US second wave

Health / Coronavirus: NHS is 72 but drugs companies are still rinsing the system

Divide and rule / Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘Wokist Cult’

Venezuela / Under cover of Covid-19, US launches another failed coup in Venezuela

British politics / Project Corbyn has failed: what next?

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

Health / Coronavirus: a real threat

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

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

Health / Coronavirus: What do the experts say?

China / Coronavirus: a message of solidarity to China

Health / Health service privatisation: who runs the NHS?

British politics / ‘Brexit means you won’t have to share the pain of Greek workers’

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

Iran / Why was General Qasem Soleimani so hated by the USA?

British politics / Workers Party’s George Galloway launches No Gulf War campaign

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

British politics / Comrade Joti interviewed by Caleb Maupin

China / Comrade Joti talks to George Galloway about China and Hong Kong

Divide and rule / George Galloway: identity politics is not socialism

Zimbabwe / Comrade Harpal defends the legacy of Robert Mugabe on RT

Venezuela / Comrade Joti speaks to Telesur in Bolivar Square, Caracas

China / George Galloway celebrates the achievements of the Chinese revolution

Venezuela / Comrade Joti reports live from Venezuela on George Galloway’s MoATs

China / Comrade Ranjeet discusses Hong Kong with George Galloway on MoATS

Venezuela / Joti Brar, vice chair of the CPGB-ML, speaks on Venezuelan national television

Divide and rule / YouTube brands video on trans ideology ‘hate speech’ – if communists host it

China / Who is behind the Hong Kong protests?

China / Hong Kong protests: Ranjeet Brar speaks to George Galloway on RT

Venezuela / The failed coup in Venezuela

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

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

Britain TV / Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour party exposed over Brexit U-turn

Ethiopia / Flowers and famine

Economy / Can the food crisis be solved?

USSR / The fall of the USSR – market socialism

Theory TV / Anarchism or socialism?

Britain TV / Revolution in Britain

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

British history / British communism, 1920-1943

Theory TV / Harpal Brar on Trotskyism or Leninism?

Theory TV / The Communist Manifesto

Capitalism or communism TV / Marxism, dialectics and the Labour party

Capitalism or communism TV / Soviet communism – the truth

Britain TV / Ukip – a party for British workers?

USSR / Paul Robeson, Stalin and the USSR

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

India / Jallianwala Bagh 100: what does it mean?

Culture / Shakespeare: bard of a rising class

British history / Winston Churchill: hero or monster?

Theory TV / Harpal Brar on the state and revolution

USSR / The fall of the USSR

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

Divide and rule / Working women’s liberation or bourgeois feminism?

India / Poem: Comrade Bhagat Singh and Comrade Udham Singh

Americas / Cuba’s view of Venezuela: Cuban ambassador to Britain speaks

USSR / Soviet preparations for World War Two

British politics / Workers for Brexit: why our party supported leave in the EU referendum

Divide and rule / Michael Parenti on the absurdity of IdPol oppression hierarchies

Divide and rule / The women’s movement in Britain

Divide and rule / Women’s liberation needs socialism

Divide and rule / Antifascist work: advice from a former fascist

Theory TV / Trotskyism Q&A

Britain TV / Comrade Harpal on Lenin, opportunism and the Labour party

Syria / Media ignores UN investigation into the White Helmets’ crimes

Culture / Soviet ballet: dancing the classical heritage of humanism

World TV / The drive to war against Russia and China

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?

Palestine / Zionism, Britain and Balfour

World TV / October 100: DPR Korea pays tribute

Venezuela / Venezuela’s constituent assembly: organ of the people

Cuba / Marx 200: Message from Cuba: Revolution teaches

Health / Dr Bob Gill: The NHS conspiracy

World TV / Mohamed Hassan: Imperialism is rampant but October is our future

Britain TV / Former soldier Mike Pike on why workers should refuse to fight in imperialist war

Theory TV / Why do Marxists support the Syrian government?

Britain TV / Harpal Brar on the myth of Labour antisemitism

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

Iran / Iranian foreign minister explains why Iran is developing ballistic missiles

Capitalist crisis / Economics 101: Capitalism

Korea / CPGB-ML’s Harpal Brar discusses DPRK on BBC’s primetime The One Show

Britain TV / Sell-Off: The Abolition of Your NHS

Britain TV / Our vision: Harpal Brar on the tasks of the party

Britain TV / What can Corbyn’s Labour do for us?

World TV / Venezuela – the hidden agenda

World TV / Nicholás Maduro re-elected by landslide as Venezuelan president

World TV / Gaza Massacre 14 May 2018 – but Palestine will return!

Britain TV / The royal wedding – our tribute!

History TV / Reform or revolution? WW1 and the split in socialism

History TV / Tribute to Marx on his 200th birthday

World TV / OAN: No evidence of chemical attack in Syria

World TV / Syria briefing: What’s really going on?

Britain TV / Hands Off Syria protest in London on the eve of latest British bombing

Britain TV / On the eve of Britain’s bombing of Syria, Comrade Dan on Press TV

Britain TV / The Grenfell massacre: burning and looting

Britain TV / Imperialism on trial: Eva Bartlett

Disputes / New deal offered to striking university staff is no deal at all

Britain TV / Imperialism on trial: the big lie

Britain TV / Stop the War’s campaign for a Labour ‘anti-war’ government

Britain TV / Imperialism on trial: Libya, the media and Stop the War

World TV / Eva Bartlett: Everything you’ve heard about Syria is a lie

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

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

British politics / After Brexit: what does the EU referendum result mean?

Britain TV / Communist doctor addresses NHS campaign meeting

Theory TV / Dialectical and historical materialism

World / Yellow River Piano Concerto

Working-class history / Billy Vincent – communist

World / Colour revolutions: Counter-revolutions

Britain TV / Refugees welcome: massive London demonstration protests ill-treatment

Britain TV / Indian workers in Britain

Britain TV / Corbyn mania: Jez we can?

History TV / US civil rights leaders: Paul Robeson

World TV / Venezuela speaks

History TV / US civil rights leaders: Robert F Williams

World TV / Cuba speaks

Britain TV / Victory to the Donbass people

Britain / May Day election message for British workers

India / Why hasn’t India had a revolution like China?

India / Indian elections 2014: The BJP and Nirendra Modi

Ukraine / Ukraine: Oppose the fascist coup

Theory TV / The origin and development of class society and the state

Syria / US on the road to WW3 in Syria

Syria / Defend Syria

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

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Syria / The sad downfall of the Syrian government

This is indeed a devastating setback for the long-suffering peoples of Syria and the wider region, but it is by no means the end of their liberation struggle.

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Theory / Book: Zionism by Harpal Brar

A racist, antisemitic and reactionary tool of imperialism. Read the book they want to ban!

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Theory / Book: Trotsky(ism): Tool of Imperialism by Harpal Brar

Unless the pernicious influence of this Trojan horse is rooted out, our movement will succeed neither in stopping imperialist war nor in overthrowing imperialist rule.

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Kenya / Message to Kenyan communists: Our struggle is one!

The unfinished liberation struggle in Kenya has led to the outward semblance of independence without any real sovereignty.

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British politics / The dead weight of old slogans: how Trotskyists justify their sell-out

The Euro-American fake left are hiding behind 19th-century slogans that have no relevance to anti-imperialist struggles.

Civil liberties / Role of the Labour government, and the workers’ necessary response

The ruling class put Labour in power to try to manage the crisis, knowing that it is better placed to wage war on workers at home and abroad.

Venezuela / The Bolivarian Revolution: 25 years fighting imperialism

Why the people voted President Nicolás Maduro and his PSUV government back into power.

World history / Josef Stalin on Winston Churchill and the spread of socialism to eastern Europe

How did the Soviet Union react to former prime minister Churchill’s notoriously anticommunist ‘iron curtain’ speech in 1946?

World history / Josef Stalin on the Labour party and Nato

‘The Labour government has agreed to turn Britain into a military and air base for the United States of America to attack the Soviet Union.’

British politics / What is the ‘Revolutionary Communist Party’ and why is it so heavily promoted?

People interested in left-wing politics are suddenly being bombarded with links to RCP content on social media. Why?

France / The hollow ‘victory’ of France’s ‘new popular front’

When is an antifascist not an antifascist?

Trade unions / Communist work in the trade unions

How should Marxists approach union work? Which demands are most useful in developing workers’ class-consciousness?

USSR / JV Stalin: Trotskyism or Leninism?

Josef Stalin’s decisive answer to the lies about October 1917 that Trotsky began to peddle straight after Lenin’s death in 1924.

USSR / Stalin – the History and Critique of a Black Legend by Domenico Losurdo, pt 3

Those who are in the business of fighting for the victory of socialism are duty-bound to make a study of the real Stalin, a giant in the history of our movement.

Ukraine / On the essence of the Ukraine war and the lessons of Russia’s SMO

What is the war in Ukraine really about, and what have we learned during the last two years of fighting?

Argentina / Role of the IMF in impoverishing countries – the case of Argentina

How the imperialists use the debt trap to loot the wealth of and enforce their hegemony over oppressed nations.

Divide and rule / ‘Stop the boats!’ The political football of the ‘immigration debate’ in Britain

How the ruling class divides workers against one another and distracts our attention from the true causes of our misery.

USSR / Stalin – the History and Critique of a Black Legend by Domenico Losurdo, pt 2

What is the truth about the commonly rehashed legends of the ‘gulag archipelago’ and of systematic antisemitism during the time of Stalin’s leadership?

Divide and rule / Book: Identity Politics or Class Politics?

What are the origins of identity politics? And why are they so inimical to the working class’s struggle for socialism?

USSR / Stalin – the History and Critique of a Black Legend by Domenico Losurdo, pt 1

Domenico Losurdo is one of the small minority of historians and thinkers who have the courage and candour to swim against the tide.

Georgia / Why reimagine Soviet Georgia?

Despite 30 years of efforts to bury and vilify its memory, the resilience of communism remains undefeated.

Theory / Lenin’s work remains a guide for our time: an introduction

What is it about VI Lenin and his work that remains so essential to the working class a century after his death?

USSR / Lenin’s work remains a guide for our time

What are some of the key lessons we need to take from Lenin and the Bolsheviks in the coming period of rising revolutionary struggle?

World / Imperialism, Brics and the ‘global south’

The rapid shift in the global balance of power looks set not only to continue but to accelerate in 2024.

World history / On the current state and problems of the communist movement

What are the lessons communists need to learn in order to fulfil their historic role in the coming period of increased class struggle and deepening imperialist crisis?

Palestine / The Nakba: from 1948 until today

There will be no peace in the middle east until the genocide of Palestinians is ended and the refugees are able to return home.

British politics / Book: Britain’s Perfidious Labour party by Harpal Brar

An essential history for every sincere worker who wishes to make sense of the political landscape in Britain and find an effective way forward.

Theory / How the KKE uses Marxist terminology to cover its retreat from Marxism

What is the impact of the anti-Marxian theory of the ‘imperialist pyramid’?

Yemen / Who wants to keep Yemen divided, and who is trying to unify it?

Amid growing resistance to the Saudis in the occupied south, the question of separation is once again raising its head in Yemen.

Russia / What is happening in the Russian economy?

Enforced separation from the world market has reinforced moves back towards nationalisation and planning.

World history / Lessons of 1914: Imperialism means war

Reams of WW1 historiography serve only to conceal the essence of that terrible conflagration – which gave birth in its turn to the era of proletarian revolution.

Capitalist crisis / Book: Manifesto for the crisis

What do workers need to understand if they are to solve their problems for good?

Divide and rule / Book: Capitalism and Immigration

Our strength is in our unity, and our rulers know it well.

USSR / Chinese Marxist: The evaluation of Stalin is essentially an ideological struggle

Ever since Khrushchev, when any revisionist or bourgeois ideologue wants to attack socialism, they first attack Josef Stalin, great architect of Soviet socialism.

British politics / Eulogies for Sturgeon highlight the fraud of Scottish nationalism

If the SNP is really a threat to British imperialism, why has its leader been treated as such a saint by the corporate media?

Theory / Spanish communist Miguel Ángel on the war in Ukraine and our tasks

The ‘leftism’ of certain organisations is as useful to imperialism as right-wing revisionism or reformism, and must be resolutely opposed.

USSR / Stalin: A great servant of mankind who belongs to the ages

Truly, his name and his works will live on through the centuries.

Theory / Lenin lives!

Why do the workers need a communist party; and what should communists be doing that no one else can?

Capitalist crisis / It’s not the workers but the capitalists who are causing inflation

It is the right and the duty of workers to demand a bigger share of the wealth their own labour has created.

Capitalist crisis / The cost of living crisis is a capitalist crisis

Economic crises are an inescapable feature of life under the market system. Socialist planning is our only way out.

Ukraine / ANC veteran: ‘An anti-nazi patriotic war is not an interimperialist war’

Seven decades of revisionist rot are revealed in the anti-Russia stance being taken by so many communist parties today.

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.

Theory / Food and decolonisation

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

Korea / Kim Il Sung: 110 years since the birth of Korea’s great revolutionary leader

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.

Russia / Who benefits by falsely labelling Russia as ‘imperialist’?

There is a growing and disturbing trend for self-styled ‘communists’ to join the Nato bandwagon in denouncing ‘Russian imperialist aggression’.

Ukraine / Western presstitutes rediscover international law after 77 years

Will this admission turn out to have been a massive own goal?

Theory / Connecting Marxism with the masses is the number one priority of communists

Individually and as a collective we must constantly reassess whether our effort is being wisely spent.

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?

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.

Theory / Is inflation good for you?

What is really at the root of the inexorable rise in prices?

Theory / Yanis Varoufakis and Diem25: erratic Marxism and consistent anticommunism

It is scientific socialism that workers need, not plausible lies about how to ‘fix’ social democracy, the EU, and capitalist imperialism itself.

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.

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.’

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.

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?

China / Greetings to the Communist Party of China on its 100th anniversary

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

Sport / What can the European Super League teach us about monopoly capitalism?

The monopolisation of football is teaching workers all over again some of the lessons taught to us by Lenin over a century ago.

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’.

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?

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.

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.

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.

Divide and rule / Statues and the crimes of imperialism

It is widely accepted that the imperial powers committed terrible crimes in the past, but is the past really so different from the present?

Capitalist crisis / The oil slump and its ramifications

In attempting to retain domination over the oil market, Saudi Arabia has alienated its most important ally, supporter and protector.

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.

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?

Divide and rule / Book: Identity Politics and the Transgender Trend

Where is LGBT ideology taking us and why does it matter?

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.

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?

China / Chinese forum discusses humanity’s shared future

Why is China so far ahead of the imperialist countries in its development of green technologies?

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 determined and unceasing imperialist aggression.

Divide and rule / The only thing that unites us is class

Socialists must avoid the trap of bourgeois identity politics if they are to make headway in uniting the working class against capitalism.

Science and technology / Right to repair: a threat to monopoly superprofits

Apple are using their monopoly to rob workers by designing their phones and laptops to break. It’s wasteful, anti-environment and anti-worker; it’s capitalism!

Theory / Book: The Drive to War Against Russia and China

Why do the US and British ruling classes seem so set on war with Russia and China, and what can the working class do to prevent such a cataclysm?

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?

Theory / What is the significance of dialectical materialism for science?

Marxist philosophy is not a science above other sciences; it is an instrument of scientific investigation.

Economy / Sanctions: a self-defeating weapon

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

Capitalist crisis / Trump’s trade wars

US tariffs have increased the uncertainty in an already volatile system, and represent a new milestone in its aggressive policy towards China.

Capitalist crisis / Trump and US capitalism in perspective – interest rates and the Federal Reserve

The US government is rolling big in the capitalist casino.

Leaflets / How can we stop imperialist war?

If our unions take principled positions against British war crimes, we will have the backing we need to refuse to cooperate as individuals.

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.

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

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

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: 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?

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.

Culture / Celebrating Shakespeare: a Marxist-Leninist perspective

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

British politics / Why British workers need a Brexit

Leaving the EU would undoubtedly weaken the ability of British, European and US imperialists to dominate the globe.

Divide and rule / Black and white, unite and fight!

Racism is built into the system of exploitation, and will not be abolished until that system is replaced by socialism.

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.

Theory / Communists and the struggle against imperialism

In the present era of crisis and war, our movement must return to and unite around the profound truths contained within the works of our movement's founders.

USSR / One hundred years of International Women’s Day

The women who showed the way forward – and the work we have still to do.

Tunisia / Intifada in Tunisia and the fall of Ben Ali

The long-awaited harbinger of a wider revolt against reactionary Arab regimes.

Theory / Mao Zedong on contradiction

A masterly exposition of how to use dialectics to change the world, by the leader of the Chinese revolution.

Theory / The dictatorship of the proletariat

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

Theory / Letter to a comrade overcome by pessimism

Living in an imperialist country, where the movement is weak and at a low ebb, it is easy to get discouraged or disillusioned with communist work.

Theory / Lenin on party building

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

Zimbabwe / Book: Chimurenga! The liberation struggle in Zimbabwe

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

Climate change / Save humanity: the ticking time bomb of climate change

Even faced with their own destruction, the imperialists are incapable of doing anything to prevent a climate catastrophe.

Theory / Lenin’s What Is To Be Done?

What is the role of theory in the communist movement? How should it affect the work we do?

Theory / The three contradictions of imperialism

As monopoly capitalist imperialism continues its inexorable decline, we can see the profound truth of Marx's observation that the system creates its own gravediggers.

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Romania’s constitutional court has cancelled an election result that was not to imperialism’s liking, on the excuse of supposed ‘Russian interference’.

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Meanwhile, the hypersonic Oreshnik missile has imposed a new calculus on Nato’s insatiable war planners.

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And the USA’s political and economic crisis is likely to deepen further when it is seen how little of the longed-for change can be delivered from the White House.

Cuba / Cuban masses demand an end to brutal sanctions and US interference

Join with all progressive humanity in demanding an end to imperialism’s coercive measures. Let Cuba live!

France / France left without a government as Barnier falls

This latest collapse is another twist in Paris’s downward spiral into terminal political crisis.

Korea / Massive strikes called as crisis deepens in occupied Korea

Underpinning the scandals around corruption and authoritarianism is the US imperialists drive to restart the Korean war.

Georgia / Provocations and rent-a-crowds as imperialists try Maidan 2.0 in Georgia

Georgia’s people are resisting the Euro-Atlantic plot to turn their country into another base for attacking Russia.

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The collapse of the government of Bashar al-Assad is a grave setback for anti-imperialist forces from which we must learn.

Trade unions / Greek dockworkers block ammunition shipment to Israel

Greek and Indian dockers have given a lead. Transport workers around the world need to follow this example and refuse to cooperate with zionist war crimes.

Civil liberties / All eyes on the ‘enemy within’ – Prevent scheme targets dissenting children

British teachers are being tasked with the surveillance and intimidation of Palestine-supporting young people in schools and colleges.

Social wage / Your pension at work: the obscenity of ‘investment funds’

What does the case of the Merseyside Pension Fund tell us about how retirement is funded in Britain today?

Russia / Russian ambassador: October shaped the political, economic and social landscape

‘Turning to the lessons of a century ago is extremely important now that international relations are going through truly tectonic shifts.’

North Africa and Middle East / In Lebanon, Gaza and Yemen, resistance stands firm

Every attempt by the zionists to decapitate and demoralise the forces of liberation has backfired.

Africa / Platform in Dakar: pan-Africanism, anti-imperialism, internationalism

Reinforcing the vital link between he national-liberation movement in the oppressed countries and the workers’ movement in the imperialist centres.

Industry / Starmer government pushing fresh sell-off to hedge fund vultures

The Labour party grovels to Wall Street and the City of London.

USA / Persecution of the Uhuru 3 reveals limits of free speech in the USA

The case of the Uhuru 3 must be seen as part of a broader global counteroffensive against any form of opposition to Nato’s wars.

USA / Billionaire BlackRock CEO: ‘Doesn’t matter’ who wins US election

This notorious bankster’s observation highlights imperialism’s ability to maintain itself while distracting the masses with election circuses.

Ukraine / Project Ukraine unravelling as Zelensky touts risible ‘victory plan’

The irreversible collapse of the proxy war against Russia is slamming the door in the face of Nato barbarism.

Africa / Dakar declaration: Strengthen the anti-imperialist struggle

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Like all reactionary fools, the zionists and their imperialist masters believe that by murdering its top leaders they can put an end to the resistance.

Sri Lanka / A political earthquake in Sri Lanka

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Palestine / Yahya Sinwar, child of the camps

Yahya Sinwar has been immortalised as a martyr in the righteous cause of liberating his people from a cruel and unjust occupation.

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What were they thinking of? How the Paris Olympic Committee turned the 2024 opening ceremony into ‘one giant gay parade’.

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