Civil liberties / Minimum Service Bill is the latest salvo in the class war against workers

No cooperation with union-busting anti-strike laws! 

Yemen / Yemen’s quest for self-determination continues unabated

Despite conditions of siege and war, the Yemeni people are finding ways to lay the foundations of a diversified and more self-sufficient economy.

USA / The US ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ – blatant protectionism

US monopolies are hoping to survive the present crisis at the expense of their rivals, but alienating all their allies will ultimately only hasten their demise.

Civil liberties / Communists condemn cancellation of WPB anti-Nato meeting by Conway Hall

The Conway Hall Ethical Society’s craven submission to ‘online intimidation’ gives the lie to its claim to uphold free speech.

Europe / Food bank crisis in Europe

As our rulers double down on their war against Russia, workers across the EU are suffering rising hunger and fuel poverty.

Italy / Remembering the history and achievements of Italy’s communists

The militant and heroic legacy of our movement is much needed as an inspiration for the struggle that faces us today.

Peru / Solidarity with the people of Peru against US aggression

Another president falls to a US-backed coup in Latin America – but the people are not taking it lying down.

Yugoslavia / What is happening in Kosovo?

It is impossible to make sense of rising tensions in Serbia without knowing the post-socialist history of the Balkans and imperialist geopolitical aims.

Capitalist crisis / Prepay meter scandal reveals workers being slowly crushed by energy debt

Workers who can’t afford crippling energy prices are being forced to pay even higher rates by the vulture providers.

Ukraine / Bakhmut: Russia breaches crucial Ukrainian defence line

With Ukraine’s defeat in this pivotal battle now certain, western media are rushing to assure their audiences the town holds no significance.

China / Covid: China changes gear

As the People’s Republic moves on from the era of zero-Covid, western media are desperate to portray its decision as a sign of failure.

Philippines / Jose María Sisón, father of the Filipino revolution

Tribute to a long life lived in the service of the liberation of humanity.

Iran / Iran and the western-manufactured hijab protests

Attempts to cast imperialist countries as champtions of women’s rights are laughable to anyone familiar with the declining position of women in the west.

Science and technology / Microchips and monopoly: a new front in the global struggle

What is the significance of the USA's quest to repatriate the complex chain of semiconductor production?

Peru / Peru’s fragile socialist government ousted by a soft coup

Can the anger and energy of the Peruvian masses be channelled so as to realise their dreams of liberty and socialism?

Russia / Price cap stunt will not stop Russian oil trade

But it will deepen and expand the fissures within the imperialist camp itself, as the demise of the west accelerates.

Capitalist crisis / Communist replies to BBC budget tips: ‘Get out and see the real world.’

What kind of ‘journalist’ could seriously investigate whether ‘showering at the gym’ could be a money-saving tip for impoverished workers?

Capitalist crisis / Happy new year?

There is no reform that could enable this profit-hungry system to serve the needs of the working people.

Qatar / Qatar at the crossroads?

Can US pressure force Qatar to sever its economic ties to Iran and Russia?

Health / The ruin of the NHS for the benefit of private interests

In their desperation for sources of profit, our exploiters as individuals even end up damaging their own collective interests.

Climate change / What a Cop-out!

Even the most inveterate supporters of capitalism have been forced to admit that the UN’s climate mechanism has been taken over by the oil lobby.

Capitalist crisis / Communist responds to patronising BBC advice for a ‘budget’ Christmas

Naughty? Nice? It’s time workers stopped believing the fairy tale that we get what we ‘deserve’ and organised to fight for what we need!

Pollution / Britain’s dire water situation is no joke

Privatisation has stolen over £60bn from essential services, leaving the country to wallow in its own filth.

Yugoslavia / Anti-imperialist conference: Nato’s war drive threatens to engulf Europe

Rather than admitting defeat, the imperialists are doing everything possible to prolong and extend the war in eastern Europe.

Australia / Racist persecution of Aborigines in Australia continues unabated

A culture of torture has been exposed in Australia’s penal system, facilitated by the dehumanisation embedded into every level of the state machinery.

Ethiopia / Ethiopian peace talks begin as rebel Tigrayans suffer military setbacks

Will this African nation be allowed to settle its own future without any further interference?

Brazil / Can Lula get Brazil back on track?

Much has changed since Lula’s first presidency. While the economic situation is far more difficult, international shifts could work in the country’s favour.

Turkey / Iran and Turkey hit Washington’s Kurdish proxies in Iraq and Syria

Failing US hegemony is making itself felt in some surprising ways – and none of them bode well for the imperialists.

Capitalist crisis / Polycrisis? Time to put an end to this capitalist madness

This system is unable to escape from its own absurd contradictions: in particular the insanity of deepening poverty in the midst of ever-accumulating wealth.

British politics / What is really meant by the demand for a ‘general election now’?

It is true that Rishi Sunak’s appointment was undemocratic. But what do those calling for his ousting really want?

Argentina / What is behind the attempted murder of vice-president Cristina Kirchner?

US imperialism and its local proxies are willing to do whatever it takes to put this popular leader out of office – permanently.

Nicaragua / Oppose US ‘special measures’ against sovereign Nicaragua!

Once again, the USA wants to starve an entire people into submission, simply because they have asserted their right to economic and political independence.

World / Imperialist aggression hastens demise of US hegemony and the rise of Brics

As history moves on, new alliances are being formed that are more in tune with the real balance of forces in the world.

Colombia / Colombian president Gustavo Petro walking the tightrope of ‘total peace’

Will the new government be allowed to implement its social programmes to address the damage from decades of US-backed terrorism and war?

China / Xi Jinping to CPC: The times are calling us, and the people expect us to deliver’

The last five years have indeed been ‘truly momentous and extraordinary’ ones in China’s history and development – and the next five look likely to be even more so.

Divide and rule / Tribute to Comrade Avtar Jouhl

An indefatigable fighter against racism and imperialism, and for socialism, which he knew held the only solution to humanity’s problems.

Russia / British armed forces planned terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge

Like the fool of ancient Chinese fable, the imperialists continue to lift rocks that merely break their own feet.

Disputes / Support our nurses’ struggle for decent pay!

It is not our hard-pressed medical staff who are greedy, but the privateers who are pushing down their wages in the interests of profit.

Trade unions / Are Britain’s union bosses interested in helping their members fight back?

As the crisis deepens, the ruling class is looking far more determined than the unions, where lions continue to be led by loyal Labour donkeys.

Brazil / Lula is back!

With so much hope pinned on his new government, will his ministers be able to resist the push from global financiers insisting on ‘fiscal prudence’ (ie, on austerity)?

Czech Republic / Czech communist leader on the mass movement against Nato’s war

Josef Skála explains what is driving the huge protest movement that has rocked his country to its foundations.

Environment / Environmentalists: time to look your gift horse in the mouth

The misguided actions of the environmentalist movement are annoying workers and harming the aims they espouse.

Ukraine / Ukraine referenda: Russians exercise their right to self-determination

From now on, attacks or threats against these safeguarded territories will be dealt with as attacks against any other part of Russia.

British politics / Rishi Sunak becomes Britain’s third prime minister in seven weeks

No changing of the guard can address the fundamental problem the British ruling class faces – a deepening crisis of overproduction that it is powerless to overcome.

Yugoslavia / Neo-nazis smash up Yugoslav communist party headquarters

British communists stand in solidarity with our Yugoslav comrades under attack from EU-backed fascist thugs.

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

The capitalists have shown themselves to be entirely unable to run their own system for the benefit of society.

Russia / West uses Putin’s birthday to ramp up demonisation and personal attacks

But despite all the baseless allegations, reality is stubbornly resistant to imperialist propaganda.

Europe / Liz Truss’s message to the USA seconds after the Nord Stream attack: ‘It’s done’.

The former prime minister’s leaked iPhone messages convince Russia that British forces blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines.

Social wage / Hungry schoolchildren; another sign of a failed system

When an economic system can’t provide basics like food and warm shelter to its people, it is time for it to be replaced.

Azerbaijan / Azeri chauvinism used by imperialists to set Russia’s borders on fire

War has broken out again between Armenia and Azerbaijan, but who does it really benefit?

Germany / Germany is under pressure. Something’s got to give

As the economic crisis deepens and political panic spreads, the future of a unified European imperialist block is looking ever more shaky.

Media / Inside the world of imperialist mind control

The upside-down world of corporate media lies: how fairy tales and disappearing facts keep workers in ignorance and fear.

Africa / African trust in Russia grows as western influence wanes

The growing strength of the anti-imperialist block, anchored by Russia and China, is sending tremors of fear and panic through western corridors of power.

Energy / Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse: fracking is back on the agenda

Whichever way they turn, Truss and co are tying themselves in knots trying to escape the Gordian knot of the energy and inflation crises.

Russia / Vladimir Putin greets new regions with lesson on imperialism’s bloody history

‘The west is ready to cross every line to preserve the neocolonial system which allows it to plunder the world, thanks to its dollar and technology domination.’

Ukraine / Kharkov and Mobilisation: the Russian coalition persists, unhindered

The advance of Ukraine’s armed forces into territory from which Russian forces had already withdrawn, is not the ‘turning point’ western media are claiming.

Civil liberties / Free Julian Assange!

The chilling persecution of honest journalism has only highlighted the unfreedom of bourgeois society and the lies and complicity of imperialist corporate media.

Germany / Pipeline terrorism: Who benefits?

Western media allegations denouncing Russia’s alleged act of (self) sabotage make no sense, either politically or economically.

China / Joti Brar on the history and future of the Chinese communist party

‘The stronger China becomes industrially, technologically and militarily, the more it is able to help poorer countries break free of the stranglehold of debt slavery.’

Health / Coffey’s ‘plan for patients’ boils down to more targets and some magical thinking

Reams of empty phrasemongering are aimed at hiding the fact that Truss and co have no plan to do anything to fix the crisis in our health service.

Haiti / Protests erupt in Haiti against corrupt comprador government

Ruthless political suppression and rampant superexploitation by US monopoly capital continue to drive social unrest in the island nation.

Russia / First international antifascist congress held in Moscow

Uniting those who oppose the spread of Nazi ideology – which remains, as before, an imperialist tool for the division and control of the world’s peoples.

British politics / Farewell to Eric Levy

A lifelong antirevisionist and anti-imperialist fighter who never failed to act on his beliefs and never gave up his faith in the socialist future of humanity.

Czech Republic / Czech people take to the streets in record numbers against Nato’s war in Ukraine

Is this huge demonstration in Prague a sign of things to come across the European Union?

Iraq / ‘Normalising’ relationships with Israel now carries the death penalty in Iraq

A new law may force Iraqi politicians to put their money where their mouth is on the question of Palestine solidarity and anti-imperialism.

Ukraine / Selling Ukraine to the highest bidder

Alongside the wanton sacrifice of its military-aged men, the total immiseration of Ukraine’s entire population by western imperialism continues apace.

Ukraine / Free Ukraine’s Kononovich brothers, jailed communist youth!

As part of its suppression of political activity, the Ukrainian stooge regime has banned communist organisations and imprisoned their leaders.

Korea / US-south Korean war games are fuelling the drive towards war in the Pacific

The USA and its south Korean stooges are recklessly stoking the flames of war on the Korean peninsula by staging DPRK invasion and nuclear strike rehearsals.

China / Outrageous ‘assessment of human rights concerns’ in Xinjiang by UN commission

Solidarity with the people of China, being subjected to abhorrent and baseless accusations as part of the imperialists’ relentless drive to war.

Trade unions / Shameful capitulation of workers’ leadership in face of ‘mourning’ demands

With hunger, blackouts and war knocking urgently at workers’ doors, our demand should be: ‘Don’t mourn, organise.’

Disputes / Amazon workers against Victorian working conditions and derisory pay

Despite unions being banned by Amazon, its British staff have been staging wildcat actions in defence of their right to decent pay and conditions.

Germany / Closure of Nord Stream 1: another own goal for Europe

It is not Russians but European who are facing hunger and blackouts as a result of the EU’s failed sanctions war.

Netherlands / The Dutch farmers’ militant struggle

How can the needs of the people to eat and their need to live in a clean and stable environment both be met?

Capitalist crisis / EU quietly rowing back on self-defeating sanctions against Russia

In the face of the abject failure of their economic war, EU leaders are trying to salvage what they can without admitting to a U-turn.

Capitalist crisis / Cost of living crisis: the fightback is under way

Growing militance among unionised workers and vigorous new campaigns to combat the effects of poverty and inflation signify a change in the workers’ mood.

World / Support for USA’s proxy war in Ukraine draining as true cost dawns on the world

Meanwhile, the Russian targets of the present war front remain unbroken and unbowed – and headed for a decisive victory.

Social wage / Malthusianism is alive and well as feminists celebrate declining birth rate

Since they cannot admit to a solution lying outside of capitalist production relations, ‘women’s rights’ advocates are reduced to prettifying their chains.

Capitalist crisis / Families face energy bills topping £5,000 this autumn

Privatisation of the energy industry has put Britons at the mercy of world market prices – and no bourgeois party has a clue what to do about it.

Media / Dissecting the cliches of Anglo-American ethnocentrism

Former US ambassador calls on Britain and the USA to ‘come to the rescue’ of the world ... ‘again’.

Disputes / Support the postal workers!

Workers at Royal Mail are joining those on the railways and the docks in standing up for pay and conditions.

Support the Felixstowe dockers!

Workers at the country’s busiest port are using their collective power to demand a pay rise in line with rampant inflation.

Ukraine / How corrupt is Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky?

Who is this man who ‘preferred the ruin of his country to a timely compromise’?

Afghanistan / One year on from the Afghan rout: collective punishment continues

Having been beaten militarily, the USA and its allies continue to use economic and terroristic means to try to keep the Afghan people down.

British politics / Backing Truss for PM means doubling down on war drive and economic pain

Liz Truss represents a continued commitment by our rulers to their catastrophic direction on both the war drive and the economy.

China / USA’s provocations against China faced down by the People’s Liberation Army

In its desperation to ‘stop’ China’s growth, the USA is pushing towards all-out war – all while driving its various targets into ever-closer alliance.

China / China warns the USA on Taiwan: ‘Those who play with fire will perish by it.’

The US imperial tiger has far less power against China than it imagines. But while it remains in existence, it will continue to bring death and destruction in its wake.

Palestine / Obituary for Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

A CNN investigation has endorsed the view that Shireen was deliberately assassinated. But the truth about Israeli crimes cannot be snuffed out so easily.

British politics / Britain fretting over declining influence on ‘the rules’ as China and Russia rise

The accelerating development of a strong anti-imperialist camp is threatening the foundations of imperialist domination and plunder of the globe.

Civil liberties / Julian Assange must be freed – a plea from his wife Stella Moris

This battle is not to only save a single journalist from gross injustice but to defend the right of all workers to access and speak the truth.

Ukraine / $65bn in western ‘aid for Ukraine’ is neither aid nor is it for Ukraine

Ukraine will be paying off its latest ‘aid’ package for the rest of this century. That is, provided there is a viable Ukrainian state left when the conflict ends.

Civil liberties / ‘Bill of shame’ spits in the face of ‘Troubles’ victims

British attempts to whitewash war crimes in Ireland make clear once again: there will be no ‘reconciliation’ until reunification.

Ukraine / Is Russia’s advance in Donbass too slow?

What accounts for the moderate pace of Russian progress in eastern Ukraine? Is it true that the speed is indicative of an imminent collapse?

USA / Cynical calculations behind America illegalising abortion

Has the Roe v Wade abortion rights ruling been overturned in the hopes of shoring up Joe Biden’s electoral prospects?

Health / Dr Bob Gill: The demise of British primary healthcare

First they came for the cleaners, then they came for the caterers, then for the porters, the student nurses and the junior doctors. Now they’re coming for the GPs.

Yemen / Saudis continue to violate the truce in Yemen

Despite ceasefire agreements, Saudi military attacks are ongoing, as is the brutal blockade of Yemeni ports, leaving millions at risk of starvation.

Colombia / Colombians say enough is enough

An electoral victory for the left in of one of the USA’s regional strongholds shows that the people’s will for liberation has not gone away with the fighters of the Farc.

Ukraine / As Russia completes Ukraine operation, fallout for the west is just beginning

The reality of Europe’s much-vaunted ‘unity’ in support of Ukraine is that the EU is in the process of tearing itself apart.

Africa / Why African countries are remaining ‘neutral’ over the war in Ukraine

Historical ties of friendship and solidarity between Africa and the former Soviet Union weigh strongly in the feeling that Africa has towards Vladmir Putin.

Cuba / Cuba responds to failed US-controlled summit: Our America deserves better

With anti-imperialist sentiment on the rise once more, the USA is more terrified than ever of the infectious socialist example in its continental ‘back yard’.

Russia / USA’s proxy war in Ukraine cementing the world anti-imperialist alliance

Not only have the imperialists strengthened instead of crushing Russia, they have in the process given new confidence to independent-minded states everywhere.

Disputes / Victory to the striking railworkers; defend the right to strike!

In fighting to save jobs and defend pay, railworkers are in the front line of a desperately-needed push-back against the onslaught of capital.

Social wage / Food bank Britain

British families are relying on charity to eat as the market and the government both fail to provide even such a basic necessity as food.

Pay and conditions / Sainsbury’s CEO in the money as workers feel the pinch

As conditions for the mass of workers get rapidly worse, the obscene inequalities of the system come into ever-sharper relief.

Burkina Faso / The example of Thomas Sankara lives on in Burkina Faso

Murder trial reminds the Burkinabè masses that freedom and dignity will only return when theirs is once more the land of the upright men.

Ukraine / Ukraine operation phase 2: Mariupol nazis fall and Donbass steadily liberated

Russian forces have defied imperialist narratives on every front; soon a new phase in the conflict will begin.

British politics / Boris in trouble: It’s the economy stupid … and that bloody stupid war

The commentariat might not be admitting it, but it is the Ukraine war that looks like finally finishing off Boris Johnson’s premiership.

Ukraine / Joti Brar: ‘Greek workers have power to play leading role against Nato in Europe’

Those who spread the lie that the conflict in Ukraine is an ‘interimperialist war’ are helping to demobilise the world’s most militant antiwar activists.

Cuba / The heroes of Hotel Saratoga

A tale of everyday solidarity in the streets of socialist Cuba.

Capitalist crisis / Cost of living crisis worsens as inflation and energy prices soar

Our rulers are keen to blame ‘the Russians’ for the intrinsic failings of the capitalist system itself.

Disputes / Train strike: Britain could see the largest walk-out since the 1926 general strike

Meanwhile, the government is considering adding to anti-trade-union legislation to try to outlaw the action before it begins.

Palestine / Palestinian Nakba continues with the murder of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

After 74 years of endless atrocities, the Israelis are further than ever from realising their fascistic goal of an ethnically ‘pure’ state.

Ukraine / Is Poland planning to invade Ukraine? Nato eyes new fronts in drive to WW3

US imperialism is desperate to shore up its waning hegemony – and doesn’t care who or what it has to lay waste in the process.

Ukraine / Why did the USA build a string of biolabs across Ukraine?

Why were they funded by the US defence department and what was Hunter Biden’s role?

Media / Yemen v Ukraine: What makes a war newsworthy?

Why are the crocodile tears of our leaders and their presstitutes reserved for some victims of war and denied to others?

World history / Annette Beaumanoir: antifascist and anti-imperialist heroine of our times

Legendary French resistance fighter and groundbreaking ‘Red Doctor’ who dedicated her long life to serving the people.

British politics / Labour is the party of Nato, the party of war

Throughout Labour’s history, in and out of government, its leaders have always been unabashed cheerleaders for the crimes of imperialism.

Civil liberties / Assange, the 21st-century inquisition

It is not one man who is on trial, but the people’s right to access meaningful and reliable information.

Divide and rule / Monstrous plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda

The main target of anti-immigrant rhetoric is the British working class, which remains disunited and powerless when racist lies flourish.

Media / Liberal journalism’s fury as Soviet symbolism returns to liberated Donbass

True colours? Guardians of western values are agonising over the rout of the murderous thugs who have been rampaging for eight years in east Ukraine.

Sri Lanka / Sri Lankan workers revolt against the kleptocracy

As the world economic crisis bites deeper, a combination of unmanageable debt and rapidly rising food and fuel prices is making life impossible for the masses.

Divide and rule / Does our government love refugees now? What a difference one war makes

What are we supposed to make of the our rulers’ desire to extend the warmest possible welcome to refugees from Ukraine?

France / Macron secures second term, despite unpopularity and ‘ocean of abstentions’

Where is the force capable of harnessing the anger and militancy of the French working class?

Ukraine / Nato weapons for Ukraine: military aid and future profits for the USA

Arms monopolies have jumped at the chance to force as many countries as possible to replace their entire machinery of warfare.

Media / ‘Hurrah for the Azov!’ – The curious case of BBC whitewashing nazism in Ukraine

None of the glib refutations of nazism in Ukraine stand up to scrutiny, yet western media continue to repeat them while closing down those who expose their lies.

Ukraine / Russia advances to liberate the Donbass

Despite the floods of weaponry and propaganda from the west, Russia is slowly advancing its aim of denazifying eastern Ukraine. Again.

British history / Kim Philby: Hero of the working class

How the Soviet Union inspired a British establishment insider to devote his life to the cause of socialism and the socialist motherland.

Housing / London’s great council housing fraud

Politicians talk as if workers are fools, but no-one who has tried to live on a worker’s salary can swallow the London mayor’s lies about an increase in ‘affordable’ homes.

British politics / Partygate again: Is Boris really about to suffer ‘death by a thousand cuts’?

The prime minister’s lies and hypocrisy are once more back in the media spotlight. But the ruling class is struggling to find a replacement for its disgraced frontman.

British politics / Paltry Partygate fines for Boris and Sunak are a slap in the face for British workers

The ‘us and them’ reality of British class society has never been clearer.

Lay-offs and closures / The day that P&O sacked all its staff: view from a worker in Dover

When capital makes decisions about its profit margins, it is real people whose lives are destroyed.

Pakistan / USA conspires for regime change in Pakistan, but will it last?

Powerful enemies are ranged against Imran Khan, but it would seem that the streets are with him.

Ukraine / Swiss intelligence specialist assesses the military situation in Ukraine

As information trickles in, it is becoming clear that Nato and its proxies are losing the ground war to Russia and the Donbass antifascist forces in east Ukraine.

Korea / Solidarity with people’s Korea on the Day of the Sun 2022

Progressive humanity has every reason to celebrate the birth of the great Korean Marxist and revolutionary Kim Il Sung.

Yugoslavia / Belgrade forum reminds the world: ‘Never forget’ Nato war on Yugoslavia

It is the height of hypocrisy for the west to be crying about war in Europe while remaining silent about the blitzkrieg carried out by its own air force 20 years ago.

Ukraine / Fake news in Kiev heralds cruel April

As Russia meets its military objectives, western enthusiasm for disinformation continues to grow.

Ukraine / Faking ‘war crimes’: Mariupol hospital witness exposes imperialist lie machine

The accounts of those on the scene clearly contradict the atrocity narratives the west is spinning to whip up support for an escalation of the war.

Ukraine / Ukraine calls for Nazi-era tribunal against Russia

But if the USA backs this call, the tables could well be turned.

Climate change / Demonising fossil fuels will not tackle the environmental crisis

Only nationalisation of the energy sector will allow us to make rational plans to safeguard both our energy supplies and our future.

Lay-offs and closures / P&O sackings: Don’t make workers pay for the capitalist crisis

The ferry company’s callous treatment of its employees reminds us yet again that the logic of the capitalist system is impervious to the needs of human beings.

Palestine / Amnesty International: Israel guilty of ‘apartheid against Palestinians’

Western NGO is forced to conclude that Israel has constructed ‘a cruel system of domination’ that is ‘a crime against humanity’.

Ukraine / Nazis on the retreat as Russian encirclement bites in Ukraine

President Putin’s declared objectives of demilitarisation and denazification look likely to be fulfilled.

Ukraine / Ukraine’s President Zelensky: ‘It’s time to meet’

Are western leaders and their local proxies ready to recognise Russia’s legitimate security concerns?

Civil liberties / Iniquitous new borders bill aims to make citizenship-stripping routine

Are we entering a time where any outspoken opponent of the present system can be rendered stateless and deported?

Afghanistan / Victory of Afghan resistance forces is a heavy blow against our shared enemy

The defeat of US imperialism and its allies after 20 years of barbaric warfare is a tremendous advance for the anti-imperialist camp.

Laos / The inspirational yet unheard story of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

How has the most heavily-bombed nation on Earth managed not only to survive but to continue defending socialism and resisting US imperialism?

Capitalist crisis / Why should the working class pay the cost of the capitalist crisis?

Profiteering, taxation, money printing, social provision cuts, interest rate hikes ... are all combining to transfer the burden of the crisis onto the backs of the poor.

Ukraine / View from a Russian communist: ‘Russia is not going to occupy Ukraine’

How did it come to pass that fascist forces now dominate in this formerly socialist country? What is it that western media have not been telling us about the war?

Kazakhstan / Failed ‘colour revolution’ in Kazakhstan

Quick and decisive action by Russia and the CSTO has dealt a blow to the USA’s nefarious schemes in central Asia.

Ukraine / North Korea backs Russia’s action in Ukraine

DPRK points out that US provocations and military aggression are entirely to blame for the present situation in Europe.

Ukraine / Cuba calls for Ukraine solution that guarantees security and sovereignty of all

The United States and Nato are entirely responsible for the military escalation in Ukraine.

Ukraine / The crisis in Ukraine is not about Ukraine. It’s about Germany

In whipping up a provocation against Russia in Ukraine, the USA’s primary objective was to stop the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

British politics / Renegacy of Stop the War on display once again at ‘antiwar’ events

Those who turn out to voice their concern over war in Ukraine are being fed a nausea-inducing diet of pacifism and imperialist lies.

British politics / Build the Workers Party of Britain

The primary goal facing us today is the breaking of all bonds between the Labour party and the working class.

Civil liberties / Chris Mullin: Is another honest journalist about to be put behind bars?

West Midlands police are still pursuing a vendetta against the veteran reporter who revealed their corruption and incompetence.

Capitalist crisis / Poverty stalks the land as ultrarich count the spoils

Inequality is rising in Britain and in the world, the inevitable outcome of the workings of our much-praised market economy.

Ukraine / Kiev junta facing defeat as Russia roots out fascist militias from Ukraine

The present denazification operation is the result of 30 years of slow-motion war by Nato against Russia.

Social wage / Nationalise the buses!

Covid was the last straw for thousands of Britain’s remaining bus routes, and the profit motive won’t save these essential services.

Ukraine / ‘Antiwar’ and corporate media play same tricks in anti-Russia war drive

And none of them care a jot for the wellbeing or the wishes of the people of Ukraine.

Canada / Solidarity with the Freedom Convoy of Canada

The arteries of the Canadian capital are clogged to the point where Canada’s whole rotten capitalist system is having a heart attack.

British politics / Learn the lessons of the Corbyn project: break the link with Labour!

Breaking the thousand threads that connect workers’ organisations to the Labour party is the biggest task facing us now.

Divide and rule / Imperialist society can’t be ‘decolonised’; fight racism by building for socialism

While state power remains in the hands of a tiny exploiting class, workers will continue to be divided by racism.

Divide and rule / The tragic fall of Kathleen Stock: another voice silenced by trans extremism

A backlash against the domination of our university campuses by anti-material transgender ideologists is long overdue.

Divide and rule / Fight racism with class unity, not separatism or black nationalism

It is only by unifying the maximum forces that we will be able to confront the enemy of ALL workers – the capitalist-imperialist economic system as a whole.

British politics / The real conspiracy is that of the ruling class against the workers

Workers are being side-tracked from the class struggle with plausible lies that exploit their fears and their anger at being endlessly lied to.

China / China investing massively to address climate change

China’s example shows the real way out of our climate disaster – but taken alone, even its great strides cannot be enough.

Health / Law on mandatory vaccination for NHS staff to be repealed

In a last-minute U-turn, the beleaguered prime minister has realised that this is one battle he can do without.

Russia / Russia demands security guarantees to stop Nato expansion

The firm stance of Russia in the face of immense provocation stands in stark contrast to the chaos and disunity of the imperialist camp.

Syria / Bombing of Syria’s Tabqa dam: US war crime that nearly killed untold thousands

A recent investigation has uncovered the truth about an action for which the imperialists had previously denied responsibility.

USA / Insider dealing is just one of the ways US politicians get paid

Only revolution can end the corruption of public life.

China / US ‘forced labour’ act harms the people of Xinjiang

The imperialists are trying to curtail China’s rise and sow domestic strife by banning goods made in Xinjiang.

Kazakhstan / Kazakhstan: the latest in a string of failed coup attempts by the USA

Western-backed terror in central Asia is part of the imperialist drive to war, but has been scotched by Russia and China via the CSTO.

British politics / What can Boris’s ‘partygate’ tell us about the nature of capitalist Britain?

It is not just one leader we need to replace, but the whole rotten and corrupt system he represents.

Divide and rule / The Channel boat tragedy and Britain’s inhumanity to asylum seekers

Why is the plight of these desperate migrants being weaponised?

Civil liberties / Julian Assange loses extradition appeal; British ‘justice’ exposed to the world

On the insincere assurances of US lawyers, a British court has decreed that it would be safe for Mr Assange to be handed over to their country’s tender mercies.

UAE / Dubai’s freezing of F-35 order is a slap in the face for the USA

Another formerly loyal vassal is looking to keep its options open as imperial America’s star wanes.

Economy / BP’s ‘cash machine’ goes into overdrive as workers’ energy bills soar

Britain’s energy monopolies are enjoying a profit bonanza as their rivals disappear and Ofgem fixes prices on their behalf.

Yugoslavia / Bosnia: Republika Srpska stands firm in resisting the push into Nato

Resistance to Brussels’ self-appointed authority is growing in the autonomous Serbian region.

Ukraine / MH17 disaster – who do you trust?

As in the case of the Lockerbie bombing, the ‘investigation’ into the MH17 atrocity is less an inquiry into facts and more a weapon in the propaganda war.

Russia / Russia stands firm against the latest imperialist provocation over Ukraine

‘Russian aggression’ is merely the pretext for Nato and Ukraine’s military manoeuvres and warlike rhetoric.

India / The Indian farmers’ magnificent victory

What lessons can workers everywhere learn from this historic struggle, and how is a decent future to be secured for India’s small farmers?

Capitalist crisis / Crisis is inescapable while capitalism remains

The working class’s historic role is to put an end to profit-driven capitalism and to build a new, socialist society in its place.

Health / Covid has exposed the weakness of capitalism and the strength of socialism

In highlighting the fatal flaws of capitalism, the pandemic has also given us a chance to pursue solutions with renewed energy and hope.

Poetry / Poem: ‘Liberals’ & ’Death’

By Irish poet Kevin Higgins.

USSR / Tribute to Comrade Tamila Yabrova, 1929-2021

A steadfast and lifelong fighter against revisionism in the USSR.

Venezuela / Landslide victory for Maduro and the PSUV in Venezuelan election

The imperialists continue to cry ‘foul’ but even their most loyal proxies have been forced to recognise the result.

Divide and rule / Jobs are available – let asylum seekers work!

What possible justification can there be for refusing to let migrants work when there are so many empty positions?

Peru / Abimael Guzmán: death of a great revolutionary leader

Comrade Guzman may be dead, but so long as the conditions that gave rise to his movement remain, Peru’s rulers will continue to fear his name.

Health / Covid-19: Damning report highlights unpreparedness and corruption

Under cover of a global health emergency, our rulers have executed a blatant raid on the Treasury.

Korea / South Korean workers strike for secure work and better living standards

Strikers demand job security, healthcare, social housing and the right to free assembly in latest class-war skirmish.

Education / No academic freedom to support Palestine

Bristol academic sacked for refusing to bow to the diktat of the zionist world lobby.

China / China and Covid: working towards a global community of health for all

While China has declared its vaccines to be a global public good, imperialist corporations continue to put profit ahead of health.

Nicaragua / Imperialists incandescent as Nicaragua re-elects President Ortega in a landslide

Meanwhile, the country is leaving the OAS after its attempts to have the election results overturned.

Environment / Stop these sociopaths from poisoning our rivers!

We are reaping the whirlwind after decades of criminal neglect of Britain’s privatised water and sewage systems.

Economy / Energy crisis: more millions to prop up the privateers

Taxpayer cash will shore up monopoly profits while workers shiver this winter.

Health / The NHS, the Covid pandemic and the private insurance takeover

A meaningful defence of Britain’s health service is urgently needed. What would it look like?

Civil liberties / Imperialism’s global conspiracy against Julian Assange

Corporate media maintain their silence as the persecuted journalist and publisher remains behind bars, though convicted of no crime.

China / US appoints itself arbiter of ‘democracy’: one more act of anti-China propaganda

Invitation list confirms that to be counted as democratic one must be first and foremost a friend of the dictatorial US imperialist regime.

USA / Influence-peddling scandal implicates Joe Biden, son Hunter and brother Jim

Meanwhile, it transpires that it wasn’t the Russians interfering in the 2020 US presidential election but the barons of Silicon Valley.

Health / Derisory pay offer covers further cuts as NHS privatisation reaches new heights

National clapping and a George Cross have left nurses empty handed as the new health chief helps US profiteers move in.

British politics / Brexit continues to be a thorn in the side of imperialism

Exposing capitalist democracy, hastening Irish reunification, weakening the camp of international imperialism ... these effects of Brexit are greatly to be welcomed.

Industry / A curate’s egg: Shapps’s ‘Great British Railways’ scam

The proposed railways ‘solution’ is less a plan for renationalisation than it is a promise to provide further subsidies to monopoly capital.

China / Comrade Ella: Our enemy is here at home, not in China

Confusing and demoralising anticommunist propaganda is a cornerstone of the imperialist drive for domination and war.

Venezuela / Iniquitous lawfare: diplomat Alex Saab illegally kidnapped by US imperialism

The US is attempting to shore up its waning hegemony by claiming the right to try and convict independent-minded individuals in every corner of the globe.

Climate change / Cop26: Fiddling while the world burns

Awash with fossil fuel lobbyists and corporate sponsors, the latest ‘climate conference’ was just another greenwashing exercise for monopoly capital.

Energy / Why is Britain importing coal from Australia and the USA?

Is it fear of militant miners that keeps our rulers from reopening deep mines in Britain while we still have a need for coal?

Poland / Trouble in the EU: is Polexit looming?

Already holed beneath the water line by Brexit, the European imperialist flagship is heading into increasingly turbulent waters.

Economy / ‘Just in time’ reveals the fatal inadequacy of market mechanisms

Global supply lines have been designed with profit maximisation, not the needs of the people, in mind.

Lebanon / Lebanon has a new government, but remains a vassal state

The hypocrisy of US imperial enforcer Victoria Nuland denouncing the ‘thieves’ her own government has propped up for decades passes all bounds.

Economy / Energy crisis: how imperialism manufactures ‘shortages’

The monopolists are too busy vying for advantage to worry about the effects of their machinations on the lives of the workers.

Education / Prof David Miller and the zionist campaign to crush dissent on campuses

The list of truths that we are being told we must not utter in public spaces continues to grow, but truth has a way of winning out.

British politics / Ninth party congress: We must connect our movement with the masses

Important foundations have already been laid. Now we must expand and build on those in a principled and serious way.

USA / US state revokes child protection laws instead of creating decent jobs for adults

Wisconsin is planning to patch up the cracks in its faltering economy by getting children to work longer and later.

China / What do Evergrande’s troubles mean for the Chinese and world economies?

No amount of state intervention can break the connection between overproduction crisis and the market.

Bolivia / Haitian president’s assassins part of plot to kill Bolivian leader

Evidence has emerged of a plan to kill President Luis Arce, the popular successor to Evo Morales.

Nicaragua / Nicaraguan ambassador: ‘In our country, democracy is in the hands of the people’

Comrade Guisell Morales reminds us that capitalism, imperialism and sanctions kill; and that another world is possible.

Venezuela / The US has placed itself in charge over which nations get to eat

The imprisonment of diplomat Alex Saab is a further indication of the lengths to which US imperialism will go in imposing its starvation sanctions on Venezuela.

British politics / Britain steps up diplomatic hostility towards China

In banning the Chinese ambassador from Parliament, Britain is ramping up its pro-war stance.

Cuba / Cuba rebuts claims of ‘sonic weapon’ targeting US diplomats in Havana

Claims of a ‘mystery syndrome’ don’t stand up to the slightest scientific scrutiny, yet western politicians and media continue to repeat them.

Honduras / Honduran masses reject neocolonial ‘private cities’ and demand sovereignty

Imperialist corporations are establishing private empires, the better to maximise profit and control resources.

British politics / Palestine solidarity motion deepens division in the Labour party’s ranks

Keir Starmer has already vowed to ignore the motion passed by an overwhelming majority of conference delegates.

British politics / Labour party conference not a ‘safe space’ for women

While Keir Starmer can’t say who has a cervix, one of his MPs is receiving death threats for defending women’s rights.

Civil liberties / Anglo-American plot to assassinate Julian Assange on London’s streets

Will the authorities now be forced to cease their decade-long persecution of the world’s most celebrated journalist?

Australia / Aukus deal splits the imperialist front against China

As Lord Palmerston declared 200 years ago: imperialism has no permanent friends, only permanent interests.

Economy / Gas prices go through the roof as global shortage ties supply lines in knots 

Millions of families will again be forced to choose between heating and eating this winter.

Ireland / Deprivation, anger and fear behind loyalist riots in northern Ireland

Poor protestants are responding to a sense of alienation and being left behind. The question they will need to answer is: to what and to whom are they ’loyal’?

Tunisia / Ten years on from the Jasmine revolution, the masses are moving again

The ravages of Covid have added to the longstanding issues of poverty, hunger, unemployment and corruption which brought down Ben Ali a decade ago.

Ecuador / Chevron’s disgraceful persecution of human rights lawyer Steven Donziger

Instead of paying billions in damages owed for horrific pollution of Ecuador’s rainforest, the oil giant is hounding and demonising its accusers.

Colombia / The masses are fighting back in Colombia

Colombian workers are learning vital lessons about the power of mass action to achieve their ends.

Civil liberties / Craig Murray: British state locks up elderly journalist on spurious charges

In Britain today, any journalist who becomes an inconvenience to the ruling class can expect to be ruthlessly targeted.

Italy / Workers at the GKN factory in Florence fight back

Workers demand an end to the dismantling and export of their industries and the protection of their rights to healthcare and a decent environment.

Economy / Scandalous levels of public service corruption in Britain

Is honest dealing by businesses and politicians compatible with capitalist society and the profit motive?

Pay and conditions / Keep on trucking: supply lines chaos as Covid and Brexit effects combine

The obvious answer to the present shortage of skilled labour is to invest in training and to improve pay and conditions in the areas concerned.

Afghanistan / Saigon all over again: US pull-out from Afghanistan turns into a rout

Nato’s invading armies have been ignominiously kicked out after two decades, having achieved nothing but the reinvigoration of anti-imperialist resistance.

France / Solidarity with French workers and their fight against Nato in Toulouse

Workers protest the militarisation of space and the subordination of their interests to those of US imperialsm.

Ukraine / Russia puts Ukrainian junta in the dock

Will the European court be interested in upholding the human rights of the people of Crimea and the Donbass?

Environment / Workers party hosts popular rally against LTN scheme in Birmingham

An excellent example of socialists connecting with the community in order to advance their interests and raise their understanding.

Cuba / Support the Cuban people as they defend their revolution

The progressive people of the world are firmly with Cuba’s masses as they face a renewed onslaught of US interference and sabotage.

Working-class history / Remembering the 2011 youth uprising

Ten years on, the poverty, inequality and injustice that led to an outpouring of rage on England’s streets have only worsened.

Civil liberties / Reform of the Secrets Act is another brick in the wall

While the ‘opposition’ sits on its hands, the ruling class is rolling out more legislation designed to suppress working-class discontent.

China / No politicisation of Covid origin tracing: joint statement with CPC

The quest to understand the origin of Covid-19 must be pursued in the spirit of international cooperation, not used as a political football.

Social wage / Cambian Childcare: End this chattel slavery

How many more horrendous revelations do we have to endure before action is taken to end the abuse of vulnerable children by profiteers?

Afghanistan / US imperialism slinks out of Afghanistan

As war after war ends in defeat, the much-touted ‘new American century’ is turning out to be the era of imperial decline.

USA / Whistleblower Daniel Hale sentenced to 45 months in US prison for drone leak

‘I am here because I stole something that was never mine to take – precious human life.’

Environment / ‘Recycling’ today: greenwashing for a broken, ecocidal system

Why does our society seem so incapable of dealing with the rising tide of plastic that threatens to overwhelm us?

Social wage / Scandalous profiteering at the expense of children in care

Our most vulnerable children have been transformed into business units by private equity funds.

Korea / Comrade Kim Jong Il’s lifelong contribution to the Korean revolution

Why do north Koreans celebrate the date on which Kim Jong Il started work on the central committee of the Workers Party of Korea?

Iran / US escalates tension with Iran in attacks at home and abroad

But in doing so, it is only weakening its own already shaky position in the middle east.

India / Legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh dies from Covid, aged 91

The incredible life story of the ‘Flying Sikh’ exemplified the triumph of determination over adversity.

Ireland / Britain’s dirty war back in the spotlight

The full historical reckoning for centuries of colonial crimes will be made by a future reunified Ireland.

Palestine / Nasrallah: Gaza’s victory paves the way for the total liberation of Palestine

Lebanese resistance leader shows how the Palestinians won in Gaza and what that victory signifies for the middle east.

Economy / Fraud office’s ‘deferred prosecution’ trick shields top bosses from legal action

The lords of finance capital have long made it clear that they are above the law: now it’s being implicitly accepted by those who supposedly ‘regulate’ their activities.

Cuba / ‘The streets of Cuba belong to revolutionaries and we will defend them’

Enemies of the revolution are trying to manipulate problems of the pandemic and the blockade to effect regime change. It will not work.

Social wage / Unemployment and poverty set to rise as furlough ends and benefits are cut

A brutal shock is in store for many workers as the temporary multi-tiered unemployment support system is slashed back to the bone.

Ukraine / Britain’s Crimea provocation: a navy lark that went very wrong

Those who are driving us towards a full-scale conflagration with Russia should be careful what they wish for.

Syria / Bashar al-Assad’s latest presidential election victory is gall to imperialism

The regime change project may have destroyed countless lives and livelihoods, but the Syrian people remain firm in resisting outside interference.

Belarus / Demonisation aims at regime change in Belarus

Imperialist-backed opposition forces in disarray after their publicity stunt backfired.

Palestine / Operation al-Quds Sword strikes terror into the heart of Israel

After bombarding Gaza for 11 days, Israel has achieved only the emboldening and greater unity of Palestinian resistance.

Civil liberties / Metropolitan police branded ‘institutionally corrupt’

An unsolved murder and a persistent family have laid bare a catalogue of dishonest dealings by police stretching out over decades.

Canada / Mass children’s grave uncovers brutal details of Canada’s indigenous genocide

Laying bare the unpalatable truth about capitalism, red in tooth and claw.

Health / Film: The Great NHS Heist

Dr Bob Gill’s contribution to the fight to save our NHS is incalculable. This film is essential viewing for every British worker.

Palestine / ‘Resiste y avanza’: Venezuelans host global solidarity event for Palestine

Workers all over the world have been expressing their disgust at the latest zionist outrages.

Health / NHS dentistry in its death throes as Covid is used as a cover for privatisation

Increasing numbers of poor workers are not registered with a dentist and are forced to use DIY treatments in an emergency.

World history / Film review: Judas and the Black Messiah

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

Colombia / Support the Colombian people’s uprising

Renewed struggle has burst out in the streets of Colombia, where the panicked government's concessions have by no means satisfied the militant demands of the masses.

Palestine / Latest Gaza assault: zionism signs its own death warrant

Palestinians have given up waiting for the ‘international community’ to act on toothless resolutions and are increasing the strength and unity of their own resistance.

Civil liberties / Workers Party statement: No to Covid passports

There is no medical justification for the imposition of such documents; they are not aimed at protecting our health but at the surveillance and control of workers.

Divide and rule / Sewell report concludes ‘no institutional racism’ in British society. How?

The whitewashers of the system and the self-identifying ‘social justice warriors’ form a perfect double-act, working to keep workers perpetually divided.

Africa / President Idriss Déby of Chad: death of an imperialist puppet

After decades of kleotocratic tyranny, French and US imperialists are working to ensure power passes to Déby's equally corrupt and unpopular son.

Civil liberties / Kill the Policing, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill!

A marked increase in police violence against workers has already been in evidence even before the new policing bill has passed into law.

Industry / The Sanjeev Gupta, Lex Greensill and David Cameron affair

Once again we see the absurdity of a system that leaves the fate of essential industries and millions of workers in the hands of rapacious fraudsters.

World / Five Eyes become four as New Zealand distances itself from anti-China action

Workers have no interest in going along with the wave of anti-China propaganda that is preparing the ground for a devastating war.

Britain / Britain commits to nuclear expansion in defiance of non-proliferation treaty

What is behind the renewed imperialist drive to war?

Yemen / Imperialism and its sidekicks sink in a swamp of their own making in Yemen

The indomitable spirit of the Yemeni resistance is further proof that the imperialists and their proxies are incapable of winning a single aggressive war.

Health / Imperialism fails the Covid test

Capitalism is proving itself to be systemically incapable of dealing rationally and humanely with the global pandemic.

USA / Derek Chauvin found guilty on all counts of George Floyd’s murder

A conviction that serves to underline the general impunity of imperialist state forces when carrying out their role as defenders of the status quo.

India / India’s Covid nightmare

In India, the true face of capitalism is showing itself with utmost clarity: poverty, inequality and a total inability to put the needs of the people first.

Palestine / Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, steal land with impunity

The violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers against civilians continues, propped up by Israel’s legal system and the world’s blind eyes.

USA / Biden’s US ramps up hostility toward refugees, despite ‘humane’ promises

Joe proves his imperialist credentials by presiding over ‘business as usual’ in America’s war on migrant workers.

Economy / Post Office pursued vindictive prosecutions against subpostmasters

The appeal court victory of 29 of those wrongfully convicted has opened the floodgates for hundreds more claims.

Industry / Greensill debacle: the door keeps revolving

The collapse of this particular debt-laden finance house is drawing public attention to some very uncomfortable truths.

Health / NHS privatisation accelerated during the pandemic: a medical ‘shock doctrine’

Instead of rebuilding our decimated public capacity, private providers are being subsidised to the tune of billions to take the place of the NHS.

Industry / FlyBe is dead, long live FlyBe

Turns out all it takes to avoid the creditors is a slightly tweaked name and a fresh coat of paint.

China / Who is peddling the ‘Uyghur genocide’ myth, and why?

It is not in the interests of British workers to accept the lies being propagated by our rulers.

China / The Chinese ‘debt trap’ is a myth

Did Chinese firms build the Sri Lankan port of Hambantota as part of a new imperialist domination strategy, as many commentators allege?

Pay and conditions / Don’t make care workers pay for the crisis in social care!

We must renationalise and reunite social care with healthcare, and pay all workers in the sector a decent wage.

Russia / Alexei Navalny – criminal, fraudster and puppet of imperialism

Civil liberties / Police Bill: capitalism gears up for the class struggles to come

Our rulers are in a hurry to pass new laws while the excuse of Covid lingers and before workers have woken up to the true scale of the present economic crisis.

Korea / Kim Jong Un elected as general secretary of north Korean party

Workers Party of Korea celebrates its successful congress and returns with renewed vigour to the task of building a prosperous life for all.

British politics / Salmond v Sturgeon: what’s going on in the Scottish nationalist camp?

All this sound and fury is serving to obscure Salmond’s real crime: the incitement of reactionary separatism amongst the British working class.

Civil liberties / BLM, XR: No reds under the bed … yet

Our rulers are nervous that workers may start to put up really meaningful resistance to imperialist domination, despoliation and war.

Housing / Ban extended, but evictions continue

Behind the toothless legislation is a government, and parliament, inextricably intertwined with the landlord class.

Disputes / Shrewsbury 24: Justice delayed is justice denied

Workers must start to organise themselves so as to be able to demand justice now – social justice for all.

British politics / Liverpool scandal: Starmer cheers as the government sends in the commissioners

Labour and Tory are two sides of the same dud coin; we should be grateful to Starmer for demonstrating this so clearly.

Industry / Cameron’s hand caught trapped in the till as Greensill collapses

The collapse of yet another debt-laden house of cards has shone a light on the revolving door between career politicians and the corporations they serve.

Working-class history / Book review: The East Was Read by Vijay Prashad

An excellent collection that reminds us of the urgent need for a cultural renaissance amongst the working and oppressed masses.

Media / Facebook employs propagandist to wage war on ‘disinformation’

Big tech is enthusiastically embracing the drive to war with Russia and China.

Ethiopia / What is behind the war in Tigray?

One thing stands out clearly from the last few decades of privatisation and war: capitalism is not working in Ethiopia.

Climate change / The profiteers are responsible for the environmental disaster in Texas

The logic of capitalism means that our rulers consistently prioritise short-term profits over society’s long-term needs; even at the risk of their own extinction.

Palestine / The ethnic cleansing of the West Bank

While western politicians and media pursue imaginary ‘antisemites’, they continue to ignore or excuse the murderous crimes of Israel.

Palestine / Israel weaponises Covid, witholding vaccine from Palestinians

While loudly claiming to be the ‘most vaccinated nation’ on earth, Israel continues to ignore the health needs of the occupied and blockaded Palestinians.

Palestine / Israel arrests Palestinian politicians ahead of PA elections

As Palestinian elections draw near, Israel has been rounding up politicians in an attempt to suppress any real exercise of political sovereignty or self-determination.

Yemen / US falters over Yemen war, while Britain stops its ears

While the US looks to hide its defeat behind talk of peace and principles, Britain continues blatantly to prioritise the interests of its arms manufacturers.

Myanmar / Turmoil in Myanmar: what’s going on?

Why would a military that already held most of the strings of power carry out an apparently unnecessary seizure of power?

Social wage / Don’t tell Newham we are all in it together

The financial and physical inability to isolate or to work safely has led to far worse covid outcomes for the poorest in our society.

Industry / With ‘saviours’ like Gupta, who needs enemies?

If you are rich enough, you can get richer still without spending a penny; it is the workers who pay when the vultures’ schemes collapse.

Health / More ‘reforms’ of the NHS, so many nails in the coffin

We have a hard fight on our hands if we wish to save our health service from the corporate looters and privateers.

Health / Nutrition is a human right: we must demand decent food for all

Corporate-funded ‘nutrition’ studies are a perfect example of how the profit motive perverts the course of scientific enquiry.

Social wage / Destitution in Britain compounded by 2020 crash and covid shutdowns

How can it be that there is so much want in the midst of so much plenty?

Ukraine / Zelensky cracks down on Ukrainian opposition as US tightens colonial screw

The country continues to be used as a pawn in the imperialists’ drive to war with Russia, regardless of the needs and wishes of its people.

Cuba / Harpal Brar: Support Cuban medical disaster relief team for Nobel peace prize

Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade has saved thousands of lives across the world.

Palestine / Israel makes Palestinian children homeless as world watches US election

Eleven families left searching for shelter after Israeli forces destroyed their village in the Jordan Valley.

Civil liberties / Mairead Maguire nominates Assange, Manning, Snowden for Nobel peace prize

Irish peace prize winner explains how the bravery of these three whistleblowers inspires peace-loving workers everywhere.

Armenia / President Putin mediates groundbreaking peace deal in Nagorno-Karabakh

A Russian-brokered agreement has affirmed the central role of Moscow in securing peace on the territory of the former Soviet Union.

Pay and conditions / Bringing Kaplan to book: time to get organised in the gig economy

A reminder that the whole reason for having trade unions is to fight the workers’ corner everywhere.

Media / Big Tech and the end of dissent: First they came for Donald Trump

The useful idiots of the liberal left are cheering while tech giants clamp down ever harder on freedom of speech.

USSR / Communist George Blake dies in Moscow aged 98

One of Britain’s most committed cold war warriors, who went on to live out his years in peace in Russia.

Housing / Planning reforms won’t fix the housing crisis

Building more homes is not the answer unless they are built for those who need them.

USSR / Where men die and legends are born – remembering the Battle of Moscow

In the winter of 1941, Soviet forces outside Moscow exploded the myth of the Nazi war machine’s invincibility and stopped the fascist advance in its tracks.

USA / Crisis in America: Trump, Biden and the Capitol Hill affair

How has the US arrived at the point where it is disarming its own national guardsmen?

Venezuela / Venezuela elects a new national assembly headed by socialist coalition

Venezuelans went to the polls on 6 December, overwhelmingly electing legislators who will serve their own interests, rather than those of imperialism.

Media / British ban of Chinese news channel is another step towards open warfare

The mainstream media is spreading cold war propaganda against China in support of the imperialists’ drive to an all-out conflagration.

British politics / The Big Ride for Palestine and the Labour party

Tower Hamlets council’s decision to ban a fundfaising event for Palestine highlights the Labour party’s role as a tool of British imperial policy.

Social wage / Hard to swallow: UK food parcels shamefully inadequate

When profit takes precedence over the provision of service, it’s no surprise that half-hearted and belated government measures are not fit for purpose.

Lay-offs and closures / Chester Road closure: No to GKN’s industrial vandalism!

A 270-year-old British manufacturer is being slowly dismantled by asset-stripping vultures, destroying vital jobs and engineering capacity in the process.

Economy / GameStop stops Wall Street

Activist amateur traders ‘driven by righteous anger’ very nearly broke at least one hedge vulture’s bank, causing panic on the stock exchange.

France / Macron government attempts to suppress exposure of police brutality

French workers continue to set an example in resisting the encroachments of the powerful upon their rights.

USA / Trump’s lengthening shadow will stymie Biden’s return to the Obama ‘norm’

Efforts to revive the halcyon days where Obama could sign off on endless drone assassinations and still be heralded as a beacon of ‘progress’ will not work.

Health / DVLA: Keeping non-essential staff in offices is endangering lives

The biggest outbreak of covid yet recorded in Britain is taking place in a government office in Wales – and staff are still being forced to come in to work.

Health / Covid: Frontline workers are paying for the crisis with their lives

Thousands of businesses are claiming to be ‘essential’, forcing staff to come to work but failing to provide PPE or to implement proper safety measures.

Society / Time to end poverty: expropriate the expropriators!

Bourgeois commentators are increasingly identifying the problems besetting humanity, but they are congenitally incapable of recognising the solution staring them in the face.

USA / Joe Biden can’t rebuild the bridges burnt by Donald Trump

Liberal commentators are heaving sighs of relief and hoping for a return to ‘business as usual’, but the days of US global dominance are ending.

India / The global aspect of India’s farmer protests

Exposing India’s food producers to untrammelled force of the market will raise food prices and put farmers at the mercy of agribusiness corporations.

Civil liberties / Julian Assange: the persecution continues

Years of unwarranted imprisonment and torture do not look likely to end any time soon, despite the denial of the US’s extradition claim.

Iran / Is the US about to launch an all-out war against Iran?

Incapable of learning from experience, the war hawks are once more banging the drum for yet another criminal, genocidal but ultimately futile war in the middle east.

China / Harpal’s book on China renders ‘invaluable assistance’ to working class

We must find a way to evaluate market socialism honestly without giving up support for people’s China.

Cuba / USA adds Cuba to ‘state sponsors of terror’ list without a shred of justification

Is this a parting shot aimed at stirring up trouble by Donald Trump?

Korea / Kim Jong Un: ‘Thanks to the anti-pandemic forces that protected us’

As the Workers Party of Korea turns 75, the country holds a huge military parade, celebrating its latest victories over covid, natural disasters and imperialist threats.

India / The largest strike the world has ever seen is taking place now in India

But you wouldn’t know it from Britain’s corporate media and Labour-affiliated trade union leaderships.

Iran / One year on from the imperialists’ murder of General Qasem Soleimani

All progressives must support the right of Iran to defend itself against relentless imperialist aggression.

Lay-offs and closures / Jobless figures mount as Paperchase is latest retail chain to fail

As the economic crisis is exacerbated by repeated lockdowns, company after company is going to the wall.

British politics / Fresh revelations prove definitively that Britain’s ‘defence’ capacity has aggressive intent

What kind of defence force entails a permanent military presence of 145 base sites in 42 countries?

Civil liberties / Julian Assange victorious, for now

Judge’s ruling makes it clear that the principles supposedly protecting free speech and honest journalism remain in peril.

USSR / In memory of Nina Alexandrovna Andreeva

Communists mourn the passing of one of Russia's foremost fighters against the counter-revolution and for the refounding of Soviet socialism.

World / ICC drops case against Britain, despite ‘clear evidence’ of war crimes

How can the warmongering criminals rampaging around the globe be held to account?

India / Rape and murder of dalit girls continues as Indian authorities turn a blind eye

Old caste prejudices from the feudal era are preventing Indian workers from coming together in class solidarity.

Lay-offs and closures / Sunak extends furlough till April as jobless stats sow panic

The number of redundancies continues to climb inexorably each month, despite all efforts to massage the figures and soften the blow.

Civil liberties / Julian Assange extradition trial: Shameful martyrisation continues

Kafka’s dystopian vision has been brought to life in the heart of the British injustice system.

Iran / In memoriam Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iranian scientist who served his people

Israel hopes by such cowardly assassinations both to decapitate Iran’s defence capabilities and to trigger a new regional war.

Industry / Government announces extra £16.5bn for military

Government promises spending will protect 10,000 jobs, but at what cost to the working class?

Chile / Signs in Chile that capitalism is fast approaching its end-point

The shooting of young children at a care home has provoked fresh outrage against the brutality of Chile’s ruling oligarchy.

Cuba / US diplomat caught interfering in Cuba’s internal affairs

The Cuban FM has made it clear that such actions will not be tolerated. Viva Cuba!

British politics / Crisis of legitimacy: trust in politicians and journalists keeps going down

What does it say about our ‘democracy’ when those who are supposed to uphold it are some of the least trusted people in the country?

Social wage / Demise of RPI: another attack on workers’ pensions

Why should our right to a dignified old age depend on the vagaries of stock-exchange gamblers and government statisticians?

Economy / Debenhams, Arcadia: Making workers pay for the crisis

Tens of thousands are set to lose jobs and suffer pension cuts, once again making workers pay the price for capitalism’s failings.

China / Charting the way ahead for China

A fifteen-year roadmap for the further modernisation of the country.

Economy / Water privateers: ‘Doing what’s in the best interests of shareholders’

As Britain’s utilities are looted by shareholders, workers are forced to pay astronomical bills for deteriorating services.

Economy / B&M: Bending the rules and ripping off the public purse – and it’s all legal

Funds used to ‘support the economy through covid’ have been spent on making the rich richer while everyone else struggles.

Azerbaijan / War in Nagorno-Karabakh

What is at stake in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, and who stands to gain from it?

Social wage / Humbled by their own incompetence: ‘winter economic plan’ back to square one

Lockdown exacerbates ruling class conflict over future for employers, employees, and unemployed.

British politics / Paul Turek: passing of a working-class fighter

Our party mourns the loss of a true class-conscious proletarian and a staunch fighter for socialism.

Australia / ‘Killing for sport’: Is the Australian SAS an outlier or the norm?

Four-year investigation reveals the true depravity of imperialist occupation forces in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

Economy / Edinburgh Woollen Mill: the vultures circle

Thousands of workers look set to lose their jobs, but the man whose fortune they made will have no trouble hanging onto his millions.

Economy / Capital gains tax: Big business cries before it is hit

Despite the exponential growth of poverty and inequality, our rulers still can’t seem to face the idea of paying a little more of their ill-gotten gains into the state’s coffers.

Economy / City spivs raid the public purse

The revolving door between private sector consultancies and the civil service continues to spin.

Education / Marketisation of services to vulnerable children exposes true values of liberal democracy

Never has the gap between human and capitalist logic been so glaringly apparent.

Economy / CBI arrogance undermines capitalist stability

Thinking representatives of the system are increasingly concerned with how blatant the corporate control and looting of the Treasury has become.

British politics / Jeremy Corbyn suspended from the Labour party

Sir Keir Starmer is doing everything in his power to ram home the lesson that Labour will never serve working-class interests.

USA / Why are women being unnecessarily sterilised at a US immigration centre?

Disturbing facts have come to light in a for-profit immigration centre. What is the motivation behind these crimes against women prisoners?

Capitalist crisis / Book: Bandit Capitalism: Carillion and the Corruption of the British State

A meticulously researched exposure of outsourcing and corruption that falls short of finding either the true culprit or the way out for impoverished workers.

Economy / Covid: Parasites enjoy a bonanza whilst workers struggle

There has never been a better time for workers to learn hard truths about the nature of the capitalist system.

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

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

Social wage / Southern Cross: vulture capitalists still getting fat on the care home racket

The problems in our care homes are rooted in privatisation and began well before the pandemic arrived to bring them to national attention.

Syria / Dirty British propaganda war against Syria exposed

The war machine is facing a most welcome crisis of legitimacy.

British politics / Workers party launches corona wealth tax campaign

All progressives in Britain should be working to extend the reach of the Workers Party into the ranks of the working class.

China / US plans to launch drone fleet into the Pacific

The US imperialists are continuing their unhinged drive to war against China.

Poland / Poland signs humiliating surrender agreement with the US

The Polish-US agreement is a surrender bill in all but name.

Yemen / British soldier arrested for protesting collusion in Saudi’s Yemen war

‘I’ve seen enough not to speak out and I’d rather sleep peacefully in a cell than stay silent for a pay cheque.’

South Africa / ANC tribute to Marie-José Moumbaris

A tireless anti-imperialist and internationalist who dedicated herself to the South African liberation struggle.

Korea / South Korean youth condemn Trump’s war exercises

Young woman arrested by police for protesting US war crimes in Korea.

Pay and conditions / Railway pensions under threat

It is the bosses’ responsibility to see to it that deferred wages are paid in full; why are workers expected to take the hit?

Russia / On the alleged poisoning of Alexei Navalny

Who is this man, and why is such a fuss being made about him?

Economy / Vultures circle over Royal Mail

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

Pay and conditions / FT spills the beans on the great pensions rip-off

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

Britain / Civil servants face coercion over return to the workplace

In a desperate bid to restore city centre footfall, the government is pushing workers back into offices.

South Africa / Marie-José Moumbaris, née Smoothy: a lifelong fighter against the apartheid regime

Tribute to a lifelong communist and fighter against apartheid, a daughter of France, but a dedicated friend to the oppressed everywhere.

Civil liberties / Media freedom? Show me the MSM journalist opposing the torture of Assange

Bolivia / Elon Musk on Bolivia: ‘We will coup whoever we want!’

Bolivia’s ‘lithium coup’ is yet another example of a regime-change operation carried out at the behest of imperialist corporations.

Syria / Syrian and Libyan oil: Washington’s hand in the till

People across the middle east continue to suffer war and economic hardships as the price of living on top of coveted oil resources.

Housing / Grenfell Tower: construction bosses’ contempt for workers’ lives laid bare

Despite its best efforts, the glacial inquiry has let slip a series of unpalatable truths about the practices and motivations of the construction industry.

UAE / Gulf states’ pact with the devil over Palestine

What did the UAE hope to achieve by making public peace with the zionist state?

Belarus / Hands off Belarus!

What is motivating the latest attempted regime change operation in Europe?

Lebanon / Tragedy in Lebanon

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

Social wage / UBI: a recipe for universal misery

Our demand must be for meaningful work in a society free from poverty, unemployment and insecurity.

Capitalist crisis / FT spills the beans on private equity scam

The super-rich are indulging in an orgy of speculation using the ‘free money’ of low-interest debt. Who pays?

Divide and rule / Look, balloons! Another migrant scare distracts attention from corona and crisis

With the worst covid outcome and deepest recession in Europe, our rulers are keen to divert workers’ anger from themselves and their failing system.

Society / Thinktank warns of massive rise in destitution in the wake of Covid-19

The wonders of capitalism: five million Britons predicted to become destitute this year.

Environment / Bayer AG forced to pay over $10bn to settle cancer claims

A US court has unexpectedly agreed that Roundup does indeed cause cancer – and awarded unprecedented damages to victims.

Pay and conditions / Papa John’s fails to deliver

Sheffield pizza workers force bosses to pay withheld wages through collective action.

Economy / Hedge funds flourish on covid misery

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

Lay-offs and closures / Nissan slashes workforce and pensions, poised to flee Sunderland altogether

Blame Brexit; blame covid ... blame anything but the capitalist system.

Ireland / Ireland gets the government it didn’t vote for

In a desperate bid to stop Sinn Féin from forming a government, the century-old Irish duopoly has been brought to an abrupt end.

Capitalist crisis / Rising inequality following the 2020 crisis of overproduction

Mushrooming inequality has the capitalist class spooked, for they fear the consequences.

Economy / Water CEOs fleece the public

Residents’ bills are sky high, the nation’s water reserves are seeping away, but privateer bosses are still shamelessly rinsing the coffers.

Health / PPE scandal: crony capitalists make a killing while frontline workers sacrificed

Meanwhile, the system’s defenders are worried that workers might learn the right lessons.

Pay and conditions / Ministry of Justice retreats on sick pay for cleaners

Victory for struggling cleaners after Emanuel Gomes’s death, who worked for a week with suspected covid and a raging fever.

Climate change / Book review: The Uninhabitable Earth

While giving admirable details regarding the facts of climate change the author fails to draw the crucial conclusion – that you need to be red to be green.

Industry / Leicester sweatshops keep their heads down despite covid panic

Fashion industry gangmasters are riding out the storm, safe in the knowledge that it will be business as usual before long.

Disputes / Support the Tower Hamlets strikers!

The Labour-run council plans to sack thousands of workers and re-hire them on dodgy new contracts with worse pay and conditions.

Civil liberties / Under cover of Covid-19: trial by jury is under attack

The abolition of workers’ right to a jury trial could be the final nail in the coffin of the justice system in Britain.

British politics / Stop the War gets it wrong again

When is an anti-war movement not an anti-war movement?

Divide and rule / Statues come down: the toppling of the mighty

Good riddance to bad rubbish, but what next?

Divide and rule / JK Rowling’s stance against the thought police

The author’s brave stance in defence of reality must be defended, and her hysterical detractors exposed as the reactionary bullies they are.

Venezuela / Bank of England must hand back Venezuela’s gold

Britain’s latest theft is part of a long history of looting and aggression against the Venezuelan people, who continue to struggle for their independence and freedom.

China / Communist Party of China celebrates 99th birthday

Special issue of China Insight highlights the achievements of the CPC since its foundation in 1921.

Economy / Bosses press on with sackings as crisis deepens

As the furlough support scheme comes to an end, the true depth of the economic crisis is becoming ever clearer.

Disputes / Drivers resist Goldstar intimidation

Union-busting haulier cowboys forcing extremely dangerous conditions onto workers.

USA / Rebellion: fractures in America deepen after murder of George Floyd

Will ‘taking the knee’, removing some statues and charging four policemen be enough to dampen the protests that have rocked the imperialist heartlands?

China / Hong Kong and the British government’s servile stupidity

Our rulers are tying us ever more firmly to the war chariot of US imperialism.

Health / We are not battery hens: covid outbreaks in the meat packing industry

Why are so many workers in the meat processing industry succumbing to the coronavirus?

Economy / Go Outdoors ‘rescued’ – for now

Financial fancy footwork may allow the chain’s owners to sidestep onerous lease conditions as high street footfall plunges.

Palestine / Palestinian lives matter: the murder of Ahmed Eriqat

Ahmed Eriqat of Abu Dis was the latest victim of senseless murder by Israeli soldiers in occupied Palestine.

Social wage / The plight of the homeless after lockdown

‘Business as usual’ as rough sleepers are thrown back onto the streets.

Lay-offs and closures / P&O takes the money and runs

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

Lay-offs and closures / Imperial College sacking vital IT workers

University managers plan to axe more than half their IT staff, despite their heroic work in enabling vital pandemic research.

Pay and conditions / Conditions at Yodel: report by a worker

Workers in the logistics industry are being sweated at ever-more intense and unendurable rates.

Lay-offs and closures / British Gas and SPS are latest to announce big job losses

As the economic crisis bites, employers are looking to cut not only jobs but also pay, pensions and everything else.

Disputes / Covid couriers sacked for requesting PPE and social distancing

Workers responsible for transporting covid test samples from hospitals to labs are being victimised for requesting basic safety measures.

Palestine / Under cover of Covid-19: Israel tightens the screws on Palestine

Israel’s violent suppression and annexation of Palestine continues unabated, but with it so grows the just resistance of the Palestinian people.

British politics / Boris’s chapter of accidents

As the covid emergency progresses, the prime minister is jumping from one fiasco to another, exposing his many inadequacies to full public view.

Civil liberties / The Coronavirus Act 2020

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

Civil liberties / Julian Assange: The truth will set him free

Many questions remain to be answered about the conduct of Julian’s defence.

Industry / End British export of rubber bullets

British arms manufacturers continue to profit from these lethal ‘crowd control’ weapons.

Pay and conditions / BA threatens to sack its entire workforce

After rinsing the furlough scheme, the airline is now insisting that its staff should accept huge pay cuts or be sacked.

Lay-offs and closures / Debenhams shafts its cafe workers

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

Venezuela / Iran smashes US blockade on Venezuela with fuel delivery

The axis of resistance is building its network of practical solidarity in the teeth of imperialist opposition.

Economy / British trade agreements after Brexit

By pinning all their hopes for Britain’s future on a US trade deal, our rulers are taking us out of the frying pan and into the fire.

Social wage / UBI: the ‘right’ to be idle or the right to work?

What does the call for a universal basic income really mean?

Lay-offs and closures / Thousands more to go at Rolls Royce’s Derby plant

As more and more manufacturing jobs are being scrapped, workers are the victims of the downward spiral of capitalist crisis.

USA / US burning as working-class communities rise up against police brutality

As Irish republicans used to say: when the law makers are the law breakers, there is no law.

Health / Second spike looms: Boris opts for ‘whack-a-mole’ over having a good plan

On every level, the performance of socialist countries in dealing with Covid-19 is putting the profiteering, anti-worker ethos of capitalism to shame.

British politics / Workers party sets a course despite lockdown

Weeks of lockdown have been used by the Workers party to speak to more than half a million people.

Korea / Russia unhappy at dialogue deep freeze between Pyongyang and Washington

Ambassador Alexander Matsegora spoke about why there is no reason to doubt north Korea’s claims that there are no coronavirus cases.

Capitalist crisis / Dilemma of the covid crash vultures

Having maximised indebtedness in order to avoid paying taxes, vulture capitalists now find they are missing out on state aid during the crisis.

Lay-offs and closures / Jobless total rockets

As the economic crisis bites, over a million workers in Britain have been forced precipitously onto the breadline.

Canada / Communists globally mourn the passing of Comrade Michael Lucas in Toronto

Known to friends of the Soviet Union as the editor of the Northstar Compass, Michael was a selfless and dedicated internationalist.

Books / Polish hack writes laughable fantasy on ‘feeding dictators’

As the crisis of capitalism continues to destroy lives, anticommunist hirelings are churning out increasingly blatant and ridiculous lies.

World history / Women in the victory over fascism

Without the brave and tireless efforts of women across the USSR and Europe, vanquishing the enemy would have been impossible.

Industry / ‘Back to work’ stampede – and may the devil take the hindmost

Reopening schools and workplaces without proper safety measures highlights the government’s true priorities.

Pay and conditions / Workers in the US and Britain fight for workplace safety

Wildcat strikes and a high-profile resignation are highlighting the anti-worker essence of capitalist accumulation.

Yemen / Fake calls for Covid peace in Yemen

Resistance rejects the strong-arm tactic of ‘dialogue under fire and siege’.

Lay-offs and closures / British Airways takes the money and runs

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

Health / Covid-19: What is the coronavirus and is it a real threat?

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

Russian / Экономический кризис и коронавирус

В борьбе с капиталистической эксплуатацией и с опасностью войны рабочие в конечном итоге найдут выход путем осуществления социалистической революции.

USA / Bernie Sanders drops out – again

The great hope of the American left leaves his supporters in the lurch, putting his weight behind the establishment choice.

Iraq / Occupation at sixes and sevens as resistance gathers pace in Iraq

Damned if they do and damned if they don’t: US rulers face dilemma about how to proceed as their forces face escalating fire.

British politics / Supreme court ruling overturns Israel boycott ban – for now

What can workers do to stop this advance from being rolled back by Parliament?

Capitalist crisis / The corona pandemic and the capitalist world economic crash of 2020

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

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

Workers’ parties sign international revolutionary anti-imperialist manifesto.

Economy / Covid-19 furlough scheme: a bonanza for big business

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

Capitalist crisis / Burying bad news: crash caused by overproduction not coronavirus

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