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  • 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.

    20 May 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    19 May 2022 ,
  • 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.

    18 May 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    17 May 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    16 May 2022 ,
  • 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.

    14 May 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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?

    13 May 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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?

    10 May 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    8 May 2022 , Brics Information Portal
  • 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.

    7 May 2022 , Al Mayadeen
  • 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.

    6 May 2022 , Lalkar
  • British history / Kim Philby: Hero of the working class

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

    4 May 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    2 May 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    25 Apr 2022 ,
  • 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.

    25 Apr 2022 ,
  • 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.

    23 Apr 2022 ,
  • 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.

    20 Apr 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    16 Apr 2022 ,
  • 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.

    15 Apr 2022 ,
  • 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.

    12 Apr 2022 , Proletarian
  • Ukraine / Fake news in Kiev heralds cruel April

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

    8 Apr 2022 ,
  • 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.

    7 Apr 2022 , Proletarian
  • Ukraine / Ukraine calls for Nazi-era tribunal against Russia

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

    6 Apr 2022 ,
  • 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.

    2 Apr 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    30 Mar 2022 ,
  • 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’.

    26 Mar 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    25 Mar 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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?

    22 Mar 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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?

    19 Mar 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    18 Mar 2022 ,
  • 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?

    17 Mar 2022 , Workers World
  • 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.

    16 Mar 2022 , Lalkar
  • Ukraine / View from a Russian communist: ‘Russia is not going to occupy Ukraine’

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

    15 Mar 2022 ,
  • 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.

    12 Mar 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    11 Mar 2022 ,
  • 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.

    10 Mar 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    9 Mar 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    8 Mar 2022 ,
  • 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.

    5 Mar 2022 ,
  • 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.

    4 Mar 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    3 Mar 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    1 Mar 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    28 Feb 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    23 Feb 2022 ,
  • 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.

    23 Feb 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    22 Feb 2022 ,
  • 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.

    21 Feb 2022 ,
  • 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.

    16 Feb 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    13 Feb 2022 ,
  • 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.

    12 Feb 2022 ,
  • 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.

    5 Feb 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    1 Feb 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    1 Feb 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    29 Jan 2022 , Proletarian
  • USA / Insider dealing is just one of the ways US politicians get paid

    Only revolution can end the corruption of public life.

    28 Jan 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    26 Jan 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    20 Jan 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    18 Jan 2022 , Proletarian
  • Divide and rule / The Channel boat tragedy and Britain’s inhumanity to asylum seekers

    Why is the plight of these desperate migrants being weaponised?

    14 Jan 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    13 Jan 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    12 Jan 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    11 Jan 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    8 Jan 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    7 Jan 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    6 Jan 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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?

    5 Jan 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    4 Jan 2022 ,
  • 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.

    2 Jan 2022 ,
  • Poetry / Poem: ‘Liberals’ & ’Death’

    By Irish poet Kevin Higgins.

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

    A steadfast and lifelong fighter against revisionism in the USSR.

    28 Dec 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    27 Dec 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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?

    26 Dec 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    22 Dec 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    20 Dec 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    19 Dec 2021 , Proletarian
  • Education / No academic freedom to support Palestine

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

    18 Dec 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    17 Dec 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    16 Dec 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    15 Dec 2021 , Proletarian
  • Economy / Energy crisis: more millions to prop up the privateers

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

    14 Dec 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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?

    13 Dec 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    10 Dec 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    9 Dec 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    6 Dec 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    2 Dec 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    25 Nov 2021 ,
  • 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.

    24 Nov 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    23 Nov 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    22 Nov 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    19 Nov 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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?

    18 Nov 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    17 Nov 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    16 Nov 2021 , Proletarian
  • Lebanon / Lebanon has a new government, but remains a vassal state

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

    15 Nov 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    13 Nov 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    12 Nov 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    11 Nov 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    10 Nov 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    9 Nov 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    29 Oct 2021 ,
  • 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.

    28 Oct 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    27 Oct 2021 ,
  • British politics / Britain steps up diplomatic hostility towards China

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

    26 Oct 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    25 Oct 2021 , Proletarian
  • Honduras / Honduran masses reject neocolonial ‘private cities’ and demand sovereignty

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

    16 Oct 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    15 Oct 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    14 Oct 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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?

    13 Oct 2021 , Proletarian
  • Australia / Aukus deal splits the imperialist front against China

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

    25 Sep 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    22 Sep 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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’?

    15 Sep 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    14 Sep 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    13 Sep 2021 , Proletarian
  • Colombia / The masses are fighting back in Colombia

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

    10 Sep 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    9 Sep 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    8 Sep 2021 , Lalkar
  • Economy / Scandalous levels of public service corruption in Britain

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

    7 Sep 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    3 Sep 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    31 Aug 2021 ,
  • 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.

    26 Aug 2021 ,
  • 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?

    10 Aug 2021 ,
  • 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.

    7 Aug 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    7 Aug 2021 ,
  • 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.

    6 Aug 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    5 Aug 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    2 Aug 2021 ,
  • 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?

    1 Aug 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    31 Jul 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.’

    29 Jul 2021 , The Intercept
  • 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?

    28 Jul 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    25 Jul 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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?

    23 Jul 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    22 Jul 2021 ,
  • 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.

    21 Jul 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    20 Jul 2021 ,
  • 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.

    19 Jul 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    15 Jul 2021 ,
  • 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.

    14 Jul 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    13 Jul 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    10 Jul 2021 ,
  • 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.

    9 Jul 2021 , Lalkar
  • Belarus / Demonisation aims at regime change in Belarus

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

    7 Jul 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    5 Jul 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    28 Jun 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    23 Jun 2021 ,
  • 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.

    19 Jun 2021 ,
  • 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.

    18 Jun 2021 ,
  • 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.

    17 Jun 2021 , Proletarian
  • World history / Film review: Judas and the Black Messiah

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

    8 Jun 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    5 Jun 2021 ,
  • 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.

    1 Jun 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    31 May 2021 ,
  • 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.

    27 May 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    26 May 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    24 May 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    21 May 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    20 May 2021 , Proletarian
  • Britain / Britain commits to nuclear expansion in defiance of non-proliferation treaty

    What is behind the renewed imperialist drive to war?

    15 May 2021 ,
  • 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.

    13 May 2021 , Lalkar
  • Health / Imperialism fails the Covid test

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

    12 May 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    11 May 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    10 May 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    9 May 2021 , In Gaza
  • 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.

    5 May 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    4 May 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    3 May 2021 ,
  • 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.

    1 May 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    26 Apr 2021 ,
  • 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.

    21 Apr 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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?

    19 Apr 2021 , The Atlantic
  • 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.

    17 Apr 2021 , Proletarian
  • Russia / Alexei Navalny – criminal, fraudster and puppet of imperialism

    8 Apr 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    7 Apr 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    4 Apr 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    3 Apr 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    2 Apr 2021 , Proletarian
  • Housing / Ban extended, but evictions continue

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

    1 Apr 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    30 Mar 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    29 Mar 2021 ,
  • 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.

    27 Mar 2021 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / Book review: The East Was Read by Vijay Prashad

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

    26 Mar 2021 , Lalkar
  • Media / Facebook employs propagandist to wage war on ‘disinformation’

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

    24 Mar 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    23 Mar 2021 ,
  • Climate change / The profiteers are responsible for the environmental disaster in Texas

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

    20 Mar 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    19 Mar 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    16 Mar 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    15 Mar 2021 ,
  • 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.

    12 Mar 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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?

    11 Mar 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    10 Mar 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    9 Mar 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    6 Mar 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    5 Mar 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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?

    4 Mar 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    3 Mar 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    1 Mar 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    25 Feb 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    24 Feb 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    22 Feb 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    21 Feb 2021 ,
  • 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.

    17 Feb 2021 , Proletarian
  • USSR / Communist George Blake dies in Moscow aged 98

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

    15 Feb 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    14 Feb 2021 , Lalkar
  • USSR / Where men die and legends are born – remembering the Battle of Moscow

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

    13 Feb 2021 ,
  • 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?

    12 Feb 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    11 Feb 2021 ,
  • 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.

    10 Feb 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    9 Feb 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    8 Feb 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    4 Feb 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    2 Feb 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    29 Jan 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    28 Jan 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    27 Jan 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    25 Jan 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    23 Jan 2021 ,
  • 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.

    21 Jan 2021 ,
  • 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.

    19 Jan 2021 , The Hindu
  • 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.

    18 Jan 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    16 Jan 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    15 Jan 2021 ,
  • 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?

    14 Jan 2021 ,
  • 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.

    12 Jan 2021 ,
  • 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.

    11 Jan 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    8 Jan 2021 ,
  • 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.

    7 Jan 2021 ,
  • 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?

    6 Jan 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    5 Jan 2021 , Proletarian
  • USSR / In memory of Nina Alexandrovna Andreeva

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

    2 Jan 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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?

    28 Dec 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    24 Dec 2020 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    23 Dec 2020 ,
  • 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.

    22 Dec 2020 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    11 Dec 2020 ,
  • Industry / Government announces extra £16.5bn for military

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

    9 Dec 2020 ,
  • 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.

    8 Dec 2020 ,
  • 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!

    7 Dec 2020 ,
  • 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?

    7 Dec 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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?

    5 Dec 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    4 Dec 2020 , Proletarian
  • China / Charting the way ahead for China

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

    1 Dec 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    29 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    25 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
  • Azerbaijan / War in Nagorno-Karabakh

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

    25 Nov 2020 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    24 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    24 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    23 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    19 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    18 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
  • Economy / City spivs raid the public purse

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

    16 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    15 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    13 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    11 Nov 2020 , Lalkar
  • 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?

    6 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
  • Capitalist crisis / Book: Bandit Capitalism: Carillion and the Corruption of the British State

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

    3 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    31 Oct 2020 ,
  • Social wage / Insult to injury: government plans to cut Universal Credit boost

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

    29 Oct 2020 ,
  • 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.

    28 Oct 2020 ,
  • Syria / Dirty British propaganda war against Syria exposed

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

    16 Oct 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    12 Oct 2020 , Proletarian
  • China / US plans to launch drone fleet into the Pacific

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

    8 Oct 2020 , Proletarian
  • Poland / Poland signs humiliating surrender agreement with the US

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

    30 Sep 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.’

    29 Sep 2020 , Proletarian
  • South Africa / ANC tribute to Marie-José Moumbaris

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

    24 Sep 2020 ,
  • Korea / South Korean youth condemn Trump’s war exercises

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

    23 Sep 2020 ,
  • 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?

    23 Sep 2020 , Proletarian
  • Russia / On the alleged poisoning of Alexei Navalny

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

    22 Sep 2020 , Proletarian
  • Economy / Vultures circle over Royal Mail

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

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

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

    20 Sep 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    16 Sep 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    15 Sep 2020 ,
  • Civil liberties / Media freedom? Show me the MSM journalist opposing the torture of Assange

    11 Sep 2020 ,
  • 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.

    9 Sep 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    6 Sep 2020 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    4 Sep 2020 , Lalkar
  • UAE / Gulf states’ pact with the devil over Palestine

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

    3 Sep 2020 , Lalkar
  • Belarus / Hands off Belarus!

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

    29 Aug 2020 , Lalkar
  • Lebanon / Tragedy in Lebanon

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

    28 Aug 2020 , Lalkar
  • Social wage / UBI: a recipe for universal misery

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

    24 Aug 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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?

    23 Aug 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    19 Aug 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    10 Aug 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    5 Aug 2020 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Papa John’s fails to deliver

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

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

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

    2 Aug 2020 , Proletarian
  • Lay-offs and closures / Nissan slashes workforce and pensions, poised to flee Sunderland altogether

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

    31 Jul 2020 ,
  • 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.

    30 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • Capitalist crisis / Rising inequality following the 2020 crisis of overproduction

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

    29 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    27 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    26 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    24 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    23 Jul 2020 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    17 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    16 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    14 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Stop the War gets it wrong again

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

    13 Jul 2020 ,
  • Divide and rule / Statues come down: the toppling of the mighty

    Good riddance to bad rubbish, but what next?

    10 Jul 2020 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    9 Jul 2020 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    8 Jul 2020 , Lalkar
  • China / Communist Party of China celebrates 99th birthday

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

    7 Jul 2020 ,
  • 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.

    7 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Drivers resist Goldstar intimidation

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

    6 Jul 2020 ,
  • 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?

    5 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    4 Jul 2020 , Lalkar
  • 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?

    3 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    2 Jul 2020 ,
  • 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.

    30 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / The plight of the homeless after lockdown

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

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

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

    29 Jun 2020 ,
  • 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.

    27 Jun 2020 ,
  • 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.

    26 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    25 Jun 2020 ,
  • 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.

    25 Jun 2020 ,
  • 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.

    24 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    23 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • Civil liberties / The Coronavirus Act 2020

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

    19 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • Civil liberties / Julian Assange: The truth will set him free

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

    18 Jun 2020 ,
  • Industry / End British export of rubber bullets

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

    17 Jun 2020 ,
  • 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.

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

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

    15 Jun 2020 ,
  • 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.

    11 Jun 2020 ,
  • 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.

    10 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / UBI: the ‘right’ to be idle or the right to work?

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

    8 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    6 Jun 2020 ,
  • 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.

    5 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    4 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    2 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    31 May 2020 , Interfax
  • 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.

    29 May 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    24 May 2020 , Proletarian
  • Canada / Communists globally mourn the passing of Comrade Michael Lucas in Toronto

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

    23 May 2020 ,
  • 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.

    22 May 2020 , Proletarian
  • World history / Women in the victory over fascism

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

    21 May 2020 , Granma
  • 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.

    20 May 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    15 May 2020 , Proletarian
  • Yemen / Fake calls for Covid peace in Yemen

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

    14 May 2020 , Lalkar
  • Lay-offs and closures / British Airways takes the money and runs

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

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

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

    12 May 2020 , Lalkar
  • Russian / Экономический кризис и коронавирус

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

    11 May 2020 ,
  • 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.

    8 May 2020 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    6 May 2020 , Lalkar
  • 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?

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

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

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

    Workers’ parties sign international revolutionary anti-imperialist manifesto.

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

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

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

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

    29 Apr 2020 , Proletarian
  • Health / Covid-19: Why is it that Cuba can manufacture PPE, but Britain can’t?

    Britain’s frontline workers continue to put their lives on the line, paid in broken promises and empty gestures.

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

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

    25 Apr 2020 , Proletarian
  • China / Isabel and Michael Crook show love for China with Covid-19 relief

    Comrade Michael praises the ability of the Chinese system to mobilise resources in the public interest as Wuhan emerges victorious from its lockdown.

    21 Apr 2020 , Xinhua
  • Health / Coronavirus stats are air-brushing the elderly

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

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

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

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

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

    17 Apr 2020 , Proletarian
  • Venezuela / Venezuela brings charges against the USA for genocidal sanctions regime

    While imperialists use the corona pandemic to pile on more pressure, the eyes of workers must be opened to the inhuman brutality of the profit system.

    16 Apr 2020 , Proletarian
  • Cuba / Socialist Cuba shows real international solidarity during Covid-19 outbreak

    People or profits? The coronavirus pandemic is bringing this question to the fore more sharply than ever.

    14 Apr 2020 ,
  • British politics / Harry Dunn and the one-sided ‘special relationship’

    Our rulers, who love to flaunt their ‘patriotism’, fail miserably when it comes to defending the interests of their own against a stronger foreign power.

    13 Apr 2020 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Austerity Britain: where the homeless seek shelter in bins

    Report reveals shocking rise of bin sleepers as one waste worker recounts finding children as young as nine or ten.

    6 Apr 2020 , Proletarian
  • Yemen / Burying bad news: corona-filled papers ignore Britain’s Yemen invasion

    Unreported in British media, British troops have landed in Aden. All that awaits them is the graveyard of imperialist ambitions.

    4 Apr 2020 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Onwards and upwards: In memory of Deborah Lavin

    One of a kind: her influence on party life, and the guidance she gave to young cadres in particular, will be fondly remembered and sorely missed.

    3 Apr 2020 , Proletarian
  • Health / Now 230 workers’ parties call for united effort to fight Covid-19

    Progressive parties from around the world have signed a joint letter calling for closer international cooperation in the fight against the coronavirus.

    2 Apr 2020 ,
  • British politics / Red salute to our beloved Comrade Deborah Lavin

    Her funeral is to be live-streamed since large gatherings are prevented by the present pandemic conditions.

    30 Mar 2020 ,
  • Health / Britain’s response to Covid-19 pt 1: ‘Take it on the chin’

    What the coronavirus teaches us about our rulers’ attitudes and priorities.

    27 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
  • British politics / John Hepple: a life of working-class struggle

    A true son of the working class, one of so many who have given their lives to the fight for a better world.

    25 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
  • Korea / Kim Jong Un: North Korea’s future depends on strong science and tech

    The DPRK is determined to advance its development and raise living standards, despite the continual pressure of wargames and sanctions.

    24 Mar 2020 ,
  • Ukraine / Imperialism continues to milk the MH17 tragedy for russophobic propaganda

    The ‘investigation’ of the crash is nothing more than propaganda in support of the imperialist war drive.

    23 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
  • Health / Covid-19 treatment handbooks issued compiling frontline experience

    China's gift to the world is hard-won knowledge: ‘The real remedy for epidemics is not isolation, but cooperation.’

    20 Mar 2020 ,
  • Film and TV / #EatTheRich: Parasite film review

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

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

    The future is bright; the future is green.

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

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

    16 Mar 2020 ,
  • Afghanistan / Afghan war: after 18 years is there finally an end in sight?

    Just as in Vietnam, the mighty USA has spent incalculable blood and treasure trying to enforce its will, and has signally failed.

    13 Mar 2020 , Lalkar
  • Palestine / Deal of the century: US and Israel will reap a bitter harvest

    One unintended consequence of the ‘deal’ is a new impetus toward a united front of Palestinian organisations.

    11 Mar 2020 , Lalkar
  • Syria / Turkey plays with conflagration in Syria

    If Erdogan isn’t careful, he could find himself in outright confrontation not only with Syrian but also Russian armed forces.

    10 Mar 2020 , Lalkar
  • Lay-offs and closures / RIP FlyBe

    The only rational way to ensure that vital infrastructure exists and is run for the benefit of all is public ownership.

    9 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
  • Health / The anti-China coronavirus panic

    What is really behind the media hysteria over Covid-19? And what can the virus tell us about the state of our NHS?

    8 Mar 2020 , Lalkar
  • Ireland / Irish election: Sinn Féin tops the popular vote

    As the establishment duopoly is burst asunder, Ireland’s rulers are desperately trying to turn back the rising tide.

    7 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Barclays spies on its own staff

    The banking giant is using ‘Big Brother tactics’ to monitor staff and keep their noses to the grindstone.

    6 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
  • Iraq / Did Trump threaten to kill Iraq’s prime minister?

    Corporate media have failed to report the allegation that Trump threated the Iraqi PM and people if they refused to follow US orders.

    5 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Amazon is bad for your health

    What a surprise: working too hard and too long leads to unsafe working environments.

    4 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
  • Civil liberties / Craig Murray: Assange’s armoured glass box is an instrument of torture

    ‘They are attempting to make him kill himself – or create the conditions where his death might be explained away as suicide.’

    4 Mar 2020 , Craig Murray
  • Disputes / Wirral’s binmen to strike?

    Outsourced waste collector Biffa is playing fast and loose with its workers’ pay.

    3 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
  • Civil liberties / Craig Murray in the public gallery: Assange hearing day 4

    The British state is lying about the validity of the US extradition treaty – and it knows it.

    2 Mar 2020 , Craig Murray
  • Civil liberties / Craig Murray in the public gallery: Assange hearing day 3

    The sham show-trial at Woolwich reveals how brazenly our rulers will flout their own rules when it suits them to do so.

    1 Mar 2020 , Craig Murray
  • Civil liberties / Craig Murray in the public gallery: Assange hearing day 2

    It has been demonstrably proved in court that the US knows its own charges against Assange are untrue.

    1 Mar 2020 , Craig Murray
  • Civil liberties / Craig Murray in the public gallery: Assange hearing day 1

    This shameful show trial is being exposed by one of the few people in the court who is prepared to tell the truth to the outside world.

    29 Feb 2020 , Craig Murray
  • Social wage / Errol Graham and the unreported austerity pandemic

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

    27 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Offshore oil workers under threat

    Will trade unions now get off the back foot and start to mobilise their members into an active campaign of resistance?

    26 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
  • Civil liberties / John Pilger: Julian Assange must be freed, not betrayed

    Australia and Britain are helping to get the WikiLeaks editor extradited to the USA, which is preparing a lifetime of torture for the ‘crime’ of exposing the truth.

    22 Feb 2020 , JohnPilger.com
  • Pay and conditions / Lecturers rise against pay cuts and pensions robbery

    The marketisation of education: staff are being sweated so that universities can make fat profits.

    21 Feb 2020 ,
  • Social wage / Work doesn’t pay and British families know it

    Fourteen million people, including four million children, live in poverty in Britain, and more than half of those come from working families.

    19 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
  • British politics / George Galloway: ‘The idea that the organs of the state are impartial is dead’

    Does this herald a moment when the working class in Britain gets back up off its knees and starts to fight again?

    16 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
  • Film and TV / Mr Jones: anti-Soviet propaganda gets thumbs up from Ukrainian president

    The same old tired lies are being recycled under the guise of ‘fresh evidence’ in order to remind workers they must not think about taking state power.

    14 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
  • French / Macron en difficulté, tout comme son projet d’austérité soutenu par l’UE

    La détermination inspirante de la classe ouvrière française commence à créer des fissures dans la résolution de la clique présidentielle.

    10 Feb 2020 ,
  • France / Macron is in trouble – and so is his EU-backed austerity project

    The inspirational determination of the French working class is starting to cause cracks in the resolve of the presidential gang.

    10 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
  • French / ONU : la Grande-Bretagne et les États-Unis coupables d’avoir torturé Julian Assange et Chelsea Manning

    Cette répression illégale et brutale qui a pour but de terrifier et de soumettre les travailleurs ne doit pas atteindre son objectif.

    7 Feb 2020 ,
  • Civil liberties / UN: Britain and US guilty of torturing Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning

    This illegal and brutal repression must not be allowed to succeed in its aim of terrifying workers into submission.

    7 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
  • China / China will beat the coronavirus

    While western hysteria is out of all proportion to the real scale of the emergency, the Chinese response has been swift and stunning.

    5 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Union-busting at St Mungo’s homeless charity

    More pressure on workers in the charity sector, where a race to the bottom is well underway.

    4 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
  • French / Comment l’UE démolit les pensions

    Nous devons nous unir pour résister à leur volonté de faire payer aux travailleurs la crise économique du capitalisme.

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

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

    2 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / RSPCA: You wouldn’t treat a dog like this

    Despite healthy donations and reserves, the charity is using a minor single-year operational deficit to justify ‘salami-slicing measures‘ on pay and conditions.

    30 Jan 2020 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / The oligarch behind the world holocaust forum attended by presidents and kings

    As imperialists shed fake tears over the jewish holocaust, they continue to weaponise alleged ‘antisemitism’ to silence all criticism.

    28 Jan 2020 ,
  • Pay and conditions / Defend railway pensions!

    Workers have a right to their deferred wages in retirement and to a dignified old age after a lifetime of work.

    27 Jan 2020 ,
  • Venezuela / Venezuela’s foreign minister: ‘Lenin’s definition of imperialism was correct’

    Workers’ representatives from the five continents meet in Caracas to forge ahead with world anti-imperialist struggle.

    26 Jan 2020 , Proletarian
  • Capitalist crisis / FlyBe farce exposes lunacy of privately owned transport

    A hefty subsidy to the airline’s private owners may not be enough to save a vital service and thousands of jobs.

    22 Jan 2020 , Proletarian
  • USSR / Alexei Leonov, hero of the Soviet space programme

    The first man to walk in space, Comrade Leonov was on the cutting edge of space exploration.

    20 Jan 2020 , Lalkar
  • Pay and conditions / Firefighters victory forces government retreat on public sector pensions

    The FBU has won its case to get former pension rights restored, and the case has wide implications.

    19 Jan 2020 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Children in care being let down as vultures profit from their misery

    The children’s care system is yet another example of how privateers are feeding off the wretchedness of society’s most vulnerable.

    18 Jan 2020 , Proletarian
  • Iran / Self-identifying ‘communists’ blame Iran

    Self-defence is no offence; those who really want to stop war must stand with the resistance.

    16 Jan 2020 , Proletarian
  • Industry / Car industry crisis pushes Peugeot-Fiat merger

    Workers rightly fear for their jobs as another round of ‘cost-cutting’ looms.

    15 Jan 2020 , Proletarian
  • Iran / US imperialism digging its own grave ever faster in the middle east

    Slavishly supported by Britain as it does so.

    14 Jan 2020 , Proletarian
  • France / French class war continuing as neither side looks ready to back down

    Macron continues to push EU-backed pensions attack while unions have called for a general strike and total oil refinery blockade.

    10 Jan 2020 ,
  • Disputes / Stand with rail strikers defending passenger safety

    Railway bosses have abandoned the deal that was struck a year ago and are refusing to restart talks without preconditions.

    9 Jan 2020 , Proletarian
  • USSR / International communists on the attack against anti-Stalin lies

    Workers will never find courage in their own strength until they have learned to see through the exploiters’ lies about socialism.

    8 Jan 2020 , Proletarian
  • Iran / Britain is acting as the US’s sanctions lapdog; will it follow into all-out war?

    If the British imperialists fall in line with the US’s drive to war against Iran, they will share the bitter fruits of humiliation and defeat with their partner in crime.

    6 Jan 2020 , Proletarian
  • Society / Debt survey shows inequality widening as rich get richer and poor get poorer

    As the gap between the super-rich and everyone else gets ever wider, it is clear that this system is overdue for a foreclosure of its own.

    5 Jan 2020 , Lalkar
  • Iran / Stop the US drive to war with Iran

    Red salute to axis of resistance General Soleimani; imperialists out of the middle east!

    4 Jan 2020 , Proletarian
  • Climate change / COP25: Has anything actually been achieved to help save our environment?

    As the imperialists haggle and back-peddle, the simple truth is that you have to be red to be green.

    3 Jan 2020 , Lalkar
  • Iraq / Iraq stands at a crossroads

    Who is attempting to manipulate the just anger of the Iraqi people and why?

    2 Jan 2020 , Lalkar
  • USSR / Stalin and the Bolsheviks of Transcaucasia, part 2

    How the communists led the fight against aggressive nationalism and established peace and socialism in the Caucasus.

    1 Jan 2020 , Lalkar
  • China / The blatant hypocrisy of the USA’s lies about China’s Uyghur muslims

    Why are we still expected to pay any attention to the imperialists’ neverending barrage of fake news?

    31 Dec 2019 , Lalkar
  • India / Indian people rise up against communalist legislation

    The reaction of the masses gives hope that Modi’s dreams of a theocratic hindu state are on the way to being smashed.

    30 Dec 2019 , Lalkar
  • British politics / The Brexit election and the birth of the Workers party

    As Boris prepares a fresh assault on the trade unions, what does the election result mean for workers?

    29 Dec 2019 , Lalkar
  • Working-class history / Peterloo in its historical perspective, part 2

    As a result of the industrial revolution, a new class, the urban proletariat, was emerging onto the political and social scene in 1819.

    22 Dec 2019 , Lalkar
  • Cuba / Alicia Alonso: architect of Cuba’s socialist ballet

    A true daughter of the masses, whose talent and art was put at the service of the people and the building of a new society.

    20 Dec 2019 , Lalkar
  • France / French strikes expand and deepen as more workers join the fray

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

    19 Dec 2019 , Proletarian
  • North Africa and Middle East / Cheap drones and the shifting strategic balance in west Asia

    18 Dec 2019 , Lalkar
  • Spanish / Las elecciones por el Brexit y la muerte de la empresa de Corbyn

    ¿Cuáles lecciones pueden extraer los proletarios de los últimos cuatro años?

    12 Dec 2019 ,
  • British politics / The Brexit election and the death of Project Corbyn

    What lessons can workers take from the last four years?

    12 Dec 2019 , Proletarian
  • Nicaragua / Nicaragua: Amnesty’s travesty of hypocrisy

    Another shameful report from those who peddle ‘human rights’ lies to justify imperialist war.

    11 Dec 2019 ,
  • France / Support the French strikers!

    France’s militant unions are joining forces with yellow vest activists in a serious challenge to Macron’s EU-backed assault on living standards.

    10 Dec 2019 ,
  • Film and TV / Film review: Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You

    A faithful depiction of the horrors of today’s contract workers, marred by its total pessimism.

    8 Dec 2019 , Proletarian
  • Bolivia / The coup in Bolivia: why was Morales targeted?

    What lessons can workers learn from the events in Bolivia?

    4 Dec 2019 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Support the South Western Railway strike

    Railway workers are fighting to put safety ahead of profit: keep the guard on the train!

    3 Dec 2019 , Proletarian
  • USSR / Why do we celebrate the October Revolution?

    Workers need to take inspiration from the achievements of October; an example that our rulers would prefer us to forget.

    2 Dec 2019 ,
  • France / France goes on strike: can Macron survive?

    As militant trade unionists prepare to join yellow vests on the streets, the class struggle in France is moving into a new gear.

    30 Nov 2019 ,
  • Ukraine / Ukraine’s new president still sending mixed messages

    But his oligarch sponsor has called for a renewal of good relations with Russia.

    28 Nov 2019 ,
  • Syria / Losing the war, imperialism degenerates into open piracy in Syria

    Trump admits it’s all about the oil and moves to steal as much of it as he can.

    27 Nov 2019 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Royal Mail: high court bans the strike

    For how long will we accept the right of bosses’ courts to decide how workers’ organisations are run?

    26 Nov 2019 , Proletarian
  • China / Hail the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China

    We wish the Chinese people success in overcoming their enemies in the future as they have done in the past.

    24 Nov 2019 , Lalkar
  • Society / The double victimisation of capitalism’s female victims

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

    23 Nov 2019 , Lalkar
  • Ukraine / Zelensky – the jury’s out

    Is Ukraine’s new president willing or able to end the war in the east and tackle endemic corruption?

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

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

    19 Nov 2019 , Proletarian
  • Korea / North Korea warns the US to stop sabotaging chances of peace

    The DPRK is out of patience following repeated betrayals of Trump’s promises to negotatiate a peace deal in good faith.

    18 Nov 2019 ,
  • Education / Sabotage of state schools

    Growing privatisation and austerity is eroding the hard-won right to an education for our children.

    17 Nov 2019 ,
  • USA / Moves to impeach President Trump

    What is the real motivator of all the bile being levelled against Donald Trump? The Democrats can’t possibly be offended by corruption.

    16 Nov 2019 , Lalkar
  • Syria / Turkey’s invasion troops trained by USA

    The US imperialists have backed 21 of the 28 ‘crazy’ militias leading Turkey’s brutal invasion of northern Syria.

    14 Nov 2019 , The Grayzone
  • Climate change / From climate change to regime change

    From Brazil to Bolivia and Venezuela: how the environment has become a tool of coercion.

    12 Nov 2019 , Proletarian
  • Bolivia / Stop the coup; defend President Evo Morales. Hands off Bolivia!

    As Latin America’s masses struggle to throw off the yoke of imperialist control, the US has intervened once more to overthrow a popular government.

    11 Nov 2019 ,
  • Working-class history / Avtar Jouhl: lifelong class fighter against racism

    Comrade Avtar reflects on a life of struggle in the IWA and the trade unions from the 1950s to the 1990s.

    10 Nov 2019 , International Socialist
  • Syria / Syrian army curbs Turkish aggression, restores sovereignty, humiliates USA

    Will Kurdish separatists finally learn the lesson that they are entirely disposable to the imperialists?

    7 Nov 2019 ,
  • British politics / Brexit delayed again as general election called

    Following years of Parliament’s refusal to implement the referendum result, can an election break the deadlock?

    6 Nov 2019 , Lalkar
  • Film and TV / Film review: Joker

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

    2 Nov 2019 ,
  • Syria / Trump pulls US imperialist troops out of Syria – as promised

    Why has this huge step towards Syria’s total liberation been greeted with such howls of rage by those on the self-identifying ‘left’?

    1 Nov 2019 , Lalkar
  • Trade unions / Stifling criticism of Israel in the British trade-union movement

    TUC votes in support of Palestine, but decision is ignored by the media, including those on the left.

    1 Nov 2019 , Lalkar
  • Social wage / DWP dirty tricks are pushing the most vulnerable over the edge

    Private companies are being handsomely paid to prevent the sick from accessing benefits they have every right to.

    31 Oct 2019 , Proletarian
  • Economy / QuickQuid – cut and run

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

    30 Oct 2019 ,
  • Civil liberties / Julian Assange in court: unmistakable signs of torture

    Unless Julian is released shortly he will be destroyed. If the state can do this, then who is next?

    28 Oct 2019 , Craig Murray
  • Society / The true level of unemployment

    Joblessness is being underreported by a factor of 200 percent.

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

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

    25 Oct 2019 ,
  • Disputes / Royal Mail workers vote overwhelmingly to strike

    Mail workers are ready to fight for their pay and conditions, but is their union prepared to back them?

    24 Oct 2019 , Proletarian
  • China / Building a prosperous and environmentally-conscious society

    A first-hand view of China’s march forward.

    17 Oct 2019 , Proletarian
  • China / Comrade Isabel Crook recieves friendship medal from People’s China

    Our party’s honorary president was one of six recipients of the presigious award, along with Raúl Castro.

    15 Oct 2019 , Proletarian
  • Europe / EU legislates to erase the USSR’s role in defeating fascism

    But truth has a way of forcing its way through all the same.

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

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

    6 Oct 2019 , Proletarian
  • Yemen / Saudi Arabia takes a flogging

    The Saudi dog has been beaten in full view of the US lion; and if the lesson is lost on imperialism, it may find itself embroiled in a fight that will undermine its very foundations.

    4 Oct 2019 , Proletarian
  • USSR / Stalin and the Bolsheviks of Transcaucasia, part 1

    How the revolutionary communists established themselves as the leading force against tsarist oppression in the Caucasus.

    3 Oct 2019 , Lalkar
  • China / The Chinese revolution: ‘One of the greatest moments in human history’

    Packed London meeting celebrate