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

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

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

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

Sri Lanka / Sri Lankan workers revolt against the kleptocracy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ukraine / Russia advances to liberate the Donbass

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

British history / Kim Philby: Hero of the working class

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

Housing / London’s great council housing fraud

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ukraine / Swiss intelligence specialist assesses the military situation in Ukraine

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

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

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

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

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

Ukraine / Fake news in Kiev heralds cruel April

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

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

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

Ukraine / Ukraine calls for Nazi-era tribunal against Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kazakhstan / Failed ‘colour revolution’ in Kazakhstan

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

Ukraine / North Korea backs Russia’s action in Ukraine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

British politics / Build the Workers Party of Britain

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Social wage / Nationalise the buses!

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

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

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

Canada / Solidarity with the Freedom Convoy of Canada

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

China / China investing massively to address climate change

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

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

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

Russia / Russia demands security guarantees to stop Nato expansion

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

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

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

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

Only revolution can end the corruption of public life.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Why is the plight of these desperate migrants being weaponised?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ukraine / MH17 disaster – who do you trust?

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

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

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

India / The Indian farmers’ magnificent victory

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

Capitalist crisis / Crisis is inescapable while capitalism remains

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

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

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

Poetry / Poem: ‘Liberals’ & ’Death’

By Irish poet Kevin Higgins.

USSR / Tribute to Comrade Tamila Yabrova, 1929-2021

A steadfast and lifelong fighter against revisionism in the USSR.

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

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

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

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

Peru / Abimael Guzmán: death of a great revolutionary leader

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

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

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

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

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

Education / No academic freedom to support Palestine

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

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

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

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

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

Environment / Stop these sociopaths from poisoning our rivers!

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

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

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

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

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

Civil liberties / Imperialism’s global conspiracy against Julian Assange

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Climate change / Cop26: Fiddling while the world burns

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

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

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

Poland / Trouble in the EU: is Polexit looming?

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

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

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

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

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

Economy / Energy crisis: how imperialism manufactures ‘shortages’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

British politics / Britain steps up diplomatic hostility towards China

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Australia / Aukus deal splits the imperialist front against China

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Colombia / The masses are fighting back in Colombia

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

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

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

Italy / Workers at the GKN factory in Florence fight back

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

Economy / Scandalous levels of public service corruption in Britain

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ukraine / Russia puts Ukrainian junta in the dock

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

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

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

Cuba / Support the Cuban people as they defend their revolution

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

Working-class history / Remembering the 2011 youth uprising

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

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

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

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

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

Social wage / Cambian Childcare: End this chattel slavery

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

Afghanistan / US imperialism slinks out of Afghanistan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ireland / Britain’s dirty war back in the spotlight

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Belarus / Demonisation aims at regime change in Belarus

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

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

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

Civil liberties / Metropolitan police branded ‘institutionally corrupt’

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

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

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

Health / Film: The Great NHS Heist

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

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

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

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

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

World history / Film review: Judas and the Black Messiah

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

Colombia / Support the Colombian people’s uprising

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

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

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

Civil liberties / Workers Party statement: No to Covid passports

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is behind the renewed imperialist drive to war?

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

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

Health / Imperialism fails the Covid test

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

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

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

India / India’s Covid nightmare

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

Palestine / Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, steal land with impunity

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

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

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

Economy / Post Office pursued vindictive prosecutions against subpostmasters

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

Industry / Greensill debacle: the door keeps revolving

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

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

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

Industry / FlyBe is dead, long live FlyBe

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

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

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

China / The Chinese ‘debt trap’ is a myth

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Housing / Ban extended, but evictions continue

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

Disputes / Shrewsbury 24: Justice delayed is justice denied

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ethiopia / What is behind the war in Tigray?

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

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

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

Palestine / The ethnic cleansing of the West Bank

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

Palestine / Israel weaponises Covid, witholding vaccine from Palestinians

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

Palestine / Israel arrests Palestinian politicians ahead of PA elections

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

USSR / Communist George Blake dies in Moscow aged 98

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

Housing / Planning reforms won’t fix the housing crisis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Economy / GameStop stops Wall Street

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

France / Macron government attempts to suppress exposure of police brutality

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Society / Time to end poverty: expropriate the expropriators!

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

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

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

India / The global aspect of India’s farmer protests

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

Civil liberties / Julian Assange: the persecution continues

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Civil liberties / Julian Assange victorious, for now

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

USSR / In memory of Nina Alexandrovna Andreeva

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Civil liberties / Julian Assange extradition trial: Shameful martyrisation continues

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

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

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

Industry / Government announces extra £16.5bn for military

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

China / Charting the way ahead for China

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

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

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

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

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

Azerbaijan / War in Nagorno-Karabakh

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Economy / Edinburgh Woollen Mill: the vultures circle

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

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

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

Economy / City spivs raid the public purse

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

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

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

Economy / CBI arrogance undermines capitalist stability

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

British politics / Jeremy Corbyn suspended from the Labour party

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

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

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

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

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

Economy / Covid: Parasites enjoy a bonanza whilst workers struggle

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

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

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

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

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

Syria / Dirty British propaganda war against Syria exposed

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

British politics / Workers party launches corona wealth tax campaign

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

China / US plans to launch drone fleet into the Pacific

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

Poland / Poland signs humiliating surrender agreement with the US

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

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

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

South Africa / ANC tribute to Marie-José Moumbaris

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

Korea / South Korean youth condemn Trump’s war exercises

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

Pay and conditions / Railway pensions under threat

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

Russia / On the alleged poisoning of Alexei Navalny

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

Economy / Vultures circle over Royal Mail

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

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

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

Britain / Civil servants face coercion over return to the workplace

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

UAE / Gulf states’ pact with the devil over Palestine

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

Belarus / Hands off Belarus!

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

Lebanon / Tragedy in Lebanon

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

Social wage / UBI: a recipe for universal misery

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

Capitalist crisis / FT spills the beans on private equity scam

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pay and conditions / Papa John’s fails to deliver

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

Economy / Hedge funds flourish on covid misery

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

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

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

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

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

Capitalist crisis / Rising inequality following the 2020 crisis of overproduction

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

Economy / Water CEOs fleece the public

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

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

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

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

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

Climate change / Book review: The Uninhabitable Earth

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

Industry / Leicester sweatshops keep their heads down despite covid panic

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

Disputes / Support the Tower Hamlets strikers!

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

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

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

British politics / Stop the War gets it wrong again

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

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

Good riddance to bad rubbish, but what next?

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

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

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

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

China / Communist Party of China celebrates 99th birthday

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

Economy / Bosses press on with sackings as crisis deepens

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

Disputes / Drivers resist Goldstar intimidation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Economy / Go Outdoors ‘rescued’ – for now

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

Palestine / Palestinian lives matter: the murder of Ahmed Eriqat

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

Social wage / The plight of the homeless after lockdown

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Disputes / Covid couriers sacked for requesting PPE and social distancing

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

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

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

British politics / Boris’s chapter of accidents

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

Civil liberties / The Coronavirus Act 2020

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

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

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

Industry / End British export of rubber bullets

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

Pay and conditions / BA threatens to sack its entire workforce

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

Lay-offs and closures / Debenhams shafts its cafe workers

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

Venezuela / Iran smashes US blockade on Venezuela with fuel delivery

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

Economy / British trade agreements after Brexit

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

British politics / Workers party sets a course despite lockdown

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

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

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

Capitalist crisis / Dilemma of the covid crash vultures

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

Lay-offs and closures / Jobless total rockets

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

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

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

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

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

World history / Women in the victory over fascism

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

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

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

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

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

Yemen / Fake calls for Covid peace in Yemen

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

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

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

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

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

Russian / Экономический кризис и коронавирус

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

USA / Bernie Sanders drops out – again

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Workers’ parties sign international revolutionary anti-imperialist manifesto.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.’

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.

Ireland / The Irish electorate cry out against austerity and bring reunification closer

The future is bright; the future is green.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

Pay and conditions / Amazon is bad for your health

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

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.’

Disputes / Wirral’s binmen to strike?

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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’.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Iran / Self-identifying ‘communists’ blame Iran

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

Industry / Car industry crisis pushes Peugeot-Fiat merger

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

Iran / US imperialism digging its own grave ever faster in the middle east

Slavishly supported by Britain as it does so.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Iran / Stop the US drive to war with Iran

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

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.

Iraq / Iraq stands at a crossroads

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

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.

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?

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.

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?

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.

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.

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!

North Africa and Middle East / Cheap drones and the shifting strategic balance in west Asia

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?

British politics / The Brexit election and the death of Project Corbyn

What lessons can workers take from the last four years?

Nicaragua / Nicaragua: Amnesty’s travesty of hypocrisy

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

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.

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.

Bolivia / The coup in Bolivia: why was Morales targeted?

What lessons can workers learn from the events in Bolivia?

Disputes / Support the South Western Railway strike

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

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.

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.

Ukraine / Ukraine’s new president still sending mixed messages

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

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.

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?

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.

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.

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?

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?

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.

Education / Sabotage of state schools

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

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.

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.

Climate change / From climate change to regime change

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

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.

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.

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?

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?

Film and TV / Film review: Joker

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

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’?

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.

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.

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.

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?

Society / The true level of unemployment

Joblessness is being underreported by a factor of 200 percent.

USA / General Motors workers on strike in the US

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

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?

China / Building a prosperous and environmentally-conscious society

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

China / The Chinese revolution: ‘One of the greatest moments in human history’

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