Delhi voters install anti-corruption chief minister

But it remains to be seen how much impact a reforming capitalist politician can have, when the system itself thrives off and breeds the corruption he is trying to fight.

Mikhail Kalashnikov – working-class hero

The Soviet inventor of that great leveller, the AK-47, has died. But his legacy will live on for as long as people struggle against oppression.

Zionism and the House of Saud: an unholy alliance

Imperialism’s middle-eastern stooges are banding together to try to hold back the advances of the axis of resistance.

‘The vast majority of Ukrainians don’t want this new civil war’

Solidaire, journal of the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PTB), interviewed Jean-Marie Chauvier in order to gain a better understanding of the current situation in the Ukraine. Jean-Marie is a Belgian journalist and essayist who specialises in the Ukraine and the former Soviet republics. He has known these countries and the Russian language for many years and contributes to Le Monde Diplomatique as well as other journals and websites. Interview by Jean Pestieau, translated from the original French by Proletarian.

Turkey: Erdogan’s AKP in deep trouble

The Turkish PM is exposed over Syria, embroiled in a corruption scandal, and now faces challenges from communist and progressive forces in the upcoming elections.

Korea: front line between socialism and imperialism

The DPRK’s struggle for peace and reunification is an anti-imperialist fight that needs and deserves international solidarity.

Industry matters: Criminalising union activism

Industry matters around the world: Amazon workers fight back

Cuts, floods and climate change

Capitalist austerity is adding to capitalist-created climate change to bring fresh misery to workers, as the ability to resist freak weather conditions is being undermined just when we need it most.

The destruction of legal aid is an attack on workers’ rights

The bad old days of Dickens’ novels, when the law courts and lawyers were tools of the rich alone, look set to return.

Anti-imperialist youth meet in Ecuador

World Festival brings together militant young people from all over the world and strengthens the fight for liberation and socialism.

Cuban life indicators continue to rise

Another vindication of a society that puts people first.

Obesity as a symptom of malnourishment

As capitalism inexorably makes the poor poorer it also often makes them fatter.

Cutting the NHS, killing its patients