Ukraine / Ukraine war – approaching the end game

Starmer and Macron may dream of a new ‘coalition of the willing’, but they cannot dream away the huge blow that has been dealt to imperialism in Ukraine.

USSR / Josef Stalin – hero of the working class

Seventy-two years ago a great leader of the proletariat died, but his legacy is now emerging stronger than ever.

Belarus / Landslide for Lukashenko as Belarus reasserts sovereignty and independence

One of the positive side-effects of Russia’s SMO in Ukraine has been the deepening cooperation between Russia and Belarus.

Ukraine / Russia closes in on victory; imperialism scrambles to save its rotten system

The USA wants a better ‘division of labour’ in Ukraine, but its hopes of future victory are still founded in self-serving delusions.

Ukraine / America’s proxy war against Russia has failed

The European ruling class is in disarray over how best to handle this unwelcome reality – or even whether to admit to it at all.

Romania / EU meddling in Romanian election backfires

The exposure of EU manoeuvring has led even its own stooge candidate to distance herself from Brussels, and highlighted deep divisions in the imperialist camp.

USA / Trump White House freezes USAid

Does the dismantling of part of the USA’s regime-change machinery really mean that US imperialism no longer aims to bring down sovereign states?

World / Washington’s unstoppable superweapon

It is not only their physical independence that countries must protect from imperialist domination but also their civil and information sovereignty.

Europe / Western politicians’ crocodile tears for one genocide while conducting another

The hypocrisy and venality of western politicians knows no bounds, stops at no lie and baulks at no crime.

World history / Operation Gladio: How CIA/Nato carried out terrorist attacks in Italy

Despite these shocking facts having been exposed 30 years ago, and involving every European Nato government, they remain largely unknown outside of Italy.

Romania / Coup d’etat in Romania

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

World history / Albert Einstein’s address to the Jewish Council for Russian War Relief, 1942

‘The tempo of Russia’s development in the last 25 years has been so tremendous that it has scarcely a parallel in history.’

Ukraine / Imperialism stumbles deeper into direct conflict with Russia in Ukraine

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

USSR / Stalin’s Library by Geoffrey Roberts – a resumé and review, pt 1

‘Much of Stalin’s youthful political style derived from that of his master and political exemplar, Lenin.’

France / France left without a government as Barnier falls

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

Trade unions / Greek dockworkers block ammunition shipment to Israel

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Africa / Dakar declaration: Strengthen the anti-imperialist struggle

Under the banners of peace, antifascism, liberation and reunification, anti-imperialist forces are dealing heavy blows to the imperialists’ offensives.

World / The promise of Brics and the end of the ‘new world order’

The multipolar world is a reality, and it has been brought into being as a direct consequence of imperialist actions.

France / To French comrades: ‘We fight together for a communist future!’

The fake left would have us despair at victories that advance the cause of the working class.

British politics / Joti Brar interview: ‘We are links in the long chain of revolution’

Marx and Engels bequeathed essential values for every generation of revolutionaries: humility, service, dedication, discipline, sacrifice.

Ireland / A dark misuse of Irish nationalism

It is something of a novelty to see Irish workers holding up portraits of Michael Collins alongside slogans demanding ‘Pakis out’.

Sport / The Paris Olympics: a spectacle of imperialist decadence

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

Books / Arun Som: translation genius who brought Soviet books to Bengali masses

After a decades-long pause, publishers in India are now reissuing Bengali translations of great Soviet works of literature and science in large numbers.

World / Hundreds of legal experts push Biden to drop ‘punitive and deadly’ sanctions

Despite causing immense suffering to ordinary people, imperialist economic warfare rarely has the intended effect of bringing down targeted governments.

Ukraine / Ukraine is losing the war, sparking panic in the imperialist pack

If the purpose of the Kursk ‘offensive’ was to distract attention from the hammering the fascists are getting in the Donbass, the result has been just the opposite.

British politics / French greetings to our party: ‘a guiding light in the fight against capitalism’

‘Your courage and determination serve as a powerful reminder that a better world is not only possible but within our grasp.’

Ukraine / Ukraine’s new mobilisation law deepens demographic and economic crises

Ukrainians are fleeing the country and hiding out in basements as every able-bodied man unable to pay a bribe is relentlessly hounded to the front.

Korea / Russia-DPRK alliance marks a turning point for the anti-imperialist camp

But why should the imperialists be so concerned about a pact for trade and mutual defence?

Media / Declassified UK: an ideological defence mechanism for a dying system

How the imperialists allow criticism of past offences in order to whitewash the crimes of the present.

Europe / EU elections: austerity and genocide supporting warmongering parties routed

Why have the recent EU elections cast the ruling elites of Europe into a state of panic?

World / Washington declaration: Build the worldwide Axis of Resistance!

The Nato imperialist alliance can be defeated by the combined forces of anti-imperialism.

France / What would a real ‘popular front’ look like in France in 2024?

Under cover of ‘uniting against fascism’, French workers are being asked to align themselves with the true instigators of fascism and war.

World / Jamboree in the Alps: imperialist fake ‘peace’ summit exposed

President Putin makes it clear that all responsibility for the ongoing bloodshed lies with the aggressive Nato camp and its Ukrainian stooges.

France / New Caledonia’s indigenous population demands freedom

The Kanak people are once more in revolt against the machinations of French imperialism.

Russia / Russian ambassador: ‘The world is undergoing truly tectonic changes’

Celebrating Russia’s National Day with anti-imperialist friends in the heart of Foggy Albion.

Yugoslavia / Great advances for Yugoslav communists in Belgrade elections

Comrade Denic of the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia elected to local council in Belgrade.

Russia / Vladimir Putin highlights ‘traditions of friendship and cooperation’ with DPRK

DPRK-Russia relations have entered their highest point since the fall of the Soviet Union, and owe much to Russia’s Soviet past.

Yugoslavia / Serbian communists denounce UN resolution on Srebrenica

The falsifiers of history are at it again, this time insisting on holding the Serbian people responsible for imperialist crimes in the former Yugoslavia.

Czech Republic / Anticommunist journalist denounces rise of totalitarianism in Czech Republic

Even supporters of the imperialist system are starting to see that it is not all that they were led to believe.

British politics / Tory Lord Cameron escalates tensions with Russia in Ukraine

The unelected foreign minister’s reckless sabre rattling on behalf of British imperialism has backfired badly.

Europe / Chaos and confusion in Europe’s anti-Russia front

Regime leaders in Kiev, Berlin, Paris and London are equally unable to come to terms with the bitter reality of a Russian victory in Ukraine.

Russia / Daily Mail doxes young people on their return from Russian festival

Why did Russia’s hosting of an international youth festival provoke such a hysterical reaction from British media?

Europe / Uncle Sam heads for the exit in Ukraine leaving Europe in a panic

While Macron threatens boots on the ground to shore up a failing Ukraine, German generals’ leaked audio proves that European forces are already there.

World / Nicaragua joins South Africa at the ICJ in support of Palestine

The way that different countries have responded to the ongoing genocide in Gaza says everything about which interests their governments really represent.

Ukraine / The tragic end of Gonzalo Lira: A voice silenced in Ukraine

A US citizen done to death by the US’s fascist proxies in Ukraine for the crime of telling the truth about Nato’s proxy war against Russia.

Russia / Donbass liberation: Avdeyevka has fallen!

Even the western spinmeisters are waking up to the fact that nothing can prevent a Russian victory now.

Civil liberties / Journalist Graham Philips still being targeted by the British state

The British ruling class has a long tradition of persecuting those who work to shed light on inconvenient truths.

Cuba / Cuban health workers vow to face down the genocidal US blockade

Solidarity must move on from the charitable aid mentality and work for the destruction of the imperialist system.

Media / France: the new authoritarian journalism

How French media looked away from the suffering inflicted on Palestinians in Gaza.

France / Europe: the peasants’ revolt

What is at the root of the crisis in European farming?

Yugoslavia / Serbian communists denounce west-backed post-election violence

NKPJ candidates took part for the first time in many years, forming an anti-imperialist election bloc with ethnic Russians.

France / Red salute to French resistance fighter Pierre Pranchère

One of France’s last remaining WW2 communist resistance fighters has died at the age of 96.

Ukraine / Defeat in war deepens the cracks in Ukraine and its backers

The search for scapegoats and the scramble for the exit are now in full swing – in Kiev, Washington and Brussels alike.

Greece / Solidarity with Greek comrades under attack for anti-imperialist activities!

Why did fascist thugs choose the eve of our Platform conference to issue threats to a member of the organising team?

Cyprus / Britain using its Cypriot base to aid Israeli genocide in Gaza

Cypriot workers condemn the use of their island by the imperialist powers, who use their territory to aid and abet the genocide of Palestinians.

Ireland / The Dublin riots

Why are so many on the left so quick to dismiss every outpouring of working-class rage as ‘mindless’ and ‘lumpen’?

Ukraine / How the west bullied Zelensky into prolonging the war in Ukraine

Now that their plans have gone awry, the thieves are falling out and accusations abound.

Ukraine / Imperialists getting ready to ditch Zelensky

As they reach the bottom of the barrel of funds, weapons and manpower, the imperialists need a frontman who is capable of suing for peace.

World / Joti Brar: How can workers learn the truth if everyone is too scared to tell it?

We must respect the workers enough to believe they are capable of learning and we must create opportunities for them to do so.

Trade unions / Mass non-cooperation urgently needed to help end Gaza blitzkrieg

Workers have power to prevent Britain’s continued military, propaganda and logistical support for zionist massacres.

Ukraine / Book review: Putin’s Prisoner by Aiden Aslin

Ukraine and other war zones are seen as cash cows for the west’s publicity-seeking soldiers of fortune, who crave fame and adulation for their actions.

Canada / ‘Sieg heil’ in the parliament of Canada

How did my country suddenly end up in the global headlines? What is the dirty secret that has been hidden in plain sight for so long?

France / Upholding anti-imperialist struggle under the flag of the Platform, herein lies our hope

French communists host international meeting to discuss the present crisis and the way forward.

Ukraine / ‘As long as it takes’? Now Ukraine’s friends are turning off the taps

As USA announces support ‘cannot be indefinite’, several east European states are also looking for a way out.

Canada / Association of United Ukrainian Canadians condemns honouring of Nazis

The fascist-aligned section is vocal and prominent, but Yaroslav Hunka does not represent all Canadians of Ukrainian origin.

History / Rewriting history, rehabilitating nazism

All those who ever wondered how the Nazis’ crimes could have been allowed to happen only need to watch our western politicians and media today.

History / ‘The lessons of history …’

No matter how carefully our environment is manipulated, in the end, truth will out.

Africa / Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger at the forefront of the African revolution

‘When the people stand up, imperialism trembles.’ – Thomas Sankara

Ukraine / Zelensky sidelined, Canada’s Nazi gaffe and Biden struggling to change tack

As a third Ukrainian army perishes to no avail, now even the west is looking thin of donors when Zelensky rattles the collecting tin.

China / Aymeric Monville: Report back from Xinjiang

A French communist reflects on the yawning gulf between reality on the ground and the propaganda lies being endlessly repeated in western media.

Ukraine / Is Washington preparing to hang its stooge Zelensky out to dry?

As well as losing its proxy war against Russia, Washington is also losing control of the propaganda war.

World / Belt and Road envy dominates G20 summit

US imperialism’s latest attempt to counter Russia and China underlines the shifting balance of world forces.

Ukraine / With depleted uranium, nuclear war is underway in Europe

Nato war crimes in Donbass don’t stop at DU; Donbass civilians are routinely targeted by cluster bombs and petal mines.

Trade unions / Who is behind the TUC motion asking British workers to support war crimes?

It’s not too late to reverse the disastrous decision taken by many union delegations and the bureaucratic leadership clique to support this criminal resolution.

Ukraine / Ukraine: Is the USA changing proxies in midstream?

With the counteroffensive proven to be a dead duck, all the ‘friends’ of Ukraine who egged it on to an impossible ‘victory’ are blaming the proxies for losing the war.

Americas / Celac-EU summit and the rise of Latin-American sovereignty

While European diplomacy failed on every front, the confident advance of the anti-imperialist bloc was unmistakable.

Civil liberties / Irish republicans challenge sinister ‘debanking’ strategy

‘We will have your house; if you keep going, we will have your car, we will have your kids, we will have your benefits and we will put you in jail.’

Ukraine / Russia, Donbass and the reality of the conflict in Ukraine

If westerners understood what was really happening, they would think twice about ‘standing with’ and continuing to arm Ukraine.

Russia / Russia pulls out of phony Ukrainian grain deal, ‘turns its face’ towards Africa

The recent Russia-Africa summit has set the stage for a new flowering of anti-imperialist relations.

Ireland / End internment of Irish republicans now

Why are Irish republicans still being imprisoned without charge by British courts, 25 years after the initiation of the peace process?

Civil liberties / France in flames after yet another racist police murder

The divide between French ‘natives’ and ‘immigrants’ is constantly exacerbated in order to keep workers from making common cause against their rulers.

Ireland / Landmark judgment finds murdered Irish teen was blameless

The wheels of justice? War crimes committed by the British occupiers in northern Ireland fifty years ago are only now being officially acknowledged.

Baltics / Ukraine: Nato slams the door

The Vilnius summit was supposed to be a show of strength. Instead, it highlighted the weakness at the heart of the imperialist alliance.

British politics / As Ukraine bleeds, British defence minister looks to a new life

Those eagerly packing Ukrainians off to fight for Nato can tend their gardens and sleep well in their warm beds, impunity guaranteed.

Capitalist crisis / EVENT: Trade unionism and working-class leadership

Don’t sit on your hands; don’t fiddle while Rome burns! Your class needs you; the future of humanity needs you! Step forward and help make history!

Ukraine / Stop the War’s capitulation hides truth about Ukraine, stops workers organising

It is time we in Britain got off our knees and organised a mass movement of real opposition to the imperialist war drive.

Ireland / What exactly is the Orange Order celebrating?

Why is a protestant militia, founded in 1795 to combat the influence of the Enlightenment and maintin colonial rule, still marching in Irish streets?

Ukraine / What happened to Ukraine’s spring offensive?

Despite sending ever more powerful weapons to Ukraine, the only thing the imperialists have achieved is the death of more Ukrainians.

Russia / Prigozhin’s failed mutiny

Collective west hopes dashed once more, as President Putin remains firmly in charge and Russia’s military continues to grind down Nato’s proxies in Ukraine.

Health / Why does Russia now believe that Covid-19 was a US-created bioweapon?

Evidence released from secret biolabs in Ukraine reveals the deeper secret of imperialist attempts to create targeted biological weapons.

Russia / Sergei Lavrov on western imperialism, nazism and the rise of the global south

Russian foreign minister tells press: ‘The west has a colonial approach to Russia; they are incapable of seeing us as equal partners.’

USA / How the USA practices so-called ‘coercive diplomacy’

A new name for an old imperialist game.

Environment / The biggest threat to the environment is the imperialist war machine

While lecturing workers about ‘consumer choices’, western environmental lobbies give a free pass to the planet’s real polluters.

British politics / Why is Britain so set on escalating the war in Ukraine?

Tanks, depleted uranium shells, long-range missiles, F16s: hardly a week goes by without some news of how Britain is upping the ante again.

British politics / Communist message to Silk Mill rally: Ditch the Labour party!

Don’t settle for social democracy when only scientific socialism has the answer!

Russia / EVENT: Book launch: Neo-nazi Nato’s Proxy War Against Russia

What is really happening in Ukraine? And what should antiwar activists be doing about it?

Russia / Who blew up the Kakhovka dam?

With Ukraine’s ‘offensive’ failing, and the western psyop brigade keen to talk about everything except battlefield realities, it is not hard to see who benefits.

France / Joti Brar: We are heartened and inspired by French workers’ fighting spirit

Unfortunately, even the most militant of Britain’s trade union leaders seem keen to end the strikes here as quickly as possible.

Yugoslavia / Solidarity with the people of Serbia against Nato-backed violence in Kosovo

Nato troops must leave immediately and allow Kosovo and Metohija to return to the body of its motherland, Serbia.

Ukraine / Zelensky piling up his millions as Nato tries regime change via assassination

Washington continues to stoke the fire in Ukraine, but the blowback may refuse to remain safely in Europe.

France / The French working class fights on

Already there have been isolated instances of gendarmes refusing to obey orders. If the cotagion spreads, will the rest of Macron’s state machinery be more reliable?

Ukraine / Is Zelensky getting cold feet about the prospects for his ‘spring offensive’?

Zelensky’s US backers are determined to keep on fighting to the last Ukrainian and beyond, but could the beleaguered regime decide in favour of a face-saving deal?

Ukraine / Odessa after the massacre: nine years later the wounds are still fresh

The west continues to ignore, downplay and misrepresent the trade unionists who were burned alive in Odessa’s trade union building by Nato’s fascist stormtroopers.

Working-class history / Long live May Day!

Workers have made immense sacrifices in the great struggle of labour against capital; have shed rivers of blood in their quest for a better life and real freedom.

North Africa and Middle East / The quiet revolution: peace breaking out all over the middle east

While Uncle Sam and co are bogged down in trying to destroy Russia via Ukraine, peoples elsewhere are getting out from under his jackboot.

Ukraine / Desperate for a ‘win’ in Europe, USA mulls merging Ukraine with Poland

The war in Ukraine once more reveals imperialist hypocrisy over its alleged defence of the ‘rights of nations’.

Russia / Zyuganov to Putin: ‘Form a patriotic front against the imperial west!’

Communist leader urges Russian president to reunite the country’s greatest heroes with the people.

Syria / Natural disaster in Syria and Turkey: a tale of two earthquakes

Imperialist sanctions, occupation and war have hugely exacerbated the effects of the recent quake on the longsuffering Syrian people.

Belarus / Rise of the new world order: Belarusian president honoured in Beijing, Tehran

A growing network of economic and military cooperation outside its control is enraging US imperialism.

China / China sets out new foreign policy approach: oppose US unilateralism

The CPC has officially acknowledged that the ‘agreement incapable’ USA is set on hegemony and confrontation.

Baltics / Condemn the demolition of monuments to the WW2 victory over Nazism!

History is being rewritten and Soviet sacrifices are being desecrated as hundreds of WW2 memorials are dismantled across the Baltics.

USA / Message to US workers: Britain sending depleted uranium to Ukraine

The imperialists can seem incredibly powerful, but in fact their dominance is declining and their rule is showing signs of senility and decay.

France / French communists: A revolutionary crisis is developing in France

If properly directed, workers’ action has the power to sweep away not only the rule of Emmanuel Macron but of the entire French bourgeoisie.

Italy / British delegate in Italy: Our rulers are working to overturn Brexit

Workers across Europe share the goal of defeating both the EU imperialist bloc and the US-led Nato war machine.

Ukraine / Ukraine: From coup d’état to war

A brief history of Ukraine from 1991 til today, which aims to fill in a few of the gaping holes in the western corporate media narrative.

USSR / Glory to the heroes of Stalingrad!

This titantic achievement of the socialist Soviet Union is one the imperialists are incapable of erasing or explaining away.

Africa / France is losing its dominance in west Africa

Chinese economic and Russian military assistance are enabling the region to finally break its neocolonial bonds.

Germany / Scholz visits Biden as USA works to bury the truth about Nord Stream

Will Washington test the anti-Putin coalition to destruction?

Baltics / The west wants to leverage Estonia against Russia

The people of the Baltics are being used as more pawns and potential cannon fodder in Nato’s war against Russia.

Korea / DPRK pledges firm support for Russia

Kim Yo Jong affirms her country’s solidarity while highlighting the futile criminality of the USA’s proxy war in Ukraine.

France / Strikes in France demonstrate the benefits and limits of trade union action

Why are French workers being forced to endlessly fight the same battles?

Venezuela / Caracas declaration: Latin America’s vital role in the world anti-imperialist struggle

Nato’s armies must be defeated on the battlefield and behind the lines.

France / French workers fight for their pension and retirement rights

Militant fighting spirit is on display in abundance in France. What is now needed is class-conscious leadership and vision.

Germany / Nord Stream sabotage – Seymour Hersh’s revelations

Corporate media are doing what they can to quash discussion of the USA’s attack on its ally, but the fall-out from this detailed exposé is destined to be far-reaching.

Ukraine / Defeats in the front line spark chaos in the Kiev junta

Even as their proxies are collapsing at the front and behind the lines, the USA and its EU allies are pressing on with their plans to carve up Russia.

Media / On the media of ‘Russiagate’ and related fake stories

The last shred of mainstream journalistic integrity has been destroyed by the revelation that every part of the relentless Russiagate media barage was false.

Germany / The truth about the war in Ukraine – straight from the horse’s mouth

Retired German general lays out a few key facts for the hard of learning.

Germany / How America took out the Nord Stream pipeline

The New York Times called it a ‘mystery’, but the truth is that the United States executed a covert sea operation against its own allies.

Yugoslavia / Oppose western pressure on Serbia to recognise the Kosovo province as a state

The imperialists are still pursuing their 30-year campaign to forcibly disintegrate and occupy the territories of the former Yugoslavia.

Greece / Athens conference: anti-imperialist unity in the Balkans is pivotal for all of Europe

Only by standing together can workers and oppressed peoples find the strength to defeat Nato’s bestial neo-nazi war machine.

Czech Republic / Medieval inquisition returns to Europe as historical truth-tellers are put on trial

Josef Skála and two other scholars are being prosecuted in Prague, charged with ‘expressing doubts’ about who perpetrated the Katyn massacre.

Europe / Food bank crisis in Europe

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

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

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

Yugoslavia / What is happening in Kosovo?

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

Ukraine / Bakhmut: Russia breaches crucial Ukrainian defence line

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

Philippines / Jose María Sisón, father of the Filipino revolution

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

Russia / Price cap stunt will not stop Russian oil trade

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yugoslavia / Neo-nazis smash up Yugoslav communist party headquarters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Media / Inside the world of imperialist mind control

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

Africa / African trust in Russia grows as western influence wanes

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

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

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

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

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

Germany / Pipeline terrorism: Who benefits?

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

Russia / First international antifascist congress held in Moscow

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

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

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

Ukraine / Selling Ukraine to the highest bidder

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

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

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

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

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

Netherlands / The Dutch farmers’ militant struggle

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

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

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

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

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

Media / Dissecting the cliches of Anglo-American ethnocentrism

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

Ukraine / How corrupt is Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

USSR / Tribute to Comrade Tamila Yabrova, 1929-2021

A steadfast and lifelong fighter against revisionism in the USSR.

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.

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.

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.

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 / 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.

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.

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’?

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.

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?

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.

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.

Belarus / Demonisation aims at regime change in Belarus

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

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.

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

What is behind the renewed imperialist drive to war?

Health / Imperialism fails the Covid test

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

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

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.

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.

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 / 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.

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?

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?

Azerbaijan / War in Nagorno-Karabakh

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

Poland / Poland signs humiliating surrender agreement with the US

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

South Africa / ANC tribute to Marie-José Moumbaris

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

Russia / On the alleged poisoning of Alexei Navalny

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

Belarus / Hands off Belarus!

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Industry / Car industry crisis pushes Peugeot-Fiat merger

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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?

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.

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?

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’?

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.

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.

Europe / Anniversary of the D-Day landings

Why are the imperialists so keen to push the lie that the Normandy landings changed the course of WW2?

Ukraine / Zelensky empowered by new parliament, but fails to deliver change of direction

Ukraine’s new president is patently failing to live up to the peaceful hopes of the workers who elected him.

Syria / Turkey and US sign a robbers’ pact over Syria

Kurdish nationalists must choose between unstable US-backed ‘self-rule’ and returning to a united Syrian fold.

British politics / Interview: What does our party stand for?

Responses to a Turkish journalist about Britain, Brexit, Boris, the workers’ movement and the wider world.

Industry / British Steel sold for ‘blood money’? A reply to the Morning Star

Where should workers look for their salvation from the crises that destroy industry and jobs?

Lay-offs and closures / Nissan to cull 12,500 jobs globally as Chinese car market stalls

The crisis of overproduction continues to wreak havoc with workers’ lives.

World history / The origins of World War Two

How did WW2 come about? And when were the opening salvos really fired?

Germany / Buchenwald camp bans memorial for one of its most famous victims

Ernst Thälmann was a role model for unbroken resistance to Nazi terror, even under the most brutal conditions.

Greece / Greek parliamentary elections and the demise of the Syriza government

A case study in the irresistible laws of capitalism.

USSR / Workers in eastern Europe and former Soviet states prefer socialism

As the dystopian reality of bourgeois exploitation and ‘democracy’ hits home, Stalin and communism are viewed with respect and longing.

Ukraine / Volodymyr Zelensky begins to show his true colours

As Ukraine’s new president scurries between imperialist leaders, the country’s economy continues to nose-dive.

Syria / Shifting sands in the middle east

As Syria advances towards liberation, facts on the ground are pushing Turkey ever closer to Russia, deepening the splits in Nato.

Britain / British imperialism announces: there is no peace, only war

Army plans to move to a permanent war footing in hopes of stopping successful economic development by Russia and China.

Austria / Populist Austrian chancellor forced out despite election win

Despite fuelling their anti-immigrant rhetoric, the imperialists are nervous of populist leaders in Europe who favour rapprochement with Moscow.

Czech Republic / Czech comrade speaks in Birmingham and London

Dr Josef Skála described the advances made by socialist Czechoslovakia and discussed the challenges of organising the forces for socialist reinstatement.

Italy / Italian dockers obstruct Saudi’s criminal war on Yemen

Dockworkers in Genoa have given a vital lesson to workers everywhere in how to harness our collective strength.

Civil liberties / Julian Assange facing extradition to the United States

Why is the WikiLeaks founder being targeted now, and what happens next?

Turkey / Relations weakening between Ankara and its Nato allies

The overproduction crisis is taking its toll on the stability of Erdogan’s AKP government, moving it away from unquestioning support for imperialism.

Climate change / Yellow vests v Extinction Rebellion

Climate protestors’ leader accidentally gives away the ruling class’s agenda.

Ireland / The IRA plan to kill Michael O’Dwyer

Irish national archives releases letter showing the close fraternal links between the Irish and Indian liberation movements.

Ukraine / Poroshenko dumped in Ukrainian election

The west-backed coup leader has been ditched in favour of an actor/comedian whose agenda remains unclear.

France / Reaction of the rich to the Notre Dame fire tells a lot about the world we live in

Two of Europe’s wealthiest men pledge €300m to restore Notre Dame, while 8.8 million people continue to live below the poverty line in France.

Ukraine / Presidential election farce in Ukraine

Pick a stooge, any stooge ...

France / Call from France’s first yellow vest assembly

Even as it sinks out of sight in the British media, France’s popular rebellion is continuing and gaining momentum.

Economy / Britain lobbies Germany to sell arms to the Saudis

Crocodile tears over the famine in Yemen are accompanied by strenuous lobbying on behalf of the corporations that are perpetuating it.

USA / US imperialist scrapping of INF treaty aimed against both Russia and China

US imperialist hawks are deepening their preparations for all-out war with Russia and China.

Working-class history / Constance Markievicz – class traitor, Irish republican and working-class hero

London rally salutes the memory of Britain’s first woman MP.

Ukraine / Britain complicit in Ukrainian war crimes

Defence secretary Gavin Williamson is working overtime to promote the Anglo-American drive to war with Russia.

British politics / British think tank implicated in orchestration of the Skripal affair

The desirability of such an event, along with media and establishment ‘responses’, are all outlined in the files of the shadowy Integrity Initiative.

Ukraine / Failed provocation in the Kerch strait

The fascistic junta in Ukraine has been unable to push Russia into a direct military confrontation.

France / France’s yellow vests fight on, despite concessions

Social unrest in France is being driven by workers’ anger at continuous attacks on jobs, wages and living standards.

Syria / Syria carves out her future

Despite all the best-laid plans of US imperialism, the Syrian people are pushing on relentlessly with the liberation of their country.

USSR / Book: Grover Furr’s Mystery of the Katyn Massacre

This impartial examination of all available evidence proves irrefutably that the Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of Polish officers in 1941.

World / Imperialists getting desperate as the balance of forces in the world shifts

The US and EU imperialists continue to decline while China and Russia are steadily advancing.

Europe / Prague communists host European conference

CPGB-ML delegates join revolutionaries from across Europe in affirming that only socialism can save humanity from endless crisis and war.

USA / Why is the US pulling out of the intermediate-range nuclear treaty?

“What going smaller does is to make using nuclear weapons more thinkable.”

France / Macron compares French workers to Asterix and the Gauls

Yet as the class struggle intensifies it is Asterix and Obelix who symbolically represent the determination to resist exploitation and oppression.

British politics / Beware the drive to WW3 with Russia and China

If war is not avoided by workers making revolution first, then we must turn the coming war into a civil war to shake the warmongers off our backs.

Ukraine / Presidential elections looming in Kiev as ‘chaos eats our country’

Ukraine is descending deeper into self-inflicted chaos whilst the Kiev junta continues to blame all its troubles on Russia.

Saudi Arabia / Khashoggi – a murder most foul

Imperialism and its Saudi puppets in the dock.

Sweden / Shootings, killings, cars on fire – what’s going on?

All a sign of the irretrievable decadence of bourgeois society.

Ireland / Gangsters employed by the state to assist slum landlords

In Ireland, as in Britain, the housing crisis is deepening while the government backs up the vultures feeding off the misery of poor.

Ukraine / Assassination of Donetsk leader stalls Minsk peace talks

Murder and terrorism are just fine … so long as they are pro-imperialist.

Germany / The events of Chemnitz and the role of (east) German fascism

How is it that there are riots against immigrants in the heart of the former German socialist republic?

Economy / Trade tariffs and trade wars

Hostility to China unites the imperialist powers despite the conflicting interests between them.

British politics / ‘Novichok’ 2: the continuing propaganda drive against Russia

Second ‘novichok’ case undermines the claims of the first as hysterical anti-Russia campaign falls flat.

Greece / Devastating Athens fires caused by greedy ‘development’ speculation

Profits are valued over human life and the natural environment as at least 84 Greek people are declared dead, over 120 more are missing and 2,000 homes destroyed.

Spain / Blatant corruption finally unseats the Spanish government

The sordid and anti-working class nature of bourgeois democracy is exposed.

Ukraine / Babchenko ‘assassination’: Kiev’s grisly propaganda stunt backfires

By putting on this grisly cabaret, the Kiev junta has at a stroke destroyed every last shred of its credibility in the eyes of the world.

Europe / Populist victories throughout Europe

What does it mean that populist governments are being elected in Europe? Is there a danger that fascism is on the rise?

Disputes / French rail workers lead the fight to defend pay and conditions

Macron's government hopes to use divide-and-rule tactics to break the resistance of the French working class.

France / France fights back against Thatcherite ‘reforms’

French workers have only to see what has been done to the British working class in recent decades to understand the ramifications of their present fight.

Ireland / British government struggles with contradictory aims in Ireland

Reunification is the simple solution staring everyone in the face.

British politics / The Skripal case is blatant war propaganda. Hands off Russia!

The hysterical tone of the media and political establishment betrays imperialism’s rage that Russia continues to stand up for itself and its allies.

British politics / Released cabinet papers reveal imperialist skulduggery

Although more files than usual were kept back from this year's release, those remaining reveal much about the workings of the imperialist system.

Ukraine / Maidan 2: history repeated as farce

The fascistic Ukrainian flunkeys stumble from crisis to crisis.

USA / Heads roll in Russiagate farce

The pot calls the kettle black as one section of the US ruling class tries to convince the masses of Russian interference in last year’s US presidential election.

Germany / Greetings from the German communists

Greeting message to the CPGB-ML 100th anniversary celebration of the Great October Socialist Revolution on Saturday 4 November 2017 from the KPD (Communist Party of Germany)

France / France heads for a winter of discontent

As Macron attempts to fulfil his promises to the bourgeoisie.

Germany / On the election result in Germany

In Germany, as elsewhere, increasing numbers of poor workers are expressing their dissatisfaction with the status quo.

Ukraine / Washington flirts with proxy war against Russia

Splits in the imperialist camp deepen as the US ruling class argues over whether to increase its military intervention in Ukraine.

Ireland / The DUPing of the British government

Theresa May’s majority is saved by the most backward elements in bourgeois politics.

Ukraine / Ukraine junta shoots itself in the foot again

Whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad.

Germany / A tribute to East Germany’s General Heinz Kessler

Defender of communism to the last.

France / French elections produce … more of the same!

An opportunity further to upset the applecart in Europe has been lost, but the imperialists’ glee is likely to be short-lived.

British politics / Editorial: Brexit moves ahead

Article 50 is triggered.

Ukraine / Ukraine discovers that EU association is a poisoned chalice

Meanwhile, Donetsk starts to recover despite ongoing aggression from the Ukrainian fascist regime.

Ireland / Northern Ireland assembly collapses in scandal

Northern Ireland assembly collapses in scandal.

USA / The US election hacking scandal

The trumped up charges against the Russian government.

France / Strike wave hits France

Workers are vigorously opposing their government’s attempt to rip up the French labour code.

Turkey / Turkish coup: more fallout from the war in Syria

Whoever turns out to have been behind it, the recent coup attempt may be another blow against US imperialist hegemony in the middle east.

Ukraine / Ukraine: Poroshenko playing at peace

The coup government in Ukraine is hoping to transform the OSCE’s ceasefire monitors into armed guards policing the Russian border.

Ukraine / Eurovision circus but no bread

The imperialist media support for opponents of Russia, including criminals and/or fascists, is relentless and shameless.

Disputes / Greece: the struggle continues

General strikes resume in the fight against austerity.

Ukraine / Deeper into the quagmire

Into which the siren song of the EU has lured it.

British politics / Letter: Brexit – a historian’s view

The EU is an undemocratic institution created in order to oppress, exploit and wage war.

Working-class history / The 1916 Easter Rising remembered

Irish revolutionary nationalists rose up against British rule a hundred years ago, in an event of world-historic significance.

Syria / Patriotic forces advancing

As Russian forces pull back, the jihadis continue to suffer defeat after defeat.

Germany / On the New Year’s Eve events in Germany

Racism will not be ended by political correctness, but by a united working-class movement for socialism.

Ukraine / Kiev counts the cost of acting as catspaw for imperialism

The expiry of Ukraine’s free-trade treaty with Russia is further undermining the economic viability of the coup regime.

France / Paris terror attacks: Further proof that we need to overthrow imperialism

Jihadi terrorism is the bastard child of the union between blind religious fanaticism and imperialist market fundamentalism.

Russia / Brutal bombing of a holiday flight by IS terrorists

The imperialists hope that these tragic deaths will undermine domestic support for Russia’s contribution to the fight against IS. They are likely to be disappointed.

Editorial: Russia backs the Syrian people

Ukraine / Ukraine: Neither political chicanery nor naked aggression can save Poroshenko

With deadly splits opening up within the fascist camp and Russia standing firm on the border, the prospects for imperialism’s chosen stooges do not look good.

Industry / Industry matters: French ferry workers blaze a trail

Turkey / Turkish election ends Erdogan’s majority

Now that the AKP has lost its total control over the government, Prime Minister Erdogan’s usefulness to both the Turkish and imperialist ruling classes is being brought into question.

Greece / Greece: Syriza caves in

Grexit is inevitable, despite the capitulation of Greece’s government to the austerity demands of the European bankers.

Greece / Crunch time for Syriza?

The bloodsuckers are running out of ways to keep Greece paying out. The imminent explosion will rock the world’s financial systems.

Ukraine / Anglo-US imperialism ratchets up its bellicose stand against Russia

As inter-imperialist contradictions sharpen, some trade unionists are already campaigning for a defence of the imperialist fatherland.

Europe / Seventieth anniversary of the victory over fascism marked in Moscow

An excuse for an orgy of bourgeois lies and prevarication.

Syria / Idlib setback: imperialism crows too soon

US imperialism’s ‘islamic’ psychopaths cannot win hearts and minds.

Ireland / Sinn Féin: the voice of all Ireland

The party of anti-imperialist nationalism continues to make headway in Ireland, as rivals north and south are exposed by the latest turns of the economic crisis.

China / Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank – a challenge to imperialist hegemony

Thieves fall out.

Ireland / Sinn Féin stands alone against austerity

North and south of the border, Sinn Féin is proving to be the only large party that takes a sincere interest in the welfare of the masses.

Europe / Syriza victory in Greek elections

The Greek masses say No to austerity – but can Syriza save them?

Ukraine / Malaysian airline disaster: what the evidence shows

While imperialist media are quick to point the finger of blame at Russia, their story does not stand up to scrutiny.

Ukraine / Editorial: Who benefits from the shooting of the Malaysian plane?

Neither Russia nor the anti-fascist self-defence forces of the Donbass have anything to gain by perpetrating such an atrocity.

Ukraine / Crimea goes home

The ill-fated fascist provocation that imperialism and its lackeys have engineered in the Ukraine continues to backfire on its authors.

Ukraine / Editorial: Imperialist agenda in Ukraine (2004)

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