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.

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

Workers’ parties sign international revolutionary anti-imperialist manifesto.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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’

Packed London meeting celebrates 70 years of New China and pledges support for its people and government.

China / Defend China’s liberty as you would defend your own

Workers everywhere must take a stand against the latest ‘colour revolution’ attempt by our imperialist rulers against a sovereign nation.

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?

Working-class history / Peterloo in its historical perspective, part 1

What was the background to the massacre of workers that took place in St Peter’s Field two centuries ago?

Music / A worker reviews Shostakovich’s fifth symphony in concert

Shostakovich’s greatest triumph arose from Soviet life, reflecting its optimism and spirit.

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.

World history / A visit with Isabel Crook, lifelong soldier of the revolution

Memories of a life lived in the service of the people.

Palestine / Airbrushing history: Israel buries evidence of its racist war crimes

Zionist secret services exposed attempting to ‘construct a more convenient version’ of history.

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.

USSR / An introduction to the life and times of Maxim Gorky

Celebrating 150 years since the birth of the great Soviet writer and pioneer of socialist realism.

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.

India / The Bengal famine: Churchill’s real darkest hour

New evidence confirms British leader’s role in murdering millions of Bengalis.

India / The Jallianwala Bagh (Amritsar) massacre

The imperialist crime that put the final nail in the coffin of British rule in India one hundred years ago.

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

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

Cuba / Cuba 60: Hasta la victoria siempre!

Progressive humanity continues to cheer the incredible achievements of the tiny island nation, made in the teeth of the imperialists’ determined and unceasing aggression.

North Africa and Middle East / World War One in the middle east and its aftermath

How British and French imperialism carved up the middle east with the backing of their US bankers.

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.

USSR / October Revolution 101: the future belongs to communism

October changed the world forever, and the genie can never be put back in the bottle. Only socialism offers a decent future free from crisis, poverty and war.

USSR / Andrei Zhdanov: Principles underlying Soviet literature and art pt 2

Part two of a biography of an extraordinary servant of the proletariat.

China / China celebrates Marx’s 200th birthday

CPGB-ML participates in major international conference with other communist parties from around the world.

Namibia / European holocaust had roots in Africa, now Namibia is suing Germany

The genocide committed against the Namibian Herero and Nama people sheds light on the Nazi holocaust of jewish and other European peoples in WW2.

USSR / October 100: The Red Army choir

Culture by and for the people, uplifting hearts and spirits, and reinforcing the struggle for socialism.

USSR / How do socialists approach the veil?

Boris Johnson's comments do nothing to elighten anyone or further a debate, but those of his opponents are not much more sensible.

USSR / Andrei Zhdanov: On the principles underlying Soviet literature and art

Part one of a biography of an extraordinary servant of the proletariat.

USSR / Soviet ballet: dancing the heritage of humanism

How socialist realism, serving the people, sparked unparalleled creativity.

Film and TV / Film: The Death of Stalin

It’s bad history and bad art, but Armando Iannucci’s film has put the wind up bourgeois critics for quite other reasons than those.

World history / Fifty years since the murder of Martin Luther King Jr

A leader, one of many, murdered because they came to identify capitalism as the cause of the misery of the US masses.

South Africa / Tribute to Comrade Winnie Mandela

The mother of the South African nation has died, but her legacy continues to inspire new generations in the struggle for complete national liberation.

Working-class history / 200 years since the birth of Karl Marx

The founder of the modern proletarian movement who gave his life to furthering the science of class struggle.

USSR / The October Revolution and the east

How the Russian revolution of 1917 brought socialism to the oppressed peoples of Asia.

USSR / 65 years since the death of Josef Stalin, hero of the oppressed

By his deeds shall he always be known.

North Africa and Middle East / Philby senior and his role in British imperial treachery in the middle east

The secret manoeuvrings of British imperialism to take over control of Arabia as the Turkish empire was ousted during WW1.

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.

Trade unions / Derek Robinson: the passing of a working-class hero

A staunch and fearless union leader, one of an increasingly rare breed.

Palestine / One hundred years since the Balfour declaration

A sordid document in the shameful history of British imperialism.

USSR / Editorial: The future belongs to communism

Housing / What did the October Revolution do for us? 2. Housing

The second in our series of articles examining the impact of the October Revolution of 1917 on the lives of workers in Britain.

Cuba / Farewell Comrade Fidel Castro. Eternal glory to you!

The world mourns the passing of a great revolutionary leader, and celebrates the many enduring achievements of the revolution to which he dedicated his life.

Ukraine / Eurovision circus but no bread

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

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.

Books / A Nobel prize for literature in the service of reaction

Art and popular history can be powerful tools in manipulating people's minds, and the imperialists are well-versed in using both to bolster their parasitic rule.

Australia / Ray Berbling: a life in struggle (1935-2015)

Ray was a dedicated Australian Marxist-Leninist and a lifelong friend of the the Soviet Union.

Korea / Ri Ul Sol, hero of the Korean revolution (1921-2015)

Revolutionary veteran fighter and leader dies aged 94.

USSR / Follow the road of Great October!

This message was sent by an Australian comrade to our party’s celebration of the 98th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, held on 7 Nov 2015

USSR / Poem: Soviet Man

Working-class history / What did the Indian workers do for us?

Harpal Brar gives a short history of the significant contribution made by the IWA (GB) to the British working-class movement, and points the way forward.

USSR / Robert Conquest dies – but his lies live on!

An anti-communist agent of British imperialism masquerading as a serious and objective academic.

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

An excuse for an orgy of bourgeois lies and prevarication.

World history / Review: Prosperity’s Predicament

A revealing eye-witness account of pre-revolutionary China by the CPGB-ML’s Honorary President, Isabel Crook.

China / Tiananmen Square: a US-backed attempt at counter-revolution

How the US tried to apply its colour-revolution formula to China, complete with the big lie of a non-existent ‘massacre’.

World history / Review: Ten Mile Inn by Isabel and David Crook

This seminal work continues to bring the achievements and challenges of the Chinese agrarian revolution to life for English-speaking readers.

Books / Charles Dickens, champion of the poor

The first novelist to put working-class people at the heart of story.

British politics / Forget the jubilee, join the revolution!

The Queen is not ‘ours’, but theirs. She is of and for that tiny handful of ruthless exploiters who keep the world’s people in poverty and servitude.

Working-class history / The Victorian origins of workfare

Where did the government get the idea of subsidising free labour for big companies like Tesco?

Working-class history / Downton Abbey, the Jolly George and Stop the War

Please, if we ask you nicely, will you? Pretty please?

Working-class history / Book review: Striking a Light, the Bryant and May Matchwomen

Louise Raw reveals the connection of these militant young East End strikers to new unionism, socialism and Irish republicanism.

Working-class history / The matchgirls’ strike of 1888

A landmark victory in working-class history, with much relevance to the many workers today who are once more unorganised and unrepresented by any union.

Film and TV / Deborah Lavin film review: The Motorcycle Diaries

A reminder that communists and communism are not our enemy but the hope of the world.