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Society highlights

  • Palestine / Israeli persecution of Palestinians taken to a new level in January

    The zionists have seemed to get away with their crimes untouched for 75 years, but every sign is that this experiment in fascistic colonialism is doomed.

    1 Apr 2023 , Lalkar
  • USA / Why is the BLM movement so quiet about the murder of Tyre Nichols?

    Racial oppression can only meaninfully be fought by a united working class against the capitalist state that seeks to divide and keep us down.

    31 Mar 2023 , Lalkar
  • Germany / Scholz visits Biden as USA works to bury the truth about Nord Stream

    Will Washington test the anti-Putin coalition to destruction?

    28 Mar 2023 ,
  • Media / Look, balloons! The Hollywoodisation of imperialist ‘news’ media

    Hyperbolic reportage of the ‘spy balloons’ story was a perfect example of how the ‘infotainment’ industry works to distract and confuse.

    25 Mar 2023 ,
  • 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.

    18 Mar 2023 , Lalkar
  • Education / Why I left my first teaching job: ‘No support, no training, no care for the kids’

    This view from a school gives an insight into why so many of our teachers are feeling so demoralised.

    17 Mar 2023 ,
  • Education / Support our teachers; save our schools!

    It is not only their present ability to exist that Britain’s teachers are fighting for, but our children’s future.

    14 Mar 2023 ,
  • Social wage / Many councils have crippling gambling debts. Workers will be paying the bill

    Local councils across Britain are going bankrupt, leading to ever deeper cuts in services that have already been stripped to the bone.

    13 Mar 2023 , Lalkar
  • USA / Working-class antiwar rage sends US woke mafia into a head fit

    A broad coalition of those who really want to stop the US war machine faces silence from the media and insults from the ‘left’.

    11 Mar 2023 ,
  • Divide and rule / Sound and fury: the hollowness of the woke v anti-woke debate

    Workers have no interest in perpetuating bourgeois-incited culture wars. What we need is a clear understanding of how these harmful ideas destroy our ability to unify.

    8 Mar 2023 ,
  • 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.

    1 Mar 2023 , Lalkar
  • Civil liberties / Police officer David Carrick’s campaign of rape: a bad apple or a rotten barrel?

    News that the Met will now reopen the cases of a thousand officer complaints would seem to answer the question.

    17 Feb 2023 ,
  • 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.

    16 Feb 2023 , Moon of Alabama
  • British politics / Lessons and legacy of the two-million strong Iraq antiwar protest

    Demonstrations are dead-end get-togethers without the leadership of a vanguard revolutionary party. Iraq, Occupy – where are you now?

    15 Feb 2023 ,
  • USA / Anticommunism in the USA: the spectre remains

    The spectre of communism haunts the US Congress 175 years later.

    13 Feb 2023 , Marx Engels Institute
  • 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.

    11 Feb 2023 , Seymour Hersh
  • Housing / Poor housing kills

    The death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak has shone new light on a growing problem: the slum conditions being endured by too many in Britain today.

    9 Feb 2023 ,
  • Pay and conditions / Pardeep Singh and Boohoo: sweatshop and semi-slavery conditions on the rise

    An immigrant worker whose punishment beating was filmed by his employer serves as a stark reminder of the true face of capitalist exploitation.

    6 Feb 2023 ,
  • Capitalist crisis / Capitalists are causing inflation, not workers!

    It’s time for the hoary old myth about wages causing inflation to be put to bed. Higher wages lead to lower profits, hence the bosses’ opposition.

    29 Jan 2023 ,
  • USA / The US ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ – blatant protectionism

    US monopolies are hoping to survive the present crisis at the expense of their rivals, but alienating all their allies will ultimately only hasten their demise.

    24 Jan 2023 , Lalkar
  • Civil liberties / Communists condemn cancellation of WPB anti-Nato meeting by Conway Hall

    The Conway Hall Ethical Society’s craven submission to ‘online intimidation’ gives the lie to its claim to uphold free speech.

    23 Jan 2023 ,
  • 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.

    22 Jan 2023 , Lalkar
  • Capitalist crisis / Prepay meter scandal reveals workers being slowly crushed by energy debt

    Workers who can’t afford crippling energy prices are being forced to pay even higher rates by the vulture providers.

    18 Jan 2023 , Proletarian
  • China / Covid: China changes gear

    As the People’s Republic moves on from the era of zero-Covid, western media are desperate to portray its decision as a sign of failure.

    15 Jan 2023 , Proletarian
  • Iran / Iran and the western-manufactured hijab protests

    Attempts to cast imperialist countries as champtions of women’s rights are laughable to anyone familiar with the declining position of women in the west.

    11 Jan 2023 , Lalkar
  • Science and technology / Microchips and monopoly: a new front in the global struggle

    What is the significance of the USA's quest to repatriate the complex chain of semiconductor production?

    10 Jan 2023 , Lalkar
  • Capitalist crisis / Communist replies to BBC budget tips: ‘Get out and see the real world.’

    What kind of ‘journalist’ could seriously investigate whether ‘showering at the gym’ could be a money-saving tip for impoverished workers?

    5 Jan 2023 ,
  • Capitalist crisis / Happy new year?

    There is no reform that could enable this profit-hungry system to serve the needs of the working people.

    3 Jan 2023 ,
  • Health / The ruin of the NHS for the benefit of private interests

    In their desperation for sources of profit, our exploiters as individuals even end up damaging their own collective interests.

    29 Dec 2022 , Lalkar
  • Capitalist crisis / Communist responds to patronising BBC advice for a ‘budget’ Christmas

    Naughty? Nice? It’s time workers stopped believing the fairy tale that we get what we ‘deserve’ and organised to fight for what we need!

    24 Dec 2022 , Proletarian
  • Pollution / Britain’s dire water situation is no joke

    Privatisation has stolen over £60bn from essential services, leaving the country to wallow in its own filth.

    19 Dec 2022 , Proletarian
  • Australia / Racist persecution of Aborigines in Australia continues unabated

    A culture of torture has been exposed in Australia’s penal system, facilitated by the dehumanisation embedded into every level of the state machinery.

    15 Dec 2022 , Lalkar
  • Nicaragua / Oppose US ‘special measures’ against sovereign Nicaragua!

    Once again, the USA wants to starve an entire people into submission, simply because they have asserted their right to economic and political independence.

    27 Nov 2022 , Proletarian
  • China / Xi Jinping to CPC: The times are calling us, and the people expect us to deliver’

    The last five years have indeed been ‘truly momentous and extraordinary’ ones in China’s history and development – and the next five look likely to be even more so.

    23 Nov 2022 , Friends of Socialist China
  • Divide and rule / Tribute to Comrade Avtar Jouhl

    An indefatigable fighter against racism and imperialism, and for socialism, which he knew held the only solution to humanity’s problems.

    20 Nov 2022 , Lalkar
  • Disputes / Support our nurses’ struggle for decent pay!

    It is not our hard-pressed medical staff who are greedy, but the privateers who are pushing down their wages in the interests of profit.

    18 Nov 2022 , Proletarian
  • Capitalist crisis / The cost of living crisis is a capitalist crisis!

    The capitalists have shown themselves to be entirely unable to run their own system for the benefit of society.

    4 Nov 2022 ,
  • 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.

    3 Nov 2022 ,
  • Social wage / Hungry schoolchildren; another sign of a failed system

    When an economic system can’t provide basics like food and warm shelter to its people, it is time for it to be replaced.

    22 Oct 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    16 Oct 2022 ,
  • Civil liberties / Free Julian Assange!

    The chilling persecution of honest journalism has only highlighted the unfreedom of bourgeois society and the lies and complicity of imperialist corporate media.

    5 Oct 2022 ,
  • Health / Coffey’s ‘plan for patients’ boils down to more targets and some magical thinking

    Reams of empty phrasemongering are aimed at hiding the fact that Truss and co have no plan to do anything to fix the crisis in our health service.

    1 Oct 2022 , Proletarian
  • Capitalist crisis / Cost of living crisis: the fightback is under way

    Growing militance among unionised workers and vigorous new campaigns to combat the effects of poverty and inflation signify a change in the workers’ mood.

    6 Sep 2022 , Lalkar
  • Social wage / Malthusianism is alive and well as feminists celebrate declining birth rate

    Since they cannot admit to a solution lying outside of capitalist production relations, ‘women’s rights’ advocates are reduced to prettifying their chains.

    2 Sep 2022 , Proletarian
  • Capitalist crisis / Families face energy bills topping £5,000 this autumn

    Privatisation of the energy industry has put Britons at the mercy of world market prices – and no bourgeois party has a clue what to do about it.

    30 Aug 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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’.

    26 Aug 2022 ,
  • Disputes / Support the postal workers!

    Workers at Royal Mail are joining those on the railways and the docks in standing up for pay and conditions.

    24 Aug 2022 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / Obituary for Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

    A CNN investigation has endorsed the view that Shireen was deliberately assassinated. But the truth about Israeli crimes cannot be snuffed out so easily.

    1 Aug 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    29 Jul 2022 , Lalkar
  • Health / Dr Bob Gill: The demise of British primary healthcare

    First they came for the cleaners, then they came for the caterers, then for the porters, the student nurses and the junior doctors. Now they’re coming for the GPs.

    11 Jul 2022 , Consortium News
  • Disputes / Victory to the striking railworkers; defend the right to strike!

    In fighting to save jobs and defend pay, railworkers are in the front line of a desperately-needed push-back against the onslaught of capital.

    22 Jun 2022 ,
  • Social wage / Food bank Britain

    British families are relying on charity to eat as the market and the government both fail to provide even such a basic necessity as food.

    20 Jun 2022 , Proletarian
  • Capitalist crisis / Cost of living crisis worsens as inflation and energy prices soar

    Our rulers are keen to blame ‘the Russians’ for the intrinsic failings of the capitalist system itself.

    29 May 2022 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / Palestinian Nakba continues with the murder of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

    After 74 years of endless atrocities, the Israelis are further than ever from realising their fascistic goal of an ethnically ‘pure’ state.

    26 May 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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?

    23 May 2022 , Proletarian
  • Civil liberties / Assange, the 21st-century inquisition

    It is not one man who is on trial, but the people’s right to access meaningful and reliable information.

    18 May 2022 , Lalkar
  • Divide and rule / Monstrous plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda

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

    17 May 2022 , Lalkar
  • Media / Liberal journalism’s fury as Soviet symbolism returns to liberated Donbass

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

    16 May 2022 , Proletarian
  • Divide and rule / Does our government love refugees now? What a difference one war makes

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

    13 May 2022 , Lalkar
  • Media / ‘Hurrah for the Azov!’ – The curious case of BBC whitewashing nazism in Ukraine

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

    7 May 2022 , Al Mayadeen
  • Housing / London’s great council housing fraud

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

    2 May 2022 , Lalkar
  • British politics / Paltry Partygate fines for Boris and Sunak are a slap in the face for British workers

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

    25 Apr 2022 , Proletarian
  • Ukraine / Faking ‘war crimes’: Mariupol hospital witness exposes imperialist lie machine

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

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

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

    6 Apr 2022 ,
  • Climate change / Demonising fossil fuels will not tackle the environmental crisis

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

    2 Apr 2022 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / Amnesty International: Israel guilty of ‘apartheid against Palestinians’

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

    26 Mar 2022 , Lalkar
  • Civil liberties / Iniquitous new borders bill aims to make citizenship-stripping routine

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

    19 Mar 2022 , Lalkar
  • British politics / Renegacy of Stop the War on display once again at ‘antiwar’ events

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

    8 Mar 2022 ,
  • Civil liberties / Chris Mullin: Is another honest journalist about to be put behind bars?

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

    4 Mar 2022 , Proletarian
  • Capitalist crisis / Poverty stalks the land as ultrarich count the spoils

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

    3 Mar 2022 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Nationalise the buses!

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

    28 Feb 2022 , Proletarian
  • Canada / Solidarity with the Freedom Convoy of Canada

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

    23 Feb 2022 , Proletarian
  • Divide and rule / Imperialist society can’t be ‘decolonised’; fight racism by building for socialism

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

    21 Feb 2022 ,
  • Divide and rule / The tragic fall of Kathleen Stock: another voice silenced by trans extremism

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

    16 Feb 2022 , Proletarian
  • Divide and rule / Fight racism with class unity, not separatism or black nationalism

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

    13 Feb 2022 ,
  • British politics / The real conspiracy is that of the ruling class against the workers

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

    12 Feb 2022 ,
  • China / China investing massively to address climate change

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

    5 Feb 2022 , Proletarian
  • Health / Law on mandatory vaccination for NHS staff to be repealed

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

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

    Why is the plight of these desperate migrants being weaponised?

    14 Jan 2022 , Lalkar
  • Civil liberties / Julian Assange loses extradition appeal; British ‘justice’ exposed to the world

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

    13 Jan 2022 , Lalkar
  • Economy / BP’s ‘cash machine’ goes into overdrive as workers’ energy bills soar

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

    11 Jan 2022 , Proletarian
  • Health / Covid has exposed the weakness of capitalism and the strength of socialism

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

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

    By Irish poet Kevin Higgins.

    30 Dec 2021 , Proletarian
  • Divide and rule / Jobs are available – let asylum seekers work!

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

    26 Dec 2021 , Lalkar
  • Health / Covid-19: Damning report highlights unpreparedness and corruption

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

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

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

    18 Dec 2021 , Lalkar
  • China / China and Covid: working towards a global community of health for all

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

    17 Dec 2021 , Proletarian
  • Environment / Stop these sociopaths from poisoning our rivers!

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

    15 Dec 2021 , Proletarian
  • Health / The NHS, the Covid pandemic and the private insurance takeover

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

    13 Dec 2021 , Lalkar
  • Civil liberties / Imperialism’s global conspiracy against Julian Assange

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

    10 Dec 2021 , Lalkar
  • China / US appoints itself arbiter of ‘democracy’: one more act of anti-China propaganda

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

    9 Dec 2021 , Proletarian
  • Health / Derisory pay offer covers further cuts as NHS privatisation reaches new heights

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

    2 Dec 2021 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Brexit continues to be a thorn in the side of imperialism

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

    25 Nov 2021 ,
  • Industry / A curate’s egg: Shapps’s ‘Great British Railways’ scam

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

    24 Nov 2021 , Lalkar
  • Climate change / Cop26: Fiddling while the world burns

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

    19 Nov 2021 , Proletarian
  • Education / Prof David Miller and the zionist campaign to crush dissent on campuses

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

    12 Nov 2021 , Proletarian
  • USA / US state revokes child protection laws instead of creating decent jobs for adults

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

    10 Nov 2021 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Labour party conference not a ‘safe space’ for women

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

    14 Oct 2021 , Proletarian
  • Economy / Gas prices go through the roof as global shortage ties supply lines in knots 

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

    22 Sep 2021 , Proletarian
  • Economy / Scandalous levels of public service corruption in Britain

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

    7 Sep 2021 , Lalkar
  • Environment / Workers party hosts popular rally against LTN scheme in Birmingham

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

    7 Aug 2021 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / Remembering the 2011 youth uprising

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

    6 Aug 2021 , Proletarian
  • Civil liberties / Reform of the Secrets Act is another brick in the wall

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

    5 Aug 2021 , Proletarian
  • China / No politicisation of Covid origin tracing: joint statement with CPC

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

    2 Aug 2021 ,
  • Social wage / Cambian Childcare: End this chattel slavery

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

    1 Aug 2021 , Proletarian
  • Environment / ‘Recycling’ today: greenwashing for a broken, ecocidal system

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

    28 Jul 2021 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Scandalous profiteering at the expense of children in care

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

    25 Jul 2021 , Lalkar
  • Social wage / Unemployment and poverty set to rise as furlough ends and benefits are cut

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

    13 Jul 2021 , Proletarian
  • Civil liberties / Metropolitan police branded ‘institutionally corrupt’

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

    28 Jun 2021 , Proletarian
  • Health / Film: The Great NHS Heist

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

    19 Jun 2021 ,
  • Health / NHS dentistry in its death throes as Covid is used as a cover for privatisation

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

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

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

    8 Jun 2021 , Proletarian
  • Civil liberties / Workers Party statement: No to Covid passports

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

    31 May 2021 ,
  • Divide and rule / Sewell report concludes ‘no institutional racism’ in British society. How?

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

    27 May 2021 , Lalkar
  • Civil liberties / Kill the Policing, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill!

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

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

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

    12 May 2021 , Lalkar
  • USA / Derek Chauvin found guilty on all counts of George Floyd’s murder

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

    11 May 2021 , Lalkar
  • USA / Biden’s US ramps up hostility toward refugees, despite ‘humane’ promises

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

    5 May 2021 , Proletarian
  • Health / NHS privatisation accelerated during the pandemic: a medical ‘shock doctrine’

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

    1 May 2021 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Don’t make care workers pay for the crisis in social care!

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

    17 Apr 2021 , Proletarian
  • Civil liberties / Police Bill: capitalism gears up for the class struggles to come

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

    7 Apr 2021 , Proletarian
  • Civil liberties / BLM, XR: No reds under the bed … yet

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

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

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

    1 Apr 2021 , Proletarian
  • Media / Facebook employs propagandist to wage war on ‘disinformation’

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

    24 Mar 2021 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Don’t tell Newham we are all in it together

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

    10 Mar 2021 , Proletarian
  • Health / More ‘reforms’ of the NHS, so many nails in the coffin

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

    6 Mar 2021 , Lalkar
  • Health / Nutrition is a human right: we must demand decent food for all

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

    5 Mar 2021 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Destitution in Britain compounded by 2020 crash and covid shutdowns

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

    4 Mar 2021 , Proletarian
  • Cuba / Harpal Brar: Support Cuban medical disaster relief team for Nobel peace prize

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

    1 Mar 2021 , Lalkar
  • Civil liberties / Mairead Maguire nominates Assange, Manning, Snowden for Nobel peace prize

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

    24 Feb 2021 , Lalkar
  • Pay and conditions / Bringing Kaplan to book: time to get organised in the gig economy

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

    21 Feb 2021 ,
  • Media / Big Tech and the end of dissent: First they came for Donald Trump

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

    17 Feb 2021 , Proletarian
  • Housing / Planning reforms won’t fix the housing crisis

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

    14 Feb 2021 , Lalkar
  • Media / British ban of Chinese news channel is another step towards open warfare

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

    10 Feb 2021 , Proletarian
  • British politics / The Big Ride for Palestine and the Labour party

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

    9 Feb 2021 , Lalkar
  • Social wage / Hard to swallow: UK food parcels shamefully inadequate

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

    8 Feb 2021 , Proletarian
  • Economy / GameStop stops Wall Street

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

    2 Feb 2021 , Proletarian
  • Health / DVLA: Keeping non-essential staff in offices is endangering lives

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

    27 Jan 2021 , Proletarian
  • Health / Covid: Frontline workers are paying for the crisis with their lives

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

    25 Jan 2021 , Proletarian
  • Society / Time to end poverty: expropriate the expropriators!

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

    23 Jan 2021 ,
  • Civil liberties / Julian Assange victorious, for now

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

    5 Jan 2021 , Proletarian
  • India / Rape and murder of dalit girls continues as Indian authorities turn a blind eye

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

    24 Dec 2020 , Lalkar
  • Lay-offs and closures / Sunak extends furlough till April as jobless stats sow panic

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

    23 Dec 2020 ,
  • British politics / Crisis of legitimacy: trust in politicians and journalists keeps going down

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

    7 Dec 2020 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Demise of RPI: another attack on workers’ pensions

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

    5 Dec 2020 , Proletarian
  • Economy / Water privateers: ‘Doing what’s in the best interests of shareholders’

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

    29 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Humbled by their own incompetence: ‘winter economic plan’ back to square one

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

    24 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
  • Education / Marketisation of services to vulnerable children exposes true values of liberal democracy

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

    15 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
  • USA / Why are women being unnecessarily sterilised at a US immigration centre?

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

    6 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
  • Economy / Covid: Parasites enjoy a bonanza whilst workers struggle

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

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

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

    29 Oct 2020 ,
  • Social wage / Southern Cross: vulture capitalists still getting fat on the care home racket

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

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

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

    16 Oct 2020 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Workers party launches corona wealth tax campaign

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

    12 Oct 2020 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Railway pensions under threat

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

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

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

    20 Sep 2020 , Proletarian
  • Britain / Civil servants face coercion over return to the workplace

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

    16 Sep 2020 , Proletarian
  • Housing / Grenfell Tower: construction bosses’ contempt for workers’ lives laid bare

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

    4 Sep 2020 , Lalkar
  • Social wage / UBI: a recipe for universal misery

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

    24 Aug 2020 , Proletarian
  • Divide and rule / Look, balloons! Another migrant scare distracts attention from corona and crisis

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

    19 Aug 2020 , Proletarian
  • Society / Thinktank warns of massive rise in destitution in the wake of Covid-19

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

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

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

    2 Aug 2020 , Proletarian
  • Capitalist crisis / Rising inequality following the 2020 crisis of overproduction

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

    29 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • Economy / Water CEOs fleece the public

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

    27 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • Health / PPE scandal: crony capitalists make a killing while frontline workers sacrificed

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

    26 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Ministry of Justice retreats on sick pay for cleaners

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

    24 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • Industry / Leicester sweatshops keep their heads down despite covid panic

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

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

    Good riddance to bad rubbish, but what next?

    10 Jul 2020 , Lalkar
  • Divide and rule / JK Rowling’s stance against the thought police

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

    9 Jul 2020 , Lalkar
  • Health / We are not battery hens: covid outbreaks in the meat packing industry

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

    3 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / The plight of the homeless after lockdown

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

    29 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • Lay-offs and closures / Imperial College sacking vital IT workers

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

    27 Jun 2020 ,
  • Disputes / Covid couriers sacked for requesting PPE and social distancing

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

    25 Jun 2020 ,
  • Palestine / Under cover of Covid-19: Israel tightens the screws on Palestine

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

    24 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Boris’s chapter of accidents

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    8 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • Health / Second spike looms: Boris opts for ‘whack-a-mole’ over having a good plan

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

    4 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • Industry / ‘Back to work’ stampede – and may the devil take the hindmost

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Workers’ parties sign international revolutionary anti-imperialist manifesto.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    8 Mar 2020 , Lalkar
  • Social wage / Errol Graham and the unreported austerity pandemic

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

    27 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Lecturers rise against pay cuts and pensions robbery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    2 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Defend railway pensions!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    5 Jan 2020 , Lalkar
  • France / French strikes expand and deepen as more workers join the fray

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

    19 Dec 2019 , Proletarian
  • France / Support the French strikers!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    19 Nov 2019 , Proletarian
  • Education / Sabotage of state schools

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

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

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

    10 Nov 2019 , International Socialist
  • Trade unions / Stifling criticism of Israel in the British trade-union movement

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

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

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

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

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

    30 Oct 2019 ,
  • Society / The true level of unemployment

    Joblessness is being underreported by a factor of 200 percent.

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

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

    17 Oct 2019 , Proletarian
  • Britain / Bury FC: a victim of capitalism

    One more reason for workers to burn with indignation against a social order that can never be made to serve their interests.

    15 Sep 2019 , Proletarian
  • Health / Shameful levels of malnutrition in Britain

    Privatisation and cost-cutting in social care have led to shocking levels of neglect amongst the most vulnerable in our society.

    13 Sep 2019 , Lalkar
  • Venezuela / The successes of the Bolivarian housing mission in Venezuela

    Bringing solidarity to a heroic people as they resist imperialist siege.

    29 Aug 2019 , Proletarian
  • Education / Our schools need more than money

    It is not only cuts that are devastating and gutting our schools but privatisation and outsourcing.

    24 Aug 2019 , Proletarian
  • Education / GSM collapse: another for-profit education provider hits the rocks

    A London-based private university has gone bust, leaving students and staff in the lurch.

    23 Aug 2019 ,
  • USA / US workers force child migrant concentration camp to close

    Homeware staff strike against their employers’ profiting from privatised detention camps.

    14 Aug 2019 ,
  • Divide and rule / Racial profiling revealed in Home Office visa processing

    African academics are routinely being denied entry to attend conferences and seminars in Britain.

    10 Aug 2019 ,
  • Education / Teachers given pay rise, but schools forced to pay

    Government will fund a 0.75 percent increase, with schools told to find most of the required cash from their own budgets.

    8 Aug 2019 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / ‘We often see grown men in tears – they can’t believe they’re here’

    Manchester reporter discovers dismay, rage and defiance in Oldham, a town bruised by universal credit and austerity.

    7 Aug 2019 , Manchester Evening News
  • Divide and rule / Police refuse to investigate killing of refugee schoolgirl

    The authorities are closing their eyes to strong evidence of racist bullying in the death of Shukri Abdi.

    29 Jul 2019 , Proletarian
  • Housing / Foreign investors head to Birmingham housing market

    As London property prices nose-dive, investors are hoping to make a quick buck out of new-build apartments in the country’s second-largest city.

    18 Jul 2019 , Birmingham Worker
  • Housing / Council tax becoming the new poll tax says report

    Thinktank investigation reveals the huge disparity in rates of payment between the poorest and richest households.

    16 Jul 2019 , Birmingham Worker
  • Health / Brexit, profiteers and the NHS

    Why are Donald Trump and a ‘no-deal’ Brexit being held up as threats to the future of the health service?

    11 Jul 2019 , Lalkar
  • China / China’s resistance to the US trade war

    Defensive measures by the People’s Republic are accelerating the very process the US has been trying to halt.

    5 Jul 2019 , Lalkar
  • Education / Thousands of children are taught in classes that are too big

    Reverse privatisation and create an education system that serves the real needs of both society and individuals.

    4 Jul 2019 ,
  • Divide and rule / Fighting the forces of fascism: persuasion, not force, is key right now

    What should meaningful antifascist work look like in present-day Britain?

    28 Jun 2019 ,
  • Divide and rule / Teach children to kick against gender stereotypes, not gender itself

    The party of the working class must above all be the purveyor of truth.

    26 Jun 2019 ,
  • Housing / Right-to-rent and work checks promote racism and victimise the most vulnerable

    Forcing landlords and employers to check the immigration status of tenants and employees has led to a surge in homelessness among non-white workers in Britain.

    11 Jun 2019 ,
  • Pollution / Residents unite against power station plan next to Bristol inner-city nursery

    Fight against unelected planning authorities exposes once again the true nature of Britain’s sham democracy.

    2 Jun 2019 , Proletarian
  • Civil liberties / Julian Assange facing extradition to the United States

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

    23 May 2019 , Proletarian
  • Society / Hunger on the rise in Britain, despite economic ‘recovery’

    In-work poverty testifies as to who really paid to bail out the banks in 2008. And while hunger is on the rise, one-third of food produced every year is wasted.

    20 May 2019 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Privatisation directors’ fat salaries come from ripping off health service workers

    Sodexo and Mitie are the latest hospital outsourcing companies to face industrial action by staff over terrible pay and conditions.

    14 May 2019 ,
  • Disputes / Left-Labour-controlled Newham is not such a New Jerusalem

    Despite working for a Labour council and a Corbynite mayor, council workers in Newham face pay cuts and bullying.

    13 May 2019 , Proletarian
  • Venezuela / Twitter censors Venezuelan embassy in Britain

    Twitter is helping the US and its comprador coup plotters conduct the media war against Venezuela’s legitimate and popular government.

    9 May 2019 ,
  • Climate change / Yellow vests v Extinction Rebellion

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

    4 May 2019 ,
  • Civil liberties / Free Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning!

    Injustice and oppression will never be defeated unless at every turn they are resolutely resisted, whatever the cost.

    23 Apr 2019 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    20 Apr 2019 , Joe
  • Divide and rule / Why gay rights is not a class issue

    It is not ‘homophobic’ for socialists to focus their attention on those contradictions that concern the whole working class in its struggle for socialism.

    20 Apr 2019 ,
  • Social wage / Fire Brigade Inc

    Cuts and outsourcing are part of the slow drive towards total privatisation of this essential service.

    12 Apr 2019 ,
  • Lay-offs and closures / Interserve: another outsourcing giant hits the wall

    In the pursuit of monopoly profits, another building corporation turned ‘public service provider’ has gone bust – and the public will be picking up the tab.

    6 Apr 2019 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    30 Mar 2019 , Proletarian
  • Health / How to squeeze the NHS and get a gong

    Private drugs companies seize on a ‘loophole’ in NHS rules to vastly overprice medicines.

    25 Mar 2019 , Lalkar
  • Disputes / Brum bin strike concludes with a payout

    A new deal was concluded in March to appease workers’ anger at secret payouts to GMB members during the 2017 strike.

    24 Mar 2019 , Proletarian
  • Divide and rule / The reactionary nightmare of ‘gender fluidity’

    We do not advocate and we cannot allow the bourgeoisie to impose this divisive ideology upon us.

    23 Mar 2019 ,
  • Health / Smartphones v doctors: NHS destruction moves up a gear

    A ‘new era of personalised care’ where mobile apps replace overworked GPs.

    20 Mar 2019 , Lalkar
  • Social wage / Privatisation undermines the probation service

    The government has reneged on its promise to step in if the privateers failed to deliver.

    17 Mar 2019 ,
  • Divide and rule / Asda continues to flout equal pay rulings

    Automation and unequal pay are just two of the tools being used by retail giants to divide workers, reduce costs and win the cut-throat war of competition.

    14 Mar 2019 , Proletarian
  • Science and technology / China charts new territory: the dark side of the moon

    Workers of all countries felt a justified surge of pride when the PRC’s lunar probe made a successful landing on the dark side of the moon.

    10 Mar 2019 , Proletarian
  • Media / Assange nominated for the Nobel peace prize

    Irish peace campaigner calls for the WikiLeaks’s founder to be recognised for his services against warmongering imperialism.

    1 Mar 2019 ,
  • Disputes / South Western railworkers win battle to keep the guard on the train

    Safe and affordable public transport for all. Support our rail workers!

    19 Feb 2019 , Proletarian
  • Divide and rule / The fake emergency of the Channel boat refugees

    Why is such a fuss being made about the arrival of a few desperate migrants on the shores of one of the richest countries in the world?

    10 Feb 2019 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Refuse, resist! Brum rubbish collectors ready to strike as council talks fail

    Brummie binmen are days away from an all-out strike, clashing once again with a Labour council that has rewarded scabs and blacklisted strikers.

    20 Jan 2019 , Sputnik
  • Health / Newcross Healthcare: rinsing the public coffers

    The true face of privatisation in our public services, where greed and abuse are rewarded and people come last.

    15 Jan 2019 , Proletarian
  • USA / The migrant caravan and the US mid-term elections

    Crude jingoism deployed to boost President Trump’s Republican party at the expense of the desperate poor of Central America.

    7 Jan 2019 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    5 Jan 2019 , Lalkar
  • China / Huawei executive arrest – a provocation too far

    The US's persectution of Meng Wanzhou represents a dangerous escalation of its trade war against China.

    30 Dec 2018 , Lalkar
  • Civil liberties / Branding the wage slaves

    British companies are starting to experiment with microchipping their staff as a way of keeping tabs on their movements.

    24 Dec 2018 ,
  • Social wage / WH Smith gobbles up another 74 post offices

    Another step towards the complete dismemberment and privatisation of the mail service.

    22 Dec 2018 ,
  • Divide and rule / Letter: Identity politics v class politics

    If our political activities don’t threaten imperialism, we need to think again about what we are doing.

    17 Dec 2018 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / A third of British children live in poverty

    A decade of austerity is taking a heavy toll on Britain’s families.

    13 Dec 2018 , Proletarian
  • Housing / Grenfell Tower – another long and winding public inquiry

    Privatisation, subcontracting and the drive to maximise profits led to the inferno, but the ruling class will be hoping the inquiry can come up with a scapegoat or two on whom to pin the blame for its crimes.

    8 Dec 2018 , Proletarian
  • Divide and rule / Identity politics are anti-Marxian and a harmful diversion from the class struggle

    Refuse to allow our movement to be hijacked by hostile class forces!

    7 Dec 2018 ,
  • Housing / The housing crisis is lining private landlords’ pockets

    Housing benefit is acting as the ‘landlords’ bonus’, while provision of emergency temporary accommodation by private landlords is the ‘icing on the cake’.

    6 Dec 2018 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Bristol bus protest highlights failing public transport in Britain

    Workers must demand renationalisation as the first step towards affordability, planning, and the sanity of a socialist economy.

    25 Nov 2018 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / University of Manchester support staff to strike against pension attacks

    Cleaners, caterers, security and admin staff are fighting to defend their right to a dignified retirement.

    17 Nov 2018 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Glasgow: Teachers take to the streets

    Pay and conditions in the profession continue to decline, leading to a retention and recruitment crisis in our schools.

    16 Nov 2018 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Universal credit: forcing the needy into ever more desperate poverty

    The government can look after the interests of the capitalists or the interests of the workers; it cannot do both.

    13 Nov 2018 , Lalkar
  • Housing / Residents resist social cleansing in Cambridge

    The CPGB-ML supports tenants in Montreal Square, who are trying to save their community from redevelopment.

    2 Nov 2018 ,
  • Housing / The housing crisis shows that capitalism is due for demolition

    Housing should be a right not a privilege, yet capitalism has proven itself incapable of providing a decent home to every worker.

    1 Nov 2018 ,
  • Society / Meaningful employment is a right for all

    Useful work well done for collective benefit brings personal fulfilment. A society that can't provide such work to its members is not fit for purpose.

    28 Oct 2018 ,
  • Education / Decent education for all

    If we want a society worth living in, education should be high-quality, free, universal, lifelong and publicly provided. Profit-taking has no place in classrooms.

    27 Oct 2018 ,
  • Sweden / Shootings, killings, cars on fire – what’s going on?

    All a sign of the irretrievable decadence of bourgeois society.

    21 Oct 2018 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    20 Oct 2018 , Republican News
  • India / Arbitrary arrests in India

    The BJP government is the embodiment of bigotry, divisiveness and murderous activity.

    18 Oct 2018 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / FE lecturers ballot over derisory pay offer

    It is not the job of workers to square the accounts of their employers.

    17 Oct 2018 ,
  • Energy / Government plans to push fracking through the back door

    If we want to save our planet, we’ll need to get rid of capitalism.

    11 Oct 2018 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Theft of steelworkers’ pensions

    Successful campaigners lose up to half their entitlement, shafted after all by caveats in the small print.

    9 Oct 2018 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Bosses’ pay soars

    While Labour business rep worries over ‘undermining public trust in business’!

    9 Oct 2018 , Proletarian
  • Housing / Property tycoon hikes rent by 10 percent

    The decimation of social housing proves once more the inability of the market to provide even for people's most basic needs.

    1 Oct 2018 , London Worker
  • Education / School exclusions create prisoners, not reformed pupils

    With ever more social problems manifesting in the classroom, and support staff and services being axed, draconian methods of ‘behaviour management’ are on the rise.

    28 Sep 2018 , Proletarian
  • 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?

    23 Sep 2018 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Support Birmingham’s homecare workers

    Before Labour councillors privatise the service completely.

    19 Sep 2018 , Birmingham Worker
  • British politics / Fascist tactics: How Jeremy Corbyn’s detractors are plotting to remove him

    The Labour leader’s opponents don’t care about antisemitism. They’ll just do anything to remove Corbyn.

    18 Sep 2018 , Middle East Eye
  • Divide and rule / Prison report reveals truth about Britain’s dreadful concentration camps

    If one can judge a society by how it treats its prisoners, British imperialism continues to plumb new depths of baseness and depravity.

    3 Sep 2018 , Lalkar
  • British politics / Profiteers of war: how working-class kids die to keep the rich rich

    A former soldier's compelling call for non-cooperation with imperialist war.

    23 Aug 2018 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Is Corbyn racist?

    What is behind the relentless campaign against Corbyn’s ‘antisemitism’ and ‘terrorist wreath-laying’ in our national media?

    21 Aug 2018 ,
  • Media / How Wikipedia is used to prop up the imperialist lie machine

    The internet encyclopaedia is an important front in the information war being waged by our rulers.

    20 Aug 2018 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    19 Aug 2018 ,
  • Health / NHS cost-cutting managers’ plan will axe a raft of routine operations

    Calling these procedures ‘unnecessary’ won’t stop people needing them, however; it will merely ration them according to the ability to pay.

    8 Aug 2018 , Proletarian
  • Media / The ongoing ‘fake news’ debacle

    In the name of suppressing ‘fake news’ the bourgeoisie seeks to suppress inconvenient truth.

    6 Aug 2018 , Proletarian
  • Health / Save our NHS

    Only by clearly understanding our rulers’ determination to dismantle the NHS and by coordinating our efforts to save it can we hope to succeed.

    16 Jul 2018 ,
  • Health / NHS: government forced to recognise reality

    The NHS needs more money for services and staff, not simply to create further profits for the bloodsucking privateers.

    16 Jul 2018 , Lalkar
  • Media / Bringing Julian Assange home

    John Pilger on the significance of WikiLeaks and the rage of US imperialism against its founder.

    20 Jun 2018 , Information Clearing House
  • Social wage / Poverty on the rise as Birmingham’s Labour council freezes burial fees

    Rates of child poverty are soaring in Britain’s major cities; Labour councils are as impotent and callous as all the rest.

    14 Jun 2018 , Proletarian
  • Health / Saving the NHS: the method and success rate of the petition ‘activist’

    All sound and fury signifying nothing much.

    10 Jun 2018 , Proletarian
  • Media / Cambridge Analytica and the drive toward internet censorship

    Corporate abuse of the internet is being used to justify censorship of independent media.

    7 Jun 2018 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    25 May 2018 , Proletarian
  • Industry / Privatised rail industry totters

    The resistance of rail workers to safety-cutting measures is bringing the question of renationalisation back onto the political agenda.

    19 May 2018 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / University workers sold down the river

    With friends like the University and College Union leadership, who needs enemies?

    14 May 2018 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    3 May 2018 , Lalkar
  • Divide and rule / The Windrush scandal

    For once, the British public is being given an insight into the misery that is daily inflicted by the UK's racist and draconian immigration regime.

    30 Apr 2018 , Lalkar
  • British politics / Birmingham Worker candidate speaks out on behalf of working-class youth

    What can British youth do about the poverty, exclusion and alienation they face today?

    29 Apr 2018 , Birmingham Worker
  • British politics / Birmingham Worker candidates fighting for women and children

    Communist candidates highlight the role of the Labour party in implementing austerity on behalf of the ruling class.

    29 Apr 2018 , Birmingham Worker
  • Poetry / Poem: They Say that Both Sides are to Blame?

    Media lies keep the working class divided and weak. What's the way out?

    24 Apr 2018 , Proletarian
  • British politics / The infamous ‘antisemitic’ mural

    Jeremy Corbyn has apologised for failing to notice an East End mural’s antisemitism and now supports its removal. Is he right?

    11 Apr 2018 , Proletarian
  • Media / The ‘independent media’ that exist to attack independent media

    The enemy’s supposed to hate it: Beeley and Bartlett under attack again.

    7 Apr 2018 , Proletarian
  • Housing / Housing shortage in the midst of plenty

    It is not the right to buy that workers need, but the right to a home.

    5 Apr 2018 , Proletarian
  • Health / GP incentives – a dangerous tool of NHS privatisation

    “I will use treatments for the benefit of the ill in accordance with my ability and my judgement, but from what is to their harm and injustice I will keep them.”

    4 Apr 2018 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Council workers win skirmish with Manchester outsourcing cowboy

    The involvement of Labour councils in the outsourcing racket should make unions think twice about their generous donations to the party's coffers.

    11 Mar 2018 ,
  • Health / Time to prise the leeches off the NHS

    Why is it that increased funding doesn't result in better services in today's health service?

    6 Mar 2018 , Lalkar
  • Leaflets / Hands off lecturers’ pensions

    A decent pension for all workers is a right, not a privilege.

    1 Mar 2018 ,
  • Leaflets / Housing: a crisis of capitalism

    What must be done in order to provide decent homes to all workers?

    1 Mar 2018 ,
  • Lay-offs and closures / The collapse of Carillion

    Financial and political commentators are suddenly ‘discovering’ that PFI and the privatisation of services might not be such a good deal after all.

    1 Feb 2018 , Proletarian
  • Health / NHS crisis bites deeper

    Workers taste the bitter fruit of capitalist market ‘reforms’.

    1 Feb 2018 , Proletarian
  • Media / Blunt hatchets: Guardian attempts to discredit real journalism on Syria

    As the criminal war against Syria faces an all-out defeat, the guardians of liberal opinion are going all-out to bring independent-minded readers back into line.

    1 Feb 2018 , Proletarian
  • Pollution / Air pollution in Britain at scandalously high levels

    And all for the sake of the profits of the automobile industry.

    1 Feb 2018 , Proletarian
  • Health / GPs resisting wholesale privatisation of NHS surgeries

    It’s not just hospitals that are under fire.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Education / Stop academisation of our schools!

    End the plunder of educational resources by the enemies of the people.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Media / Media on trial

    Independent journalists expose the lies of the liberal imperialist media such as the BBC, Channel 4 and CNN.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Divide and rule / British media go all out to spread racism and islamophobia

    While the true interests of vulnerable children are callously disregarded.

    1 Oct 2017 , Proletarian
  • Health / The ongoing decimation of the NHS

    Nurses leaving en masse and operations rationed.

    1 Oct 2017 , Proletarian
  • Education / The insanity of school league tables

    From cheating in public schools to expulsion of ‘weaker’ students in state schools – competition in education is the enemy of true excellence.

    1 Oct 2017 , Proletarian
  • Housing / Grenfell Tower: tragedy or crime?

    What was behind the devastating fire in north Kensington in June?

    1 Aug 2017 , Proletarian
  • Housing / Labour council pushes ahead with housing segregation in Haringey

    The disgrace of social cleansing in London.

    1 Aug 2017 , Proletarian
  • Housing / Editorial: The housing crisis

    The horrific fire at Grenfell Tower in London, which has killed so many working-class people, demonstrates the terrible reality of housing in Britain today.

    1 Aug 2017 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    1 Aug 2017 , Proletarian
  • Sport / Hillsborough 28 years on

    Will the victims get justice at last?

    1 Aug 2017 , Proletarian
  • Britain / Terrorist atrocity in Manchester

    The MI6 connection.

    1 Jun 2017 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Editorial: Our demands

    1 Jun 2017 , Proletarian
  • USA / Obamacare: going, going …

    Assessing the impact of ‘Trumpcare’.

    1 Jun 2017 , Proletarian
  • Trade unions / The fight-back of the low-paid

    ‘Precarious’ workers are doing it for themselves.

    1 Jun 2017 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / Remembering Comrade Clement Murphy-Shaw

    An exemplary life given to the promotion of progressive and humanitarian causes.

    1 Jun 2017 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    1 Jun 2017 , Proletarian
  • Health / Cloak and dagger: the operation to kill the NHS

    The campaign to destroy the NHS is reaching its final stages: how did we get here and what can we do?

    1 Apr 2017 , Proletarian
  • Education / Education under attack

    Capitalism in crisis is wrecking our children’s future; it’s time to wake up and fight back.

    1 Apr 2017 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Birmingham council in financial crisis

    A strike by binmen and other workers is inevitable.

    1 Apr 2017 , Proletarian
  • Society / Letter: So you want to be a hero?

    A reader puts some pertinent questions to any young person thinking of joining the armed forces.

    1 Apr 2017 , Proletarian
  • British politics / How the scabs were ditched, and other dirty laundry of 1989-90

    The latest release of cabinet papers gives us a further insight into the secret doings of our ruling class.

    1 Dec 2016 , Proletarian
  • USSR / What did the October Revolution do for us? 1. The NHS

    The Great October Revolution, which created the world’s first socialist state, and whose centenary is celebrated this year, brought with it the first ever system of universal provision for all members of society, and amongst the most important of those gains was that of free and complete healthcare.

    1 Dec 2016 , Proletarian
  • Divide and rule / Yes to Brexit; No to xenophobia

    Workers must hold tight to the motto Unity is Strength, and utterly reject the siren songs of racism and xenophobia.

    10 Nov 2016 ,
  • Disputes / Shrewsbury 24: Amnesty International shows its true colours

    Even forty years later, the ‘human rights’ champions are still not prepared to tell the full story of their collusion with Labour in keeping Des Warren locked up.

    1 Aug 2016 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Editorial: Junior doctors vote to reject new contract

    Health secretary Jeremy Hunt vows to impose new conditions anyway as privatisation plans ramps up another gear.

    1 Aug 2016 , Proletarian
  • Education / Kids’ strike over school tests

    Kids boycott SAT tests as parents demand: ‘Let our kids be kids’.

    1 Jun 2016 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / No to the new doctors’ contract; save our NHS!

    Hunt declares victory for the government; BMA’s Malawana declares ... nothing.

    1 Jun 2016 , Proletarian
  • Civil liberties / Police lies revealed at Hillsborough; Orgreave must be next

    Inquiry reveals police guilt for 96 unnecessary deaths in Sheffield, and highlights the militarised and anti-worker culture that grew out of the political policing of the miners’ strike five years earlier.

    1 Jun 2016 , Proletarian
  • Health / Sudden death of the ‘weekend effect’

    One of the key planks in the government's propaganda offensive against junior doctors has been exposed as a total nonsense.

    1 Jun 2016 , Proletarian
  • British politics / ‘Anti-zionism is not antisemitism’

    Statement on ‘Labour’s problem with antisemitism’ from the Jewish Socialists’ Group.

    1 Jun 2016 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Budget 2016: attacking the poor will not fix the economy

    Chancellor Osborne is finding that there is no escape from the world capitalist economic crisis.

    1 Apr 2016 , Proletarian
  • Health / Public health: a matter of private profit

    The proposed junior doctors’ contracts and cuts to student nurse bursaries are part of the drive to turn our hospitals into profit-taking enterprises.

    1 Apr 2016 , Proletarian
  • Society / Letter: We need a council tax rebellion

    1 Apr 2016 , Proletarian
  • Society / Joint enterprise murder convictions judged unsound

    All those who have been unjustly jailed should be freed, and should be compensated for their lost years.

    1 Apr 2016 , Proletarian
  • Korea / Socialist Korea refuses to be intimidated by imperialist sanctions

    The DPRK will not be denied the right to develop the necessary technology to defend itself and to improve its people’s lives.

    1 Apr 2016 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    1 Feb 2016 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Disgraceful neglect of the disabled in Britain

    Official government policy: nobody knows you when you’re down and out.

    1 Feb 2016 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / New bill could pave the way for the final destruction of social housing

    Is this the end of social housing in Britain or the start of a fight-back?

    1 Feb 2016 , Proletarian
  • Korea / DPRK conducts successful H-Bomb test

    US imperialism steps up pressure on Korea and China in an effort to preserve its role of no 1 playground bully.

    1 Feb 2016 , Proletarian
  • Health / Junior doctors’ fight to save our NHS betrayed

    1 Dec 2015 , Proletarian
  • Health / The junior doctors’ contract and the US corporate takeover of the NHS

    Dr Bob Gill explains the unreported and sinister drive behind the push for changing junior doctors’ contracts.

    1 Dec 2015 , Proletarian
  • Pollution / VW emissions scandal

    Capitalism will always put the need for maximum profit above the people’s health – or even saving the planet.

    1 Dec 2015 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Letter: Boycott the General Medical Council

    The medical profession needs a new, independent governing body, capable of acting in the true interests of patients.

    1 Dec 2015 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    1 Dec 2015 , Proletarian
  • Divide and rule / The human cost of prisons for profit

    A Proletarian reader recounts his best friend’s descent into despair and eventual suicide while imprisoned on an indeterminate sentence. This article has been previously published in the Morning Star.

    1 Oct 2015 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Benefit cuts: Who are the real parasites in our society?

    Stealing from the poor for the benefit of the rich.

    16 Sep 2015 , Proletarian
  • Leaflets / Black and white: unite and fight

    Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains. You have a world to win!

    25 Jul 2015 ,
  • USA / Baltimore uprising reveals working class’s revolutionary potential

    When revolutionary science and organisation come together with the power and anger of the US’s poor, there will be no stopping them.

    1 Jun 2015 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Election circus over, the class struggle continues

    Workers don’t need Labour's ‘kinder’ cuts and ‘ethical’ wars; we need communist organisation to take on the ruling class and win.

    1 Jun 2015 , Proletarian
  • Divide and rule / General election results: the Scottish context

    The faith of the Scottish workers in the SNP will inevitably be dashed.

    1 Jun 2015 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    1 Feb 2015 , Proletarian
  • Media / Letter from Comrade Isabel Crook in China

    Veteran revolutionary expresses her appreciation for factual analysis in a world dominated by lying imperialist media.

    1 Oct 2012 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Wonga watch

    Workers’ indignation needs to be justly roused against this humiliation of our class.

    1 Aug 2012 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / The Victorian origins of workfare

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

    1 Apr 2012 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    1 Apr 2012 , Proletarian
  • Divide and rule / Rage against capitalism: working-class youth fight back

    The working class needs a general staff that can enable it to direct its anger in a constructive way.

    9 Aug 2011 ,
  • Civil liberties / YOUTH UPRISING 2011: Bourgeois ideologues battle for control of the working-class movement

    Protesters under attack from state repression, rabid propaganda and rotten ideology.

    1 Jun 2011 , Proletarian
  • Theatre / Play: The Power of Yes by David Hare

    Explaining nothing, this play is aimed merely at letting off some steam without getting any nearer to a solution to society’s systemic problems.

    1 Oct 2009 , Proletarian

Society topics

  • Divide and rule
  • Education
  • Health
  • Housing
  • Media
  • Science and technology
  • Social wage

Society video

  • Theory TV / The global drive to war and the launch of the World Anti-imperialist Platform

    Western propaganda about Russia and China, the two main targets of Nato’s war drive, aims to drum up support for war and destroy anti-imperialist resistance.

    10 Mar 2023, Proletarian TV
  • Civil liberties / Joti Brar on RT: New laws on strikes and protests aim to contain workers’ anger

    Instead of helping workers weather the inflation crisis, our rulers are preparing to suppress any future rebellion.

    16 Jan 2023, Proletarian TV
  • Media / BBC’s crocodile tears over ‘mass graves’ in Mariupol are a sick farce

    Another example of the way that fabricated ‘news’ aims to baffle rather than inform, and to get workers onside for the imperialist war drive.

    16 Dec 2022,
  • Theory / Comrade Joti: Why our rulers hide the truth about socialist science

    ‘The whole history of our movement tells us we must not leave this vital work to others. Every one of us needs to get educated!’

    3 Dec 2022, Proletarian TV
  • Nicaragua / Nicaraguan minister delivers powerful message: the Sandinista revolution lives!

  • Divide and rule / Harpal Brar on Avtar Jouhl: Above all he was a fighter for socialism

  • Myanmar / Brian Berletic: How and why the west lies about Myanmar

  • Ukraine / Foreign mercenaries in Ukraine – Steve Sweeney reports

  • Health / Dr Bob Gill on Julian Assange: Media censorship is key to NHS privatisation

  • Capitalist crisis / Kwarteng’s budget: less red tape – fewer workers rights

  • Disputes / Rail strike spreads as employers and government remain intransigent

  • Civil liberties / British citizen Graham Phillips placed on UK sanctions list

  • Divide and rule / Joti Brar: ‘Nobody is telling women how socialist society will lift their burdens’

  • Working-class history / Comrade Ella Rule on socialism and women’s liberation

  • World TV / Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘Crystal Ball 2022’

  • Divide and rule / A ‘luxury lifestyle’? The shocking abuse culture at immigrant detention centres

  • Divide and rule / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: Capitalism and immigration

  • Capitalism or communism TV / Comrade Ranjeet: Our struggle is an international one

  • Russia / Dr Ranjeet: The story about Russia stealing vaccine secrets is a lie

  • Health / Dr Ranjeet Brar: Act now to stop the selling of your NHS data

  • Health / Dr Bob Gill and Dr Ranjeet Brar: The NHS is being dismantled before our eyes

  • Social wage / Queues for food reach 2km in London

  • Capitalist crisis / Covid has laid bare the capitalist dystopia in which we are already living

  • Divide and rule / Comrade Lauren: ‘Identity politics divide workers’

  • Health / Comrade Ranjeet on Moats: NHS marketisation and the covid death toll

  • Health / Comrade Ranjeet on Press TV: 100,000 covid deaths

  • British politics / Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘Free Assange’

  • Health / Comrade Ranjeet on Kalima Horra: ‘Who benefits from a covid vaccine?’

  • Social wage / Picking workers’ pockets: the face mask tax is back

  • Health / Comrade Ranjeet on MoATS: ‘The government has failed the people’

  • Health / Coronavirus: Cuts to health and social care crippled covid response

  • Capitalist crisis / Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘No Trust’

  • Health / Coronavirus: NHS privatisation and the US second wave

  • Health / Coronavirus: NHS is 72 but drugs companies are still rinsing the system

  • Divide and rule / Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘Wokist Cult’

  • World TV / Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘Rethinking globalism’

  • Health / Coronavirus: a real threat

  • Working-class history / Deborah Lavin: Early feminism, bourgeois and proletarian

  • Health / Coronavirus: The truth about ‘overpopulation’ and ‘herd immunity’

  • Health / Coronavirus: What do the experts say?

  • China / Coronavirus: a message of solidarity to China

  • Health / Health service privatisation: who runs the NHS?

  • USSR / The NHS is ‘communist’ – we owe it to the October Revolution, not to Labour

  • Divide and rule / George Galloway: identity politics is not socialism

  • Venezuela / Joti Brar, vice chair of the CPGB-ML, speaks on Venezuelan national television

  • Divide and rule / YouTube brands video on trans ideology ‘hate speech’ – if communists host it

  • Britain TV / Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour party exposed over Brexit U-turn

  • Economy / Can the food crisis be solved?

  • Theory TV / Anarchism or socialism?

  • Britain TV / Ukip – a party for British workers?

  • USSR / Paul Robeson, Stalin and the USSR

  • Theory TV / Harpal Brar on the state and revolution

  • Divide and rule / Working women’s liberation or bourgeois feminism?

  • India / Poem: Comrade Bhagat Singh and Comrade Udham Singh

  • British politics / Workers for Brexit: why our party supported leave in the EU referendum

  • Divide and rule / Michael Parenti on the absurdity of IdPol oppression hierarchies

  • Divide and rule / The women’s movement in Britain

  • Divide and rule / Women’s liberation needs socialism

  • Divide and rule / Antifascist work: advice from a former fascist

  • Syria / Media ignores UN investigation into the White Helmets’ crimes

  • Health / Dr Bob Gill: The NHS conspiracy

  • Britain TV / Former soldier Mike Pike on why workers should refuse to fight in imperialist war

  • Korea / CPGB-ML’s Harpal Brar discusses DPRK on BBC’s primetime The One Show

  • Britain TV / Sell-Off: The Abolition of Your NHS

  • Britain TV / The royal wedding – our tribute!

  • World TV / OAN: No evidence of chemical attack in Syria

  • Britain TV / The Grenfell massacre: burning and looting

  • Britain TV / Imperialism on trial: Eva Bartlett

  • Disputes / New deal offered to striking university staff is no deal at all

  • World TV / Eva Bartlett: Everything you’ve heard about Syria is a lie

  • USSR / What you are supposed to think about Stalin and why

  • Britain TV / Communist doctor addresses NHS campaign meeting

  • Britain TV / Refugees welcome: massive London demonstration protests ill-treatment

  • Britain TV / Indian workers in Britain

  • History TV / US civil rights leaders: Paul Robeson

  • History TV / US civil rights leaders: Robert F Williams

  • India / Indian elections 2014: The BJP and Nirendra Modi

  • Theory TV / The origin and development of class society and the state

Society theory

  • Capitalist crisis / It’s not the workers but the capitalists who are causing inflation

    It is the right and the duty of workers to demand a bigger share of the wealth their own labour has created.

    25 Jan 2023, Proletarian
  • Capitalist crisis / The cost of living crisis is a capitalist crisis

    Economic crises are an inescapable feature of life under the market system. Socialist planning is our only way out.

    4 Nov 2022, Proletarian
  • Ukraine / Western presstitutes rediscover international law after 77 years

    Will this admission turn out to have been a massive own goal?

    1 Apr 2022, Proletarian
  • Sport / What can the European Super League teach us about monopoly capitalism?

    The monopolisation of football is teaching workers all over again some of the lessons taught to us by Lenin over a century ago.

    2 Jun 2021, Proletarian
  • Civil liberties / Red scare and yellow peril: challenging the new McCarthyism

    Many self-identifying leftists are going along with the imperialist campaign to vilify China, including by cheering on attempts to crush all debate and dissent.

  • Theory / Modern monetary theory: is there a magic money tree?

    Those who would change the world must first understand it: Marxist economics is the antidote to bourgeois voodoo.

  • Theory / Friedrich Engels 200 years on

    ‘What a torch of reason ceased to burn; what a heart has ceased to beat!’ – Comrade Lenin’s tribute to one of socialism’s great founders.

  • Divide and rule / Statues and the crimes of imperialism

    It is widely accepted that the imperial powers committed terrible crimes in the past, but is the past really so different from the present?

  • Capitalist crisis / The economic crisis and coronavirus

    In fighting capitalist exploitation and the war danger, workers will ultimately seek a way out through socialist revolution.

  • Theory / Critique of the linguistic theory of Noam Chomsky

    What is behind the theory that language structures in the mind are inborn?

  • Divide and rule / Book: Identity Politics and the Transgender Trend

    Where is LGBT ideology taking us and why does it matter?

  • Housing / Housing and architecture in the Soviet Union

    A variety of housing was built for working people designed to reflect the varied character, climate and context of the vast territories of the USSR.

  • China / Chinese forum discusses humanity’s shared future

    Why is China so far ahead of the imperialist countries in its development of green technologies?

  • Divide and rule / The only thing that unites us is class

    Socialists must avoid the trap of bourgeois identity politics if they are to make headway in uniting the working class against capitalism.

  • Science and technology / Right to repair: a threat to monopoly superprofits

    Apple are using their monopoly to rob workers by designing their phones and laptops to break. It’s wasteful, anti-environment and anti-worker; it’s capitalism!

  • Theory / Book: The Drive to War Against Russia and China

    Why do the US and British ruling classes seem so set on war with Russia and China, and what can the working class do to prevent such a cataclysm?

  • Theory / What is the significance of dialectical materialism for science?

    Marxist philosophy is not a science above other sciences; it is an instrument of scientific investigation.

  • Theory / Marx on Ireland: how colonialism abroad divides workers at home

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