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Divide and rule 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
  • 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 ,
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 ,
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 ,
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Industry / End British export of rubber bullets

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

    17 Jun 2020 ,
  • 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 ,
  • 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
  • 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 ,
  • 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
  • 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 ,
  • 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 ,
  • 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 ,
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 ,
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 ,
  • 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 ,
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • British politics / Editorial: Our demands

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

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

    1 Jun 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
  • 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
  • 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 ,
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

Divide and rule topics

  • No categories
  • Apartheid
  • Intifada
  • Racism and immigration
  • West Bank
  • Zionism
  • Black Lives Matter
  • Police brutality
  • US imperialism
  • Anti-imperialism
  • Drive to war
  • Identity politics
  • Media lies
  • Nato
  • Social democracy
  • Stop the War
  • Ukraine war
  • Bourgeois democracy
  • Capitalist crisis
  • Margaret Thatcher
  • Philosophy
  • Universities
  • Women
  • Donald Trump

Divide and rule video

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

    A heartfelt tribute in memory of Comrade Avtar Jouhl, courageous Marxist-Leninist who gave so much to our movement and will be sorely missed.

    20 Nov 2022, Proletarian TV
  • Divide and rule / Joti Brar: ‘Nobody is telling women how socialist society will lift their burdens’

    If working-class women knew what socialism can offer them, they'd be queueing up to join the revolution.

    26 Apr 2022,
  • Working-class history / Comrade Ella Rule on socialism and women’s liberation

    What is International Working Women’s Day and why does it matter? What has socialism got to do with women anyway?

    19 Apr 2022, Proletarian TV
  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • 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

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

  • 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

Divide and rule theory

  • 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?

    21 Aug 2020, Proletarian
  • Divide and rule / Book: Identity Politics and the Transgender Trend

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

    5 Dec 2019,
  • 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.

    7 Dec 2018,
  • Theory / Marx on Ireland: how colonialism abroad divides workers at home

    Two letters give Marx’s insight into the connection between the liberation struggle of the Irish and the British workers’ struggle for socialism.

    1 Aug 2017, Proletarian
  • Ireland / Martin McGuinness: 1950-2017

    Irish revolutionary leader and working-class hero.

  • British politics / Why British workers need a Brexit

    Leaving the EU would undoubtedly weaken the ability of British, European and US imperialists to dominate the globe.

  • Divide and rule / Black and white, unite and fight!

    Racism is built into the system of exploitation, and will not be abolished until that system is replaced by socialism.

  • Theory / Time to face it: capitalism must go!

    Only a planned economy designed to meet people’s needs can solve the problems of disease, poverty, inequality, war and environmental degradation.

  • Zimbabwe / Book: Chimurenga! The liberation struggle in Zimbabwe

    A vital lesson in the importance of solidarity with anti-imperialist national-liberation struggles.

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