World / Belt and Road envy dominates G20 summit

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

Film and TV / Film review: Oppenheimer

While the USA continues to trumpet itself as the home of free speech, this is only allowed so long as what is said poses no threat to imperialist domination at home and abroad.

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

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

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

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

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

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

China / Isabel Crook: a long life of devotion and service to the Chinese people

Living in China for almost all of her 107 years, Isabel devoted her considerable energies to serving the people – and to the international cause of socialist revolution.

China / Ella Rule: ‘Xi Jinping’s call to strengthen the party comes at the right moment’

The ‘US-led world order’ will use all its very considerable economic, military and propaganda means to oppose China’s rise.

USA / Book review: War made Invisible by Norman Solomon

A masterful insight into the mechanisms that hide the US’s constant state of war from its own citizens.

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

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

Afghanistan / Eighty Afghan civilians summarily killed by SAS, inquiry told

A ‘systematic pattern of unlawful extrajudicial killings’ highlights the routine nature of war crimes committed by British occupiers in Afghanistan.

Korea / It is not north Korean but US nuclear weapons which threaten the world

Imperialism is the root cause of instability and war in the world. Koreans are right to defend themselves.

Civil liberties / Irish republicans challenge sinister ‘debanking’ strategy

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

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

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

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

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

Ireland / End internment of Irish republicans now

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

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

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

Ireland / Landmark judgment finds murdered Irish teen was blameless

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

Baltics / Ukraine: Nato slams the door

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

Peru / Peruvians take over Lima, continuing to pressure Boluarte coup regime

Seven months in and, in the face of brutal state repression, the people of Peru continue their struggle against the neoliberal dictatorship of the US-backed junta.

Korea / South Korea: the ‘Land of Morning Calm’ is working itself to death

Capitalist dystopia in action: behind the ‘economic miracle’, the daily grind keeps getting harder.

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

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

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

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

China / Reflections on a visit to China and its path to modernisation

Whilst western ‘democracies’ focus on elections every four years, the CPC aims to prioritise ‘confidence in its democracy and in the guiding philosophy of Marxism’.

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

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

Ireland / What exactly is the Orange Order celebrating?

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

Japan / Japan to release radioactive wastewater into the Pacific despite regional alarm

Atomic agency to approve Fukushima discharge amid allegations of bribes and widespread environmental concerns.

Palestine / Palestinians are prohibited from defending against violent aggression

Why aren’t Palestinians allowed to defend themselves?

Ukraine / What happened to Ukraine’s spring offensive?

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

Russia / Prigozhin’s failed mutiny

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

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

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

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

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

Korea / Michael Palin in the DPRK: a western exceptionalism showcase

Workers in Britain could learn much from our Korean comrades, but they are unlikely to realise that from listening to Palin’s arrogant commentary.

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

A new name for an old imperialist game.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Environment / Ecology without class struggle is gardening!

Our planet can only be saved by scientific planning of human production and economic activity, taking into account all the consequences for nature.

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

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

Russia / Who blew up the Kakhovka dam?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Venezuela / Venezuela: Blockade and plunder

How the imperialists use theft and sanctions to try to force regime change in countries that defy their diktat.

Palestine / Free Palestine; end zionism!

No matter what weapons have been used against them, the Palestinians have resisted attempts to wipe them out for 75 years, and will continue to do so.

Korea / Remembering the 1980 armed uprising against imperalism in Gwangju, Korea

The spirit of Gwangju still burns bright amongst large sections of the Korean people, who yearn to reunite their country and free it from colonial rule.

France / The French working class fights on

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

Jamaica / The human cost of bauxite-alumina mining in Jamaica

Another example of monopoly looting with no care for the consequences to people or environment.

Palestine / Zionists step up their efforts to ethnically cleanse the West Bank of Palestinians

The extreme fascism of the Israeli state is now clearly revealed – and a sign that the whole colonial endeavour is careering headlong towards the abyss.

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

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

China / US imperialism’s militarisation of Taiwan

Continued attempts to use the island province as a battering ram against China must be vigorously opposed.

British history / Twenty years later: the predatory imperialist war against Iraq

While the heroic resistance was defeating US and British imperialist forces, the British working class was effectively demobilised by its corrupted leadership.

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

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

Working-class history / Long live May Day!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Palestine / The ‘incremental genocide’ of the Palestinians continues

Ilan Pappe: it is high time the seventy-year project of extermination of Palestinians should be internationally recognised as a genocide.

Peru / Solidarity with the people of Peru!

As in Bolivia, the people are resisting a US-backed coup that has removed their elected president and replaced him with a fascistic comprador.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

China / Is China the target of the greatest propaganda campaign in human history?

How can we resist the rising tide of sinophobia when there is so little printed or spoken about China by western media and politicians that actually reflects reality?

Ukraine / Ukraine: From coup d’état to war

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

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.

USA / Why is the BLM movement so quiet about the murder of Tyre Nichols?

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

USSR / Glory to the heroes of Stalingrad!

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

Africa / France is losing its dominance in west Africa

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

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

Will Washington test the anti-Putin coalition to destruction?

Baltics / The west wants to leverage Estonia against Russia

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

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.

Korea / DPRK pledges firm support for Russia

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

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

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

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

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

France / French workers fight for their pension and retirement rights

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

Palestine / Israel elections – even more racism and even nastier fascists

The utter degeneracy of the zionist polity is just one of many signs that Israel’s days are numbered.

Venezuela / British delegate in Caracas: ‘Facing the same enemy, we must fight together’

The world’s anti-imperialist forces are coming together in a way that has not been seen for 70 years.

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’.

Germany / Nord Stream sabotage – Seymour Hersh’s revelations

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

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

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

Australia / Murdoch propaganda pushes Australia: double military budget to fight China

The time to start resisting is now.

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.

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?

Argentina / Lawfare in Latin America: the case of Argentina’s Cristina Kirchner

Corruption of a nominally-independent country’s justice system is a major tool in the arsenal of imperialist control.

USA / Anticommunism in the USA: the spectre remains

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

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

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

Germany / How America took out the Nord Stream pipeline

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

Cuba / Cuban president: ‘We must strengthen the integration of Our America’

Heads of Latin-American and Caribbean countries agree to reinforce economic and political cooperation that can help free their peoples from US domination.

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

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

Americas / EVENT: Drive to war in the Americas: Disband Nato; Yankees go home!

As the reckless imperialist war drive threatens every corner of the globe, the World Anti-Imperialist Platform is bringing its focus to Latin America.

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

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

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

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

Yemen / Yemen’s quest for self-determination continues unabated

Despite conditions of siege and war, the Yemeni people are finding ways to lay the foundations of a diversified and more self-sufficient economy.

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.

Europe / Food bank crisis in Europe

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

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

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

Peru / Solidarity with the people of Peru against US aggression

Another president falls to a US-backed coup in Latin America – but the people are not taking it lying down.

Yugoslavia / What is happening in Kosovo?

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

Ukraine / Bakhmut: Russia breaches crucial Ukrainian defence line

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

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.

Philippines / Jose María Sisón, father of the Filipino revolution

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

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.

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?

Peru / Peru’s fragile socialist government ousted by a soft coup

Can the anger and energy of the Peruvian masses be channelled so as to realise their dreams of liberty and socialism?

Russia / Price cap stunt will not stop Russian oil trade

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

Qatar / Qatar at the crossroads?

Can US pressure force Qatar to sever its economic ties to Iran and Russia?

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

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

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.

Ethiopia / Ethiopian peace talks begin as rebel Tigrayans suffer military setbacks

Will this African nation be allowed to settle its own future without any further interference?

Brazil / Can Lula get Brazil back on track?

Much has changed since Lula’s first presidency. While the economic situation is far more difficult, international shifts could work in the country’s favour.

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

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

Capitalist crisis / Polycrisis? Time to put an end to this capitalist madness

This system is unable to escape from its own absurd contradictions: in particular the insanity of deepening poverty in the midst of ever-accumulating wealth.

Argentina / What is behind the attempted murder of vice-president Cristina Kirchner?

US imperialism and its local proxies are willing to do whatever it takes to put this popular leader out of office – permanently.

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.

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

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

Colombia / Colombian president Gustavo Petro walking the tightrope of ‘total peace’

Will the new government be allowed to implement its social programmes to address the damage from decades of US-backed terrorism and war?

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.

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

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

Brazil / Lula is back!

With so much hope pinned on his new government, will his ministers be able to resist the push from global financiers insisting on ‘fiscal prudence’ (ie, on austerity)?

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

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

Environment / Environmentalists: time to look your gift horse in the mouth

The misguided actions of the environmentalist movement are annoying workers and harming the aims they espouse.

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

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

Yugoslavia / Neo-nazis smash up Yugoslav communist party headquarters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Media / Inside the world of imperialist mind control

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

Africa / African trust in Russia grows as western influence wanes

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Germany / Pipeline terrorism: Who benefits?

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

China / Joti Brar on the history and future of the Chinese communist party

‘The stronger China becomes industrially, technologically and militarily, the more it is able to help poorer countries break free of the stranglehold of debt slavery.’

Haiti / Protests erupt in Haiti against corrupt comprador government

Ruthless political suppression and rampant superexploitation by US monopoly capital continue to drive social unrest in the island nation.

Russia / First international antifascist congress held in Moscow

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

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

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

Iraq / ‘Normalising’ relationships with Israel now carries the death penalty in Iraq

A new law may force Iraqi politicians to put their money where their mouth is on the question of Palestine solidarity and anti-imperialism.

Ukraine / Selling Ukraine to the highest bidder

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

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

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

Korea / US-south Korean war games are fuelling the drive towards war in the Pacific

The USA and its south Korean stooges are recklessly stoking the flames of war on the Korean peninsula by staging DPRK invasion and nuclear strike rehearsals.

China / Outrageous ‘assessment of human rights concerns’ in Xinjiang by UN commission

Solidarity with the people of China, being subjected to abhorrent and baseless accusations as part of the imperialists’ relentless drive to war.

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

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

Netherlands / The Dutch farmers’ militant struggle

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

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

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

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

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

Media / Dissecting the cliches of Anglo-American ethnocentrism

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

Ukraine / How corrupt is Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky?

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

Afghanistan / One year on from the Afghan rout: collective punishment continues

Having been beaten militarily, the USA and its allies continue to use economic and terroristic means to try to keep the Afghan people down.

China / USA’s provocations against China faced down by the People’s Liberation Army

In its desperation to ‘stop’ China’s growth, the USA is pushing towards all-out war – all while driving its various targets into ever-closer alliance.

China / China warns the USA on Taiwan: ‘Those who play with fire will perish by it.’

The US imperial tiger has far less power against China than it imagines. But while it remains in existence, it will continue to bring death and destruction in its wake.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

USA / Cynical calculations behind America illegalising abortion

Has the Roe v Wade abortion rights ruling been overturned in the hopes of shoring up Joe Biden’s electoral prospects?

Yemen / Saudis continue to violate the truce in Yemen

Despite ceasefire agreements, Saudi military attacks are ongoing, as is the brutal blockade of Yemeni ports, leaving millions at risk of starvation.

Colombia / Colombians say enough is enough

An electoral victory for the left in of one of the USA’s regional strongholds shows that the people’s will for liberation has not gone away with the fighters of the Farc.

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

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

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

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

Cuba / Cuba responds to failed US-controlled summit: Our America deserves better

With anti-imperialist sentiment on the rise once more, the USA is more terrified than ever of the infectious socialist example in its continental ‘back yard’.

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

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

Burkina Faso / The example of Thomas Sankara lives on in Burkina Faso

Murder trial reminds the Burkinabè masses that freedom and dignity will only return when theirs is once more the land of the upright men.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cuba / The heroes of Hotel Saratoga

A tale of everyday solidarity in the streets of socialist Cuba.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Civil liberties / Assange, the 21st-century inquisition

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

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.

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.

Sri Lanka / Sri Lankan workers revolt against the kleptocracy

As the world economic crisis bites deeper, a combination of unmanageable debt and rapidly rising food and fuel prices is making life impossible for the masses.

Divide and rule / Does our government love refugees now? What a difference one war makes

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

France / Macron secures second term, despite unpopularity and ‘ocean of abstentions’

Where is the force capable of harnessing the anger and militancy of the French working class?

Ukraine / Nato weapons for Ukraine: military aid and future profits for the USA

Arms monopolies have jumped at the chance to force as many countries as possible to replace their entire machinery of warfare.

Media / ‘Hurrah for the Azov!’ – The curious case of BBC whitewashing nazism in Ukraine

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

Ukraine / Russia advances to liberate the Donbass

Despite the floods of weaponry and propaganda from the west, Russia is slowly advancing its aim of denazifying eastern Ukraine. Again.

Pakistan / USA conspires for regime change in Pakistan, but will it last?

Powerful enemies are ranged against Imran Khan, but it would seem that the streets are with him.

Ukraine / Swiss intelligence specialist assesses the military situation in Ukraine

As information trickles in, it is becoming clear that Nato and its proxies are losing the ground war to Russia and the Donbass antifascist forces in east Ukraine.

Korea / Solidarity with people’s Korea on the Day of the Sun 2022

Progressive humanity has every reason to celebrate the birth of the great Korean Marxist and revolutionary Kim Il Sung.

Yugoslavia / Belgrade forum reminds the world: ‘Never forget’ Nato war on Yugoslavia

It is the height of hypocrisy for the west to be crying about war in Europe while remaining silent about the blitzkrieg carried out by its own air force 20 years ago.

Ukraine / Fake news in Kiev heralds cruel April

As Russia meets its military objectives, western enthusiasm for disinformation continues to grow.

Ukraine / Faking ‘war crimes’: Mariupol hospital witness exposes imperialist lie machine

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

Ukraine / Ukraine calls for Nazi-era tribunal against Russia

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

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’.

Ukraine / Nazis on the retreat as Russian encirclement bites in Ukraine

President Putin’s declared objectives of demilitarisation and denazification look likely to be fulfilled.

Ukraine / Ukraine’s President Zelensky: ‘It’s time to meet’

Are western leaders and their local proxies ready to recognise Russia’s legitimate security concerns?

Afghanistan / Victory of Afghan resistance forces is a heavy blow against our shared enemy

The defeat of US imperialism and its allies after 20 years of barbaric warfare is a tremendous advance for the anti-imperialist camp.

Laos / The inspirational yet unheard story of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

How has the most heavily-bombed nation on Earth managed not only to survive but to continue defending socialism and resisting US imperialism?

Capitalist crisis / Why should the working class pay the cost of the capitalist crisis?

Profiteering, taxation, money printing, social provision cuts, interest rate hikes ... are all combining to transfer the burden of the crisis onto the backs of the poor.

Ukraine / View from a Russian communist: ‘Russia is not going to occupy Ukraine’

How did it come to pass that fascist forces now dominate in this formerly socialist country? What is it that western media have not been telling us about the war?

Kazakhstan / Failed ‘colour revolution’ in Kazakhstan

Quick and decisive action by Russia and the CSTO has dealt a blow to the USA’s nefarious schemes in central Asia.

Ukraine / North Korea backs Russia’s action in Ukraine

DPRK points out that US provocations and military aggression are entirely to blame for the present situation in Europe.

Ukraine / Cuba calls for Ukraine solution that guarantees security and sovereignty of all

The United States and Nato are entirely responsible for the military escalation in Ukraine.

Ukraine / The crisis in Ukraine is not about Ukraine. It’s about Germany

In whipping up a provocation against Russia in Ukraine, the USA’s primary objective was to stop the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

British politics / Renegacy of Stop the War on display once again at ‘antiwar’ events

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

Civil liberties / Chris Mullin: Is another honest journalist about to be put behind bars?

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

Ukraine / Kiev junta facing defeat as Russia roots out fascist militias from Ukraine

The present denazification operation is the result of 30 years of slow-motion war by Nato against Russia.

Ukraine / ‘Antiwar’ and corporate media play same tricks in anti-Russia war drive

And none of them care a jot for the wellbeing or the wishes of the people of Ukraine.

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.

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.

Russia / Russia demands security guarantees to stop Nato expansion

The firm stance of Russia in the face of immense provocation stands in stark contrast to the chaos and disunity of the imperialist camp.

Syria / Bombing of Syria’s Tabqa dam: US war crime that nearly killed untold thousands

A recent investigation has uncovered the truth about an action for which the imperialists had previously denied responsibility.

USA / Insider dealing is just one of the ways US politicians get paid

Only revolution can end the corruption of public life.

China / US ‘forced labour’ act harms the people of Xinjiang

The imperialists are trying to curtail China’s rise and sow domestic strife by banning goods made in Xinjiang.

Kazakhstan / Kazakhstan: the latest in a string of failed coup attempts by the USA

Western-backed terror in central Asia is part of the imperialist drive to war, but has been scotched by Russia and China via the CSTO.

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.

UAE / Dubai’s freezing of F-35 order is a slap in the face for the USA

Another formerly loyal vassal is looking to keep its options open as imperial America’s star wanes.

Yugoslavia / Bosnia: Republika Srpska stands firm in resisting the push into Nato

Resistance to Brussels’ self-appointed authority is growing in the autonomous Serbian region.

Ukraine / MH17 disaster – who do you trust?

As in the case of the Lockerbie bombing, the ‘investigation’ into the MH17 atrocity is less an inquiry into facts and more a weapon in the propaganda war.

Russia / Russia stands firm against the latest imperialist provocation over Ukraine

‘Russian aggression’ is merely the pretext for Nato and Ukraine’s military manoeuvres and warlike rhetoric.

India / The Indian farmers’ magnificent victory

What lessons can workers everywhere learn from this historic struggle, and how is a decent future to be secured for India’s small farmers?

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.

Poetry / Poem: ‘Liberals’ & ’Death’

By Irish poet Kevin Higgins.

USSR / Tribute to Comrade Tamila Yabrova, 1929-2021

A steadfast and lifelong fighter against revisionism in the USSR.

Venezuela / Landslide victory for Maduro and the PSUV in Venezuelan election

The imperialists continue to cry ‘foul’ but even their most loyal proxies have been forced to recognise the result.

Peru / Abimael Guzmán: death of a great revolutionary leader

Comrade Guzman may be dead, but so long as the conditions that gave rise to his movement remain, Peru’s rulers will continue to fear his name.

Korea / South Korean workers strike for secure work and better living standards

Strikers demand job security, healthcare, social housing and the right to free assembly in latest class-war skirmish.

Education / No academic freedom to support Palestine

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

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.

Nicaragua / Imperialists incandescent as Nicaragua re-elects President Ortega in a landslide

Meanwhile, the country is leaving the OAS after its attempts to have the election results overturned.

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.

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.

USA / Influence-peddling scandal implicates Joe Biden, son Hunter and brother Jim

Meanwhile, it transpires that it wasn’t the Russians interfering in the 2020 US presidential election but the barons of Silicon Valley.

British politics / Brexit continues to be a thorn in the side of imperialism

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

China / Comrade Ella: Our enemy is here at home, not in China

Confusing and demoralising anticommunist propaganda is a cornerstone of the imperialist drive for domination and war.

Venezuela / Iniquitous lawfare: diplomat Alex Saab illegally kidnapped by US imperialism

The US is attempting to shore up its waning hegemony by claiming the right to try and convict independent-minded individuals in every corner of the globe.

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.

Energy / Why is Britain importing coal from Australia and the USA?

Is it fear of militant miners that keeps our rulers from reopening deep mines in Britain while we still have a need for coal?

Poland / Trouble in the EU: is Polexit looming?

Already holed beneath the water line by Brexit, the European imperialist flagship is heading into increasingly turbulent waters.

Economy / ‘Just in time’ reveals the fatal inadequacy of market mechanisms

Global supply lines have been designed with profit maximisation, not the needs of the people, in mind.

Lebanon / Lebanon has a new government, but remains a vassal state

The hypocrisy of US imperial enforcer Victoria Nuland denouncing the ‘thieves’ her own government has propped up for decades passes all bounds.

Economy / Energy crisis: how imperialism manufactures ‘shortages’

The monopolists are too busy vying for advantage to worry about the effects of their machinations on the lives of the workers.

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.

British politics / Ninth party congress: We must connect our movement with the masses

Important foundations have already been laid. Now we must expand and build on those in a principled and serious way.

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.

China / What do Evergrande’s troubles mean for the Chinese and world economies?

No amount of state intervention can break the connection between overproduction crisis and the market.

Bolivia / Haitian president’s assassins part of plot to kill Bolivian leader

Evidence has emerged of a plan to kill President Luis Arce, the popular successor to Evo Morales.

Nicaragua / Nicaraguan ambassador: ‘In our country, democracy is in the hands of the people’

Comrade Guisell Morales reminds us that capitalism, imperialism and sanctions kill; and that another world is possible.

Venezuela / The US has placed itself in charge over which nations get to eat

The imprisonment of diplomat Alex Saab is a further indication of the lengths to which US imperialism will go in imposing its starvation sanctions on Venezuela.

British politics / Britain steps up diplomatic hostility towards China

In banning the Chinese ambassador from Parliament, Britain is ramping up its pro-war stance.

Cuba / Cuba rebuts claims of ‘sonic weapon’ targeting US diplomats in Havana

Claims of a ‘mystery syndrome’ don’t stand up to the slightest scientific scrutiny, yet western politicians and media continue to repeat them.

Honduras / Honduran masses reject neocolonial ‘private cities’ and demand sovereignty

Imperialist corporations are establishing private empires, the better to maximise profit and control resources.

British politics / Palestine solidarity motion deepens division in the Labour party’s ranks

Keir Starmer has already vowed to ignore the motion passed by an overwhelming majority of conference delegates.

Civil liberties / Anglo-American plot to assassinate Julian Assange on London’s streets

Will the authorities now be forced to cease their decade-long persecution of the world’s most celebrated journalist?

Australia / Aukus deal splits the imperialist front against China

As Lord Palmerston declared 200 years ago: imperialism has no permanent friends, only permanent interests.

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.

Ireland / Deprivation, anger and fear behind loyalist riots in northern Ireland

Poor protestants are responding to a sense of alienation and being left behind. The question they will need to answer is: to what and to whom are they ’loyal’?

Tunisia / Ten years on from the Jasmine revolution, the masses are moving again

The ravages of Covid have added to the longstanding issues of poverty, hunger, unemployment and corruption which brought down Ben Ali a decade ago.

Ecuador / Chevron’s disgraceful persecution of human rights lawyer Steven Donziger

Instead of paying billions in damages owed for horrific pollution of Ecuador’s rainforest, the oil giant is hounding and demonising its accusers.

Colombia / The masses are fighting back in Colombia

Colombian workers are learning vital lessons about the power of mass action to achieve their ends.

Italy / Workers at the GKN factory in Florence fight back

Workers demand an end to the dismantling and export of their industries and the protection of their rights to healthcare and a decent environment.

Afghanistan / Saigon all over again: US pull-out from Afghanistan turns into a rout

Nato’s invading armies have been ignominiously kicked out after two decades, having achieved nothing but the reinvigoration of anti-imperialist resistance.

France / Solidarity with French workers and their fight against Nato in Toulouse

Workers protest the militarisation of space and the subordination of their interests to those of US imperialsm.

Ukraine / Russia puts Ukrainian junta in the dock

Will the European court be interested in upholding the human rights of the people of Crimea and the Donbass?

Cuba / Support the Cuban people as they defend their revolution

The progressive people of the world are firmly with Cuba’s masses as they face a renewed onslaught of US interference and sabotage.

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.

Afghanistan / US imperialism slinks out of Afghanistan

As war after war ends in defeat, the much-touted ‘new American century’ is turning out to be the era of imperial decline.

USA / Whistleblower Daniel Hale sentenced to 45 months in US prison for drone leak

‘I am here because I stole something that was never mine to take – precious human life.’

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?

Korea / Comrade Kim Jong Il’s lifelong contribution to the Korean revolution

Why do north Koreans celebrate the date on which Kim Jong Il started work on the central committee of the Workers Party of Korea?

Iran / US escalates tension with Iran in attacks at home and abroad

But in doing so, it is only weakening its own already shaky position in the middle east.

India / Legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh dies from Covid, aged 91

The incredible life story of the ‘Flying Sikh’ exemplified the triumph of determination over adversity.

Ireland / Britain’s dirty war back in the spotlight

The full historical reckoning for centuries of colonial crimes will be made by a future reunified Ireland.

Palestine / Nasrallah: Gaza’s victory paves the way for the total liberation of Palestine

Lebanese resistance leader shows how the Palestinians won in Gaza and what that victory signifies for the middle east.

Cuba / ‘The streets of Cuba belong to revolutionaries and we will defend them’

Enemies of the revolution are trying to manipulate problems of the pandemic and the blockade to effect regime change. It will not work.

Ukraine / Britain’s Crimea provocation: a navy lark that went very wrong

Those who are driving us towards a full-scale conflagration with Russia should be careful what they wish for.

Syria / Bashar al-Assad’s latest presidential election victory is gall to imperialism

The regime change project may have destroyed countless lives and livelihoods, but the Syrian people remain firm in resisting outside interference.

Belarus / Demonisation aims at regime change in Belarus

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

Palestine / Operation al-Quds Sword strikes terror into the heart of Israel

After bombarding Gaza for 11 days, Israel has achieved only the emboldening and greater unity of Palestinian resistance.

Canada / Mass children’s grave uncovers brutal details of Canada’s indigenous genocide

Laying bare the unpalatable truth about capitalism, red in tooth and claw.

Palestine / ‘Resiste y avanza’: Venezuelans host global solidarity event for Palestine

Workers all over the world have been expressing their disgust at the latest zionist outrages.

World history / Film review: Judas and the Black Messiah

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

Colombia / Support the Colombian people’s uprising

Renewed struggle has burst out in the streets of Colombia, where the panicked government's concessions have by no means satisfied the militant demands of the masses.

Palestine / Latest Gaza assault: zionism signs its own death warrant

Palestinians have given up waiting for the ‘international community’ to act on toothless resolutions and are increasing the strength and unity of their own resistance.

Africa / President Idriss Déby of Chad: death of an imperialist puppet

After decades of kleotocratic tyranny, French and US imperialists are working to ensure power passes to Déby's equally corrupt and unpopular son.

World / Five Eyes become four as New Zealand distances itself from anti-China action

Workers have no interest in going along with the wave of anti-China propaganda that is preparing the ground for a devastating war.

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

What is behind the renewed imperialist drive to war?

Yemen / Imperialism and its sidekicks sink in a swamp of their own making in Yemen

The indomitable spirit of the Yemeni resistance is further proof that the imperialists and their proxies are incapable of winning a single aggressive war.

Health / Imperialism fails the Covid test

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

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.

India / India’s Covid nightmare

In India, the true face of capitalism is showing itself with utmost clarity: poverty, inequality and a total inability to put the needs of the people first.

Palestine / Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, steal land with impunity

The violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers against civilians continues, propped up by Israel’s legal system and the world’s blind eyes.

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.

China / Who is peddling the ‘Uyghur genocide’ myth, and why?

It is not in the interests of British workers to accept the lies being propagated by our rulers.

China / The Chinese ‘debt trap’ is a myth

Did Chinese firms build the Sri Lankan port of Hambantota as part of a new imperialist domination strategy, as many commentators allege?

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

Korea / Kim Jong Un elected as general secretary of north Korean party

Workers Party of Korea celebrates its successful congress and returns with renewed vigour to the task of building a prosperous life for all.

Working-class history / Book review: The East Was Read by Vijay Prashad

An excellent collection that reminds us of the urgent need for a cultural renaissance amongst the working and oppressed masses.

Media / Facebook employs propagandist to wage war on ‘disinformation’

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

Ethiopia / What is behind the war in Tigray?

One thing stands out clearly from the last few decades of privatisation and war: capitalism is not working in Ethiopia.

Climate change / The profiteers are responsible for the environmental disaster in Texas

The logic of capitalism means that our rulers consistently prioritise short-term profits over society’s long-term needs; even at the risk of their own extinction.

Palestine / The ethnic cleansing of the West Bank

While western politicians and media pursue imaginary ‘antisemites’, they continue to ignore or excuse the murderous crimes of Israel.

Palestine / Israel weaponises Covid, witholding vaccine from Palestinians

While loudly claiming to be the ‘most vaccinated nation’ on earth, Israel continues to ignore the health needs of the occupied and blockaded Palestinians.

Palestine / Israel arrests Palestinian politicians ahead of PA elections

As Palestinian elections draw near, Israel has been rounding up politicians in an attempt to suppress any real exercise of political sovereignty or self-determination.

Yemen / US falters over Yemen war, while Britain stops its ears

While the US looks to hide its defeat behind talk of peace and principles, Britain continues blatantly to prioritise the interests of its arms manufacturers.

Myanmar / Turmoil in Myanmar: what’s going on?

Why would a military that already held most of the strings of power carry out an apparently unnecessary seizure of power?

Ukraine / Zelensky cracks down on Ukrainian opposition as US tightens colonial screw

The country continues to be used as a pawn in the imperialists’ drive to war with Russia, regardless of the needs and wishes of its people.

Cuba / Harpal Brar: Support Cuban medical disaster relief team for Nobel peace prize

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

Palestine / Israel makes Palestinian children homeless as world watches US election

Eleven families left searching for shelter after Israeli forces destroyed their village in the Jordan Valley.

Civil liberties / Mairead Maguire nominates Assange, Manning, Snowden for Nobel peace prize

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

Armenia / President Putin mediates groundbreaking peace deal in Nagorno-Karabakh

A Russian-brokered agreement has affirmed the central role of Moscow in securing peace on the territory of the former Soviet Union.

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.

USA / Crisis in America: Trump, Biden and the Capitol Hill affair

How has the US arrived at the point where it is disarming its own national guardsmen?

Venezuela / Venezuela elects a new national assembly headed by socialist coalition

Venezuelans went to the polls on 6 December, overwhelmingly electing legislators who will serve their own interests, rather than those of imperialism.

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.

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.

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.

France / Macron government attempts to suppress exposure of police brutality

French workers continue to set an example in resisting the encroachments of the powerful upon their rights.

USA / Trump’s lengthening shadow will stymie Biden’s return to the Obama ‘norm’

Efforts to revive the halcyon days where Obama could sign off on endless drone assassinations and still be heralded as a beacon of ‘progress’ will not work.

USA / Joe Biden can’t rebuild the bridges burnt by Donald Trump

Liberal commentators are heaving sighs of relief and hoping for a return to ‘business as usual’, but the days of US global dominance are ending.

India / The global aspect of India’s farmer protests

Exposing India’s food producers to untrammelled force of the market will raise food prices and put farmers at the mercy of agribusiness corporations.

Civil liberties / Julian Assange: the persecution continues

Years of unwarranted imprisonment and torture do not look likely to end any time soon, despite the denial of the US’s extradition claim.

Iran / Is the US about to launch an all-out war against Iran?

Incapable of learning from experience, the war hawks are once more banging the drum for yet another criminal, genocidal but ultimately futile war in the middle east.

China / Harpal’s book on China renders ‘invaluable assistance’ to working class

We must find a way to evaluate market socialism honestly without giving up support for people’s China.

Cuba / USA adds Cuba to ‘state sponsors of terror’ list without a shred of justification

Is this a parting shot aimed at stirring up trouble by Donald Trump?

Korea / Kim Jong Un: ‘Thanks to the anti-pandemic forces that protected us’

As the Workers Party of Korea turns 75, the country holds a huge military parade, celebrating its latest victories over covid, natural disasters and imperialist threats.

India / The largest strike the world has ever seen is taking place now in India

But you wouldn’t know it from Britain’s corporate media and Labour-affiliated trade union leaderships.

Iran / One year on from the imperialists’ murder of General Qasem Soleimani

All progressives must support the right of Iran to defend itself against relentless imperialist aggression.

British politics / Fresh revelations prove definitively that Britain’s ‘defence’ capacity has aggressive intent

What kind of defence force entails a permanent military presence of 145 base sites in 42 countries?

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.

USSR / In memory of Nina Alexandrovna Andreeva

Communists mourn the passing of one of Russia's foremost fighters against the counter-revolution and for the refounding of Soviet socialism.

World / ICC drops case against Britain, despite ‘clear evidence’ of war crimes

How can the warmongering criminals rampaging around the globe be held to account?

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.

Civil liberties / Julian Assange extradition trial: Shameful martyrisation continues

Kafka’s dystopian vision has been brought to life in the heart of the British injustice system.

Iran / In memoriam Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iranian scientist who served his people

Israel hopes by such cowardly assassinations both to decapitate Iran’s defence capabilities and to trigger a new regional war.

Chile / Signs in Chile that capitalism is fast approaching its end-point

The shooting of young children at a care home has provoked fresh outrage against the brutality of Chile’s ruling oligarchy.

Cuba / US diplomat caught interfering in Cuba’s internal affairs

The Cuban FM has made it clear that such actions will not be tolerated. Viva Cuba!

China / Charting the way ahead for China

A fifteen-year roadmap for the further modernisation of the country.

Azerbaijan / War in Nagorno-Karabakh

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

Australia / ‘Killing for sport’: Is the Australian SAS an outlier or the norm?

Four-year investigation reveals the true depravity of imperialist occupation forces in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

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?

Syria / Dirty British propaganda war against Syria exposed

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

China / US plans to launch drone fleet into the Pacific

The US imperialists are continuing their unhinged drive to war against China.

Poland / Poland signs humiliating surrender agreement with the US

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

Yemen / British soldier arrested for protesting collusion in Saudi’s Yemen war

‘I’ve seen enough not to speak out and I’d rather sleep peacefully in a cell than stay silent for a pay cheque.’

South Africa / ANC tribute to Marie-José Moumbaris

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

Korea / South Korean youth condemn Trump’s war exercises

Young woman arrested by police for protesting US war crimes in Korea.

Russia / On the alleged poisoning of Alexei Navalny

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

South Africa / Marie-José Moumbaris, née Smoothy: a lifelong fighter against the apartheid regime

Tribute to a lifelong communist and fighter against apartheid, a daughter of France, but a dedicated friend to the oppressed everywhere.

Bolivia / Elon Musk on Bolivia: ‘We will coup whoever we want!’

Bolivia’s ‘lithium coup’ is yet another example of a regime-change operation carried out at the behest of imperialist corporations.

Syria / Syrian and Libyan oil: Washington’s hand in the till

People across the middle east continue to suffer war and economic hardships as the price of living on top of coveted oil resources.

UAE / Gulf states’ pact with the devil over Palestine

What did the UAE hope to achieve by making public peace with the zionist state?

Belarus / Hands off Belarus!

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

Lebanon / Tragedy in Lebanon

The blast in Beirut port may prove to be the straw that broke the camel’s back.

Environment / Bayer AG forced to pay over $10bn to settle cancer claims

A US court has unexpectedly agreed that Roundup does indeed cause cancer – and awarded unprecedented damages to victims.

Ireland / Ireland gets the government it didn’t vote for

In a desperate bid to stop Sinn Féin from forming a government, the century-old Irish duopoly has been brought to an abrupt end.

British politics / Stop the War gets it wrong again

When is an anti-war movement not an anti-war movement?

Divide and rule / Statues come down: the toppling of the mighty

Good riddance to bad rubbish, but what next?

Venezuela / Bank of England must hand back Venezuela’s gold

Britain’s latest theft is part of a long history of looting and aggression against the Venezuelan people, who continue to struggle for their independence and freedom.

China / Communist Party of China celebrates 99th birthday

Special issue of China Insight highlights the achievements of the CPC since its foundation in 1921.

USA / Rebellion: fractures in America deepen after murder of George Floyd

Will ‘taking the knee’, removing some statues and charging four policemen be enough to dampen the protests that have rocked the imperialist heartlands?

China / Hong Kong and the British government’s servile stupidity

Our rulers are tying us ever more firmly to the war chariot of US imperialism.

Palestine / Palestinian lives matter: the murder of Ahmed Eriqat

Ahmed Eriqat of Abu Dis was the latest victim of senseless murder by Israeli soldiers in occupied Palestine.

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.

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

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

Industry / End British export of rubber bullets

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

Venezuela / Iran smashes US blockade on Venezuela with fuel delivery

The axis of resistance is building its network of practical solidarity in the teeth of imperialist opposition.

Economy / British trade agreements after Brexit

By pinning all their hopes for Britain’s future on a US trade deal, our rulers are taking us out of the frying pan and into the fire.

USA / US burning as working-class communities rise up against police brutality

As Irish republicans used to say: when the law makers are the law breakers, there is no law.

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.

Korea / Russia unhappy at dialogue deep freeze between Pyongyang and Washington

Ambassador Alexander Matsegora spoke about why there is no reason to doubt north Korea’s claims that there are no coronavirus cases.

Canada / Communists globally mourn the passing of Comrade Michael Lucas in Toronto

Known to friends of the Soviet Union as the editor of the Northstar Compass, Michael was a selfless and dedicated internationalist.

Books / Polish hack writes laughable fantasy on ‘feeding dictators’

As the crisis of capitalism continues to destroy lives, anticommunist hirelings are churning out increasingly blatant and ridiculous lies.

World history / Women in the victory over fascism

Without the brave and tireless efforts of women across the USSR and Europe, vanquishing the enemy would have been impossible.

Pay and conditions / Workers in the US and Britain fight for workplace safety

Wildcat strikes and a high-profile resignation are highlighting the anti-worker essence of capitalist accumulation.

Yemen / Fake calls for Covid peace in Yemen

Resistance rejects the strong-arm tactic of ‘dialogue under fire and siege’.

Lay-offs and closures / British Airways takes the money and runs

The Covid-19 crisis is highlighting the necessity for public ownership of all our vital services.

USA / Bernie Sanders drops out – again

The great hope of the American left leaves his supporters in the lurch, putting his weight behind the establishment choice.

Iraq / Occupation at sixes and sevens as resistance gathers pace in Iraq

Damned if they do and damned if they don’t: US rulers face dilemma about how to proceed as their forces face escalating fire.

British politics / Supreme court ruling overturns Israel boycott ban – for now

What can workers do to stop this advance from being rolled back by Parliament?

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

Workers’ parties sign international revolutionary anti-imperialist manifesto.

Capitalist crisis / Burying bad news: crash caused by overproduction not coronavirus

The present economic crisis has been long in the making, but is being passed off as the result of the covid lockdown.

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.

Venezuela / Using the Covid crisis: British and US military massing off Venezuelan coast

Reckless and desperate attempts are being made by US imperialism to encircle and crush Venezuelan socialism.

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.

Venezuela / Venezuela brings charges against the USA for genocidal sanctions regime

While imperialists use the corona pandemic to pile on more pressure, the eyes of workers must be opened to the inhuman brutality of the profit system.

Cuba / Socialist Cuba shows real international solidarity during Covid-19 outbreak

People or profits? The coronavirus pandemic is bringing this question to the fore more sharply than ever.

British politics / Harry Dunn and the one-sided ‘special relationship’

Our rulers, who love to flaunt their ‘patriotism’, fail miserably when it comes to defending the interests of their own against a stronger foreign power.

Yemen / Burying bad news: corona-filled papers ignore Britain’s Yemen invasion

Unreported in British media, British troops have landed in Aden. All that awaits them is the graveyard of imperialist ambitions.

Health / Now 230 workers’ parties call for united effort to fight Covid-19

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

Health / Britain’s response to Covid-19 pt 1: ‘Take it on the chin’

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

Korea / Kim Jong Un: North Korea’s future depends on strong science and tech

The DPRK is determined to advance its development and raise living standards, despite the continual pressure of wargames and sanctions.

Ukraine / Imperialism continues to milk the MH17 tragedy for russophobic propaganda

The ‘investigation’ of the crash is nothing more than propaganda in support of the imperialist war drive.

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.’

Film and TV / #EatTheRich: Parasite film review

A searing and at times hilarious critique of south Korean class society, ultimately let down by its inability to offer any real way out.

Ireland / The Irish electorate cry out against austerity and bring reunification closer

The future is bright; the future is green.

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

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

Afghanistan / Afghan war: after 18 years is there finally an end in sight?

Just as in Vietnam, the mighty USA has spent incalculable blood and treasure trying to enforce its will, and has signally failed.

Palestine / Deal of the century: US and Israel will reap a bitter harvest

One unintended consequence of the ‘deal’ is a new impetus toward a united front of Palestinian organisations.

Syria / Turkey plays with conflagration in Syria

If Erdogan isn’t careful, he could find himself in outright confrontation not only with Syrian but also Russian armed forces.

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?

Ireland / Irish election: Sinn Féin tops the popular vote

As the establishment duopoly is burst asunder, Ireland’s rulers are desperately trying to turn back the rising tide.

Iraq / Did Trump threaten to kill Iraq’s prime minister?

Corporate media have failed to report the allegation that Trump threated the Iraqi PM and people if they refused to follow US orders.

Civil liberties / John Pilger: Julian Assange must be freed, not betrayed

Australia and Britain are helping to get the WikiLeaks editor extradited to the USA, which is preparing a lifetime of torture for the ‘crime’ of exposing the truth.

Film and TV / Mr Jones: anti-Soviet propaganda gets thumbs up from Ukrainian president

The same old tired lies are being recycled under the guise of ‘fresh evidence’ in order to remind workers they must not think about taking state power.

France / Macron is in trouble – and so is his EU-backed austerity project

The inspirational determination of the French working class is starting to cause cracks in the resolve of the presidential gang.

Civil liberties / UN: Britain and US guilty of torturing Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning

This illegal and brutal repression must not be allowed to succeed in its aim of terrifying workers into submission.

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.

Europe / How the EU is demolishing pensions

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

Palestine / The oligarch behind the world holocaust forum attended by presidents and kings

As imperialists shed fake tears over the jewish holocaust, they continue to weaponise alleged ‘antisemitism’ to silence all criticism.

Venezuela / Venezuela’s foreign minister: ‘Lenin’s definition of imperialism was correct’

Workers’ representatives from the five continents meet in Caracas to forge ahead with world anti-imperialist struggle.

Iran / Self-identifying ‘communists’ blame Iran

Self-defence is no offence; those who really want to stop war must stand with the resistance.

Industry / Car industry crisis pushes Peugeot-Fiat merger

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

Iran / US imperialism digging its own grave ever faster in the middle east

Slavishly supported by Britain as it does so.

France / French class war continuing as neither side looks ready to back down

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

USSR / International communists on the attack against anti-Stalin lies

Workers will never find courage in their own strength until they have learned to see through the exploiters’ lies about socialism.

Iran / Britain is acting as the US’s sanctions lapdog; will it follow into all-out war?

If the British imperialists fall in line with the US’s drive to war against Iran, they will share the bitter fruits of humiliation and defeat with their partner in crime.

Iran / Stop the US drive to war with Iran

Red salute to axis of resistance General Soleimani; imperialists out of the middle east!

Iraq / Iraq stands at a crossroads

Who is attempting to manipulate the just anger of the Iraqi people and why?

USSR / Stalin and the Bolsheviks of Transcaucasia, part 2

How the communists led the fight against aggressive nationalism and established peace and socialism in the Caucasus.

China / The blatant hypocrisy of the USA’s lies about China’s Uyghur muslims

Why are we still expected to pay any attention to the imperialists’ neverending barrage of fake news?

India / Indian people rise up against communalist legislation

The reaction of the masses gives hope that Modi’s dreams of a theocratic hindu state are on the way to being smashed.

Cuba / Alicia Alonso: architect of Cuba’s socialist ballet

A true daughter of the masses, whose talent and art was put at the service of the people and the building of a new society.

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!

North Africa and Middle East / Cheap drones and the shifting strategic balance in west Asia

Nicaragua / Nicaragua: Amnesty’s travesty of hypocrisy

Another shameful report from those who peddle ‘human rights’ lies to justify imperialist war.

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.

Bolivia / The coup in Bolivia: why was Morales targeted?

What lessons can workers learn from the events in Bolivia?

France / France goes on strike: can Macron survive?

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

Ukraine / Ukraine’s new president still sending mixed messages

But his oligarch sponsor has called for a renewal of good relations with Russia.

Syria / Losing the war, imperialism degenerates into open piracy in Syria

Trump admits it’s all about the oil and moves to steal as much of it as he can.

China / Hail the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China

We wish the Chinese people success in overcoming their enemies in the future as they have done in the past.

Ukraine / Zelensky – the jury’s out

Is Ukraine’s new president willing or able to end the war in the east and tackle endemic corruption?

France / One year on: the yellow vests and the class struggle in France

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

Korea / North Korea warns the US to stop sabotaging chances of peace

The DPRK is out of patience following repeated betrayals of Trump’s promises to negotatiate a peace deal in good faith.

USA / Moves to impeach President Trump

What is the real motivator of all the bile being levelled against Donald Trump? The Democrats can’t possibly be offended by corruption.