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.

USSR / Communist George Blake dies in Moscow aged 98

One of Britain’s most committed cold war warriors, who went on to live out his years in peace in Russia.

USSR / Where men die and legends are born – remembering the Battle of Moscow

In the winter of 1941, Soviet forces outside Moscow exploded the myth of the Nazi war machine’s invincibility and stopped the fascist advance in its tracks.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

USSR / Alexei Leonov, hero of the Soviet space programme

The first man to walk in space, Comrade Leonov was on the cutting edge of space exploration.

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

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

USSR / Stalin and the Bolsheviks of Transcaucasia, part 2

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

USSR / Why do we celebrate the October Revolution?

Workers need to take inspiration from the achievements of October; an example that our rulers would prefer us to forget.

Europe / EU legislates to erase the USSR’s role in defeating fascism

But truth has a way of forcing its way through all the same.

USSR / Stalin and the Bolsheviks of Transcaucasia, part 1

How the revolutionary communists established themselves as the leading force against tsarist oppression in the Caucasus.

Europe / Anniversary of the D-Day landings

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

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

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

World history / The origins of World War Two

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

USSR / October Revolution 101: the future belongs to communism

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

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

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

USSR / October 100: The Red Army choir

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

USSR / How do socialists approach the veil?

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

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

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

USSR / Soviet ballet: dancing the heritage of humanism

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

Film and TV / Film: The Death of Stalin

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

USSR / The October Revolution and the east

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

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

By his deeds shall he always be known.

British politics / Released cabinet papers reveal imperialist skulduggery

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

USSR / Editorial: The future belongs to communism

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

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

Working-class history / Remembering Comrade Clement Murphy-Shaw

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

USSR / What did the October Revolution do for us? 1. The NHS

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

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

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

Ukraine / Eurovision circus but no bread

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

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

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

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

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

USSR / Letter: Follow the road of Great October!

The October Revolution remains, almost a century later, as humanity’s beacon of hope and inspiration.

USSR / Poem: Soviet Man

Although the poet’s life was snuffed out in defence of his motherland, Strelchenko’s immortal work lives on, a beacon of light illuminating the power of Soviet socialism.

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

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

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

An excuse for an orgy of bourgeois lies and prevarication.

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

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