The Spark: Transport strikes, the bin men, British steel and more

BBC highlights

Trade unions / The Spark: Transport strikes, the bin men, British steel and more

The first issue of our industrial news sheet examines recent cases of trade union leaderships failing their members and the wider working class.

1 Oct 2025 , Proletarian
Civil liberties / Genocide abroad and repression at home go hand in hand

To clear the way for continued criminality and warmongering around the world, the ruling class needs to crush all domestic opposition.

1 Aug 2025 , Proletarian
Media / Gary Lineker – the price of speaking out

The punishment administered to this high-profile football pundit is a warning to all: complicity or silence are the only acceptable responses to imperial slaughter.

1 Jul 2025 , Lalkar

Society / What have the residents of Spalding got against the people of Gaza?

The media plays a vital role in desensitising British people to the sufferings of their fellow workers.

27 May 2025 , Proletarian
Civil liberties / Julian Assange is free at last!

Our press was never truly free, and today it is more incarcerated than ever.

9 Jul 2024 , Lalkar
Media / France: the new authoritarian journalism

How French media looked away from the suffering inflicted on Palestinians in Gaza.

9 Feb 2024 , Le Monde diplomatique
Palestine / Two ‘British’ positions on Palestine

The latest wave of Israeli violence was unleashed in a frenzy of impotent but brutal rage after Palestinian resistance launched its historic Al-Aqsa Flood battle.

14 Nov 2023 , Lalkar
Education / British government stifles school debate on Gaza

As the imperialists continue their support for the ongoing genocide in Gaza, schools are urged to play their part in complying with the murderous narrative.

13 Nov 2023 , Electronic Intifada
Palestine / Mutiny at the BBC: ‘gravest possible concerns’ over Palestine coverage

The BBC’s own reporters are beginning to speak out about the corporation’s complicity in Israeli war crimes.

10 Nov 2023 , Proletarian
Palestine / Victory to the Palestinian resistance; no cooperation with zionist war crimes!

These are the slogans that need to permeate the solidarity movement in Britain and dictate its actions.

6 Nov 2023 ,
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.

3 Jul 2023 , Proletarian
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.

25 Jun 2023 , Class Consciousness Project
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.

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

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

5 Jan 2023 ,
Capitalist crisis / Communist responds to patronising BBC advice for a ‘budget’ Christmas

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

24 Dec 2022 , Proletarian

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BBC video

British politics / Gaza: tipping point in western crisis of legitimacy for politicians and media?

Workers are turning away from mainstream media in droves, and they may not be coming back.

22 Dec 2023,
Media / BBC’s crocodile tears over ‘mass graves’ in Mariupol are a sick farce

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

16 Dec 2022,

BBC theory

World history / Josef Stalin on the Labour party and Nato

‘The Labour government has agreed to turn Britain into a military and air base for the United States of America to attack the Soviet Union.’

5 Sep 2024, Lalkar

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BBC highlights

Trade unions / The Spark: Transport strikes, the bin men, British steel and more

The first issue of our industrial news sheet examines recent cases of trade union leaderships failing their members and the wider working class.

Civil liberties / Genocide abroad and repression at home go hand in hand

To clear the way for continued criminality and warmongering around the world, the ruling class needs to crush all domestic opposition.

Media / Gary Lineker – the price of speaking out

The punishment administered to this high-profile football pundit is a warning to all: complicity or silence are the only acceptable responses to imperial slaughter.

Society / What have the residents of Spalding got against the people of Gaza?

The media plays a vital role in desensitising British people to the sufferings of their fellow workers.

Civil liberties / Julian Assange is free at last!

Our press was never truly free, and today it is more incarcerated than ever.

Media / France: the new authoritarian journalism

How French media looked away from the suffering inflicted on Palestinians in Gaza.

Palestine / Two ‘British’ positions on Palestine

The latest wave of Israeli violence was unleashed in a frenzy of impotent but brutal rage after Palestinian resistance launched its historic Al-Aqsa Flood battle.

Education / British government stifles school debate on Gaza

As the imperialists continue their support for the ongoing genocide in Gaza, schools are urged to play their part in complying with the murderous narrative.

Palestine / Mutiny at the BBC: ‘gravest possible concerns’ over Palestine coverage

The BBC’s own reporters are beginning to speak out about the corporation’s complicity in Israeli war crimes.

Palestine / Victory to the Palestinian resistance; no cooperation with zionist war crimes!

These are the slogans that need to permeate the solidarity movement in Britain and dictate its actions.

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.

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.

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.

Capitalist crisis / Communist replies to BBC budget tips: ‘Get out and see the real world.’

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

Capitalist crisis / Communist responds to patronising BBC advice for a ‘budget’ Christmas

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

BBC topics

BBC video

British politics / Gaza: tipping point in western crisis of legitimacy for politicians and media?

Workers are turning away from mainstream media in droves, and they may not be coming back.

Media / BBC’s crocodile tears over ‘mass graves’ in Mariupol are a sick farce

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

BBC theory

World history / Josef Stalin on the Labour party and Nato

‘The Labour government has agreed to turn Britain into a military and air base for the United States of America to attack the Soviet Union.’

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