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Ecuador / Ecuador’s election – a critical analysis of class interests

As the ‘pink wave’ continues to wash over Latin America, the influence of private enterprise and US imperialism on bourgeois elections should not be forgotten.

1 Mar 2025 , Lalkar
South Africa / The unfinished liberation struggle in South Africa

Fulfilment of the 1955 Freedom charter, in particular land redistribution, remains the central demand of the poor black masses.

21 Jul 2024 , Lalkar
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.

11 May 2023 ,

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.

13 Jun 2022 , Proletarian
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.

14 May 2022 , Lalkar
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?

18 Nov 2021 , Proletarian
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.

9 Sep 2020 , Proletarian
British politics / John Hepple: a life of working-class struggle

A true son of the working class, one of so many who have given their lives to the fight for a better world.

25 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
British politics / Comrade Bridget Bell, dedicated fighter for the working class

Bridget was highly respected for her work during the 1984/5 miners’ strike, and for her principled class position at all times.

9 Sep 2019 , Lalkar
Turkey / Turkish election ends Erdogan’s majority

Now that the AKP has lost its total control over the government, Prime Minister Erdogan’s usefulness to both the Turkish and imperialist ruling classes is being brought into question.

16 Sep 2015 , Proletarian

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Niger / Nigerien coup spearheads a popular revolution

Another Sahel comprador regime has fallen to a popular movement led by patriotic army officers. The contagion is bound to spread.

18 Aug 2023,
Bolivia / Evo Morales on how Britain backed the 2019 lithium coup

Former Bolivian president tells British interviewer: ‘We lament the English were celebrating the sight of dead people.’

21 Jul 2022, Declassified
Bolivia / Bolivian workers demonstrate power of united action, forcing rulers to hold elections

Unrelenting political pressure from the Bolivian working masses forced the US sponsored coup regime to hold an election it could not win.

30 Nov 2020,

Mining industry theory

Congo / DR Congo under fire from M23 stooges

Rwanda’s latest attack-dog offensive against Congo looks like an imperialist attempt to eliminate Chinese influence and re-exert control over Congo’s resources.

1 Mar 2025, Lalkar
Georgia / Why reimagine Soviet Georgia?

Despite 30 years of efforts to bury and vilify its memory, the resilience of communism remains undefeated.

11 Feb 2024, Monthly Review

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Joti Brar: World War 3 and the tasks of the world anti-imperialist struggle

Signs of the senility and decay of the US-led imperialist bloc are all around us, yet it remains a rabid and dangerous force.
2
US defeat in its proxy war against Russia a setback for imperialism everywhere
3
Joti Brar and Garland Nixon ep12: Imperialism and Trotskyism
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The struggles of the youth
5
Starmer’s sleaze
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Book: Zionism by Harpal Brar
7
Jenny Marx’s life of struggle and sacrifice in the cause of the working class
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Remembering the 1980 armed uprising against imperalism in Gwangju, Korea
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Lenin’s work remains a guide for our time: an introduction
10
Marx and Engels on the Paris Commune

Mining industry highlights

Ecuador / Ecuador’s election – a critical analysis of class interests

As the ‘pink wave’ continues to wash over Latin America, the influence of private enterprise and US imperialism on bourgeois elections should not be forgotten.

South Africa / The unfinished liberation struggle in South Africa

Fulfilment of the 1955 Freedom charter, in particular land redistribution, remains the central demand of the poor black masses.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

British politics / John Hepple: a life of working-class struggle

A true son of the working class, one of so many who have given their lives to the fight for a better world.

British politics / Comrade Bridget Bell, dedicated fighter for the working class

Bridget was highly respected for her work during the 1984/5 miners’ strike, and for her principled class position at all times.

Turkey / Turkish election ends Erdogan’s majority

Now that the AKP has lost its total control over the government, Prime Minister Erdogan’s usefulness to both the Turkish and imperialist ruling classes is being brought into question.

Mining industry topics

Mining industry video

Niger / Nigerien coup spearheads a popular revolution

Another Sahel comprador regime has fallen to a popular movement led by patriotic army officers. The contagion is bound to spread.

Bolivia / Evo Morales on how Britain backed the 2019 lithium coup

Former Bolivian president tells British interviewer: ‘We lament the English were celebrating the sight of dead people.’

Bolivia / Bolivian workers demonstrate power of united action, forcing rulers to hold elections

Unrelenting political pressure from the Bolivian working masses forced the US sponsored coup regime to hold an election it could not win.

Mining industry theory

Congo / DR Congo under fire from M23 stooges

Rwanda’s latest attack-dog offensive against Congo looks like an imperialist attempt to eliminate Chinese influence and re-exert control over Congo’s resources.

Georgia / Why reimagine Soviet Georgia?

Despite 30 years of efforts to bury and vilify its memory, the resilience of communism remains undefeated.

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