Social wage / People’s Assembly puts on show of fake outrage over ‘Tory Starmer’

Ever hopeful of rescuing their reputations and keeping a lid on working-class discontent, the fake left are at it again.

Social wage / The poverty crisis and our demands

Workers did not cause the economic crisis, but they are expected to pay the price through austerity and war.

Divide and rule / Immigration, class unity and the fight against racism

Our party is committed to opposing the divide-and-rule tactics used to stop the British working class from using its collective power.

Civil liberties / Bourgeois democracy and fascism

The march towards authoritarian dictatorship can be countered with by a party imbued with revolutionary optimism.

British politics / We must build our organisation and connect it to the masses

Party members must redouble their efforts to grow our organisation and draw the best elements of the working class towards it..

Disputes / Birmingham’s gone bust! But why are workers told to pay?

No one has explained why some of the most hardworking and essential employees should bear the brunt of a crisis they had no hand in making.

World / The promise of Brics and the end of the ‘new world order’

The multipolar world is a reality, and it has been brought into being as a direct consequence of imperialist actions.

Capitalist crisis / Labour means austerity, racism, repression and war

So where are the trade unions?

USA / Is its national debt of 35 trillion dollars the USA’s greatest weakness?

With debt rising exponentially year on year, and interest payments of $1tn this year alone, the US economy is poised ever closer to open bankruptcy.

British politics / ‘Labour landslide’ election narrative hides deepening crisis of legitimacy

The ruling class pulled out all the stops to ensure a stable parliamentary majority for Labour, but it rests on very shaky ground.

Social wage / Media blames workers for the corruption and fraud endemic to capitalist society

It is not ‘benefit cheats’ who are emptying Britain’s treasury but the unending subsidies to monopoly capital.

World / Washington declaration: Build the worldwide Axis of Resistance!

The Nato imperialist alliance can be defeated by the combined forces of anti-imperialism.

British politics / No big winners in local elections – Sunak calls general election in a panic

As loyal servants of imperialism, the Tories would rather see masses of their MPs wiped out than a few antiwar candidates get into Parliament.

British politics / No votes for genocide-enablers or Nato warmongers!

We are calling on workers to help the campaigns of, and give their votes to, all candidates standing on an anti-genocide, anti-Nato and anti-Labour platform.

China / Yellen’s visit to Beijing: penny lectures from economic ignoramuses

The USA is outraged to find it no longer calls all the shots on its much-promoted world market.

Social wage / Why is Manchester in poverty? Workers need socialism!

What is at the root of the spiral of poverty and decay we are experiencing in towns and cities across Britain?

France / Europe: the peasants’ revolt

What is at the root of the crisis in European farming?

Cuba / Cuba to international meet: Never before has world peace been so threatened

‘Division and sectarianism will always favour the interests of the forces representing international finance capital and counter-revolution.’

Argentina / Victory of Javier Milei reveals the failure of Argentina’s popular forces

How could a candidate with such an overtly anti-worker programme be elected by workers in dire economic straits?

Leaflets / Open letter to CPB: Give up the Labour party and take the revolutionary path

Sincere communists must make a serious appraisal of their work at this time of deepening crisis and renewed struggle.

Capitalist crisis / Is life under capitalism getting you down? Luckily, there’s a cure!

Are you sad and depressed? Lonely? Anxious? Isolated? Worried about the future? You may be suffering from capitalism.

Capitalist crisis / Oxfam identifies inequalities in shocking detail, but provides no solution

Price-gouging is a real monopoly practice. But is it really at the root of the global economic crisis?

Trade unions / Which way forward for the trade unions now?

It is time to break out of suffocating ‘unity’ with those who serve our class enemies.

Pay and conditions / Homeless charity workers on strike for decent wages

St Mungo’s staff have suffered a 30 percent real-terms pay cut in the last ten years.

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.

Trade unions / Model motion: Urgent measures needed to address the cost of living crisis

Why are workers being asked to pay the cost of a crisis that was not of their making? If capitalism cannot provide for its workforce, then capitalism must go.

Pollution / Demand renationalisation of the water system without compensation

Growing public outrage has forced a mealy-mouthed apology from Water UK, but the profiteers deserve jail sentences, not a wrist-slapping.

Divide and rule / Anti-immigration propaganda stirs up anger and rioting in Knowsley

As the cost of living crisis brings suffering to workers, our rulers are once again using immigration to distract from their failures.

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.

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.

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.

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.

USA / Anticommunism in the USA: the spectre remains

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

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.

Capitalist crisis / Capitalists are causing inflation, not workers!

It’s time for the hoary old myth about wages causing inflation to be put to bed. Higher wages lead to lower profits, hence the bosses’ opposition.

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.

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?

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 / Happy new year?

There is no reform that could enable this profit-hungry system to serve the needs of the working people.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Capitalist crisis / The cost of living crisis is a capitalist crisis!

The capitalists have shown themselves to be entirely unable to run their own system for the benefit of society.

Capitalist crisis / Cost of living crisis: the fightback is under way

Growing militance among unionised workers and vigorous new campaigns to combat the effects of poverty and inflation signify a change in the workers’ mood.

Social wage / Food bank Britain

British families are relying on charity to eat as the market and the government both fail to provide even such a basic necessity as food.

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.

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.

Capitalist crisis / Crisis is inescapable while capitalism remains

The working class’s historic role is to put an end to profit-driven capitalism and to build a new, socialist society in its place.

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.

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.

Industry / The Sanjeev Gupta, Lex Greensill and David Cameron affair

Once again we see the absurdity of a system that leaves the fate of essential industries and millions of workers in the hands of rapacious fraudsters.

Industry / Greensill debacle: the door keeps revolving

The collapse of this particular debt-laden finance house is drawing public attention to some very uncomfortable truths.

Industry / Cameron’s hand caught trapped in the till as Greensill collapses

The collapse of yet another debt-laden house of cards has shone a light on the revolving door between career politicians and the corporations they serve.

Industry / With ‘saviours’ like Gupta, who needs enemies?

If you are rich enough, you can get richer still without spending a penny; it is the workers who pay when the vultures’ schemes collapse.

Society / Time to end poverty: expropriate the expropriators!

Bourgeois commentators are increasingly identifying the problems besetting humanity, but they are congenitally incapable of recognising the solution staring them in the face.

Social wage / Humbled by their own incompetence: ‘winter economic plan’ back to square one

Lockdown exacerbates ruling class conflict over future for employers, employees, and unemployed.

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.

Social wage / UBI: a recipe for universal misery

Our demand must be for meaningful work in a society free from poverty, unemployment and insecurity.

Lay-offs and closures / Nissan slashes workforce and pensions, poised to flee Sunderland altogether

Blame Brexit; blame covid ... blame anything but the capitalist system.

Capitalist crisis / Rising inequality following the 2020 crisis of overproduction

Mushrooming inequality has the capitalist class spooked, for they fear the consequences.

Lay-offs and closures / British Gas and SPS are latest to announce big job losses

As the economic crisis bites, employers are looking to cut not only jobs but also pay, pensions and everything else.

Pay and conditions / BA threatens to sack its entire workforce

After rinsing the furlough scheme, the airline is now insisting that its staff should accept huge pay cuts or be sacked.

Social wage / UBI: the ‘right’ to be idle or the right to work?

What does the call for a universal basic income really mean?

Lay-offs and closures / Thousands more to go at Rolls Royce’s Derby plant

As more and more manufacturing jobs are being scrapped, workers are the victims of the downward spiral of capitalist crisis.

Capitalist crisis / Dilemma of the covid crash vultures

Having maximised indebtedness in order to avoid paying taxes, vulture capitalists now find they are missing out on state aid during the crisis.

Lay-offs and closures / Jobless total rockets

As the economic crisis bites, over a million workers in Britain have been forced precipitously onto the breadline.

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.

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.

Social wage / Hunger rising sharply as covid-19 lockdown combines with economic crash

Why are we witnessing the obscene sight of workers going hungry in the midst of plenty?

Lay-offs and closures / RIP FlyBe

The only rational way to ensure that vital infrastructure exists and is run for the benefit of all is public ownership.

Capitalist crisis / FlyBe farce exposes lunacy of privately owned transport

A hefty subsidy to the airline’s private owners may not be enough to save a vital service and thousands of jobs.

Industry / Car industry crisis pushes Peugeot-Fiat merger

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

Climate change / COP25: Has anything actually been achieved to help save our environment?

As the imperialists haggle and back-peddle, the simple truth is that you have to be red to be green.

USA / General Motors workers on strike in the US

The workers have paid a heavy price for their employer’s return to profitability.

Climate change / The TUC and climate change: don’t mention the wars

Unions tail-end middle-class eco protests and stoke illusions in ‘green’ capitalism.

Ukraine / Zelensky empowered by new parliament, but fails to deliver change of direction

Ukraine’s new president is patently failing to live up to the peaceful hopes of the workers who elected him.

Capitalist crisis / New recession will hit workers still paying the price of the last one

The capitalist system is unable to find a way out of the downward spiral of overproduction, crisis, austerity and war.

Industry / British Steel sold for ‘blood money’? A reply to the Morning Star

Where should workers look for their salvation from the crises that destroy industry and jobs?

Lay-offs and closures / Nissan to cull 12,500 jobs globally as Chinese car market stalls

The crisis of overproduction continues to wreak havoc with workers’ lives.

Greece / Greek parliamentary elections and the demise of the Syriza government

A case study in the irresistible laws of capitalism.

Lay-offs and closures / Fight against the closure of Ford Bridgend

Workers are not to blame for the crisis; stop redundancies and demand nationalisation!

Lay-offs and closures / British Steel: overproduction crisis claims another scalp

As thousands of workers lose their jobs, the vultures of Greybull Capital are standing at the front of the queue for ‘reimbursement’.

Turkey / Relations weakening between Ankara and its Nato allies

The overproduction crisis is taking its toll on the stability of Erdogan’s AKP government, moving it away from unquestioning support for imperialism.

Divide and rule / Asda continues to flout equal pay rulings

Automation and unequal pay are just two of the tools being used by retail giants to divide workers, reduce costs and win the cut-throat war of competition.

Lay-offs and closures / Honda doesn’t blame Brexit

The cover is blown on the attempt to blame everything on Brexit as Honda’s CEO denies that the Swindon closure has anything to do with Brexit uncertainty.

Lay-offs and closures / Jobs massacre at Jaguar Land Rover confirmed

Overproduction not Brexit is to blame. But if there really are too many cars in the world, what are workers to do?

Lay-offs and closures / Defend Brexit and manufacturing jobs

Overproduction in the car industry is being blamed on ‘Brexit uncertainty’ in an effort to justify reversing the EU referendum result.

Disputes / Cammell Laird strike suspended for now

Workers’ resistance has led to a stay of execution at the Merseyside shipyard.

Lay-offs and closures / Cammell Laird shipyard strikes

Overproduction is hitting industry after industry, proving once more that capitalism cannot solve the problems of the masses.

Lay-offs and closures / FT leaks plans by Jaguar Land Rover to axe 5,000 jobs

The joy of capitalism: unemployment is the workers’ reward for enriching the company's owners.

Lay-offs and closures / Ford plans jobs massacre

Overproduction is affecting the car industry severely, as glutted markets take their toll on sales and workers are thrown to the wall.

Lay-offs and closures / More redundancies in the Midlands: Rolls-Royce and JLR

The world crisis of overproduction is far from over.

USA / Trump, tariffs and global trade

Trade wars very often lead to shooting wars, and are one more sign of the deepening crisis of capitalism.

Housing / Housing shortage in the midst of plenty

It is not the right to buy that workers need, but the right to a home.

Leaflets / Housing: a crisis of capitalism

What must be done in order to provide decent homes to all workers?

Lay-offs and closures / The collapse of Carillion

Financial and political commentators are suddenly ‘discovering’ that PFI and the privatisation of services might not be such a good deal after all.

Iran / Tehran foils imperialist destabilisation plot

But the government will need to pursue domestic policies favourable to the working masses if it is to strengthen its hand against imperialism.

British politics / Theresa May’s election U-turn

Proposed new laws to curb strike action by key public-sector workers were hastily ditched as Corbyn's popularity rose during the election campaign.

Industry / Industry matters: Fighting the trade war harder

Capitalist crisis / The rich are getting richer but fewer

As the gap between the rich and poor widens, some of the rich find themselves being kicked downstairs.

Brazil / Attempted coup in Brazil

The Brazilian masses face a concerted onslaught from the combined forces of US imperialism and the local ruling class.

Greece / Crunch time for Syriza?

The bloodsuckers are running out of ways to keep Greece paying out. The imminent explosion will rock the world’s financial systems.

USA / Baltimore uprising reveals working class’s revolutionary potential

When revolutionary science and organisation come together with the power and anger of the US’s poor, there will be no stopping them.

Theatre / Play: The Power of Yes by David Hare

Explaining nothing, this play is aimed merely at letting off some steam without getting any nearer to a solution to society’s systemic problems.