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Protests and strikes highlights

  • 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.

    10 Apr 2025 ,
  • Korea / Massive strikes called as crisis deepens in occupied Korea

    Underpinning the scandals around corruption and authoritarianism is the US imperialists drive to restart the Korean war.

    14 Dec 2024 , Proletarian
  • Society / Jury refuses to convict Palestine Action activists for arms factory damage

    The state will continue to persecute Palestine solidarity activists through the legal system until such time as the organised working class forces it to stop.

    17 Sep 2024 ,
  • Kenya / Kenyan youth rebellion against imperialist superexploitation

    The youth of all tribes were at one in standing up against IMF-imposed austerity, all of them ready to lay down their lives in the struggle for justice.

    1 Sep 2024 , Lalkar
  • USA / Thousands shut down the Capitol to protest Israel’s war crimes

    American jews join direct action sit-in demanding an immediate arms embargo on Israel to stop the genocide in Gaza.

    1 Sep 2024 , Lalkar
  • Divide and rule / Riots and the awakening of class consciousness

    Never is the capitalist class made more aware of the existential threat it faces than when confronted by the infinite power of a united working class.

    1 Sep 2024 , Lalkar
  • Kenya / Kenya’s fight against tyranny: bloodshed and resistance in the fight for justice

    Resign or be overthrown – this is the communists’ advice to Mr Ruto, the sworn enemy of the Kenyan people.

    2 Jul 2024 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / Samuel Fielden: An English worker’s place in the origins of May Day

    A vivid account of the horrors and poverty that abounded in working-class life on both sides of the Atlantic when capital had free reign and workers no rights.

    18 Jun 2024 , Lalkar
  • Civil liberties / Assange extradition: where are the unions?

    As an innocent man is tortured for the crime of exposing the criminals, British workers should be organising meaningful action in defence of all our rights.

    24 Apr 2024 , Proletarian
  • British politics / The tasks of communists in the Palestine solidarity movement

    We must awaken workers to the need to struggle not only against zionist Israel, but against the entire imperialist system.

    5 Dec 2023 ,
  • 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
  • Pay and conditions / Scottish Water workers vote to strike

    Bosses are trying to force the ‘modernisation’ of pay structures – ie, to enforce ever more draconian pay cuts on workers.

    7 Nov 2023 , Proletarian
  • Trade unions / Arms factory blockaded as calls for practical solidarity with Palestine grow

    Non-cooperation with zionist Israel is firmly on the agenda. ‘The time to act is now.’

    2 Nov 2023 , Novara Media
  • Trade unions / Mass non-cooperation urgently needed to help end Gaza blitzkrieg

    Workers have power to prevent Britain’s continued military, propaganda and logistical support for zionist massacres.

    1 Nov 2023 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Support pay restitution for doctors; defend the NHS!

    The British government is holding both patients and staff to ransom.

    2 Oct 2023 ,
  • Health / Are striking doctors really ‘greedy’ and ‘uncaring’?

    An answer to ‘The Times view on health sector strikes: Uncaring profession’

    21 Sep 2023 , Proletarian
  • Trade unions / Why do so many trade union struggles in Britain fail?

    Teaching union NEU led its members into months of strike action, only to capitulate and accept a below-inflation pay rise. Why?

    14 Aug 2023 , Class Consciousness Project
  • 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.

    30 Jul 2023 , Black Agenda Report
  • 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.

    27 Jul 2023 , Le Monde diplomatique
  • Civil liberties / Public Order Act: latest anti-worker legislation to outlaw protests and strikes

    Human rights in Britain? What human rights?

    11 Jul 2023 , Lalkar
  • Trade unions / Mick Lynch, Sharon Graham and the capitulating left

    As the next election approaches, supposedly ‘radical’ trade unionists are lining up obediently behind Starmer and Labour, against the interests of their members.

    1 Jul 2023 , Class Consciousness Project
  • 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.

    22 Jun 2023 , Proletarian
  • Trade unions / Derby Silk Mill commemorations 2023: no communists allowed

    How did the CPB appoint itself the gatekeeper of the British working-class movement?

    21 Jun 2023 ,
  • 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.

    8 Jun 2023 , Communist Initiative
  • Trade unions / Defy the anti-trade union laws!

    It is time we turned the struggle for decent wages into a struggle for socialism.

    22 May 2023 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    13 May 2023 , WAP
  • 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?

    12 May 2023 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    1 May 2023 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    17 Apr 2023 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    4 Apr 2023 , Proletarian
  • Trade unions / NHS pay offer exposes the limitations of trade unionism

    The NHS dispute has brought into sharp focus the inability of modern trade unions in Britain to advance working-class aims.

    29 Mar 2023 , Proletarian
  • 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?

    23 Mar 2023 , Proletarian
  • Trade unions / After the strikes, what then?

    As union leaders look for the exit, their members’ anger is being directed towards yet another diversionary ‘vote Labour’ campaign.

    21 Mar 2023 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    18 Mar 2023 , Lalkar
  • Education / Support our teachers; save our schools!

    It is not only their present ability to exist that Britain’s teachers are fighting for, but our children’s future.

    14 Mar 2023 , Proletarian
  • 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?

    15 Feb 2023 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Pardeep Singh and Boohoo: sweatshop and semi-slavery conditions on the rise

    An immigrant worker whose punishment beating was filmed by his employer serves as a stark reminder of the true face of capitalist exploitation.

    6 Feb 2023 ,
  • Trade unions / TUC directs its members’ anger into more meaningless busywork

    An email campaign to reverse anti-union laws? Really?

    30 Jan 2023 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    29 Jan 2023 ,
  • Civil liberties / Minimum Service Bill is the latest salvo in the class war against workers

    No cooperation with union-busting anti-strike laws! 

    27 Jan 2023 , Proletarian
  • Civil liberties / Joti Brar on RT: New laws on strikes and protests aim to contain workers’ anger

    Instead of helping workers weather the inflation crisis, our rulers are preparing to suppress any future rebellion.

    16 Jan 2023 , Proletarian TV
  • Disputes / Support our nurses’ struggle for decent pay!

    It is not our hard-pressed medical staff who are greedy, but the privateers who are pushing down their wages in the interests of profit.

    18 Nov 2022 , Proletarian
  • Trade unions / Are Britain’s union bosses interested in helping their members fight back?

    As the crisis deepens, the ruling class is looking far more determined than the unions, where lions continue to be led by loyal Labour donkeys.

    16 Nov 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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?

    22 Sep 2022 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Amazon workers against Victorian working conditions and derisory pay

    Despite unions being banned by Amazon, its British staff have been staging wildcat actions in defence of their right to decent pay and conditions.

    11 Sep 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    6 Sep 2022 , Lalkar
  • Disputes / Support the postal workers!

    Workers at Royal Mail are joining those on the railways and the docks in standing up for pay and conditions.

    24 Aug 2022 , Proletarian
  • Support the Felixstowe dockers!

    Workers at the country’s busiest port are using their collective power to demand a pay rise in line with rampant inflation.

    23 Aug 2022 ,
  • Disputes / Victory to the striking railworkers; defend the right to strike!

    In fighting to save jobs and defend pay, railworkers are in the front line of a desperately-needed push-back against the onslaught of capital.

    22 Jun 2022 ,
  • 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.

    23 Feb 2022 , Proletarian
  • 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?

    5 Jan 2022 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    19 Dec 2021 , Proletarian
  • Colombia / The masses are fighting back in Colombia

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

    10 Sep 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    8 Sep 2021 , Lalkar
  • Civil liberties / Police Bill: capitalism gears up for the class struggles to come

    Our rulers are in a hurry to pass new laws while the excuse of Covid lingers and before workers have woken up to the true scale of the present economic crisis.

    7 Apr 2021 , Proletarian
  • Civil liberties / BLM, XR: No reds under the bed … yet

    Our rulers are nervous that workers may start to put up really meaningful resistance to imperialist domination, despoliation and war.

    2 Apr 2021 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Shrewsbury 24: Justice delayed is justice denied

    Workers must start to organise themselves so as to be able to demand justice now – social justice for all.

    30 Mar 2021 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    19 Jan 2021 , The Hindu
  • 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.

    11 Jan 2021 , Lalkar
  • Korea / South Korean youth condemn Trump’s war exercises

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

    23 Sep 2020 ,
  • Pay and conditions / Papa John’s fails to deliver

    Sheffield pizza workers force bosses to pay withheld wages through collective action.

    3 Aug 2020 ,
  • Pay and conditions / Ministry of Justice retreats on sick pay for cleaners

    Victory for struggling cleaners after Emanuel Gomes’s death, who worked for a week with suspected covid and a raging fever.

    24 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Support the Tower Hamlets strikers!

    The Labour-run council plans to sack thousands of workers and re-hire them on dodgy new contracts with worse pay and conditions.

    16 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • Divide and rule / Statues come down: the toppling of the mighty

    Good riddance to bad rubbish, but what next?

    10 Jul 2020 , Lalkar
  • Disputes / Covid couriers sacked for requesting PPE and social distancing

    Workers responsible for transporting covid test samples from hospitals to labs are being victimised for requesting basic safety measures.

    25 Jun 2020 ,
  • 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.

    15 May 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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?

    16 Mar 2020 ,
  • Pay and conditions / Lecturers rise against pay cuts and pensions robbery

    The marketisation of education: staff are being sweated so that universities can make fat profits.

    21 Feb 2020 ,
  • 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.

    10 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    10 Jan 2020 ,
  • Disputes / Stand with rail strikers defending passenger safety

    Railway bosses have abandoned the deal that was struck a year ago and are refusing to restart talks without preconditions.

    9 Jan 2020 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / Peterloo in its historical perspective, part 2

    As a result of the industrial revolution, a new class, the urban proletariat, was emerging onto the political and social scene in 1819.

    22 Dec 2019 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    10 Dec 2019 ,
  • Disputes / Support the South Western Railway strike

    Railway workers are fighting to put safety ahead of profit: keep the guard on the train!

    3 Dec 2019 , Proletarian
  • 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.

    30 Nov 2019 ,
  • 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?

    19 Nov 2019 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / Avtar Jouhl: lifelong class fighter against racism

    Comrade Avtar reflects on a life of struggle in the IWA and the trade unions from the 1950s to the 1990s.

    10 Nov 2019 , International Socialist
  • USA / General Motors workers on strike in the US

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

    25 Oct 2019 ,
  • Disputes / Royal Mail workers vote overwhelmingly to strike

    Mail workers are ready to fight for their pay and conditions, but is their union prepared to back them?

    24 Oct 2019 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / Peterloo in its historical perspective, part 1

    What was the background to the massacre of workers that took place in St Peter’s Field two centuries ago?

    21 Sep 2019 , Lalkar
  • Pay and conditions / Cleaners demand fair pay at government department

    Outsourced staff are on strike for living wages at the department of business.

    16 Aug 2019 ,
  • USA / US workers force child migrant concentration camp to close

    Homeware staff strike against their employers’ profiting from privatised detention camps.

    14 Aug 2019 ,
  • Pay and conditions / GMB protest at Rugeley Amazon

    British trade union seems more worried about defending the profits of shareholders than the interests of workers.

    21 Jul 2019 , Birmingham Worker
  • Climate change / Letter: How can we deal with climate change?

    Should workers ‘take a haircut’ to save the environment?

    10 Jun 2019 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Support the Sellafield strikers!

    Workers at the Sellafield nuclear plant are in revolt against poverty wages and management bullying.

    28 May 2019 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Privatisation directors’ fat salaries come from ripping off health service workers

    Sodexo and Mitie are the latest hospital outsourcing companies to face industrial action by staff over terrible pay and conditions.

    14 May 2019 ,
  • Disputes / Left-Labour-controlled Newham is not such a New Jerusalem

    Despite working for a Labour council and a Corbynite mayor, council workers in Newham face pay cuts and bullying.

    13 May 2019 , Proletarian
  • Climate change / Yellow vests v Extinction Rebellion

    Climate protestors’ leader accidentally gives away the ruling class’s agenda.

    4 May 2019 ,
  • France / Call from France’s first yellow vest assembly

    Even as it sinks out of sight in the British media, France’s popular rebellion is continuing and gaining momentum.

    30 Mar 2019 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / South Western railworkers win battle to keep the guard on the train

    Safe and affordable public transport for all. Support our rail workers!

    19 Feb 2019 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Deliveroo strike in Bristol: gig economy workers fight back

    Resistance to the poverty pay and union-busting tactics of so many zero-hour and gig economy employers is gathering momentum.

    23 Jan 2019 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Refuse, resist! Brum rubbish collectors ready to strike as council talks fail

    Brummie binmen are days away from an all-out strike, clashing once again with a Labour council that has rewarded scabs and blacklisted strikers.

    20 Jan 2019 , Sputnik
  • France / France’s yellow vests fight on, despite concessions

    Social unrest in France is being driven by workers’ anger at continuous attacks on jobs, wages and living standards.

    5 Jan 2019 , Lalkar
  • Disputes / Cammell Laird strike suspended for now

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

    3 Jan 2019 , Lalkar
  • Pay and conditions / Marriott hotel staff walk-outs across the USA

    Hard-pressed hospitality workers are fighting back over low pay and increasingly brutal conditions.

    9 Dec 2018 ,
  • Disputes / Birmingham: Two-faced council breaks promises to binmen and residents

    Birmingham’s militant binmen deserve our full support as their dispute looks set to break out again this Christmas.

    1 Dec 2018 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / University of Manchester support staff to strike against pension attacks

    Cleaners, caterers, security and admin staff are fighting to defend their right to a dignified retirement.

    17 Nov 2018 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Glasgow: Teachers take to the streets

    Pay and conditions in the profession continue to decline, leading to a retention and recruitment crisis in our schools.

    16 Nov 2018 , Proletarian
  • British politics / The ‘people’s vote’ is Britain’s Euromaidan

    Sponsored by finance capital, privileged workers and small business owners jointly demand that Brexit be overturned and the neoliberal status quo be reasserted.

    22 Oct 2018 , London Worker
  • Korea / Victory for Samsung workers

    Electronics giant finally forced to concede to safety concerns after over 100 worker deaths and more than 1,000 days of sit-in protest .

    6 Oct 2018 , Lalkar
  • Disputes / Support the fast food strikers!

    Fast food workers across Britain are organising to demand decent pay and conditions.

    3 Oct 2018 ,
  • Disputes / West Midlands firefighters threat of strike causes employer to retreat?

    Long live workers’ militant unity.

    11 Aug 2018 , Proletarian
  • Trade unions / Universities union leader Sally Hunt sidesteps members’ censure motion

    Trade union 'democracy' in action.

    19 Jun 2018 ,
  • Disputes / Glasgow lowlife

    Yet another 'arms-length' union-busting operation as Glasgow city council's chosen privateers hire scabs rather than pay agreed wages.

    15 May 2018 ,
  • France / France fights back against Thatcherite ‘reforms’

    French workers have only to see what has been done to the British working class in recent decades to understand the ramifications of their present fight.

    3 May 2018 , Lalkar
  • Leaflets / Support the northern trains strike!

    Shareholders get richer while workers and the public suffer.

    18 Mar 2018 ,
  • Leaflets / Hands off lecturers’ pensions

    A decent pension for all workers is a right, not a privilege.

    1 Mar 2018 ,
  • Disputes / Crossrail electricians walk out

    Blacklisting Balfour Beatty manager dismisses union members in an attept to avert strike action.

    1 Feb 2018 , Proletarian
  • Cote d’Ivoire / Draconian response to customs officers’ strike in Cote d’Ivoire

    Behind Ouattara’s comprador regime lies the not-so-hidden hand of French and US imperialism.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Trade unions / Aslef’s ‘shabby deal’

    Rail bosses use divide and rule tactics to weaken resistance to safety-cutting measures.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Birmingham’s binmen conclude their strike … for now

    A ‘new’ deal has been offered that appears to make some concessions, but which demands more work for the same money.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Editorial: Message to Birmingham’s bin workers

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Trade unions / Derek Robinson: the passing of a working-class hero

    A staunch and fearless union leader, one of an increasingly rare breed.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Binmen on strike in Birmingham

    More council cuts = more rats! Birmingham’s refuse workers are mounting strong resistance to the latest austerity plans of the city’s Labour-led council.

    1 Aug 2017 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / What more can we do for Palestine?

    “In our thousands, in our millions, we are all Palestinians.”

    1 Dec 2016 , Proletarian
  • France / Strike wave hits France

    Workers are vigorously opposing their government’s attempt to rip up the French labour code.

    1 Aug 2016 , Proletarian
  • Industry / Industry matters: Cleaners’ victory

    1 Aug 2016 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Reclaiming May Day for the working class

    A day of proletarian pride.

    1 Jun 2016 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Greece: the struggle continues

    General strikes resume in the fight against austerity.

    11 May 2016 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Kohler workers’ strike in the US

    Workers demand an abolition to the two-tier pay system and equality among all the company's employees.

    11 May 2016 , Proletarian
  • Health / Junior doctors’ fight to save our NHS betrayed

    1 Dec 2015 , Proletarian
  • Health / The junior doctors’ contract and the US corporate takeover of the NHS

    Dr Bob Gill explains the unreported and sinister drive behind the push for changing junior doctors’ contracts.

    1 Dec 2015 , Proletarian
  • Proletarian news / Industry matters: Amazon unveiled

    1 Oct 2015 , Proletarian
  • Industry / Industry matters: French ferry workers blaze a trail

    16 Sep 2015 , Proletarian
  • Theatre / Shrewsbury 24: United We Stand review

    Culture, education and entertainment are brilliantly combined in Neil Gore's moving and insightful play.

    1 Jun 2015 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / Book review: Striking a Light, the Bryant and May Matchwomen

    Louise Raw reveals the connection of these militant young East End strikers to new unionism, socialism and Irish republicanism.

    1 Apr 2011 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / The matchgirls’ strike of 1888

    A landmark victory in working-class history, with much relevance to the many workers today who are once more unorganised and unrepresented by any union.

    1 Jun 2008 , Proletarian

Protests and strikes topics

  • Austerity
  • Birmingham
  • Birmingham bin strike
  • Drive to war
  • Overproduction crisis
  • Protests and strikes
  • Refuse disposal
  • Unite the Union
  • Corruption
  • DPRK
  • Fascism
  • Health and safety
  • South Korea
  • US imperialism
  • Workers rights
  • Anti-imperialism
  • Arms industry
  • British imperialism
  • Gaza
  • Justice system
  • Non-cooperation
  • War crimes
  • Zionism
  • CP Kenya
  • Debt
  • IMF
  • Inflation
  • Nato
  • Tax
  • Bourgeois democracy
  • Media lies
  • Racism and immigration
  • Colonial crimes
  • Civil rights
  • May Day
  • Poverty
  • Brics
  • Donald Trump
  • Hugo Chavez
  • Latin America
  • Privatisation
  • Vulture capitalism
  • Free speech
  • Imperialist war
  • Julian Assange
  • Lawfare
  • NUJ
  • Stop the War
  • European Union
  • Farmers movement
  • Garland Nixon
  • Leninism
  • The state
  • CPGB-ML
  • Iraq war
  • WW3
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Protests and strikes video

  • Europe / Joti Brar and Garland Nixon ep5: EU farmers, the state and revolution

    What underlies the European farmers movement? How does it relate to questions of the state and state power?

    15 Mar 2024,
  • Civil liberties / Communist party rally outside the Royal Courts of Justice for Julian Assange

    Outside the Royal Courts of Justice, activists discuss the ‘official’ movement’s failure to address the real issues and mobilise the working class for Julian Assange.

    24 Feb 2024,
  • World TV / Joti Brar and Garland Nixon: The state and revolution, episode 3

    Lenin’s lessons on the nature of the state continue to bring valuable truths to workers the world over.

    17 Feb 2024, Proletarian TV
  • Palestine / Ranjeet Brar on Gaza war crimes and repression

    Why is the criminalisation of dissent becoming increasingly systematic just at this present moment?

    19 Dec 2023, Proletarian TV
  • Civil liberties / Anti-zionism is not racism! Join our protest today!

  • Trade unions / Joti Brar: What happened to our trade unions?

  • Trade unions / Alex Mckay: Trade unions can do more than fight for narrow wage increases

  • Health / Dr Bob Gill on Julian Assange: Media censorship is key to NHS privatisation

  • Disputes / Rail strike spreads as employers and government remain intransigent

  • World TV / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: The Indian farmers’ movement

  • Britain TV / Communist doctor addresses NHS campaign meeting

  • Working-class history / What did the Indian workers do for us?

  • Britain TV / Refugees welcome: massive London demonstration protests ill-treatment

Protests and strikes theory

  • Argentina / Role of the IMF in impoverishing countries – the case of Argentina

    How the imperialists use the debt trap to loot the wealth of and enforce their hegemony over oppressed nations.

    28 May 2024, Lalkar
  • Capitalist crisis / It’s not the workers but the capitalists who are causing inflation

    It is the right and the duty of workers to demand a bigger share of the wealth their own labour has created.

    25 Jan 2023, Proletarian
  • Divide and rule / Statues and the crimes of imperialism

    It is widely accepted that the imperial powers committed terrible crimes in the past, but is the past really so different from the present?

    21 Aug 2020, Proletarian

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