The hollow ‘victory’ of France’s ‘new popular front’

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France / What would a real ‘popular front’ look like in France in 2024?

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Socialism proved that workers really can do without capitalists and that the needs of the masses can be taken care of.

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As communists, it is our duty to honour the memory and our responsibility to learn from the history of our movement and its many sacrifices.

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France / The hollow ‘victory’ of France’s ‘new popular front’

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Third International highlights

France / What would a real ‘popular front’ look like in France in 2024?

Under cover of ‘uniting against fascism’, French workers are being asked to align themselves with the true instigators of fascism and war.

USSR / Inspirational women: Spanish-born Soviet spy Colonel Africa de las Heras

An outstanding comrade who devoted her life to defending the Soviet Union in its battle against imperialism and imperialist-backed fascism.

Film and TV / Film review: Oppenheimer

While the USA continues to trumpet itself as the home of free speech, this is only allowed so long as what is said poses no threat to imperialist domination at home and abroad.

World history / A visit with Isabel Crook, lifelong soldier of the revolution

Memories of a life lived in the service of the people.

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

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USSR / Joti Brar: The essential lessons of October

Socialism proved that workers really can do without capitalists and that the needs of the masses can be taken care of.

Greece / Nina Kosta and George Korkovelos: The crushing of the Greek revolution

As communists, it is our duty to honour the memory and our responsibility to learn from the history of our movement and its many sacrifices.

World history / British delegate in Athens: We must learn the lessons of our history

What lessons can the Greek revolutionary experience teach those of us struggling against imperialism and for socialism today?

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How Mao Zedong founded the People’s Liberation Army and the role of the PLA in the titanic struggle for freedom.

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France / The hollow ‘victory’ of France’s ‘new popular front’

When is an antifascist not an antifascist?

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Those who are in the business of fighting for the victory of socialism are duty-bound to make a study of the real Stalin, a giant in the history of our movement.

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Theory / Lenin’s work remains a guide for our time: an introduction

What is it about VI Lenin and his work that remains so essential to the working class a century after his death?

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What are some of the key lessons we need to take from Lenin and the Bolsheviks in the coming period of rising revolutionary struggle?

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What are the lessons communists need to learn in order to fulfil their historic role in the coming period of increased class struggle and deepening imperialist crisis?

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