A visit to China

Between 16-29 April 2023, representatives of communist and progressive organisations from 15 countries were invited by the International Department of the Communist Party of China to attend a Workshop examining the issue of China’s modernisation.  George K attended on behalf of the CPGB-ML and reported back with great enthusiasm regarding his experience at this event. … [Read more…]

Obituary: Comrade Tongogara

LALKAR is sad to announce the death of Comrade Tongogara who breathed his last on 11 May this year.  Born Danny Morrell on 6 February 1942, he adopted the name Tongogara after the great Zimbabwean fighter Josiah Tongogara who fought for the liberation of Zimbabwe from the clutches of the racist white minority regime of … [Read more…]

An NHS nurse speaks out

A myth was perpetrated in the late 19th century that continues to this day.  A new political party, the Labour Party (LP) was born to represent the interests and needs of the urban working class, but on analysis, when has the Labour Party ever truly fulfilled that role? Reaching power in 1945, at the end … [Read more…]

1914-2014: Imperialism means war

This article is based on the presentation I made to an international seminar in Brussels on the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War.  Subsequently it was published in Lalkar in the Nov-Dec 2014 issue. Its increasing relevance today in consequence of the conflict in Ukraine has prompted me to republish it … [Read more…]

Silk Mill Lockout 2023 – No Communists Allowed

After handing out hundreds of their leaflets to everyone at a Rally in Derby on 17 June to commemorate the 190th anniversary of a strike of Silk Mill workers in the area, members of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) were told they were not welcome by the very same rally organiser, who apparently … [Read more…]

France in flames

While the battle over pension/retirement rights rumbles on in France with no sign of protesting workers becoming exhausted, as Macron was perhaps hoping for, the French police have again underlined their anti-worker, anti-poor, anti-immigrant reputation that they have justly earned throughout the yellow vest fuel price battles and various industrial and educational battles plus the … [Read more…]

US imperialism’s militarisation of Taiwan

By Steve Sweeney WASHINGTON is continuing to escalate tensions with China as part of its new Cold War, with last month the deployment of 200 additional troops to Taiwan. According to unnamed US officials the soldiers will be tasked with training Taiwan’s armed forces against “a rising threat from China.” The Pentagon would not be … [Read more…]

Ukraine: Zelensky gets cold feet?

Mesmerised by the mirage of a ‘spring offensive’ which will somehow miraculously turn the tide of war in its favour, Kiev is meanwhile wasting an irreplaceable generation of young men in a series of pointless last-ditch stands like those unfolding around the cauldrons of Bakhmut and Avdiivkaz. It is unclear just who will be left … [Read more…]

Zionists step up their efforts to ethnically cleanse the West Bank of Palestinians

In the last issue of LALKAR we reported on the first 36 Palestinians murdered by the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) and the Zionist ‘settler’ movement during January 2023.  The situation across Palestine has become even more heated with the various Zionist soldiery and murderous settlers going into overdrive and carrying out non-stop killing and maiming … [Read more…]