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“Every crisis”, observed Lenin, “casts off the conventional, tears away outer wrappings, sweeps away the obsolete and reveals the underlying springs and forces.” In making this observation, Lenin had in mind the epoch of crisis for the nations of western Europe, and for the entire imperialist system, caused by the first world war. His observation … [Read more…]

Every day throughout the world an estimated 55,000 people are killed by malnutrition. Many more are killed by diseases that are easily preventable. Behind these deaths lie the many agreements forced upon the oppressed nations by bankers, politicians and generals from across the imperialist world. As the crisis of the world economy has deepened it … [Read more…]

Railtrack, the company to which the government sold British Rail’s tracks, signals and stations for what was considered at the time (1996) to be the bargain-basement price of £1.8 billion, has gone bust. On Sunday 7 October the government announced that it was using its powers under the Railways Act of 1993 to put the … [Read more…]

In the last (September-October) issue of Lalkar, we stated the following in connection with the murder of PFLP leader, Abu Ali Mustafa, by the Israeli state: “With Mustafa’s assassination, the Zionist establishment will have no one but itself to blame if the Palestinian resistance decides, as it may well do, to target senior Israeli politicians … [Read more…]

Today, September 11 2001, has witnessed the world’s biggest ever attack on the US – an attack that has destroyed the headquarters of US imperialist finance, the World Trade Centre in New York, and the headquarters of the US military, the Pentagon in Washington DC.To effect this destruction, hijackers armed with knives took over four … [Read more…]

VodafoneMannesmann$203 billionAOLTime Warner$182 billionMCISprint$115 billionPfizerWarner-Lambert$ 85 billionExxonMobil$ 77 billionBPAmoco$ 94 billionTable 2: Global M&A top ten deals (Jan 1 to Jun 19 2000TargetAcquirerValue of deal ($m)Time Warner (US)American Online (US)181,940.5SmithKline Beecham (UK)Glaxo Wellcome (UK)78,384.5Nortel Networks (Canada)Shareholders (Canada)61,658.7Orange (Mannesmann) (UK)France Telecom (France)45,967.1Seagram (Canada)Vivendi (France)42,782.6Cable & Wireless HKT (Hong Kong)Pacific Century Cyberworks (Hong Kong)35,495.1Bestfoods (US)Unilever (UK)23,699.2Network Solutions … [Read more…]

The Society for Friendship with Korea held a public meeting to mark the 48th anniversary of the ending of the war of aggression waged by US-led imperialism against the DPRK. Harpal Brar, the chairman of the SFK, Ella Rule its secretary, Dermot Hudson its Vice-Chair, Keith Bennett and Carlos Rule in their speeches exposed the … [Read more…]

The cutting edge of the anti-imperialist democratic revolution of the Arab peoplesA veritable people’s warAt the end of September, the Al-Aqsa Intifada will be one year old. This latest Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation, brutality, torture and daily humiliation of the occupying regime, is of a qualitatively different kind from the first Intifada. No longer … [Read more…]

by Harpal BrarIt is just over four years since I published my bookImperialism – Decadent, Parasitic, Moribund Capitalism.In that book I proved, by reference to irrefutable statistics from impeccable bourgeois sources, the correctness of V I Lenin’s theory on imperialism and its continuing validity in our own time.Lenin repeatedly emphasised that “the deepest economic foundation … [Read more…]