How British Imperialism Crushed the Greek Revolution – Part 1

(By Nina Kosta and George Korkovelos) 73 years after the end of the decade 1940-1949, the ideological battle over it continues to occupy an important place in the general ideological struggle that is taking place in our class society. No other historical event of the 20th century attracted as much interest as the Occupation (1941-1944) … [Read more…]

Joti Brar: ‘Greek workers have power to play leading role against Nato in Europe’

Those who spread the lie that the conflict in Ukraine is an ‘interimperialist war’ are helping to demobilise the world’s most militant antiwar activists. Greek trade unionists have set a powerful example by refusing to transport Nato weapons bound for Ukraine. Alongside supporting such important actions, Greece’s communists have played a more destructive role by … [Read more…]

Obituary – Shireen Abu Akleh

Obituary - Shireen Abu AklehOn May 11, 2022, in the run up to Nakba Day, an independently minded and extremely brave American-Palestinian journalist was murdered in a planned ambush by the IDF assassins who generally targeted the journalist section of a small crowd and specifically targeted her, Shireen Abu Akleh. The day started out quite normal for Jenin, IDF … [Read more…]

Russia advances to liberate the Donbass

With only a handful of fascist diehards still holed up in the Azovstal steelworks, the one-time stronghold of the Azov fanatics in the southern port city of Mariupol has fallen at last. For months the fascists had sabotaged all efforts to evacuate the civilian population from the war zone, preferring to have them remain in … [Read more…]

The US-instigated regime change in Pakistan

On 10 April 2022, the Pakistan National Assembly voted, by a razor-thin majority of 2, in favour of a motion of No Confidence in the government of Imran Khan, removing him from the office of Prime Minister.  In his place it elected Shehbaz Sharif. Shehbaz Sharif hails from one of the two main political dynasties … [Read more…]

NATO weapons for Ukraine – military aid and future profits for US

Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst Reproduced from the BRICS Information Portal, with thanks At the start of the new phase of the Ukrainian crisis, beginning with Russia’s special military operation which pre-empted the Kiev regime’s plan to conduct an ethnic cleansing campaign in Donbass, the Ukrainian military was one of the largest and … [Read more…]

Sri Lankan workers revolt against the kleptocracy

The island nation of Sri Lanka is enduring its worst-ever economic crisis since its formal release from British colonial rule in 1948. For months, petrol, diesel, gas, food and medicine have been in very short suppy and have risen astronomically in price, as has the cost of transport. People are compelled to wait in long … [Read more…]

Macron secures second term as French President, despite huge unpopularity, amid an “ocean of abstentions”

News of Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the 2022 French Presidential election, broadcast worldwide before counting had closed, brought forth an audible sigh of collective relief from the global corporate neo-liberal elite. The City of London, Wall Street, the French Bourse, Washington, Westminster, Brussels, and the Bundestag, in short, all the economic and political mouthpieces of … [Read more…]

What a difference one war makes

It is a truism that is easily checked and corroborated that most movements of refugees in the world today are as a result of war.  This is just as true of the refugees who risk their lives and those of their children crossing the channel in small boats as it is of Ukrainians forced to … [Read more…]