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In 1800 China accounted for a third of global GDP, which figure was reduced to a mere 5% by 1949 thanks to China’s encounter with colonialism and imperialism. During the early 19th century, the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) went into rapid decline, leading to large-scale opium smuggling by Britain. The first Opium War (1839-42), waged by … [Read more…]

On Sunday 23 May we are told that “The strongman president of Belarus sent a fighter jet to intercept a European airliner traveling through the country’s airspace on Sunday and ordered the plane to land in the capital, Minsk, where a prominent opposition journalist aboard was then seized, provoking international outrage ” (Anton Troianovki and … [Read more…]

Declaration of support for the rebellion of the Colombian people promoted by the Liberation Party of Argentina and already signed by 46 progressive organisations from 26 different countries in Latin America, North America, Asia and Europe. The undersigned political parties and organisations express their full support for the popular rebellion in Colombia, initiated in November … [Read more…]

There is absolutely nothing from which capitalism cannot/will not make a profit. The care of vulnerable, homeless, abused and challenging children used to be in the charge of the state and local authorities. To a certain extent, legally that is still the case.  However, being legally responsible for care is not the same as providing … [Read more…]

May’s presidential election in Syria was won resoundingly by the incumbent president, Bashar al-Assad, who secured 95.1 percent of the vote on a turnout of 78.6 percent. The polling went ahead at over 12,100 polling centres across the country, whilst Syrian refugees and expats cast an early ballot in the embassies of their host countries. … [Read more…]

On June 19, 1964, 57 years ago, Chairman Kim Jong Il of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, started working on the Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, and in the DPRK this anniversary is celebrated as one of great importance.  It is indicative of the fact … [Read more…]

Imperialism The BRS wisely informs us that “the chief characteristics of imperialism, therefore, are monopolisation, colonial or – in countries that have won formal political independence – neo-colonial super-exploitation, inter-imperialist rivalry and war.” Lenin defined the chief characteristics of capitalist economics in its monopolist, decadent and parasitic stage as being (1) monopoly in manufacture; (2) … [Read more…]

Milkha Singh, the renowned Indian athlete, died of Covid-19 on June 18, 2021, aged 91, five days after Nirmal, his beloved wife of 58 years, had died of the same disease. Milkha Singh became world famous after he won India’s first track and field gold medal in Wales in 1958, a race at the time … [Read more…]

It is with great sadness that we report on the death of Comrade Ivor Kenna, a long-time Marxist-Leninist, who defended the cause of socialism and the struggle against imperialism, and was a stalwart member of the Stalin Society. Ivor was born in Rugby on 28 July 1931 and brought up in Bath.  His home got … [Read more…]

On April 20, Derek Michael Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer (2001-2020), was unanimously found guilty on three counts of illegally taking the life of George Floyd. The proven charges were: second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. Any reader who might not know the details of the murder by police of this unarmed … [Read more…]