How do socialists approach the veil?

Boris Johnson’s comments do nothing to enlighten anyone or further a debate but those of his opponents are not much more sensible. Former London Mayor and recently resigned Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has been inserting himself into headlines once again as he tries for a second time to get his ducks in a row for … [Read more…]

Victory for Samsung workers

After over a thousand days of sit-in, Samsung workers in South Korea have won a pledge from the giant electronics firm to address longstanding concerns about the company’s abysmal health and safety record. The campaigning group SHARPS (Supporters for the Health And Rights of People in the Semiconductor industry) which led the struggle signed an … [Read more…]

Andrei Zhdanov – on the principles underlying Soviet literature and art

PART TWO (continued from last issue) “We know from the history of Russian literature that the reactionary literary trends to which the Symbolists and the Acmeists belonged tried time and time again to start a crusade against the great revolutionary-democratic tradition of Russian literature and against its foremost representatives, tried to deprive literature of its … [Read more…]

Obituary for comrade Dave Coates

It is our sad duty to announce the passing of Comrade David Coates of the Wakefield Branch of the CPGB-ML. He died peacefully in his sleep on Thursday 23 August after being diagnosed two months ago with bowel cancer that was beyond treatment by the time it was discovered. Dave, as he preferred to be … [Read more…]

North Koreans lured to the South prevented from returning home

In the past few months, as normalisation talks have been proceeding between North and South Korea, with arrangements being made for south Korean citizens to be able to reunite with their families in the north, large numbers of north Koreans stranded in the south have been hoping that their plight will be taken up by … [Read more…]

Britain’s dreadful concentration camps

Peter Clarke, the Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales, has delivered yet another devastatingly damning report on the state of prison conditions in this country. In a series of reports into the shockingly dreadful conditions prevalent in jails, he has been bluntly truthful. In each of his reports he has brought into the … [Read more…]

Kim Jong Un – Trump summit: A great victory for the DPRK

The talks held in Singapore on 12 June between the leader of the socialist Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Comrade Kim Jong Un, and the President of the United States of America, (USA) Donald J Trump, constitute an historic victory for the Korean people in their long struggle against US imperialism for national reunification … [Read more…]

The Great March of Return and the Zionist murder machine

Every other day new horror stories emerge from Gaza. The Great March of Return began on March 30 and was scheduled to run to May 15, Nakba Day. Given the brutal Israeli response to the peaceful demonstrations, it is no surprise that the border protests have continued to run. As always, the flames are being … [Read more…]

Syria advances to liberation

The Syrian army’s successful liberation of Eastern Ghouta and Yarmouk from jihadi terrorists has meant the return to their homes of thousands of displaced citizens. It has also meant that the army is now freed up to tackle the remaining obstacles on the path to the full liberation of the Syrian homeland, the biggest of … [Read more…]