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As the Syrian army moves towards completion of its task of liberating the entirety of the national territory, with Idlib now firmly in its sights, the waning of US influence and apparent preparations for the de facto withdrawal from occupation make it plain that imperialism is on the retreat. At the Helsinki Trump/Putin presidential summit … [Read more…]

Some two-and-a-half months have passed since Comrade Kim Jong Un, the leader of the socialist Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), held his unprecedented meeting with his US counterpart, Donald J Trump in Singapore on 12 June. Since that time, no further fundamental changes have occurred in the bilateral relations between the two countries. The … [Read more…]

It is an inescapable law of capitalism that there has to be a general striving towards monopoly. At a certain stage of development giant monopolies, as epitomised by the world’s multinational corporations, become so dominant that national governments become their handmaidens, representing the interests primarily of a tiny handful of super-rich monopolists rather than that … [Read more…]

Although it has been known for years, if not decades, to astute observers of political developments in the Middle East that the rise of the murderous ideology of Islamic fundamentalism is directly connected with the attempts of the leading imperialist powers to strengthen, or extend, their grip on various countries that imperialism has bred, nurtured, … [Read more…]

July 2018 saw publication in the corporate press of information that Salman Abedi, the British born terrorist who killed 22 people in a suicide bombing in May 2017 in the Manchester arena, had been rescued from Libya three years earlier by the Royal Navy. This had taken place during an operation by which the HMS … [Read more…]

A long-running war is being waged on the Yemeni people by a Saudi-led coalition that includes Kuwait, the UAE and other Gulf State puppets of western imperialism. This coalition has now, on 9 August, bombed a bus full of school children who were going home from a school trip in the Dahyan area of Sa’ada … [Read more…]

The Israeli choke-hold on Gaza remains unrelenting as the death toll continues to rise since the Great March of Return began at the end of March. The border protests which were only supposed to run until the end of Ramadan, quickly escalated in the face of unprovoked Israeli aggression. More than 18,000 Palestinians have been … [Read more…]

The receptionists, porters, postroom workers and security guards whose workplace is the University of London have but one simple request. They want to have the same rights at work as those enjoyed by other UoL workers, including the right to bargain collectively with their de facto employer, the UoL. Yet this modest demand has set … [Read more…]

On 4 August there was an attempt to assassinate President Maduro of Venezuela by use of drones equipped with explosive devices. Fortunately the attempt failed, and the perpetrators have been caught and arrested. The Venezuelan government’s investigations have revealed that the plot was hatched by the Colombian ruling class. It has been ascertained by the … [Read more…]

What is behind the relentless campaign against Corbyn’s ‘antisemitism’ and ‘terrorist wreath-laying’ in our national media? Is Corbyn racist? In a word: no! So what is the relentless campaign against Corbyn’s ‘antisemitism’ and ‘terrorist wreath-laying’ in our national media all about? Our ruling class is not totally stupid, so if it’s mounting a campaign you … [Read more…]