Labour in crisis

Troubles in the Labour Party Historically it is the Tories who have torn themselves apart over Europe. Today it is the Labour Party which does so. Whilst Ken Clarke was the only Tory MP to vote against the government’s Article 50 bill, 52 Labour MP’s defied the party whip in voting against the bill. These … [Read more…]

Tareck El Aissami – Communique from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Ministry of the People’s Power for Foreign Affairs

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela strongly condemns and rejects the arbitrary and extraterritorial actions by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), of the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America (USA) against the Executive Vice-President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Tareck El Aissami. These actions, which seek to validate the … [Read more…]

Ukraine: provocation against Donbass backfires

The end of January saw an escalation in the violence in the Donbass. Fascist militias, backed up by the regular army, launched a series of assaults on the civilian population. Under covering shell fire from the Ukrainian army, paramilitaries infiltrated the disengagement line, in clear violation of the Minsk agreement. They met with stiff resistance … [Read more…]

Cuba – encouraging childbirth

New legislation was passed in Cuba to ensure greater maternity protection for working mothers, with the aim of encouraging a greater birth rate and addressing population aging. Author: Yaima Puig Meneses internet@granma.cu february 10, 2017 Marked by population aging and an increasingly low birth rate, the demographic outlook in Cuba continues to be complex. To … [Read more…]

SYRIA – Progress towards final victory for the Syrian people

 Astana The first successful attempt to bring the ‘armed opposition’ into a common peace process with the Syrian government began on 23 and 24 January in the Kazakhstan capital of Astana. Further talks ensued on 6 February and continued on 15-16 February. These talks, brokered by Russia and unfolding in the wake of the liberation … [Read more…]

SYRIA – the real news

On Friday 17 & Saturday 18 December Vanessa Beeley, independent journalist recently returned from Aleppo, reported on the liberation of that city to two meetings organised with the support of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) in Bristol and Birmingham respectively. In Bristol over 80 people gathered under the auspices of Bristol Against Imperialism, … [Read more…]

Revisionists appraise the year ahead

Robert Griffiths, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Britain, has outlined the revisionists’ perspectives on the international and domestic political situation at the start of 2017. We recommend all readers take ten minutes to read it in full (http://www.communist-party.org.uk/britain/75-political-report/2308-ec-political-report.html). The report succinctly demonstrates the total subservience of the CPB to Labour Party politics, their … [Read more…]

Zionism – a racist and anti-semitic ideology, part 3

Part III The non-Semitic origins of modern Jewry The Zionist claim to the territory of Palestine bases itself on the premise that according to the Old Testament of the Bible, taken literally, God promised that land to the Jews after they escaped from slavery in Egypt. Not only did God promise the land to the … [Read more…]

Crisis in the NHS

It is a reflexion of the ordinary people’s attachment to the National Health Service that the People’s Assembly, Labour Party, KONP, the TUC and a hatful of other organisations keep calling on us to demonstrate to ‘save the NHS’. There are even Tories calling on us to save the much-loved health service that we grew … [Read more…]