Ukraine: Poroshenko talks peace, makes war

To hear Poroshenko talking recently, the ill-informed might mistake the usurping Ukrainian president for a man of peace. There he was on 20 May, telling a meeting of the National Security and Defence Council: ” I’d like to say once again there’s an absolutely clear position and it suggests there’s no getting Donbas back militarily” … [Read more…]

The French working class fights on

In the last edition of Lalkar we commented on the unrest in France (‘Deepening class struggle in France’ – May/June 2016) which is being caused by the attempts of the ‘socialist’ government to heap the financial and social pain of the latest capitalist crisis of overproduction onto the backs of the working classes of France … [Read more…]

Tragedy in Orlando

At 2.02am on 12 June’ Omar Mateen, a 29 -year old New York-born man, after exchanging shots with an off-duty policeman in the parking lot, walked into the Pulse Club with a semi-automatic rifle and a handgun and began shooting. There followed 3 hours of horror, injury and death for the revellers in the well-known … [Read more…]

Obituary – Muhammad Ali: the Greatest

Muhammad Ali, the greatest heavy-weight boxer ever, and one of the greatest sportsmen, died on Saturday 4 June 2016 in a hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the age of 74. Possessed of a charming, if at times explosive personality, he will always be known as ‘The Greatest’, whose life transcended beyond sport. His most memorable … [Read more…]

JVP tribute to its former leader, Comrade Somawansa Amarasinghe. Service for downtrodden masses would never be forgotten!

Full text of the announcement Comrade Somawansa Amarasinghe’s service would never be forgotten! The former Leader of the JVP Comrade Somawansa Amarasinghe passed away today (June 15th) morning. We, who are saddened by his demise, salute him. No one can forget the service he rendered bearing the leadership of the JVP for nearly two and … [Read more…]

Comrade Margot Honecker: 1927-2016

Lifelong fighter for communism Comrade Margot Honecker, who served as the Minister of People’s Education in the socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1963 to 1989, was a leading member of the ruling Socialist Unity Party (SED) and the wife of GDR leader Comrade Erich Honecker, died on 6 May 2016 at the age of … [Read more…]

Vygotsky – a pioneering Soviet psychologist who derived his genius from Marxism

The name most associated with Soviet psychology is that of Lev Semyonovitch Vygotsky, who made outstanding contributions to the understanding of the subject. He is important in the areas of epistemology (theory of knowledge), pedagogy (application of his theory of knowledge to education) and ‘defectology’ (application of his theory of knowledge to solving problems of … [Read more…]

Annual International Anti-Imperialist Barbecue: Saturday 23 July

Annual International Anti-Imperialist Barbecue Saturday 23 July 2016 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. SAKLATVALA HALL 22 Dominion Road, Southall UB2 5AA ALL WELCOME-to celebrate the 63rd anniversary of the Korean people’s victory over imperialism and the Cuban revolutionary storming of the Moncada Barracks

Syria stands firm against ceasefire violations

Syria stands firm against ceasefire violationsThe Syrian Arab Army and its allies, assisted by Russian air power, have turned the tide in the war against terror, thereby driving imperialism to the negotiating table in Geneva. With every day that the ceasefire has held, more and more local ceasefire agreements have been registered with the national reconciliation centre in Russia’s Khmeymim … [Read more…]