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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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

June is a most important month in the Korean calendar, first and foremost because it was on the 25th of this month, in 1950, when the Great Fatherland Liberation War started. It ended on 27 July 1953 in victory for the DPRK and defeat for the combined forces of imperialism (disguised as a truce). Although … [Read more…]

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