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Presentation made by Ella Rule to the 6th World Socialism Forum held in Beijing on 16-17 October 2015 under the aegis of the Chinese Academy of Social Science The origin of all culture is the daily life of the community from which it arises (Plekhanov). Literature, art and music, although themselves often referred to as … [Read more…]

The Labour Party leadership contest to elect a leader to succeed Ed Miliband following Labour’s defeat in the May General Election is in full swing. Four candidates have joined the fray – Yvette Cooper (Shadow Home Secretary), Andy Burnham (Shadow Health Secretary), Liz Kendall (the most Blairite of them all), and Jeremy Corbyn, Member of … [Read more…]

Once the Syriza government in Greece caved in to the creditors’ demands for further suicidal austerity cuts so as to obtain a new 86 billion euro loan from its existing lenders, one might have thought that was it for the time being. It turns out, however, this is by no means the case. Agreeing once … [Read more…]

British newspapers have been screaming (or whatever the written equivalent is) and raging about the very fabric of our society being irredeemably destroyed by 3,000 or so immigrants in a camp known as the jungle in Calais. This is where people who have suffered great losses in terms of friends, family, lifestyle, their homes, even … [Read more…]

A significant victory for the Iranian people in their ongoing struggle against imperialism Terms of the agreement After long and tortuous years of negotiations, of arbitrarily imposed and then discarded deadlines, and of crippling sanctions, destabilisation, threats of military aggression and attempts at regime change, that included fomenting a so-called ‘colour revolution’, cyber warfare and … [Read more…]

We reproduce below an excellent article published by the liberal Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz, written by one of its correspondents, Gideon Levy, who is to be congratulated for his honesty, his humanitarian principles and his courage. All Israelis Are Guilty of Setting a Palestinian Family on Fire It’s simply not possible to cheer for the … [Read more…]

Imperialist schemes to bring the long-cherished dreams of regime-change in Syria to fruition continue to be bedevilled with difficulties, despite the worst intentions. Turkey in turmoil A key element of the grand plan is the annexation of part of Syrian territory as supposedly ‘Islamic State-free zones’, in coordination with Turkey, in the expectation thereby of … [Read more…]

(Written by Kim Yang Gon, reproduced from UK Korean Embassy Bulletin of 27 August 2015, with thanks) Pyongyang, August 27 (KCNA) — Kim Yang Gon, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, gave the following answers to questions raised by KCNA Thursday as regards the … [Read more…]

After failing to reach an agreement with the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Erdogan and the AKP look poised to call for fresh elections amid growing violence at home and the escalation of Turkish involvement in the criminal war in Syria. Electoral standoff The AKP (Justice and Development Party) failed in the recent parliamentary elections to … [Read more…]

Government attacks on the right of workers to fight back against the profiteers in the face of declining living standards continue relentlessly with a Trade Union Bill first published on 15 July and currently undergoing the parliamentary ritual. So odious is it that even the staid Royal College of Midwives, which has balloted its members … [Read more…]