The current rebellion in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Protest started on 4th of February in the industrial city of Tuzla. Workers of several privatised companies based in Tuzla organised a protest (without the help or support of trade-unions) demanding the cancellation of privatisations and against closing-down of the factories. They were joined by large number of people from the city and the region, … [Read more…]

Ukrainian putsch jumps the gun

In their haste to secure a new East European dumping ground for the West’s surplus commodities, manipulate the European energy market, undermine Russia’s economy and impose upon an independent country a political leadership tied to an imperialist agenda, the EU and the IMF have unleashed a political storm in the Ukraine which they will come … [Read more…]

Thailand turmoil exposes bourgeois democracy

The streets of Bangkok have once more been hit by violent demonstrations aimed at unseating Thailand’s democratically elected government. In the name of democracy, the demonstrators are demanding the suspension of democracy and that the elected government be replaced by a handpicked People’s Council, its members to be chosen by the unspecified great and the … [Read more…]

120th Anniversary of the Birth of Chairman Mao celebrated

On 21 December the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) held a public meeting at Saklatvala Hall, Southall, West London, to mark the 120th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Mao Zedong, the great leader of the Chinese people. Apart from some opening remarks by Comrade Harpal Brar who chaired the meeting, the main presentations … [Read more…]

Apartheid

After its election victory in 1948, the National Party (some of whose leaders had been locked up as Nazi sympathisers during the Second World War), guided by the racist ideology of apartheid, built a state to entrench white supremacy. Through more than 40 pieces of legislation enacted by the whites-only Parliament, the majority of the … [Read more…]

Nelson Mandela and his legacy

At 8.50 p.m. local time (6.50 p.m. British time), Nelson Mandela, the great liberation hero, the leader of the ANC, the first Commander-in-Chief of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the first democratically-elected president of South Africa, passed away at the age of 95 at his home in the Houghton Suburb of Johannesburg. Although expected, his death brought … [Read more…]

Second anniversary of the death of Comrade Kim Jong Il marked

On 14 December 2013 the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) held a memorial meeting to mark the second anniversary of the demise on 17 December 2011 of the Korean people’s leader, Comrade Kim Jong Il. The proceedings started with all participants standing in silence in honour of the memory of Comrade Kim Jong Il. … [Read more…]

Geneva: Iran establishes the right to enrich uranium

Washington’s disorderly retreat from its earlier vainglorious threats of military intervention against Syria, leaving behind a hopeless tangle of ” red lines“, broken promises and aggrieved “allies“, continues to send shockwaves throughout the Middle East. And nowhere is the humbling of US hegemonic pretensions clearer than in the provisional nuclear deal struck with Iran in … [Read more…]