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Buried behind sensationalist coverage of the youth uprising in Britain and triumphalist rantings in regard to the Nato assault on Libya, has been further documentation of the economic crisis which is deepening by the hour.  The big stories have been, on the one hand, the brinkmanship in the US between Republican and Democratic political hacks … [Read more…]

The DPRK and China are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the bilateral treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance.The treaty, which was signed by President Kim Il Sung and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai on July 11, Juche 50 (1961), demonstrated the bilateral friendship forged in the anti-imperialist joint struggle.The Korean and Chinese people provided the … [Read more…]

At the moment the situation in Libya is fluid and changing with every passing day.  We shall have to await the outcome of the struggle taking place before making a thorough analysis of the present phase of the imperialist predatory war against Libya.  Meanwhile we issue the following brief statement.______________On 19 March 2011, using the … [Read more…]

The riots that broke out in Tottenham, north London, on the night of Saturday 6 August, and again over subsequent nights, spreading first to communities across London, and then to cities around the country, represent the spontaneous anger of broad sections of working people, particularly the poorest and most oppressed, at police violence, racism and … [Read more…]

The famine gripping Somalia is no “natural disaster”.  Even leaving aside the question of what impact man-made climate change has had on the frequency of drought episodes (now recurring every three years or so, a far cry from the predictable decennial droughts that afflicted the region half a century ago), or the knock-on effects of … [Read more…]

With the NATO imperialists having secured significant military victories in Libya, by means of the most brutal use of overwhelming fire power and superior military technology (although, at time of writing, the courageous resistance of the revolutionary and patriotic forces led by Colonel Gaddafi remains a powerful force in the country and is apparently far … [Read more…]

Lalkar is pleased to reproduce below an interview conducted, at end of July, with Comrade Mohammed Hassan from the Belgian Workers’ Party, previously an Ethiopian ambassador and a person who is extremely knowledgeable about the Middle East.  Because of the paucity of information about the subject in the western media, we asked Cde Mohammed Hassan … [Read more…]

The inability of the largest care home monopoly in the country, Southern Cross, to pay the rent on all the premises it uses, throwing into question the future of both the company and the 31,000 vulnerable elderly people under its care, raises issues way beyond the crass errors of one board of directors, the speculative … [Read more…]

Comrade Valerie June Cardwell, known to all as Val, a lifelong fighter for the cause of Irish freedom, and a staunch communist, anti-racist and anti-imperialist, passed away suddenly in London on 14 June 2011, at the age of 63.Val was known to many campaigning for Irish independence and reunification, and other progressive causes, over decades, … [Read more…]

The anti-war movement in Britain lost one of its most dedicated, tenacious and courageous activists on 18 June 2011, when Brian William Haw lost his battle with lung cancer and passed away peacefully in his sleep at the age of 62, in Germany, where he was receiving medical treatment.For nearly 10 years, since he had … [Read more…]