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Behaving just like a gang of muggers, the “international community” of imperialist powers once more want to play the criminal game of “regime change”.  This time the target of the bullies is the West African state of Ivory Coast.The scene is familiar: elections are held, the incumbent head of state is declared elected by the … [Read more…]

Lalkar is saddened to announce the death, on 23 December, at the age of only 77 of Mrs J Desai, following a long illness.  Mrs Desai became famous as the leader of the Grunwick strike that took place in 1976-78.  The 137 workers at Grunwick, in the London Borough of Brent, an establishment engaged in … [Read more…]

Shaker Aamer is a resident of Battersea, just south of the Thames in London. He has not lived there for a long while, but his wife, who is a British citizen, and four children still live there. His youngest son has never seen him. For over 8 years he has been locked away in Guantanamo … [Read more…]

Student revolt breaks the opportunist spellNovember’s student invasion and occupation of the Conservative Party’s national headquarters at Millbank took pretty much everyone by surprise.  Chancellor Osborne’s spending review had sparked angry local demonstrations and a London march organised by the National Shop Stewards’ Network (NSSN) and the Rail and Maritime Transport Union, but drew nothing … [Read more…]

As this current crisis of overproduction deepens and our government cuts benefits, jobs, public services and raises tuition fees etc, while telling us that “we are all in this together” (the loyal opposition agrees the principle of cuts but would carry out the details differently), we are treated to the view of the inequality of … [Read more…]

Finding the lies about, and distortions of, revolutionary leaders of the Soviet Union, the policies of the Soviet Communists, and the actions of that once great state is quite easy; virtually any bourgeois paper, TV programme or internet blog site can be depended on to serve that up. However, it is those who pose as … [Read more…]

Early autumn saw two significant demonstrations in response to the impending public sector cuts looming over the heads of workers.  The first was in Manchester, the second in Birmingham.  The Manchester march was called by the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) and took place on the eve of the TUC Congress held in that city.  … [Read more…]

Defeat of the coupOn Thursday 30th September news broke of a coup attempt in Ecuador’s capital city Quito against the country’s president, Rafael Correa.  On the back of a protest sparked by a new law on civil service pay and promotion, police across the country had been encouraged by opposition forces to stay in their … [Read more…]

A delegation from the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) (CPGB-ML) visited the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) from 21-28 September at the invitation of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), further consolidating the warm fraternal relations between the two parties.The CPGB-ML delegation, which was led by the party’s General Secretary, Comrade Zane Carpenter, … [Read more…]

The Nobel Peace Prize was established in accordance with the will of the Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel, who decreed that it be awarded to persons who “shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity among nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace … [Read more…]