Prachanda makes historic visit to China

From 11-19 October 2009, a top level delegation of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (UCPNM), led by its chairman, Comrade Prachanda, visited the People’s Republic of China at the invitation of the Communist Party of China (CPC). This visit marked a new and higher stage in the development of friendly relations between the … [Read more…]

Oppose the demolition of an important anti-fascist memorial in Germany

Dear friends and comrades,The authorities have privatised this anti-fascist memorial and the new owner wants to destroy it. He plans to build some upper-class houses there, instead of the memorial.The memorial was built in the 50’s.  The GDR built it to remember the meeting of the leadership, the central committee, of the communist party of … [Read more…]

Comrade Prachanda speaks at London public meeting

First of all I want to make it clear that we in Nepal are trying our best to apply the fundamental theory of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism in our very concrete conditions.We are completely aware, we are fully aware, that we have a very big responsibility and we have a real historical opportunity and challenge right now that … [Read more…]

Afghan ‘Election’: No solution to the problem of occupation

The charade that passed for a presidential and provincial election in Afghanistan was staged on Thursday 20th August 2009. According to the information released by the occupation forces and the puppet Kaizai regime, 40 candidates contested for the presidency, whilst 3,180 stood in the election for provincial councils. According to the same sources, of the … [Read more…]

Clinton’s visit explodes myth of DPRK’s ‘isolation’

Former US President Bill Clinton paid a surprise visit to Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), from 4-5 August 2009.The immediate aim of his visit was to request the Korean people to pardon and send home on humanitarian grounds two young Asian-American women journalists who had illegally entered the DPRK in … [Read more…]

Hail the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China

October 1st this year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Along with hundreds of millions of people around the world, especially in the vast continents of Asia, Africa and Latin America, but also among the advanced and class conscious workers in the imperialist heartlands, Lalkar extends its … [Read more…]

Condolences to Comrade Joti Brar

The Editorial Board of Lalkar and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) express their deepest and most heartfelt condolences to Comrade Joti Brar, to her husband Carl Norburn, and to all their family members on the tragic death of their baby son Josef.  Josef was stillborn on the morning of … [Read more…]

Marx against Keynes

Almost without exception, the bourgeois media have been forced to come round to the view that the current capitalist economic crisis is going to be at least as serious as that which started in 1929.  Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor of the Daily Telegraph, contemplating the effects of the economic downturn in Germany and Spain … [Read more…]

Solidarity on anniversary of victory in the Korean war

On 25 July 2009, the Friends of Korea organised a celebration meeting and social to celebrate the 56th anniversary of the victory of the Korean people in their just war of resistance, known as the Fatherland Liberation War, against US imperialism, which, with the support of its allies, including Britain, had attacked the infant Democratic … [Read more…]