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At the time of going to press (late December 2008), the mass-scale political unrest in Greece shows little sign of slowing down. This series of demonstrations, occupations and strikes erupted when, on 6 December, a 15-year-old student, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, was murdered in the streets of central Athens by police guards. Although the police have implied … [Read more…]

Another setback for US imperialism in its own “backyard”When 2007 concluded with the narrow referendum defeat of the constitutional changes proposed by the government of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, Uncle Sam held his breath and prayed that 2008 might mark a setback for the revolutionary democratic challenge confronting it in a growing number of countries … [Read more…]

Towards the end of 2008, we had the sad duty of saying farewell to three outstanding comrades, who had served the proletarian revolutionary cause with great distinction for many decades.  At the same time we draw renewed determination and inspiration from the example of their life and work for the cause of communism.CATHIE MAJIDComrade Cathie … [Read more…]

As we reported in our last issue, the military commanders involved in Afghanistan have been declaring the war unwinnable on the imperialist side.They have been joined by other eminent names. The British Ambassador to Afghanistan, Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles has shocked the imperialist world by saying:“American strategy is destined to fail” in Afghanistan, and that “The … [Read more…]

In the January/February 2008 edition of Lalkar we carried an article which highlighted the revolutionary programmes of British Communism and finished it with a few brief words about the revisionist British Road to Socialism.  The purpose of this article is to broaden that analysis and criticism of the series of programmes of first the Communist … [Read more…]

October 2008 has seen the most extraordinary and abrupt deepening of the world economic crisis of overproduction.The Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, as he contemplated the financial system crashing round him, was forced to conclude: “This is … possibly the largest financial crisis of its kind in human history”.The fact is that although … [Read more…]

On Saturday 4 October, a diverse audience of over 80 people packed into Southall’s Saklatvala Hall to attend a highly spirited meeting organised by Hands off China and the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) (CPGB-ML) celebrating the 59th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, which fell on October 1. In … [Read more…]

This collection of articles is a living commentary over nearly a decade on the most important conflicts in the vast area stretching from the Middle East to Central Asia. They reveal the motive forces which drive imperialist war, imperialist diplomacy and imperialist peace, and bear witness to our unswerving support for, and solidarity with, the … [Read more…]

The Friends of Korea organised a meeting in the John Buckle Centre, south London, on 9 October to celebrate the 63rd founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), which fell the next day.Chaired by Comrade Harpal Brar, the main speech was given by Comrade Keith Bennett, a leading member of the Friends of … [Read more…]

This article looks at the Bolshevik approach to organisational questions, and how this triumphed against the disorganising ideas and practice of Menshevism and Trotskyism.  But to do this properly, we need to backtrack to a time before the terms Bolshevism, Menshevism and Trotskyism had been coined.1898 Founding of the PartyEconomism – What Is To Be … [Read more…]