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Yet another attempt to fashion a “mass” party to the left of Labour appears to have ended in tragi-comic farce, with the formal split of Respect into two groups, a rump under the total control of the Trotskyite Socialist Workers’ Party (SWP); and “Respect Renewal”, set up by George Galloway MP and a disparate group … [Read more…]

A country standing up to imperialism is Eritrea, which some 10 years ago adopted a self-reliance programme that has enabled it to introduce free health and education services. With a meagre budget, but by means of mobilising the masses, Eritrea scores as high, and often higher, than neighbouring countries, including Ethiopia and Kenya on a … [Read more…]

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of what has been correctly described as the First Indian War of Independence (1857-1859). It was the largest anti-colonial uprising anywhere in the world in the 19th century, engulfing about 35 per cent of the territory of present-day India. The whole of north-western, north and central … [Read more…]

On Sunday 7 October the Friends of Korea held a very successful meeting at Marchmont Centre, London WC1, entitled ‘Building a Revolutionary Party – the Korean Experience’. This was an excellent opportunity for comrades to come together to celebrate the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and to learn how the successes of … [Read more…]

November 7 this year marks the 90th anniversary of the Great Socialist October Revolution. This anniversary is being celebrated by proletarian parties, revolutionary and progressive people the world over as the greatest event in the history of humanity – of the history of oppressed and exploited humanity in particular. In the 90 years since this … [Read more…]

The EU-Africa Summit is scheduled to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, the coming December. The first such gathering took place in the Egyptian capital of Cairo in 2000. With the sole exception of the UK, the members states of the African Union and the European Union are of the view that all members states of … [Read more…]

Protests in Burma (Myanmar)In August this year some 100,000 protesters were seen pouring on to the streets of Mandalay to protest against a 500% increase in the cost of fuel as a result of a government decision to abolish its fuel subsidy. This has led to prices of many basic necessities rising very fast:“Since last … [Read more…]

Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) – Today marks the 57th anniversary of the entry of the Chinese People’s Volunteers [CPV] into the Korean front. On this occasion the men and officers of the Korean People’s Army and the people of the DPRK extend friendly greetings to the men and officers of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army … [Read more…]

On Saturday 28 July the police of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India entered the village of Mudigonda in the Khamman District to break up a peaceful protest of villagers against the state government for failing to carry out its election promises concerning distribution of land to the poor. Under the leadership of a … [Read more…]

Gandhi’s role in the execution of Bhagat Singh and his comradesFollowing part 1 and 2 in the two previous issues, part 3 here provides evidence of how Gandhi and the Congress Party were as keen as was British imperialism to eliminate the revolutionary wing of the Indian freedom struggle as epitomised by Bhagat Singh and … [Read more…]