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Review of the Theses of the CC of the KKE for its 18th CongressThe Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) (CPGB-ML) produced in January an enthusiastic review of the Theses which the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) produced for its 18th Party Congress on 18-22 February 2009, where the Theses were … [Read more…]

A four member delegation of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) visited Britain from late January to early February.Their main mission was to discuss prospects for the improvement of bilateral relations, including in such spheres as trade and academic exchange, and especially to look at developments in renewable energy, including wind and tidal power. Besides … [Read more…]

On Saturday 14 February, the Friends of Korea organised a well attended meeting in Saklatvala Hall, Southall, west London, on the theme, Unreserved Solidarity with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The meeting also marked the 67th birthday, on 16 February, of the Korean leader Comrade Kim Jong Il. Guest of honour at the … [Read more…]

Despicable attack on GazaOn 27 December, Israel launched its latest campaign of indiscriminate killing and destruction, this time directed at the people of Gaza. Over the course of three weeks, over 1,300 Gazan Palestinians were killed. The vast majority of these were unarmed civilians, and at least 400 of them children, giving lie to Israel’s … [Read more…]

March 2009 sees the fiftieth anniversary of the triumph of the socialist revolution in China’s Tibet province.  The decisive rout of the serf-owners revolt in March 1959 drew a line under centuries of feudal backwardness and decades of imperialist manipulation, most notably by Britain.  By giving their support to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and … [Read more…]

Not so well known in this country as the Lindsey walk-outs or the French General Strike is an industrial occupation which (at the time of writing) has been going on for 4 weeks in Kilbarry, Ireland, at the Waterford Wedgewood crystal factory.  The occupation by up to 60 workers at any one time operating in … [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…]

On 8 November 2008, over 100 members and guests of the communist party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) gathered in Saklatvala Hall, Southall, to celebrate the 91st anniversary of the Great Socialist October Revolution. The meeting opened with a moving translation of the Soviet National Anthem, recorded by that late great father of the American civil … [Read more…]

As 2008 drew to a close, an uneasy calm appeared to have settled over Thailand, following months of turmoil in the south east Asian country, which culminated in the leader of the minority, right wing Democrat Party, Abhisit Vejjajiva, being installed as Prime Minister following a coordinated campaign of economic disruption by right-wing mobs and … [Read more…]