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6 months after the outbreak of the credit crunch brought about by the sub-prime crisis, there is no end in sight for the misery of this latest shudder of the capitalist system in its death throes.  At no time in its history is capitalism free from hideous and uncontrollable crises.  Living under capitalism is equivalent … [Read more…]

In his 1944 speech, ‘Serve the people’, Comrade Mao Zedong said these famous words:“All men must die, but death can vary in its significance. The ancient Chinese writer Szuma Chien said: ‘Though death befalls all men alike, it may be weightier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather.’ To die for the people is … [Read more…]

George Habash was born in 1926 in Palestine in the town of Lydd, which became Lod after the Israelis ethnically cleansed it at the time of partition in 1947.At the time when George Habash was born, Palestine was a British ‘Protectorate’, a euphemism for a British share in the spoils of war, specifically the first … [Read more…]

On 9 February 2008, the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist Leninist) (CPGB-ML) organised a memorial meeting to honour the life and work of Al-Hakim, Comrade Dr George Habash, the founder and first Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), and one of the greatest revolutionary leaders of the Palestinian … [Read more…]

It is a great honour to speak on behalf of the IWA(GB) at this memorial meeting in memory of Al-Hakim (the healer/the wise one), Comrade Dr George Habash, founder of the PFLP.I want to take this opportunity to bring greetings from the Indian Workers Association (Great Britain) to the Palestinian people and their organisations in … [Read more…]

Suppression of the First Indian War of IndependenceThe 1857 revolt was suppressed eventually.  Delhi fell to English forces on 20 September 1857.  Lucknow, the second centre of the revolt, was captured by the English on 21 March 1858.  The cruelty that accompanied, and followed, the suppression of the first Indian war of Independence was truly … [Read more…]

_______________________________________________We reproduce below an obituary of Artyom Fedorovich Sergeyev, born 5 March 1921; died 15 January 2008.  It appeared in the Guardian, slipping in as a departure from the usual slanders against Stalin and the Soviet Union.Artyom Sergeyev was a true soviet hero and a steadfast defender of communism, and the obituary is both moving … [Read more…]

The election by the Thai parliament on Monday 28 January 2008 of Samak Sundarajev, leader of the People Power Party (PPP), to serve as Prime Minister of Thailand, at the head of a six-party coalition dominated by the PPP, climaxed a major victory for the Thai people in frustrating a conspiracy against democracy by the … [Read more…]

Klaus Barbie, the Nazi of many guises orHow the US secret services recycled the butcher of LyonFor an hour and a half, the film director Kevin MacDonald gives voice to former CIA agents, to retired Bolivian generals, to former French resistance fighters who had undergone torture, and, finally, to Klaus Barbie himself.  In this whole … [Read more…]

The latest issue of Monde Diplomatique (English edition) has given extremely useful information about the successes of the Maoist movement in India, about which one generally hears very little – as indeed one heard very little about the Nepalese Maoist movement until it had effectively conquered 80% of the country. Many people assumed that the … [Read more…]