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In the last issue (November-December) of Lalkar, we carried an article entitled ‘Defend Sean Garland’. In it we referred to him as a “veteran Irish freedom fighter”. Since then our attention has been drawn by a correspondent to facts which show that Sean Garland and his party in fact oppose the struggle for Irish liberation. … [Read more…]

Writing in the Communist Party of Britain’s (CPB) ‘independent’ daily revisionist rag, the Morning Star, 3 October 2005, the CPB General Secretary, Robert Griffiths, drew readers’ attention to a report to be put before the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe “on the need for international condemnation of the crimes of Communism.” Griffiths quotes … [Read more…]

The exposure of a top-level spy within Sinn Fein has dealt a significant if belated blow to the British government’s efforts to control and manipulate the peace process. The outing of Denis Donaldson, a highly prominent party veteran and a de facto member of the Sinn Fein leadership, has stunned the North’s political establishment and … [Read more…]

Introduction The question of Chechnya and the attitude one should take towards the bloody unrest in the region is not one amenable to solution by the facile application of formulas. According to formulas, one is obliged to support each and every national minority in its bid for independence from each and every bourgeoisie of a … [Read more…]

For over 2 weeks now France has been ablaze with the anger of rioting youth protesting against their poverty and marginalisation in one of the world’s richest countries. Hundreds of cars have been burnt, as well as several buildings, and violent confrontations have taken place between the youth and the security forces all over the … [Read more…]

Since the election of Ahmadinejad as President of Iran a mere 4 months ago, contradictions between Iran, on the one hand, and the imperialist world on the other have been sharpening dramatically. Relations between them have never been good ever since the Iranian revolution which overthrew imperialism’s most loyal puppet, the Shah, in 1979. Despite … [Read more…]

Sham referendum On 15 October, the Anglo-American occupation in Iraq staged a sham referendum on a sham constitutional document to pave the way for the elections, to be held on 15 December, to elect a new parliament and install yet another puppet government, the sole function of which will be to invite the imperialist occupation … [Read more…]

Hurricane Katrina exposed the truly exploitative, cruel and racist nature of imperialism. An act of nature which would have been destructive anyway, was turned by capitalism into a calamity for the masses of the poor, the disadvantaged and the underprivileged. The disaster was predictable and predicted. Yet there were no evacuation plans prior to Katrina … [Read more…]

At the beginning of October 2005 two functions were held in London under the auspices of the Preparatory Committee for the Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), a Committee embracing several progressive and democratic organisations which support the Korean cause. Both meetings, one held in Saklatvala … [Read more…]

On 8 October a massive Earthquake (7.6 in magnitude) struck NWFP and Kashmir in Pakistan and India. The UN reported that the earthquake affected over 4 million people and 3.3 million people have become homeless. The Pakistan government initially put casualty estimates at 20,000. Today the official figure is 80,000 causalities – the Guardian (UK) … [Read more…]