Palestine: Resistance continues to defy Israeli repression

Defying all Israeli repression, the Palestinian liberation fighters continue their heroic fight against the Zionist occupation regime. On 16 July, Palestinian fighters, disguised as Israeli soldiers, killed 7 Israelis and wounded 20 others when they smashed a bus at the West Bank settlement of Emmanuel. This, the first fatal attack on Israelis in about a … [Read more…]

Sanctions and the threatened war against Iraq

The following letter by Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark has been sent to all members of the UN Security Council, with copies to the UN General Assembly and Senator Biden of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Please circulate. July 29, 2002 Dear Ambassador, Any remaining hope the peoples of the United Nations have … [Read more…]

Tribute to Comrade Surinder Kumar Taggar

Comrade Surinder Kumar Taggar died suddenly on 4 August 2002. His death was a shock not only to his family but also to the Shaheed Udham Singh Welfare Trust (Birmingham), the Indian Workers Association (Great Britain) and hundreds of friends in Birmingham and Sandwell. Comrade Surinder Kumar was the co-ordinator at Shaheed Udham Singh Welfare … [Read more…]

Western media’s coverage of Congo invasion: in the footsteps of western interests?

In 1997, Laurent Désiré Kabila, a long time Congolese guerilla fighter against Mobutu’s dictatorial and kleptocratic regime, took advantage of the geopolitical change in the region, when Congo’s neighbours in the east and Angola decided to do away with Mobutu who was harbouring rebel groups against them. It was the end of the Cold War … [Read more…]

Economic Crisis of Imperialism on a World Scale

“Commerce is at a standstill, the markets are glutted, products accumulate, as multitudinous as they are unsaleable, hard cash disappears, credit vanishes, factories are closed, the mass of the workers are in want of the means of subsistence because they have produced too much of the means of subsistence, bankruptcy follows upon bankruptcy, execution upon … [Read more…]

‘Questions to Lalkar’

In response to an article by Giles Shorter on ‘The threat of War between India and Pakistan’ in the July/August issue, Comrade Taimur of the MKP (Workers and Peasants Party of Pakistan) sent us his criticisms of it. We are pleased to publish Comrade Taimur’s observations in this issue and would hope to reply to … [Read more…]

Palestine: Resistance continues to defy Israeli repression

Defying all Israeli repression, the Palestinian liberation fighters continue their heroic fight against the Zionist occupation regime. On 16 July, Palestinian fighters, disguised as Israeli soldiers, killed 7 Israelis and wounded 20 others when they smashed a bus at the West Bank settlement of Emmanuel. This, the first fatal attack on Israelis in about a … [Read more…]

Book Launch: Imperialism in the Middle East

“He who would understand the economics and the politics of the Middle East from the beginning of the 20th century, must learn to spell, pronounce and really grasp the significance and meaning of just the word – OIL.“This single word furnishes the key which unlocks the door to an understanding of all the burning questions … [Read more…]

Communalist outrages in Gujarat

India is a country where life for most of the population is precarious at best. Exploited and oppressed, the people seethe with hatred as a result of the injustices that are their daily lot. The Indian ruling classes, however, have always been masters at deflecting the hatred of the oppressed masses away from themselves, who … [Read more…]