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From week to week, the likely site of the next phase of crisis-driven war fever shifts. All that remains constant is the world capitalist crisis itself, which is what has brought us all to this pass. Current speculation over the likely death toll that could result from an Indo-Pak nuclear exchange, with a figure of … [Read more…]

Between 15 and 22 June, in my capacity as the President of the Society for Friendship with Korea (SFK), I visited the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) at the invitation of the Korean Committee for Friendship with the British People (KCFBP). The occasion for my visit was provided by the Mass Gymnastic and Artistic … [Read more…]

“We are the judges Mr. Milosevic, and we have judged that you will have forty-five minutes to cross-examine this witness.” Judge Richard, May 7th June 2002. To spend one day at The Hague Tribunal is enough to confirm the worst of suspicions. What is actually taking place in the heart of ‘democratic’ Europe is a … [Read more…]

Until recently, very few people in the West have been aware that for the last six years, Maoist guerrillas in Nepal have been waging a revolutionary struggle against a reactionary feudal regime. In a country where the mass of the people are impoverished by feudal relations combined with imperialist exploitation, the Maoists have won over … [Read more…]

Picture this: Picture a group of people from various parts of the world, with absolutely nothing in common with each other than their religious beliefs (not a ‘nation’ by any stretch of the imagination), demanding that you give over your country to them. Picture a situation where, having been given 56% of your people’s land … [Read more…]

No sooner had Israel finished its operation ‘Defensive Shield’ in April, wreaking massive destruction on Palestinian towns and a veritable holocaust in Jenin, declaring that it had destroyed the infrastructure of terror (i.e., Palestinian resistance to occupation), than the liberation forces struck back. Hot on the heels of the most extensive Israeli offensive against the … [Read more…]

Following close behind the Enron scandal, we now have the bankruptcy of another major US corporation, Worldcom, which has triggered huge stock exchange falls, not only in the US but also on all other major western exchanges, including the UK’s. We learn from this latest collapse that yet again tricky accounting inflated the company’s profits; … [Read more…]

I would like, first of all, to express my sincere gratitude to the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Belgium for inviting us to this seminar and to convey our friendly greetings to all comrade delegates attending the seminar. The mankind that has just entered the 21st century is faced with a new challenge, … [Read more…]

Zimbabwe held its presidential election over the weekend of 9-10 March. The result, declared on 13 March, produced a resounding victory for the incumbent – President Robert Mugabe, who secured 1,685,212 votes, as against the 1,258,401 secured by his challenger, Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). In percentage terms, while Mugabe’s share … [Read more…]

The Post Office, lately known as Consignia plc, but apparently now changing its name back to Royal Mail, has been for the last four years under attack from the vultures of privatisation. It owns three businesses: the Post Office, the UK mail delivery service and a parcels delivery service. Capitalist profiteers are salivating at the … [Read more…]