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Every day throughout the world an estimated 55,000 people are killed by malnutrition. Many more are killed by diseases that are easily preventable. Behind these deaths lie the many agreements forced upon the oppressed nations by bankers, politicians and generals from across the imperialist world. As the crisis of the world economy has deepened it … [Read more…]

“Every crisis”, observed Lenin, “casts off the conventional, tears away outer wrappings, sweeps away the obsolete and reveals the underlying springs and forces.” In making this observation, Lenin had in mind the epoch of crisis for the nations of western Europe, and for the entire imperialist system, caused by the first world war. His observation … [Read more…]

The word ‘terrorism’ is much used in our daily lives through the media of television, newspapers, the internet or conversation and yet in takes on different meaning depending on who is using the word and what it is in relation to. The definition in the Oxford Reference Dictionary is “the systematic use of violence and … [Read more…]

On the evening of 7 October, US imperialism, with the full support and participation of British imperialism, unleashed a brutal war of aggression against the Afghan people, already suffering the devastating effects of a proxy war waged by the very powers who are today raining death and destruction on Afghanistan on the pretext of the … [Read more…]

The cutting edge of the anti-imperialist democratic revolution of the Arab peoplesA veritable people’s warAt the end of September, the Al-Aqsa Intifada will be one year old. This latest Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation, brutality, torture and daily humiliation of the occupying regime, is of a qualitatively different kind from the first Intifada. No longer … [Read more…]

The Society for Friendship with Korea held a public meeting to mark the 48th anniversary of the ending of the war of aggression waged by US-led imperialism against the DPRK. Harpal Brar, the chairman of the SFK, Ella Rule its secretary, Dermot Hudson its Vice-Chair, Keith Bennett and Carlos Rule in their speeches exposed the … [Read more…]

VodafoneMannesmann$203 billionAOLTime Warner$182 billionMCISprint$115 billionPfizerWarner-Lambert$ 85 billionExxonMobil$ 77 billionBPAmoco$ 94 billionTable 2: Global M&A top ten deals (Jan 1 to Jun 19 2000TargetAcquirerValue of deal ($m)Time Warner (US)American Online (US)181,940.5SmithKline Beecham (UK)Glaxo Wellcome (UK)78,384.5Nortel Networks (Canada)Shareholders (Canada)61,658.7Orange (Mannesmann) (UK)France Telecom (France)45,967.1Seagram (Canada)Vivendi (France)42,782.6Cable & Wireless HKT (Hong Kong)Pacific Century Cyberworks (Hong Kong)35,495.1Bestfoods (US)Unilever (UK)23,699.2Network Solutions … [Read more…]

Today, September 11 2001, has witnessed the world’s biggest ever attack on the US – an attack that has destroyed the headquarters of US imperialist finance, the World Trade Centre in New York, and the headquarters of the US military, the Pentagon in Washington DC.To effect this destruction, hijackers armed with knives took over four … [Read more…]

Report from the 15thWorld Festival of Youth and Students in Algiers8-16 August this year saw the convening of the 15thWorld Festival of Youth and Students under the slogan, ‘Let’s Globalise the Struggle for Peace, Solidarity and Development, Against Imperialism’.Established after the end of WWII as a broad front against imperialism, the Festival is run by … [Read more…]

With a rapidly-expanding, militant anti-globalisation movement – which is becoming increasingly working-class in its composition, much to the despair of the powers that be – the imperialist powers were particularly paranoid about the demonstrations surrounding the G8 Summit in Genoa, prompting them to spend tens of millions of dollars on security for the G8 delegates.The … [Read more…]