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 Lalkar salutes the Lebanese resistance for its successful struggle in defeating the Zionist forces and their quislings, the so-called South Lebanese Army, which had been in occupation of a fifth of Lebanon for a decade and a half in complete violation of UN resolutions and international law.The defeat of the arrogant Zionist army of occupation … [Read more…]

10 June 2000: One year on, since NATO halted its illegal 78-day illegal bombing of Yugoslavia. Undermining International LawImperialism, on 2 June 2000, through Justice Carla Del Ponte, the Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, in effect announced that while imperialism remains the dominant world ideology, there will be no justice. The exact … [Read more…]

 This issue of the 58 killed refugees was on the front page ofThe Timesof 20 June, and how do they report the deaths of these refugees? Who do they blame? The blame is given entirely to the gangsters who are organising the journeys – “who care only for money, not for the safety of their … [Read more…]

 Longbridge updateWhen the last issue ofLalkarcame out the news had just broken that the notorious Alchemy bid for Rover had fallen through. There was no time to change the text of our article, which went through as written. In any event, the analysis of the crisis of overproduction and the causes of under-capitalisation of the … [Read more…]

 Shaka Sankofa, formerly known as Gary Graham, was executed by the state of Texas by lethal injection on June 22 for the alleged robbery and murder of Bobby Lambert, a white drug dealer, in Houston in 1981. He was the 135th person to be executed in the 5 years that George W. Bush has been … [Read more…]

TheNew York Timesof 16 June reports that“a new study by the World Bank concludes that struggle for control of valuable commodities such as drugs and diamonds is more often the underlying cause of civil wars than political, ethnic or religious divisions.” If the World Bank had taken out a subscription toLalkar, it could undoubtedly have … [Read more…]

– an imperialist carve-up threatening to disintegrate The first part of this article was in the May/June LALKAR. Below we reproduce the second, and concluding, part.Part 2BananasTechnically, the Final Act does allow governments to take measures to protect the environment and public health, but the question is: where does one draw the line? With the ‘Frankenstein … [Read more…]

 Election resultsZimbabwe’s parliamentary elections, in the outcome of which imperialism had placed high hopes, have proved rather disappointing for it. ZANU(PF) won 62 out of the 120 contested seats, five more than were won by the so-called Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), headed by Morgan Tsvangirai, a revolting flunkey of imperialism. Of the 2.8 million … [Read more…]

Bhagat Singh Rally in SouthallOn April 8th, an excellent anti-imperialist Rally took place at the Saklatvala Hall, Southall, to commemorate the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh. 68 years since Bhagat Singh and his comrades died a martyrs death at the hands of British imperialism, the contribution of Bhagat Singh to the working-class movement lives on in … [Read more…]

In the early hours of Saturday 22 April, federal agents, rescued a terrified Elian Gonzalez from his counter-revolutionary Miami relatives, and a few hours later he was returned to his father. Despite the horrors of his rescue, reunion with his family brought an expression of radiant happiness to Elian’s face ­ a face which says … [Read more…]