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On 17 October a group of dock workers and union members at the Port of Piraeus stopped a container filled with bullets bound for Israel from being loaded onto a vessel. The action, led by the ENEDEP union and supported by other groups, was a stand against arms shipments fuelling Israel’s war on Gaza. Dockworkers … [Read more…]

We at LALKAR are saddened to learn of the sad and premature demise of Comrade Sitaram Yechury who breathed his last on 12 September at the age of 72. General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), he left his mark on not just the CPM but also on the wider Indian political … [Read more…]

Crucial Statement of DPRK Foreign Ministry Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) — The Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on Friday issued the following crucial statement “The trigger for defending sovereignty and security will be pulled up without hesitation“: The ROK is crossing the red line in its provocation against the Democratic People’s … [Read more…]

War crimes Between 7 October 2023 and 15 August 2024, the Zionist murder squads – the Israeli armed forces (IDF) – have slaughtered 40,634 Palestinians, of whom 40,005 were in Gaza.  11,445 of the victims (30%) were women, and 16,251 children. 92,000 have been injured, some of them very badly.  10,000 lie under the rubble, … [Read more…]

On Tuesday 6 August Ukraine launched a surprise offensive into the Russian province of Kursk in what the Russian president Vladymir Putin characterised as a “large-scale provocation”. Moscow declared a federal-level state of emergency across the regions of Kursk, Bryansk and Belgorod and moved quickly to mobilise supplementary forces to deal with the threat. In … [Read more…]

This article was sent to us by Slavisha Batko Milacic, a historian and analyst in Montenegro (formerly part of Yugoslavia). The new law on mobilisation has brought about a split in Ukrainian society. The front needs new fighters, but the Ukrainian economy also needs workers. While on the one hand, the country is now short … [Read more…]

On 5 August 2024, Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangla Desh, was forced to flee the country by helicopter at 45 minutes notice owing to escalating violence that threatened her life.  The bourgeois media in imperialist countries enthusiastically welcomed her departure, excoriating her as an autocrat and even a fascist, albeit that she was … [Read more…]

During June and July this year Kenya suffered major unrest, as thousands took to the street day after day, not only in Nairobi, the capital, but also in other towns throughout the country, to protest against a Finance Bill designed to further impoverish a population that was already suffering serious deprivation. With “MPs due to … [Read more…]

The Chinese approach of removing the basis for radicalisation of poor workers shows the wisdom of CPC policy. The average Westerner would have had to be living under a rock for the last 15 years not to have been exposed to at least some of the avalanche of accusations that have been levelled against the … [Read more…]

The Labour Party have swept to power with an overwhelming parliamentary majority in the British General Election held on 4 July 2024.  Yet despite their 403 seats (an absolute majority of 167 seats), anti-Labour sentiment is running at an all-time high across all parts of the population. This antipathy will only grow during the term … [Read more…]