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It is true that Rishi Sunak’s appointment was undemocratic. But what do those calling for his ousting really want? In an era of falling voter turnout and general political apathy, calls are once again growing for workers to re-engage with bourgeois democracy; to put their faith in the British electoral process in order to express … [Read more…]

As a key driver of manufacturing and technological progress, bourgeois economists are paying increasing attention to the development and manufacture of the new generations of semiconductor microprocessors, and they are not alone. The legislators and ruling class of the chief imperialist powers, in particular the USA and Britain, ever keen to stifle the rise of … [Read more…]

To anyone who has been following the conflict in the Ukraine from the coup through to the callous and wanton butchery of Donbass citizens of all ages, onto the totally necessary Special Military Operation by Russia to save remaining lives of the Donbass peoples, it has been clear that every move of Zelensky and the … [Read more…]

US imperialism, not content, through its policy of sanctioning Russia, with depriving Europe of the cheap Russian gas and oil that facilitated Europe-based industries to operate competitively in the world market, has now delivered another shattering blow to Europe and its competitors worldwide with the passing of its so-called Inflation Reduction Act.  Under the provisions … [Read more…]

On Tuesday 25 October, Rishi Sunak became Britain’s prime minister, replacing Liz Truss who had lasted a mere 44 days (from 6 September to 25 October), the shortest serving prime minister in British history.  Sunak is the third prime minister in just seven weeks.  His is the fifth consecutive government in six years, forcing one … [Read more…]

23 September marked the launch of four days of referenda in the Ukraine, with the aim of determining whether the inhabitants of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson wished to be ruled by the fascist junta in Kiev or would prefer to be integrated into the Russian Federation. In all cases the vote was resoundingly in … [Read more…]

The ‘polycrisis’ The seriousness of the crisis facing the economies of the capitalist world was recently set out by the Financial Times in the following words: “’Polycrisis’: this was the description Jean-Claude Juncker gave the nexus of challenges facing the EU in 2016, when he was European Commission president. Last week the International Monetary Fund … [Read more…]

We have, as far back as anyone remembers, logged and commented on the attacks on, and, the undermining of, the NHS under both Labour and Tory administrations in this journal on a regular basis. Both exhorting defence of the service where possible and highlighting the total necessity of a socialist system as the only measure … [Read more…]

Comrade Avtar Jouhl, a much-loved and much-respected anti-imperialist and proletarian revolutionary, passed away on the morning of 8 October 2022. Born in the village of Jandiala, Punjab, on 2 November 1937, he came to Britain in 1958 to join his brother and father-in-law who were already working and living in Birmingham. He had come over … [Read more…]

The following article by Friends of Socialist China co-editor Keith Bennett provides a brief summary of Xi Jinping’s highly significant and substantial report given at the opening of the CPC’s 20th National Congress on 16 October 2022. Entitled Hold High the Great Banner of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Strive in Unity to Build a … [Read more…]