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Noam Chomsky, the American professor of linguistics, is well known in progressive circles for the courageous stand he took against US imperialism on the question of the Vietnam war, and which he continues to take on the question of peace in the Middle East. Because he sets a fine example of courage and principle on … [Read more…]

The ‘Doctors’ Plot’ refers to allegations made against a group of doctors who worked in the Soviet Union and were accused of purposely providing poor treatment to notable leaders of the USSR. The plot became a popular piece of anti-communist propaganda for three chief reasons. Firstly, because the doctors were said to have plotted against … [Read more…]

After nearly two months of strikes and protests, the French train drivers suspended their industrial action believing the government to be showing signs of vacillation. Unable any longer to deal with the scale of the disruption on the Paris metro and intercity trains, alarmed by the increasing readiness of other public sector workers to join … [Read more…]

The hard nosed management style prevailing at the RSPCA is met with elsewhere in the charity world. Efforts by project workers employed by the homeless charity St Mungo’s to protect their jobs and ensure the maintenance of a high quality of service have been dogged by a management similarly bent on trying to run charity … [Read more…]

On 29 February 2020, The Times reported: “America has signed a deal with Taliban insurgents that could pave the way towards the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Afghanistan and an end to the 18-year war in the country. “Under the agreement, America will cut its forces from 13,000 to 8,600 in the next three … [Read more…]

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our beloved comrade John Hepple, a founding member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) who has passed away after a long illness. John was born on 2 October 1946 to a mining family in Gateshead. At the tender age of just seven, … [Read more…]

As the struggle in France to defend workers’ retirement rights from Emmanuel Macron’s ‘reforms’ rages on, an article by André Crespin of the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PTB) usefully spells out the key role the European Union plays in putting pressure on national governments to drive up the retirement age, undermine existing pension arrangements and … [Read more…]

Rarely has the British public entered a general election with less enthusiasm or interest in the election campaigning and manifesto promises of its contending parliamentarians. Why? Largely because, as a nation, trust and belief in the statements of British bourgeois politicians is at an all-time low. ‘They never do what they promise,’ is the overwhelming … [Read more…]

When Indian parliamentary elections first brought the currently ruling BJP government to power it was because of a belief that its leader, Narendra Modi, was a good manager of the economy and would thus bring prosperity to India. In this, however, he has signally failed, adopting policies such as the sudden demonetarisation of 500 and … [Read more…]

“Get Brexit Done” was the battle cry of the Tory party in the general election 2019 whilst Labour was prepared to offer anything but this one simple demand. That three-word slogan was enough. A decisive victory for the Tories, who now have an 80-seat majority, seems to have finished off Project Corbyn and smashed a … [Read more…]