J’accuse: Turkish lawyers confront Erdogan over war crimes

As the cornered rats infesting Syria, driven into an ever deeper hole by the patriotic forces, descend deeper into murderous internecine squabbling within their own ranks, the West is finding it ever harder to prevent a true and shameful record of the proxy war from swimming into clearer focus. One shining example of this is … [Read more…]

Ukraine: fascist coup

Since this article was written, the tide of violence has surged ever higher, culminating in the fascist coup the world is now witnessing. As we go to press the fascist coup engineered by the West in the Ukraine is now in full cry, with the ousted President Yanukovych the object of a manhunt, the governing … [Read more…]

Communists lead the anti-imperialist struggle in Brazil

In November this year, the CPGB-ML was invited by our comrades in Brazil to attend the 13th congress of the PCdoB, the second-largest communist party in the western hemisphere (350,000 members, 200,000 militants) after the Cuban party (800,000 members), and one that is making a major contribution to the success of the anti-imperialist project in … [Read more…]

Cameron attempts to fan the flames of xenophobia

On the 26 November, the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, wrote in the Financial Times a piece entitled ” Free movement within Europe needs to be less free.” This was in essence another attack on working people, both those in Britain – whether born here or having come here to work and live – and … [Read more…]

Geneva: Iran establishes the right to enrich uranium

Washington’s disorderly retreat from its earlier vainglorious threats of military intervention against Syria, leaving behind a hopeless tangle of ” red lines“, broken promises and aggrieved “allies“, continues to send shockwaves throughout the Middle East. And nowhere is the humbling of US hegemonic pretensions clearer than in the provisional nuclear deal struck with Iran in … [Read more…]

Second anniversary of the death of Comrade Kim Jong Il marked

On 14 December 2013 the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) held a memorial meeting to mark the second anniversary of the demise on 17 December 2011 of the Korean people’s leader, Comrade Kim Jong Il. The proceedings started with all participants standing in silence in honour of the memory of Comrade Kim Jong Il. … [Read more…]

Nelson Mandela and his legacy

At 8.50 p.m. local time (6.50 p.m. British time), Nelson Mandela, the great liberation hero, the leader of the ANC, the first Commander-in-Chief of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the first democratically-elected president of South Africa, passed away at the age of 95 at his home in the Houghton Suburb of Johannesburg. Although expected, his death brought … [Read more…]

Apartheid

After its election victory in 1948, the National Party (some of whose leaders had been locked up as Nazi sympathisers during the Second World War), guided by the racist ideology of apartheid, built a state to entrench white supremacy. Through more than 40 pieces of legislation enacted by the whites-only Parliament, the majority of the … [Read more…]

120th Anniversary of the Birth of Chairman Mao celebrated

On 21 December the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) held a public meeting at Saklatvala Hall, Southall, West London, to mark the 120th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Mao Zedong, the great leader of the Chinese people. Apart from some opening remarks by Comrade Harpal Brar who chaired the meeting, the main presentations … [Read more…]