Zack Polanski has just been elected Green Party leader, winning a whopping 85 percent of the vote! He has done so on a programme of taking on the billionaires, redistributing wealth, and calling out the genocide in Gaza. But this “hostile takeover” will face turbulence ahead.

Facing Bayrou’s austerity drive and a looming vote of confidence, France braces for mass action on September 10 — led by unions and La France Insoumise to ‘block everything.’ If it succeeds, the impact will go far beyond Emmanuel Macron’s fate.

‘History of British Trotskyism’, by Ted Grant, is a treasure trove of Marxist theory, rich with lessons from the turbulent interwar/postwar period. This new edition, published by Wellred Books, has been expanded and updated, order your copy today!

On this day 86 years ago, the Nazi-Soviet pact was signed, which shocked the world communist movement. We continue our series ‘Under a False Flag’, to expose the historic crimes of Stalinism, and defend the ideas and legacy of genuine Marxism and Leninism.

In this excerpt from the ‘New Course’ – which was the opening shot in the Left Opposition’s struggle against Stalinism – Trotsky takes up the question of the Leninist method of understanding the world. This advice retains its full relevance for communists today.

US imperialism’s plan to weaken Russia through the Ukraine war and sanctions backfired. Today, Russia’s economy and arms industry has massively strengthened to the point where it is significantly outproducing the combined forces of Europe.