Over 200 communists gathered in the Peak District for the best RCP Summer Camp yet. Themed around the life and ideas of Ted Grant, this school of Marxism provided vital training for comrades both new and old, and prepared the Party for the big events coming.
On 30 July, the Revolutionary Communist International is calling a day of action outside of Pakistani diplomatic buildings to demand freedom for imprisoned leaders of the Awami Action Committee – Gilgit-Baltistan. Contact your local RCP branch to join our solidarity protests!
Resident doctors are on the march again, after winning a strike ballot to resounding support. Strike dates are set for 25-30 July. This is a battle for the heart and soul of the NHS – to win, the BMA will need to pose a radical, socialist alternative to austerity.
In the latest issue of The Communist, readers shared their recommendations from the rich world of Russian literature: Turgenev’s ‘Fathers and Sons’, Ilf and Petrov’s satire ‘The Twelve Chairs’, and Dostoyevsky’s short story ‘The Dream of a Ridiculous Man’.
During our summer recruitment drive, we have received many questions from some of our newest comrades. In this instalment of Ask The Communist, we dive into questions of revolutionary tactics, our approach to imperialism, and what socialism will look like.
Sheffield revolutionary communists recently joined a mass picket in support of Sheffield’s bin workers, on indefinite strike for nearly a year. The mood is militant – but union-busting Veolia will stop at nothing to keep its superprofits. To win, the strike must be broadened out against the anti-union laws!
After WWII, the Soviet bureaucracy abolished capitalism and set up Stalinist regimes across Eastern Europe. In Yugoslavia, Tito broke from Moscow while maintaining a planned economy. During intense debates within the Fourth International, Ted Grant masterfully analysed these processes.
This weekend, RCP members will gather for our annual summer camp, where we will focus on the immense theoretical contributions made by Ted Grant, who kept the flame of genuine Marxism burning through to the 21st century, laying the foundations for our International.
Yesterday, the racist Home Office worked hand-in-hand with the police to arrest migrant delivery workers in Birmingham. An outraged crowd gathered, and RCP members gave speeches exposing the real criminals: Starmer, Labour, and the capitalist class.
The hypocrisy of the British state, from the BBC blocking their own commissioned documentaries about Gaza, to the Met police arresting elderly people for their opposition to genocide, is Orwellian. Their dishonesty stinks!
After suspending Angela Rayner with huge support from the rank-and-file, Unite is moving further onto the war footing against Starmer’s Labour. To complete the break, Unite must ramp up the fightback: join up the struggles against austerity, and fight for a socialist programme!
Starmer recently met with the French President in yet another choreographed (and irrelevant) display of statesmanship. One product of these talks is another hare-brained scheme to appear ‘tough’ on immigration. These reactionary attacks on migrants are a divisive distraction.