Why I AM a communist! | A World on Fire #8
As the White House launches its Anti-Communist Week, the right wing seems increasingly puzzled by one question: why are so many young people in the West drawn to communist ideas
Unemployment hits 5 percent – British capitalism is sick
Today, it was announced that unemployment has jumped to five percent, the highest level since the pandemic. This is the result of several converging factors, which the capitalists are powerless to fix. Meanwhile, workers and youth face increased exploitation and burnout.
NATO, Ukraine, and Zelensky: Zarah Sultana hits out against western imperialism
Zarah Sultana has come out forcefully against the institutions and allies of western imperialism, denouncing NATO and Zelensky. Such welcome words must be given flesh and blood, by mobilising workers against the warmongers in London and Washington.
Where next for the Greens and Your Party in Scotland?
Standing starkly at odds with the success of the Greens in England and Wales, several Scottish Green Party councillors and MSP candidates recently defected to Your Party – and urged others to follow suit. How do we make sense of this development?
Broken Britain: Hospitals and schools at breaking point
With Chancellor Rachel Reeves sharpening her knives for the coming Autumn Budget, many will be left thinking “what is there left to cut?”. Everywhere you look – from classroom to NHS waiting rooms – Britain being ripped apart by the billionaire class.
What we can learn from Lenin
108 years ago today, Lenin and the Bolsheviks achieved the impossible: they led millions of workers and peasants in a successful socialist revolution. But which events, struggles, and ideas led to that victory? How did Lenin become Lenin?
Scotland, NATO, and imperialism: Is the SNP a “threat to national security”?
This week, the warmongers in Starmer’s Westminster cabinet have been hysterically accusing the SNP-led government in Scotland of being a “threat to national security”. But are the SNP’s anti-imperialist credentials really what they are made out to be?
Communist artist Nicholas Baldion exhibits latest work ‘Police Spies Ruin Lives’
At ‘Surviving Spycops’, a recent exhibition organised by women activists who were deceived into long-term relationships by undercover police officers, we caught up with communist artist and RCP activist Nicholas Baldion about his latest piece, ‘Police Spies Ruin Lives’.
Zohran Mamdani wins: what’s next in the fight against the billionaires?
Yesterday, self-described ‘democratic socialist’ Zohran Mamdani sent shockwaves through Wall Street as he won the New York mayoral race in the heart of American capitalism. The main question now is how Mamdani delivers in the fight against the billionaires.
The West’s Blood-soaked Record | A World on Fire #7
Why do capitalists go to war? Is it enough to point to the profits of the arms industry, or is war and militarism rooted more deeply in the very foundations of the capitalist system itself?
Polanski, Sultana, and the new left revival
Since the collapse of Corbynism round one, there has been a notable vacuum on the British left. Now, like London buses, two left-wing electoral alternatives have arrived at once. What attitude should revolutionaries have towards this new left revival?
Yankee go home! Hands off Latin America!
Since August, the United States has ramped up its military presence in the Caribbean with the goal of overthrowing the Venezuelan government. This imperialist bullying must be opposed. Our position is clear: Hands off Venezuela – Hands off Columbia!