The struggle against South African apartheid is a source of inspiration across the world. However, the understanding of how it was overthrown is limited, especially in the West. In this talk from Revolution Festival 2024, Fiona Lali explains the view of communists on this vital struggle.
‘Iron Ladies’ is a new documentary billed as “a celebration of the iron-willed women who maintained the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike as they fought for the future of their communities”. In selected cinemas now, this is a must-watch for budding revolutionaries.
A recent Guardian report has exposed how several UK universities are spying and surveilling students to protect arms companies on campus! Whilst in financial stress, it seems universities have plenty of resources to keep students in check to protect the interests of war.
The rule of the bourgeoisie was born in revolution against the feudal order, falsifying the preaching of gradualism and its supposed omnipotence. This epoch demonstrates just as the bourgeois order arose through violent upheaval, so too will its inevitable downfall.
We publish here the analysis of the Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire – the French section of the RCI – on Lecornu and his government’s reactionary budget surviving a no confidence vote thanks to the MPs of the ‘centre-left’ Socialist Party.
In the latest issue of The Communist, we hear from our readers about the UCU’s ballot over job cuts and below-inflation wage increases; nearly 3,000 arms workers going on strike; and more!
Announced in Washington at the end of September, it is becoming clear to everyone what this ‘peace’ deal in the Middle East really amounts to. The continued bombardment of Palestinians, corporations encircling Gaza for cheap real-estate, all potentially led by Tony Blair!
The world is ablaze with revolt, workers and youth are rising. Yet an enormous vacuum exists on the left. Only revolutionary communism offers a real way forward: bold ideas and militant action, with the goal of overthrowing capitalism entirely.
Neoliberalism ; it’s the ideology said to be at the root of all our problems, right? It’s a popular buzzword, but what does it actually mean?
Austerity has shaped the lives of young people in Britain today. This generation has grown up surrounded by war, the pandemic and the cost of living crisis – in this episode, we discuss how British capitalism is making the youth revolutionary.
In her latest column for The Communist, Fiona Lali reflects upon the enormous Palestine demonstration, the far right attempting to march through East London this weekend, and Your Party. But all illustrate the need for revolutionary ideas.
This Saturday, the far-right political organisation UKIP had intended to march on Whitechapel. The police have just announced a Public Order Act banning the assembly in Tower Hamlets, but they remain a threat. The working class can only rely on its own strength!