Ongoing Tate Britain exhibition ‘Women in Revolt’ explores the role of feminist art and activism in the fight against oppression. But the eclectic ideas portrayed offer no real solution. Only united class struggle can liberate humanity.
Workers in Port Talbot are facing mass layoffs and the decimation of their town. Yet union leaders are sitting on their hands. The time for bold action is now! Join the communists in campaigning for workers to take control.
Workers organised by Unite at Cambridge University have recently stuck for better pay. It’s been revealed that whilst the uni pleads poverty, it is sitting on billions in cash. Staff and students should be in control, not uni fat cats.
Workers at Amazon’s new warehouse in Birmingham recently went on strike. The Birmingham Communists visited their picket line to offer solidarity, and to find out the latest about the Amazon strike movement. Victory to the Amazon workers!
Last Saturday, police officers arrested an IMT member for raising the slogan of ‘Intifada ’til victory!’. But the communists won’t back down. We need your help to fight back against state repression, and to see an end to this brutal capitalist system.
Tata’s decision to close its Port Talbot steelworks will devastate the town. With no lead coming from the trade union tops, the communists have launched a campaign for workers to get organised, occupy the plant, and demand its full nationalisation.
Our new paper The Communist has had an amazing launch week across Britain. Comrades are bursting with energy, determined to use this fantastic tool to build the Revolutionary Communist Party. Join us in this task!
Some on the left say that rallying around the national flag is the best way to appeal to workers. In this episode, Jack Tye Wilson argues why communists must reject siren calls for ‘progressive’ patriotism, in favour of proletarian internationalism.
Recent cinema release ‘Poor Things’, a wonderfully surreal comedy by director Giórgos Lánthimos, is deserving of its many award nominations. But its postmodern political message about women’s oppression leaves a sour taste in the mouth.
Experienced trade unionist John McInally introduces Wellred Books’ latest publication: a fascinating biography examining Lenin’s life and ideas by Rob Sewell and Alan Woods. With support for communism on the rise today, we say: Lenin lives!
This May will see the founding congress of the Revolutionary Communist Party in Britain. Comrades are enthusiastically working towards this, energetically selling the paper and recruiting new members. Help us build the RCP! Join the communists!
From war games in the Baltics, to bombing impoverished Yemenis: the bellicose British imperialists have been puffing their chests out. But as The Communist readers note, the UK’s Armed Forces are at breaking point. Britain is a third-rate power.