Despite the heroic efforts of the masses, the inspiring revolutionary movement against the military regime in Myanmar has reached an impasse. The task ahead is to build a revolutionary leadership armed with Marxist theory and a clear strategy.
The Tories’ welfare ‘reforms’ have intentionally robbed thousands with disabilities and long-term illnesses of crucial support. We need a system that treats the most vulnerable in society with compassion, not contempt.
In recent weeks, billionaires Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson have all announced their intentions to travel into space. In reality, they are already living on another planet from the rest of us. We say: expropriate the super-rich!
There are many illusions in Joe Biden, including on the left. But while he might not be as openly reactionary as Trump, he is no friend of working people. He is still the leading representative of the same brutal, oppressive capitalist system.
The DUP in the North of Ireland is in a deep crisis – a reflection of the impasse facing Unionism as a whole. Sectarianism and capitalism have nothing to offer Protestant workers. Only united class struggle can provide a way forward.
The 2018 referendum over the 8th amendment in Ireland was a turning point in the struggle for women’s liberation, delivering a huge blow against the Church and the establishment. Caoimhe Lyons reviews a new documentary following this struggle.
From the 2019 ‘Red October’ in Chile and Ecuador; to the recent mass movement in Colombia and Castillo’s victory in Peru: Latin America is seeing a wave of struggle. Jorge Martin discusses the perspectives for revolution across the continent.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has been kicked out of office by an unholy alliance of opposition parties. But this new government is no less reactionary than the outgoing one. Only revolution across the Middle East can offer a real alternative.
The recent meeting of the G7 nations was heralded as being a comeback for America and its allies, with the aim of stifling the rise of China. But instead, the summit only confirmed the decline and disunity of Western imperialism.
Across the world, young people are at the forefront of the struggles against exploitation, oppression, and repression. Capitalism offers no future for the new generation. Only socialist revolution can provide a way forward.
The victory of Pedro Castillo in the Peruvian presidential election is a major political earthquake, which reflects the enormous social and political polarisation in the Andean country. The ruling class has been dealt a massive defeat by the masses, who have rallied behind a militant teacher trade unionist at the head of a party, Perú Libre, which calls itself Marxist, Leninist and Mariateguist (after Mariátegui, the founder of the Peruvian labour and socialist movement).
World capitalism is lurching from one crisis to another. Growing numbers of workers and youth are desperately seeking a way out. An era of revolutionary eruptions on a world scale is in preparation.