The latest news, analysis, and Marxist theory from The Communist, alongside reports of RCP activity.
A new television drama has brought attention to the shocking scandal experienced by Post Office workers, falsely accused of stealing and then hung out to dry. Only democratic workers’ control can prevent such horrific miscarriages of justice.
The imperialists are experts in manufacturing lies as a cover for their murderous crimes. And the Israeli regime’s latest war on the Palestinian people is no exception to this rule. The revolutionary task of the communists is to tell the truth.
The new year has started as the last one ended: with the imperialists, the establishment, and their media mouthpieces spouting all manner of lies and hypocrisy. Meanwhile, postmodernist academics squabble over language. We need a revolution.
PCS members in Defra have launched a campaign for a 4-day-week with no loss of pay. This would be a significant conquest for workers to achieve, and would be an inspiration to workers everywhere. But it requires bold tactics for its success.
From the outstanding success of our ‘Are you a communist?’ recruitment campaign, to the stacks of high-quality Marxist material we have produced, 2023 has been a bumper year for the communists of the IMT. Forward to a Red 2024!
Disgraced Tory MP Peter Bone has been kicked out of office by a recall petition. Whilst we’re glad to see him go, we should have no illusions that whoever replaces him will represent workers’ interests, so long as capitalism is left intact.
The unions’ responses to Tata Steel’s threatened furnace closures don’t go nearly far enough. Unite’s ‘Workers’ Plan’ is a step in the right direction. What is needed is militant action, based on the rank and file, fighting for bold demands.
In response to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, Houthi militants have launched missiles at Israel, and targeted commercial ships in the Red Sea. The situation in the Middle East is extremely unstable, with explosive implications for world capitalism.
In this podcast, Josh Holroyd explains the seismic events unfolding in West Africa, as well as the revolutionary way forward: the masses can’t be duped by the cynical Chinese and Russian imperialists, but must rely on their own forces.
PCS leadership elections are now over, with Fran Heathcote elected to General Secretary. The union’s leadership must now put serious time and effort into rebuilding its grassroots rank and file, taking radical, fighting demands to every corner of the union.
Activists across Britain have blockaded arms factories supplying the Israeli regime. Trade union leaders have failed to give a lead. To escalate the movement, workers inside the factories must be convinced to take solidarity action themselves.
The repression of the Palestine solidarity movement has revealed the complete sham of bourgeois democracy. Communists have stood firm against these attacks. Genuine free speech requires democratic workers’ control over the press and wider economy.