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With imperialist tensions on the rise, Armando Iannnuci’s new stage adaptation of Kubrick’s Cold War comedy ‘Dr Strangelove’ couldn’t come at a better time. Steve Coogan’s performance accentuates the biting political commentary.
For decades, antibiotics have been irresponsibly overused in healthcare and agriculture, leading to the rise of unstoppable infections. Meanwhile, capitalism and the pharmaceutical giants are holding back the deployment of a viable alternative.
This year’s COP summit is off to a farcical start, with the head of the conference caught brokering lucrative fossil fuel deals, and many world leaders not even bothering to show up at all! The capitalists are incapable of solving the climate crisis.
Starmer’s Labour have promised to tackle Britain’s housing crisis by delivering 1.5 million homes in five years. But relying on the crisis-ridden private construction sector offers no way forward. We need a socialist housing programme!
Sean Baker’s latest film – out in cinemas now – is a tragic drama for modern times; a portrayal of the inevitable despair and destruction that the rich and powerful leave in their wake, with the exploited and oppressed always left paying the price.
This Remembrance Day, the communists will honour those whose lives have been scandalously sacrificed in the interests of imperialism, by redoubling our efforts to end this capitalist nightmare once and for all. Workers of the world, unite!
With just seven days to go, and over 800 tickets sold, this year’s Revolution Festival is shaping up to be our biggest and best school of communism yet. Don’t miss out on your chance to educate yourself in revolutionary Marxist ideas next weekend!
In the run-up to election day, ‘Crooked Kamala’ assembled a ‘celebrity avengers’ squad, including big names like Beyoncé, JLo, Taylor Swift, and Eminem. But this only fed resentment towards the out-of-touch Democratic establishment.
We are proud to announce the release of a new booklet, ‘The Crimes of British Imperialism’’. We publish here the introduction, which explains how British imperialism went from being an empire that ruled the waves, to its role today.
This week on Communist Radio, Fiona Lali and Ben Gliniecki discuss Trump’s election victory, and the deep ramifications a Trump presidency will have for Starmer’s government, and for British capitalism as a whole.
Ali Abbasi’s latest project ‘The Apprentice’ charts the early years of Donald J. Trump, whose rise to fame and fortune was marked by unscrupulousness and sleaze. But beneath the salacious drama, the film fails to capture the truth behind Trump.
Starmer and Lammy wasted no time in sending grovelling congratulations to the new President-elect. But from trade wars to geopolitical shifts, a Trump administration spells chaos for British capitalism, and more resentment towards Labour.