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After years in power, the SNP is looking increasingly weathered and worn out. Humza Yousaf faces threats from within and without. Budget woes are causing political damage, while the Tartan Tories are lurking. Crises are mounting in Holyrood.
There is deep anger at the establishment everywhere we turn, and a general election on the horizon. In this episode of ‘Towards the RCP’, we respond to a question from a listener: will the Revolutionary Communist Party run in elections?
The struggles of steelworkers in Port Talbot and of council staff in Birmingham are at a crossroads. Civil servants in PCS are balloting for action. And UCU leader Jo Grady has been reelected. Read all our latest reports from the industrial front.
Yesterday, we published the Manifesto of the Revolutionary Communist International: a call to arms for all communists who want to put an end to the rotten capitalist system once and for all.
This June sees the launch of the Revolutionary Communist International. We publish here the founding document of the RCI, outlining the communist programme that we are fighting for. Join us today, and help build the forces of communism worldwide.
With the western imperialists facing defeat in Ukraine, their boastful jingoism has turned into its opposite. In this episode, Hamid Alizadeh explains what forces lie behind the conflict, and why Communists must take a revolutionary, internationalist position.
With capitalism in crisis, and reactionary politicians whipping up a ferocious culture war, the daily oppression that ordinary women face is getting worse and worse. Only united class struggle and the fight for revolution can offer real emancipation.
The Russian Revolution made enormous strides forward for women. Lenin and the Bolsheviks showed the way forward in ending all oppression. It is our task, as communists, to complete the struggle they started: the socialist transformation of society.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt went through the motions yesterday with his latest Budget announcement. But it is clear that the Tories have no solution for reversing the ailing fortunes of British capitalism, other than to prescribe more bitter medicine.
From the jobs massacre at Port Talbot, to the ongoing farmers’ movement, to last year’s riots in Ely: an explosive mood is building across Wales, following years of neglect. It is time for the Welsh working class to reclaim its militant traditions.
This June, communists from across the globe will be meeting at the IMT’s World School of Communism: a six-day school of Marxist ideas, where we will also found the Revolutionary Communist International. Find out more about the exciting talks on offer.
Netanyahu is tightening the noose around the necks of the Palestinian people. Gaza is being purposefully deprived of vital aid by western imperialism. And Israel is withholding tax revenue from the West Bank. An almighty explosion is being prepared.