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Sunday 21 January marks 100 years since the death of history’s greatest revolutionary. Join Alan Woods and Rob Sewell, authors of the upcoming biography ‘In Defence of Lenin’, at the launch of a global campaign to commemorate Lenin’s life and works.
The Tories are intent on persecuting protestors, migrants, and homeless people. But the most blatant abuses and scandals are being perpetrated by senior figures in their own party. These reprobates must be swept into the dustbin of history.
2024 is set to be a dire year for workers in local government, and for residents reliant on council services, with a tsunami of bankruptcies predicted for local authorities across the country. We spoke to those bearing the brunt of Tory austerity.
British capitalism is utterly broken, reflected in sluggish growth, low productivity, stagnant wages, crumbling schools, and dilapidated infrastructure. Only socialist planning can push the economy out of its slump, and deliver for workers.
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.