Israel’s long-planned attack on Rafah has begun, threatening horror for the Gazan population. Escalating the movement, and taking the fight to the bosses and politicians at home is the best way of helping the Palestinian people in their hour of need.
On 3 May 1968, police brutally attacked student protestors in Paris, setting in motion a revolutionary struggle that could have toppled French capitalism. Given the parallels with the Palestine movement today, we must study the lessons of this rich experience.
On either side of the Atlantic, Palestine solidarity protests are erupting on university campuses. The British establishment and its institutions have blood on their hands. We must fight to kick out the warmongers in Westminster and Washington.
Last Friday, communists kicked Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg out of Cardiff University. Establishment politicians and the media have responded with a frenzy of condemnation. We will step up the struggle to bring down our imperialist ruling class!
This weekend, Iran launched a drone and missile attack on Israel, in retaliation against Israeli strikes. The situation in the Middle East is becoming increasingly fraught and unstable, with a regional war and mass social upheaval on the cards.
Establishment politicians have decried Israel’s killing of aid workers in Gaza, including several Britons. But the truth is that Sunak, Starmer, and the rest of the Westminster warmongers have blood on their hands. We say: overthrow their system!
The western imperialists are hypocrites of the highest order. Biden and his allies wring their hands about the death and destruction in Gaza. Meanwhile, they aid and abet Netanyahu’s slaughter. We must fight to bring down all these warmongers.
The Shut Down Rafael campaign aims to shut down an Israeli-owned arms factory in Newcastle. Our comrades, who have been involved in the campaign, offer a critique of its methods, underscoring the need for a revolutionary, class-based approach.
The situation in Gaza has reached a stalemate. The Israeli regime has failed in its aims. For his own interests, however, Netanyahu refuses to accept a ceasefire. The imperialists in Washington, London, and Tel Aviv have blood on their hands.
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.
The people of Gaza are already facing a deadly nightmare. Spurred on by his own narrow political interests, however, Netanyahu is set to escalate the slaughter even further by invading the city of Rafah. The whole region is ready to explode.
This May, we are launching the Revolutionary Communist Party. To prepare for this, we are looking back on the history of our organisation – beginning with the firm position taken by the Trotskyists in the ‘40s against the partition of Palestine.