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In the 19th Century, British imperialists waged the Opium Wars and forcibly dragged the Chinese state into the world market. This began what is known in China as its ‘century of humiliation’, with British capitalism stoking the world’s first opiate epidemic to bleed the country dry.
For the final part of our series tracing Britain’s anti-racist struggle in the post-WW2 era we remember the inspiring Bradford 12, who physically organised to defend themselves and their communities against the far right, and won a landmark ruling which stands today.
Tomorrow marks the 250th anniversary of America’s independence from Britain. The writings of English revolutionary democrat Thomas Paine were instrumental in this revolutionary struggle. His radical ideas form part of our communist heritage, writes Rob Sewell.
Palantir – the infamous US tech company specialising in state surveillance, AI-powered warfare, and predictive policing – is infiltrating the British state and collecting data on the UK population. How did this happen, and how can we smash Palantir?
Alex Gordon, general secretary of the Stalinist ‘Communist’ Party of Britain (CPB), recently wrote a commemorative piece for the tenth anniversary of the Brexit vote – in which he argues that Brexit was a “revolutionary act”. Leading RCI member Jorge Martín responds.
Figures on the left are increasingly pushing the idea that we must support, vote for, and publicly defend the ‘lesser evil’ in politics to stop Reform and the right. In this podcast, Rob Sewell outlines the history of popular frontism, which is littered with mistakes, failures, and betrayals.
This fortnight, The Communist answers ‘What would socialist Britain actually look like?’, “Isn’t the term ‘Epstein class’ unscientific? Shouldn’t we be using the term ‘bourgeoisie’ instead?”, and “What can we do in Britain to fight imperialism?
A decade ago, UK voters went to the polls for the EU referendum, setting Britain on the road to Brexit, and opening up a new period of instability. How did this turning point come about? And what lessons do these events have for communists today?
An ‘International Conference Against War’ is taking place in London this Saturday, promising to ‘build the movement’ for peace. But this broad alliance of reformist labour leaders and ‘progressives’ won’t provide the revolutionary programme needed to wage war against imperialism.
In this edition of Ask The Communist, leading members of the Revolutionary Communist Party answer your questions: Do communists oppose AI? What would a communist party do with the monarchy? And how do communists approach the trade unions?
A 1974 documentary on the 1926 British General Strike has been recently rediscovered by Platform Films’ Chris Reeves. The documentary which includes interviews and testimonies from those involved brings this historic class battle to life.
The Epstein scandal has obliterated public trust in Britain’s core institutions: the monarchy, the police, Parliament, and the rest. Millions of people are even more convinced than they were before that the system is rigged, and the state is rotten to the core.