Building on their new radical, anti-establishment image, Polanski’s Green Party is now consciously presenting itself as the party of the working class, and is reaching out to the organised labour movement. What does this reveal to us?
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has become something of a sensation for his opposition to the Iran war. Some have claimed Britain needs their own Sánchez, but is he really a model for fighting imperialism and capitalism?
In these troubled times, spare a thought for poor old Keir Starmer. If the Mandelson affair doesn’t finish him off, the local elections might. But whoever sits in Number 10 – whether it be Burnham, Farage, or Polanski – will face the same pressures and problems.
Activists across Britain have mobilised to demand the release of Ehsan Ali and leaders of the Awami Action Committee in Pakistan. Unjustly arrested for discussing peaceful protest action – their lives are now in danger.
Whilst hundreds of far-right thugs marched through the streets of Manchester last Saturday, the priority of the Greater Manchester Police was to pepper-spray, manhandle, and assault anti-racist youth and workers. Read our on-the-ground report.
Gorky’s 1904 play ‘Summerfolk’ follows a group of wealthy, self-absorbed friends, obsessed with bickering about about ‘deep’ questions of life. Within this biting critique is an eerily familiar picture: an unstable world on the precipice of revolution.
As each day goes by, the enormity of the loss of Donald Trump’s war on Iran is being revealed. Trump’s presidency is unravelling and he is left with no good options. More profoundly, this is a key moment in the relative decline of US imperialism itself.
“Latin America has everything required to build a paradise on Earth, but its people have been forced to endure a hard purgatory… For 500 years the lands and peoples of Latin America have been ruthlessly and systematically looted.”
The Communist responds to two questions raised in recent weeks by events in Britain and the rise of left populists. The first is ‘Are we seeing the return of Robin Hood?’, and the second ‘How do we ‘take back power’?’
Readers review ‘The Mountain’, Gorillaz’ musical celebration of internationalism; ‘Fall of Eagles’, a 1974 BBC drama covering class struggle in the early 20th century; and ‘Everybody to Kenmure Street’, a documentary on the struggle against an immigration raid in Glasgow.
Housebuilding in Britain has collapsed due to an apparent ‘lack of demand’ while millions experience homelessness or poor housing conditions. To end the housing crisis, we must expropriate the big landlords, housebuilders, construction companies, and the rest of the billionaire class.
Supporters of Raise the Colours – the anti-migrant group behind tying Union Jacks to lampposts – were outnumbered earlier this month in Sheffield. RCP members joined counter-demonstrators looking to go beyond liberal moralism in fighting racism, who instead pointed the blame firmly at the billionaires.