The lead single of Irish songwriter and musician CMAT’s upcoming album ‘EURO-COUNTRY’ tackles Ireland’s post-2008-crash trauma through personal, poetic songwriting, blending pop-country sounds with sharp political critique and emotional depth. Could we finally be getting good recession music?
In issue 33 readers expose Britain’s deep crises – from childcare burdens forcing grandparents into unpaid roles, to football clubs on the brink, unequal pay for the Lionesses, exploited Fringe workers, and job losses from Trump’s tariffs.
On this day 86 years ago, the Nazi-Soviet pact was signed, which shocked the world communist movement. We continue our series ‘Under a False Flag’, to expose the historic crimes of Stalinism, and defend the ideas and legacy of genuine Marxism and Leninism.
In this excerpt from the ‘New Course’ – which was the opening shot in the Left Opposition’s struggle against Stalinism – Trotsky takes up the question of the Leninist method of understanding the world. This advice retains its full relevance for communists today.
US imperialism’s plan to weaken Russia through the Ukraine war and sanctions backfired. Today, Russia’s economy and arms industry has massively strengthened to the point where it is significantly outproducing the combined forces of Europe.
Today is GCSE results day, with hundreds of thousands of school students set to head to college or sixth form in the coming month. Here, Communist school students in Cambridge report on how they’re organising the next generation of young revolutionaries.
Over the past weeks, the most horrific images have come out of Gaza, showing men, women and children reduced to skin and bones. Having backed Israel fully in its genocide, politicians in the West are now scrambling to mask their own roles with token gestures.
Today, Liam Óg’s trial hearing for trumped-up terrorism charges turned into a thousands-strong protest against the British government’s rank hypocrisy. If Starmer thought he could get an easy win, he was wrong. Hands off Kneecap! Lock up the real terrorists!
This month, the British establishment has ramped up its hysterical baiting of the pro-Palestine movement. From mass arrests on Parliament Square to odious media hypocrisy – the cynicism is off the scale. We say: hands off the Palestine movement!
On this day 85 years ago, Leon Trotsky was brutally attacked by a Stalinist assassin. He died the following day. This short obituary summarises the breadth of Trotsky’s marvellous contributions to humanity: as a theoretician, as a journalist, and as a working-class fighter.
Writing from a recent Kneecap/Fontaines D.C. concert in Manchester, a comrade of the RCP details the electric, radical atmosphere, which felt more like a Palestine rally. They even managed to sell several copies of The Communist before Kneecap took to the stage!
After almost three months of protest across dozens of countries, all political prisoners from the Awami Action Committee Gilgit-Baltistan (AAC-GB) have been released on bail! Our victory shows the immense power of international solidarity.