Endless, short-sighted austerity has ruthlessly decimated the Foreign Office, with job losses, aid cuts, and property sell-offs either planned or already taking place. This has severely blunted British imperialism’s ability to project any influence abroad.
Corrupt FIFA boss Gianna Infantino has been forced to U-turn on his attempts to further commercialise football, following backlash from continental federations. But their protests ring hollow: at every level, the sport is being carved up for profit, while ordinary fans are squeezed.
The Communist’s industrial correspondents discuss the peerage of Unison’s former top-dog bureaucrat, Christina McAnea; Unite’s general secretary elections; and the announced NEU teachers’ ballot. Plus: the latest bastard bosses of the week, luxury hotels and construction!
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the release of The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’. With its experimental use of studio recording techniques, and by drawing upon influences beyond western music, this classic album revolutionised rock and pop music.
Everyone is familiar with some aspect of the 2,700-year-old tale of ‘The Odyssey’. In his blockbuster retelling – amidst times of heightened world tension, war, and genocide – acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan turns this archetype of the hero’s journey into an anti-war story.
Across the Indian subcontinent, workers and youth are entering into struggle, as the latest expression of the ‘Gen Z’ revolutionary wave. The conditions which led to these explosions – corruption, youth unemployment, and misery – exist all across the world, including here in Britain.
On 18 July, Britain First led a rally at Norwich City Hall in the name of ‘protecting women and girls’. The mood at the counter-protest that we co-led was militant, and we successfully demoralised their lot. We made it clear that racists weren’t welcome.
In our latest cultural round-up, we look at the Ashington Group: painters from North East pit villages who reflected life in mining communities, and shattered the myth that art belongs to the elite. Also: Frida Kahlo Tate exhibition, and communist artist’s Grenfell painting.
Following Ann Widdecombe’s murder, establishment politicians have been up in arms about the supposed threat to MPs’ safety. Most recently, Farage has attacked Polanski for advocating violence. But we see through this hypocritical charade.
War criminal and careerist Suella Braverman recently said that Britain’s ‘former colonies should pay the British back’ for the good that the Empire did. Meanwhile, these countries continue to be bled dry by imperialism.
The election of Andrea Egan as Unison general secretary earlier this year could be acting as a major turning point for the class struggle in Britain. However, her first 180 days leave much to be desired. Egan must pivot and take the fight to the government.
A former Reform voter who grew up in a household which parroted the racist ideas of the reactionary British establishment shares their journey towards revolutionary communism. We also hear from an emerging communist in Hull and the disappointment of ‘Hope not hate’.