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This weekend, hundreds of communists will gather for the first-ever London Marxist School. Over the course of two days, we will sharpen the most important weapons in our arsenal: the ideas of Marxism. Sign up today to avoid missing out!
“I will frame my arrest papers alongside my university degree, as one of my life achievements. No cause could be greater than fighting this corrupt establishment and their system.” Read the latest updates on Jamie’s arrest and the RCP’s response.
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show has dominated the headlines this week, with its defiant celebration of Latin American culture against a backdrop of Trump’s imperialist provocations across the Americas. But not everyone is happy with this subversive musical performance.
Like today, the 1930s saw hardship, unrest, and a growing interest in communism. Trotsky provides here an insight into what a communist future would look like for the United States – the world’s most advanced industrial power, both then and now.
In yet another egregious attack on the Palestine movement and free speech, Met Police officers have arrested a leading RCP student activist at a pro-Palestine demonstration at UCL. Join our protest at 7pm at Charing Cross Police Station.
We continue our ‘Under a False Flag’ series – exposing the crimes of Stalinism, and defending genuine communism. During the Second World War, the CPGB became strikebreakers-in-chief, cheerleading the imperialist British government.
Wobbles on the stock market are intensifying fears that the bubble around AI could burst at any moment, with cataclysmic consequences for the whole world economy. To end this casino capitalism, we need a revolution against the billionaires.
Starmer’s future lies in the balance following sordid revelations about his Blairite ally, Peter Mandelson. The fallout from the Epstein scandal could drag down this crisis-ridden government, opening up a new chapter of instability in British politics.
The mass, collective action of the Minnesotan masses against ICE shows the way forward in the fightback against Starmer ramping up state repression. The lesson is clear: the way to fight back against state terror is with class struggle!
In the latest tranche of Epstein files, former-prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been accused of involvement in the torture and murder of trafficked girls. Prison bars aren’t punishment enough for these brutes and wretches.
The first month of 2026 saw Trump trying to assert his ‘Donroe Doctrine’, blustering his way from Venezuela to Greenland. But the President is rapidly coming up against the limits of US imperialism – realising that redividing the world is not so easy as a game of Risk.
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced a raft of ‘law-and-order’ reforms to British policing. But beneath the blustering bravado about forces being made ‘match fit’, these measures are pathetically inadequate to solve the establishment’s problems.
A massacre of Rojava and the Kurds is being prepared in Syria. US imperialism once used the Kurdish SDF (Syrian Defence Forces) as a cynical pawn. Now, Donald Trump is abandoning them to their fate. Imperialism and class collaborationism is again proving to be the gravedigger of the Kurdish cause.
Last Friday saw a momentous political general strike in Minnesota against ICE terror. This movement clearly illustrates the colossal power of the American working class and their ability to paralyse the citadel of world imperialism.
Keir Starmer is looking weak, paranoid, and isolated, after facing off Andy Burnham’s bid to return to Westminster. The Gorton & Denton by-election, meanwhile, is set to be a referendum on Starmer’s government, and could spell the beginning of the end for the Prime Minister.
Left-wing MP Zarah Sultana recently spoke in favour of “nationalising the entire economy”. Unlike the cynical ‘left’ naysayers who pour scorn on the idea, Communists welcome Sultana’s bold calls for nationalisation. But how can we achieve it?
Donald Trump’s desire to seize control of Greenland and its resources has brought US imperialism into conflict with Europe. This puts Starmer in a quandary, as he and the British establishment attempt a delicate, unsustainable balancing act.
Former Tory minister Robert Jenrick made a very public exit from the Conservative party last week, joining the ranks of Nigel Farage’s insurgent Reform UK. Daniel Morley outlines what this means for the right wing of British politics.
While the liars, hypocrites and thieves in Westminster cynically hope for the downfall of the Iranian regime for their own aims, we look at the real history of British imperialism in Iran. Starmer and co. are no friends of Iranian “freedom”: hands off Iran!
Global turmoil. Economic weakness. A crumbling establishment. Widespread radicalisation. As 2026 gets underway, Britain is hurtling towards further decline and disarray. RCP general secretary Ben Gliniecki sets out the Marxist perspective for the coming year.
Prisons are overcrowded, probation services are chronically understaffed, and crimes from burglary to violent offences are on the rise. Despite successive governments’ promises to be ‘tough on crime’, Britain’s repressive institutions are falling apart.
2025 saw some incredible achievements for the RCP – particularly on campus, where we doubled our forces to 300 student members. With strikes and ferment ahead, and student union elections on the horizon, there’s plenty for communists to get stuck into!
Following his New Year intervention in Venezuela, Trump is feeling emboldened to embark on more adventures pursuing his declared aim of Peace: to Cuba, Greenland, and, of course, the Middle East. Blessed be the Peacemakers, for they shall inherit the Nobel Prize for Peace – sooner or later.
Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmed, and Lewie Chiaramello – jailed for taking direct action in support of Palestine – are on the verge of dying after going on hunger strike for weeks. If they starve to death, Starmer and his government will be to blame.
Hugo Chávez remains an inspiration for anti-imperialists across the world. In 2002, he was able to mobilise the masses to oust a CIA-backed coup, and subsequent events led him to take revolutionary measures against capitalism. But the revolution remained unfinished.
Trump is laying bare his imperialist policy. Having disgracefully kidnapped Maduro and declared the US would run Venezuela directly, Trump is implementing the ‘Donroe Doctrine’. This is a recipe for clashes and conflicts – which will eventually provoke mass resistance.
Starmer’s government has given its tacit support to the criminal kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. This follows a long history on the part of British imperialism of pushing for regime change. We must fight to overthrow imperialism.
Today at 2AM, the United States carried out a criminal act, abducting President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuala, following months of sabotage, theft, and sanctions. The RCP stands unconditionally for the defence of Venezuela and call on our supporters to rally behind this movement.
A popular myth is that the British working class is too weak to carry out a revolution. Yet by examining the concrete facts, we find working class Britons are highly proletarianised and have taken the path of struggle many times in the past years. Will Collins examines this question further.
425 years ago this month, the East India Company was founded in London. This “empire within an empire” soon ruled almost the entirety of the Indian subcontinent, bleeding its people dry – and laying down the foundations for the development of British imperialism.
Last week the USA stole Venezuelan oil, reportedly worth up to 95 million dollars. This naked act of theft is nothing short of brazen imperialist bullying. It is a major escalation in Trump’s push for regime change in Venezuela, which it is our revolutionary duty to oppose.
Fifty years ago, Australia’s democratically-elected, left-reformist Labor government was forcibly dissolved – by the British monarchy. This detail, which remained hidden for decades, demonstrates the necessity of breaking with these oppressive ruling class institutions once and for all.
Eight political prisoners locked up for the ‘crime’ of fighting the genocide in Gaza have been starved and left to languish by the British state. If they die, the blame will lie with Starmer’s government and the system it upholds. Free the Filton 24! Lock up the real terrorists!
With the prospect of a Reform victory looming, the ruling class will undoubtedly be mulling over the question: can we trust Reform? Farage, meanwhile, is making overtures towards the establishment, hoping to present himself as a ‘safe pair of hands’ for British capitalism.
Recently, reformists like Zack Polanski and Jeremy Corbyn have been putting forward the idea of a wealth tax. They claim this could easily raise billions in tax revenue. While their proposals are certainly popular, do they truly offer a way forward?
Labour’s plan to scrap juries in criminal court cases has been scaled back amidst widespread backlash. But the state remains an apparatus made by the ruling class, for the ruling class. We can only defend our democratic rights through struggle.
Last weekend, the Revolutionary Communist Party’s leadership met in London to discuss the developing political situation, and the tasks that flow from it. National organiser Lotta Angantyr shares her five takeaways from the Central Committee meeting.
Labour’s Home Secretary has unveiled shocking plans to send asylum seekers to military barracks and subject them to dehumanising measures. But these plans are expensive, unworkable, and will fail to put the brakes on the government’s plummeting support.
Britain’s world reputation used to be one of a perfect gentleman. Then, in the 1990s, ‘Cool Britannia’ swept the world. But now, ‘Weird Britannia’ has taken its place: a crazed island full of phone thieves, drunken race rioters, and protesting grannies getting arrested.
Yesterday’s Budget highlighted the precarious balancing act that Starmer’s government is having to attempt: trying to appease both the bond markets and voters. Ultimately, neither will be satisfied – and British capitalism will continue its decline.
On the eve of the Autumn Budget, the bond markets – the investors who bankroll the British state – are getting jittery. The capitalists are losing faith in Labour’s ability to carry out the necessary cuts to ‘balance the books’. But what alternatives do they have?
This weekend, Your Party’s founding conference will take place. Unfortunately, the potential to forge a radical, working-class mass movement has been driven into a ditch by the reformist leaders and their petty squabbling, at least for now. What’s the communist stance?
Tech corporations and governments are pouring trillions into the ‘AI arms race’. But warning signs are flashing that this is all a massive speculative bubble, waiting to burst. This anarchic speculation is set to have a catastrophic impacts on the world economy.
After two centuries, Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ remains one of the most enduring works of Romantic and Gothic literature, defining much of modern science-fiction. Now, Del Toro’s excellent new adaptation shows it still has room to be developed and reinterpreted.
Workers at Britain’s biggest arms manufacturer are set to strike in the coming weeks, over below-inflation pay offers. However, Unite’s leadership is dragging its heels. Their class collaboration is tied up with their support for British militarism.
Last weekend, 1,200 communists gathered for Revolution Festival 2025, the largest openly communist event in Britain in decades. Youthful energy, a burning desire to study Marxism, revolutionary optimism, and theoretical clarity all made this a landmark event.
Tonight, at 6.30pm, Alan Woods and Fiona Lali will introduce this year’s Revolution Festival with a discussion on the crisis of world capitalism and the revolutionary wave it’s producing. Tune in LIVE on YouTube!
The BBC is a key component of the ruling class’ carefully-built state machinery. So, when two of its leading figures are forced to resign, this suggests that a hidden war is going on in the murky depths of the state, and paints a picture of an establishment in crisis.
Zarah Sultana has come out forcefully against the institutions and allies of western imperialism, denouncing NATO and Zelensky. Such welcome words must be given flesh and blood, by mobilising workers against the warmongers in London and Washington.
This week, the warmongers in Starmer’s Westminster cabinet have been hysterically accusing the SNP-led government in Scotland of being a “threat to national security”. But are the SNP’s anti-imperialist credentials really what they are made out to be?
108 years ago today, Lenin and the Bolsheviks achieved the impossible: they led millions of workers and peasants in a successful socialist revolution. But which events, struggles, and ideas led to that victory? How did Lenin become Lenin?
Yesterday, self-described ‘democratic socialist’ Zohran Mamdani sent shockwaves through Wall Street as he won the New York mayoral race in the heart of American capitalism. The main question now is how Mamdani delivers in the fight against the billionaires.
Since the collapse of Corbynism round one, there has been a notable vacuum on the British left. Now, like London buses, two left-wing electoral alternatives have arrived at once. What attitude should revolutionaries have towards this new left revival?
Since August, the United States has ramped up its military presence in the Caribbean with the goal of overthrowing the Venezuelan government. This imperialist bullying must be opposed. Our position is clear: Hands off Venezuela – Hands off Columbia!
Mr. Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been stripped of all of his titles and privileges, reminding us that royalty isn’t a divine force bestowed by God; nor does the right to rule run like blue blood through the veins of noble families. If a prince can be deposed, then why not a king?
Independent Candidate – an observational documentary about Fiona Lali’s 2024 general election campaign – is screening this Sunday in London. We sat down with director Teilo Vellacot to discuss the campaign, the filmmaking process, and his work as a whole.
Militancy and international solidarity, as seen across Europe recently, is not alien to the labour movement here in Britain. British workers have taken strike action to halt the imperialists’ war machine before: in the 1920 Jolly George cargo vessel incident.
Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly has been elected President of Ireland with a thumping majority. Alongside mass absenteeism, the election is a disaster for the Irish establishment.
Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir Nobody’s Girl has dragged into the light the crimes of Prince Andrew and the rest of the rotten establishment. Her account illustrates the lengths that the ruling class are willing to go to to defend their crimes.
Last week, the Welsh town of Caerphilly delivered a shock to Starmer’s Labour, with voters unseating the party from one of its former strongholds. As Britain’s political landscape fractures, we can expect many more such earthquakes in the years ahead.
The great Marxist and revolutionary leader Lenin once said: “Give me just one generation of youth, and I’ll transform the world.” Following in his footsteps today, the RCP is building up the forces of communism in Britain. But what does this look like?
The rule of the bourgeoisie was born in revolution against the feudal order, falsifying the preaching of gradualism and its supposed omnipotence. This epoch demonstrates just as the bourgeois order arose through violent upheaval, so too will its inevitable downfall.
We publish here the analysis of the Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire – the French section of the RCI – on Lecornu and his government’s reactionary budget surviving a no confidence vote thanks to the MPs of the ‘centre-left’ Socialist Party.
Announced in Washington at the end of September, it is becoming clear to everyone what this ‘peace’ deal in the Middle East really amounts to. The continued bombardment of Palestinians, corporations encircling Gaza for cheap real-estate, all potentially led by Tony Blair!
The world is ablaze with revolt, workers and youth are rising. Yet an enormous vacuum exists on the left. Only revolutionary communism offers a real way forward: bold ideas and militant action, with the goal of overthrowing capitalism entirely.
This Saturday, the far-right political organisation UKIP had intended to march on Whitechapel. The police have just announced a Public Order Act banning the assembly in Tower Hamlets, but they remain a threat. The working class can only rely on its own strength!
A trial against two British citizens accused of spying for China recently collapsed, following a change in the government’s policy towards Beijing. Starmer will tolerate Chinese spying in return for trade and investment – yet another reminder of Britain’s drastic decline.
The real content of Trotskyism does not lie in opposing Stalinism, but in what it positively puts forward. Any consideration of Trotskyism must therefore proceed from the essential principles that defined Trotsky’s life as a revolutionary.
Capitalism is built upon free speech, open debate, and the ‘marketplace of ideas’; communists, meanwhile, want to take away this cherished democratic right. Everyone has heard capitalism’s defenders repeat this myth. So what’s the communist response?
Fuelled by bold politics and anti-establishment audacity, Zack Polanski’s Green Party is surging ahead, with membership breaking 100,000 and double digits in the polls. The Greens are now a force to be reckoned with. What does this mean for British politics?
Half a million – including a 400-strong Communist bloc – took to the streets for Palestine on Saturday, showing the lack of trust in Trump’s imperialist ‘peace’. But the movement’s leaders lack answers. We must draw the lessons of the explosive European movement.
From 14-16 November, 1,000 communists will gather in London for this year’s Revolution Festival, the school of communism. For communists and class-fighters in Britain, serious about building for revolution, there is no other event like it. Get your ticket today!
As Western imperialism celebrates another imperialist peace, we are further away from Palestinian statehood than ever before. The so-called ‘two-state solution’ lies buried beneath Gaza’s rubble, as the settlements spread across the West Bank.
“The bourgeois like to think that they alone are born with the right to dominate culture. But every human being has the potential to appreciate the arts, and to excel in all of them. This artistic potential of the masses will be unleashed when they move to change society.”
Today marks two years of Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza. In this time, millions have taken to the streets of Britain to protest for Palestine. The movement is now at a crossroads. To advance, organised workers need to enter the scene en masse.
The British establishment has leapt at the opportunity to exploit last week’s synagogue attack to further their own interests, and demonise the Palestine movement. Their hypocrisy and cynicism knows no bounds. Now is not the time to back down, but to fight back.
Last Friday was incredible. A political general strike against the genocide in Gaza shut down Italy. It is an enormous source of inspiration and possibility, with the conditions which arose to such a strike not being unique to Italy. We must draw the necessary lessons.
Leon Trotsky’s Transitional Programme is one of those rare texts, reading as more applicable today than when it was written. Trotsky outlines the method of Marxism in a time of crisis. For a new generation of revolutionaries, the lessons have never been more timely.
At 6PM last night, Israel intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla. Spontaneous protests erupted across Italy with a general strike planned tomorrow. A national student strike has been called in Spain today. We say block everything! Shut it down for Palestine!
The latest Labour conference, taking place in Liverpool this week, marked another milestone in the terminal crisis facing Starmer and his government. These cretins have nothing to offer workers and youth. It’s time to get organised as communists.
Last week, US President Donald Trump arrived at the UN for what was meant to be a 15-minute speech. Instead, he delivered a fiery hour-long rant, not against Russia or China, but Europe, harshly criticising America’s allies with unrelenting anger.
We continue our series ‘Here to fight, here to stay’ illustrating how black and Asian workers and youth fought racism and the far-right. In 1974, a titanic showdown between an American multinational corporation and Asian workers shook the city of Leicester to its core!
The RCP’s freshers mobilisation is off to a flying start, with dozens of recruits, hundreds of sign-ups to our student societies, and 1,000+ copies of The Communist sold. Everywhere, we are finding an electric mood, and an appetite for Marxist theory.
This Monday, a general strike against the genocide in Gaza shook Italy. In France, more than a million demonstrated last week. In Nepal, the government was overthrown. The masses arose in Indonesia. It is September 2025 and we are witnessing a revolutionary wave!
From Nepal, Sri Lanka, Kenya to Bangladesh, a revolutionary wave has blown across countries dominated by imperialism. Ben Curry analyses the meaning of this wave and the generalised lessons to be taken by revolutionaries.
In France, the government has fallen. More than half a million demonstrators came out on 18 September. The left political forces now have a responsibility to campaign for a lasting ‘blockade’ of the country whose end goal must be to transform the economy on socialist lines.
Last week, King Charles threw a grand party to please President Donald J. Trump. For all the pageantry and pomp, this was a rather pointless affair, with little of substance gained for the ruling class. The event could best be summarised as a circus with no bread.
Global turmoil. A rotten, crisis-ridden establishment. Reaction on the streets. This is the barbarism that capitalism has in store for us. But there is an alternative, revealed by the worldwide ‘Gen-Z Revolutions’, and the growing support for communism.
Yesterday, social media was abuzz with accusations and counter-statements between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, in an argument over the founding of a new left party. This is no time for squabbles. It is vital that we return to debating politics.
This week marked 158 years since the publication of Karl Marx’s Capital – a monumental work uncovering the inner workings and contradictions of the capitalist system. Here, we republish Adam Booth’s preface to the newly-released third edition of Understanding Marx’s Capital.
Hundreds of thousands took part in France’s bloquons tout movement last week, dominated by the youth. This was a thunderclap: let the next mobilisation tomorrow, 18 September, be the beginning of a social storm!
The monster ‘Unite the Kingdom’ demonstration on Saturday 13 September marks a turning point. This was an embarrassing defeat for the left. The blame lies at the feet of the reformist left leaders, and the so-called ‘Marxist’ Socialist Workers Party.
Last Saturday’s mobilisation against Tommy Robinson’s ‘Unite The Kingdom’ demonstration was a clear defeat for the outnumbered left. While the official leaders of the counter-demo offered moral platitudes, the RCP bloc called for class war to fight the culture war.
Ten years ago today, Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of the Labour Party, transforming the landscape of British politics forever. To make sense of developments today, we must study this important chapter from Britain’s not-so-distant past.
The killing of American right-wing activist Charlie Kirk has sent shockwaves through the political landscape. We stand against everything Kirk stood for. We do not mourn his death. But we must state clearly that this act will have reactionary consequences.
After putting up with years of crushing poverty, the Nepalese youth have had enough. They have entered the stage of history, seeking to burn the system down altogether. But without leadership, what happens next remains unclear.
Anger over the migration crisis has sparked protests this summer. Real concerns over housing, services, and social decay are being exploited by the likes of Farage and Tommy Robinson. But the real blame lies with the billionaires and their representatives.
Last Saturday saw police officers arrest, intimidate, and brutalise hundreds more peaceful pro-Palestine protestors, at Starmer’s request. Fiona Lali and Khaled Malachi give an eye-witness report, explaining how this has only served to expose the government’s weakness.
“A house, a house, my kingdom for a house!” The tragedy of Sir Keir Starmer is reaching new pathetic lows, after his “working-class foil” Angela Rayner fell from grace. Nothing Starmer can do will save him. British capitalism is tobogganing towards disaster.
With the SNP in permanent crisis, Corbyn and Sultana’s new party could fill the political vacuum among Scottish youth. This requires learning the lessons of Corbynism round one – which never planted its flag in Scotland – and offering a bold programme against austerity.
Tomorrow, thousands will descend on central London to protest the genocide in Gaza and repression of Palestine activists. As Netanyahu continues the genocide, famine, and fails to bring back the hostages, the fabric of Israel itself is tearing apart.
Tomorrow, thousands of workers and youth will take to the streets of central London in protest against the genocide in Gaza, and in solidarity with repressed pro-Palestine activists. This question has become a mighty headache for Starmer’s government.
Explosive pressures are building across Britain. Tensions over migration are increasing. State repression has failed to quell the Palestine movement. And strike action is on the agenda. At the same time, a growing layer is looking towards communism.
Zack Polanski has just been elected Green Party leader, winning a whopping 85 percent of the vote! He has done so on a programme of taking on the billionaires, redistributing wealth, and calling out the genocide in Gaza. But this “hostile takeover” will face turbulence ahead.
Facing Bayrou’s austerity drive and a looming vote of confidence, France braces for mass action on September 10 — led by unions and La France Insoumise to ‘block everything.’ If it succeeds, the impact will go far beyond Emmanuel Macron’s fate.
‘History of British Trotskyism’, by Ted Grant, is a treasure trove of Marxist theory, rich with lessons from the turbulent interwar/postwar period. This new edition, published by Wellred Books, has been expanded and updated, order your copy today!
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.
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.
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.
The recent meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska has been met with a chorus of condemnation by the leaders of Europe. In this article, Alan Woods cuts through the propaganda in the media, and gives a Marxist analysis of the events in Ukraine.
Marxism is not a checklist of policies or slogans for us to repeat mindlessly. It is a scientific method, which requires serious study. In this introduction, taken from an upcoming pamphlet on dialectical materialism, Nye Shaw explains the fundamentals of Marxist philosophy.
Right-wing SNP Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes has announced she will stand down in next year’s Holyrood election. Meanwhile, left-wing former MP Mhairi Black has left the party altogether. This paints a picture of a crisis-ridden party, stumbling into a blind alley.
Plans for a new left-wing party by Corbyn and Sultana have drawn enthusiasm and curiosity amongst young people – many of whom will now be able to vote in the next election. But will the ‘kinder, gentler politics’ of reformism cut it for ‘Generation Revolution’?
This results day, hundreds of thousands of 18-year-olds step into an uncertain future – because capitalism offers none. The media sounds alarm over youth ‘turning to communism’ – we welcome it, and call on young people to get organised with us in the weeks and months ahead.
Britain’s MPs are enjoying the last weeks of their summer recess. But with the UK falling apart, many will be hoping these crooks don’t return. Corbyn and Sultana have taken a positive step forward. Now we need a revolutionary programme to burn down the system!
On this day in 1977, the fascist National Front marched through Lewisham, protected by thousands of police. Local black youth, workers, and socialists mobilised to physically block the fascists. Here, Alex Gassem draws a balance sheet of these events.
Amid global crisis, rising inequality, and war, 350 communists met in Italy for the First Congress of the Revolutionary Communist International.
‘A Nation of Shopkeepers’, by academic Dan Evans, argues that the working class has shrunk, giving way to a ‘new petty bourgeoisie’. He does this by changing the definition of class to a set of cultural values, abandoning the Marxist standpoint altogether.
The Palestine movement is yearning for solutions. The mood in Britain is charged with anger – against the genocide, austerity, and general insecurity about the future. The unions could provide a lightning rod for this energy, but for this a bold programme is required.
All websites operating in the UK must now verify their users’ age if they host content deemed potentially ‘harmful’ for children. But we can have no trust in Starmer’s big business government to put young people’s welfare first. We need a revolution!
Since March, London RCP has recruited 90 new members – taking us to the 350 milestone! Our London regional organiser discusses the Bolshevik attitude that was required for this phenomenal surge to take place.
Our ‘Revolution Against the Billionaires’ recruitment campaign has been a resounding success. After twelve weeks, 211 new members have joined the party! Now it is all of our task to study and sharpen our political clarity for the turbulent coming period.
Visiting Scotland to open a new golf resort, President Trump was lavished with praise and gifts by grovelling world leaders. Topping this list is Starmer himself, whose emasculation served as a sharp reminder of the real nature of the so-called ‘special relationship’.
Since launching a call for a new left party, over 600,000 have signed up, illustrating a burning desire for change. In turn, we republish Lenin’s advice on how Communists should orientate towards mass workers parties to win them over to a communist programme.
After 15 years of austerity, cuts and declining living standards, Nigel Farage would have you believe ‘broken Britain’ is because of immigrants and refugees. But the real culprits are Starmer and the capitalist establishment!
The BBC has been rocked by scandal after scandal. Journalists are in revolt over the beeb’s censorship and bias towards Israel. License fee payers are falling by the hundreds of thousands annually. This pillar of the British establishment has been badly blunted.
On Tuesday, Keir Starmer dangled the prospect of recognising Palestinian statehood out as a diplomatic bargaining chip. Starmer’s crocodile tears have fooled nobody. It is actions, not words, that matter in politics.
Israel bombed Damascus after Jolani’s jihadists attacked Syria’s Druze minority. Behind Syria’s volatility lies the crimes of Western imperialism in Syria. A new civil war looms, with Turkey, Israel, and Gulf states circling.
As Donald Trump visits Scotland, dogged by questions about the Epstein files, cracks are beginning to surface in his cross-class coalition. A reckoning amongst Trump voters lies in wait as they realise he is as much a part of the establishment as everyone else they despise.
Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s announcement of a new party has been met with a strong wave of support and enthusiasm. In this article, Alan Woods analyses these events, and what attitude communists should take towards it.
Almost one year after last summer’s far-right riots, protestors have targeted hotels housing asylum seekers, egged on by Reform. With anger and polarisation set to increase, the left needs a clear socialist answer to Farage, and a physical answer to far-right violence.
Today, Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana announced the launch of a new left party, aimed at taking on the “corporations and billionaires” and their “rigged system”. The RCP is getting on board. Fight for real change! Fight for revolution!
Over 200 communists gathered in the Peak District for the best RCP Summer Camp yet. Themed around the life and ideas of Ted Grant, this school of Marxism provided vital training for comrades both new and old, and prepared the Party for the big events coming.
After WWII, the Soviet bureaucracy abolished capitalism and set up Stalinist regimes across Eastern Europe. In Yugoslavia, Tito broke from Moscow while maintaining a planned economy. During intense debates within the Fourth International, Ted Grant masterfully analysed these processes.
This weekend, RCP members will gather for our annual summer camp, where we will focus on the immense theoretical contributions made by Ted Grant, who kept the flame of genuine Marxism burning through to the 21st century, laying the foundations for our International.
After suspending Angela Rayner with huge support from the rank-and-file, Unite is moving further onto the war footing against Starmer’s Labour. To complete the break, Unite must ramp up the fightback: join up the struggles against austerity, and fight for a socialist programme!
British weather is known to be volatile, and the political climate is beginning to match this. With financial worries, imperialist tensions, and political instability to contend with, Starmer is feeling the heat. The communists, meanwhile, are making hay while the sun shines!
Recently, figures such as Zohran Mamdani to a new left party in Britain have garnered widespread support. So it is timely that the In Defence of Marxism magazine, with articles themed around reformism and revolution, has launched today! We reproduce the editorial here.
As Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza escalates, the British establishment is clamping down ever-harder on Palestine activists. The labour movement must mobilise against imperialism and repression, and organise to overthrow the war criminals.
Across the Empire, British imperialism enacted and perfected the policy of ‘divide and conquer’ – whipping up ethnic and religious sectarianism to hold back mass struggles. In this article, Sarah Vedrovitch presents the examples of India, Ireland, Nigeria, and Sri Lanka.
With the recent rise of artificial intelligence, the capitalist press has gone into overdrive, peddling wild fantasies about the future of work. But are the bots coming for white-collar jobs? And what does this all mean for the class struggle?
Reform has set its sights on winning over working-class voters in Wales, by tapping into anger at Welsh Labour and the establishment, and promising to bring back jobs and industry. But can Farage’s party deliver on these plans? And can we trust the liberals to fight Reform?
Left MP Zarah Sultana has publicly announced her resignation from the Labour Party and called for the formation of a new left party, co-led by former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Fiona Lali of the RCP discusses the bold revolutionary programme needed to build a political movement for genuine change.
Today’s anniversary of a year in office offers no cause for celebration for Keir Starmer and his ministers. His Labour government is on the ropes. It is only a matter of time before the Prime Minister goes the way of his hapless Tory predecessors.
As part of their austerity agenda, Labour is pushing disabled people into work. In reality, capitalism creates and exacerbates disabilities. Communists fight for a society that can harness the full potential of all, and cater to everyone’s needs.
As the global crisis of capitalism deepens, political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic are finding themselves to be a hostage to events: pulled and pressured by powerful forces beyond their control, as the status quo crumbles around them.
Keir Starmer was given a bloody nose in Parliament yesterday, as Labour MPs forced the government to retreat on its Dickensian welfare cuts. This opens up a Pandora’s Box for the Labour leaders, who are caught between a rock and a hard place.
Despite attempted censorship, multiple artists at this year’s Glastonbury Festival exposed British establishment’s despicable role in supporting Israel’s genocide. This reflects the burning rage against capitalism and imperialism, desperately seeking an outlet.
Netanyahu’s latest reckless bid to pull the United States into a full-blown regional war has exposed Trump’s contradictory position on the world stage. In this article, Alan Woods analyses the world situation in wake of the Israel-Iran war.
With his sledgehammer approach to the political and economic status quo, President Trump is unleashing chaos upon the world order. In this article, Adam Booth analyses the decline of the dollar as the world’s currency, and its implications for capitalism as a whole.
‘Vassal State: How America Runs Britain’ uncovers the real content of Britain’s so-called ‘special relationship’ with the USA: one of vassalage and subservience. But the author’s liberal calls for the British capitalists to “take back control” offers no solution.
Forged in the social upheavals during and after WWI, Dadaism was a radical school of art aimed at the capitalist establishment. Its initial inclination towards nonsensical absurdism developed into an open embrace of communism – reflecting an age of revolution.
This afternoon, the government confirmed its intention to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group. This is nothing short of an attempt to criminalise the Palestine movement. In response, we joined an emergency protest at Trafalgar Square to say: Hands off Palestine Action!
As of today, the RCP has recruited over 100 new communists to its ranks in the seven weeks since our Congress. This is halfway to our recruitment campaign target, and one of the fastest periods of growth the Party has ever had, writes RCP general secretary Ben Gliniecki.
Israel’s war on Iran marks a global turning point. Trump is being pulled in many directions, with Republican warhawks pushing for US intervention and regime change, while others call for the US president to deliver on his promise of peace. In this article, Alan Woods analyses these seismic events.
In the run-up to next week’s NATO summit, Starmer’s Labour has announced more new plans to ramp up military spending, using the threat of a ‘Russian invasion’ to carry out attacks on workers at home. Down with militarism! For welfare, not warfare!
Israel’s latest act of aggression against Iran has once again stirred the hypocritical chorus of warmongers in Westminster. The task of Communists is to expose the crimes of Netanyahu, Starmer, and British imperialism; and to fight for international socialism, starting at home.
In its first year of power, Starmer’s ‘electoral fortress’ has suffered the same sorry fate as the ‘unsinkable’ Titanic. With stormier waters ahead, Reeves’ Spending Review is merely rearranging the deckchairs on a sinking ship. Time to throw these capitalist shills overboard!
Netanyahu is betting his political future on a regional conflagration — escalating the Gaza genocide into an all‑out war with Iran, dragging US imperialism along to save his skin. The Israeli PM now masks his genocidal ambitions behind ‘defence’ rhetoric and global powers have followed in tow. The working class must resist being dragged into capitalist bloodletting.
Global debt has tripled since 2007 and has been a lifeline for the tottering capitalist system. Now as debts mature amidst tariffs, inflation, high interest rates and stagnant economic growth this could spell disaster for the capitalists as they seek to pass on the burden of their crisis ridden system to the working class.
This Monday, the IDF seized a sailboat carrying aid to Gaza, and deported those on board including climate activist Greta Thunberg. This latest criminal act has once again exposed the western leaders’ hypocrisy, and has sparked to an outpouring of anger internationally.
Targeted raids by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Los Angeles have sparked an inspiring spontaneous fightback over the weekend. Trump escalated the provocation by sending in the national guard. Workers organisations must mobilise to defend immigrant workers in deeds, not just words.
At last Saturday’s national anti-austerity demonstration, 400 Revolutionary Communist Party activists hit the streets of London in possibly the biggest communist mobilisation in decades. We say: Revolution against the billionaires! Expropriate the rich! Join the Communists!
In preparation for the first congress of the Revolutionary Communist International, this special episode of Against the Stream, the weekly podcast of the RCI, covers the perspectives for the epoch of war, revolution and counter-revolution the world is now entering.
Beneath the surface, anger is rising within the labour movement. From teachers to doctors to bin workers, the industrial struggle will likely sharpen in the coming months. Workers need a political struggle against Starmer and the entire billionaires’ system, writes Ben Gliniecki.
This Saturday, tens of thousands – including hundreds of RCP comrades – will march in London against austerity. Starmer and Reeves are facing growing opposition to their programme of cuts. The communists call for revolution against the billionaires!
With the Ukraine war well into its third year, a Russian victory is inescapable. Trump is trying to secure a deal in order for US imperialism to withdraw, but the European leaders are desperately dragging out this bloody conflict, for their own cynical, imperialist ends.
A recent poll has predicted that Reform could soon become the main opposition in Scotland, despite never having won a Scottish Parliament seat before. This reflects the deep anti-establishment mood in Scotland, and disillusionment with the ruling SNP.
A new book by a Belfast-based investigative journalist exposes a covered-up child sexual abuse scandal – involving the monarchy, MI5, the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and the Loyalist establishment. The British state is rotten, depraved, and abusive – right to the very top.
After 19 months of backing Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza, Starmer and Lammy have begun to shed crocodile tears about the latest horrors being inflicted on the Palestine people. The Labour leaders cannot be trusted. Down with the war criminals!
Starmer is boasting about the UK’s recent trade deals with the EU, USA, and India. But will these deals “deliver for working people”, as Labour promises? And has the Prime Minister delivered the Brexiteers’ dream of ‘Global Britain’? Don’t hold your breath.
The RCP’s 2025 British Perspectives document was passed unanimously at the Party’s recent Second Congress. This rich work of Marxist analysis outlines the key processes taking place in society, and will act as a guide to action for the Communists in the coming year.
Across Britain, a new wave of workers and youth are rising up against capitalism. Disillusioned by inequality and bigotry, they’re turning conviction into action by joining the Revolutionary Communist Party and helping to building the revolutionary leadership the working class needs.
The RCP’s 2025 Organisational Resolution was passed unanimously at the Party’s recent Second Congress. This document outlines the Party’s successes and lessons in the past year since its founding, and sets out the tasks ahead in the coming year.
A hated Benjamin Netanyahu has once again set his sights on the complete seizure of Gaza. Trump meanwhile has been signing agreements with other Middle Eastern partners, seeking other avenues of support as the war has no end in sight. Victor Murray examines what it all means.
On 7 June, tens of thousands will mobilise for the first national anti-austerity demonstration Starmer was elected. The RCP is organising a 400-strong communist bloc, so we can send a clear message: We want a revolution against the billionaires!
Last week, leading members of the Awaami Action Committee – Gilgit-Baltistan, including members of the Inqalabi Communist Party (Pakistan), were arrested in a blatantly political attack. Comrades of the RCP in Britain held an emergency protest outside the Pakistani High Commission in central London.
Starmer has announced a new set of anti-immigrant policies, prompting unrest within the Labour backbenches. This desperate attempt to outflank Reform from the right is a divisive distraction from Labour’s own failures. Our enemies are not immigrants, but the bosses and billionaires that Starmer represents.
Capitalism is in a deep crisis – perhaps the deepest in history. Meanwhile, establishment politicians are all singing from the same hymn sheet, and the reformist ‘left’ leaders have no solutions. The RCP is raising an army of communists, ready to wage war on the system.
Today marks the 100th birthday of Malcolm X, an outstanding revolutionary within the black liberation movement. We republish here an article on his life and political evolution, which were tragically cut short by an assassin’s bullet.
We sat down with Fiona Lali, leading member of the Revolutionary Communist Party, to discuss the launch of her pamphlet ‘Why You Should be a Communist’. We also publish an extract from the pamphlet, which will play a key role in the RCP’s summer recruitment drive.
Louis Theroux’s latest documentary lays bare the genocidal Zionist settler movement. Backed by the Israeli state and emboldened by the western imperialists, these fanatics freely wage ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the West Bank.
Labour has dominated Welsh politics for over a century. But after decades of austerity and decline, Welsh Labour’s support is collapsing. Meanwhile, Reform UK and Welsh nationalist Plaid Cymru are surging in the polls . Volatility and radicalisation lie ahead.
The recent local elections revealed that Nigel Farage’s party is gaining support amongst workers in traditional Labour heartlands, including trade unionists. This must be a wake-up call for the labour movement: to fight for bold socialist policies.
In his masterpiece ‘Imperialism’, Lenin explained how the monopolies and banks rule over us, engendering conflict, chaos, and crisis. Today’s tumultuous situation is proof of this analysis. We need a revolution to expropriate the billionaires.
Announced yesterday, mainstream media have been going gaga for new pope Leo XIV. Yet the Church remains full of scandals, crises, and is riven with factionalism. A changing of the guard at the top offers no solutions, as the reign of Pope Francis illustrates.
Yesterday, the Indian Air Force carried out military attacks in Pakistan. The two countries are once again at war, using the question of Kashmir to cut across their own internal class divisions. We say: Only class war can end all wars!
This VE Day, we publish the editorial by Alan Woods from the latest issue of the Revolutionary Communist International’s quarterly theoretical journal, In Defence of Marxism, which cuts through the bourgeois propaganda surrounding WW2.
The second congress of the RCP was an electric event, like none other – rich in political understanding, revolutionary enthusiasm, and infectious confidence. There has never been a better time to get organised and join the communists!
Electoral success for Nigel Farage’s Reform in yesterday’s local and regional contests has provoked panic in Labour and Tory HQs alike. Britain’s political landscape is fracturing, as the centre ground collapses. Revolutionary upheavals impend.
Today, the Second Congress of the Revolutionary Communist Party commences. Across the weekend, hundreds of members will sharpen their perspectives, and draw up plans for a summer recruitment drive. For a revolution against the billionaires! Join the RCP!
Irish rap group Kneecap have been victims of a vicious smear campaign for supporting Palestine. This reeks of imperialist hypocrisy. It is the capitalist system and its politicians that have blood on their hands. Kneecap have nothing to apologise for.
Today marks 100 days since Donald Trump became US president for a second time. Here, we publish an extract from a document set to be discussed by the Revolutionary Communists of America, outlining the perspectives for class struggle in the USA.
The emergency takeover to prevent the collapse of British Steel has raised the question of ‘who owns Britain?’. This is also the case in Scotland, whose economy has been carved up by international capital. The SNP leaders’ empty talk about ‘national sovereignty’ is a farce.
Around a third of voters in England will go to the polls this Thursday, in council and mayoral elections that are likely to be a humiliation for both the Labour and the Tories. We say: Kick out all the Westminster warmongers, liars, and racists!
Privatisation in Britain has been a horror show. Corporations have raked in profits and shareholder payouts at the expense of us all. When these industries fail, only the losses are nationalised. Instead, we say: Nationalise the lot! For workers control!
“I recently read the RCP’s article on Just Stop Oil and Youth Demand. It resonated with me as someone who has made the journey from Just Stop Oil and getting arrested for direct action, to revolutionary communism and class struggle.”
The US-China trade war continues with neither Trump nor Xi yet blinking. Daniel Morley explores the ramifications and how fundamentally there will be no true winner, indicating not the madness of Trump, but the capitalist system itself.
Across Europe, governments are hiking up ‘defence’ spending, whilst carrying out cuts and attacks on workers to pay for it. Rob Sewell explains the economics behind this ‘military Keynesianism’, and why it provides no way out for the capitalist system.
The crisis-ridden establishment has cynically leapt on yesterday’s UK Supreme Court ruling regarding the definition of a woman to whip up a divisive culture war. Workers and youth must unite and fight for revolution against the billionaire class.
Just Stop Oil are ditching direct action. Youth Demand are ‘shutting down London’ in protest over Gaza and the climate. The RCP would like to open up a dialogue with activists about the programme, strategies, and tactics needed to overthrow the billionaire’s system.
Over the weekend, the Labour government passed emergency legislation to take control of steel – in particular Scunthorpe’s steelworks. While the union leaders breathe a sigh of relief, we say: No trust in Starmer! Expropriate all the parasites!
President Trump’s recent ‘pausing’ of tariffs has done little to slow the full-scale trade war. These protectionist measures only serve to highlight the limitations of capitalism. To avoid destitution, workers must fight for revolution!
In the weeks that have passed since the US tore up the decades-old western alliance, the European leaders have been frantically trying to thrash out a rearmament plan. The Communists say: Down with militarism and austerity! For international revolution!
While workers and the poor face ever-greater hardships, the super-rich are making a killing. In response to this gaping wealth divide, left wingers like Jeremy Corbyn and Gary Stevenson are saying we should ‘tax the rich’. But does this offer a real solution?
In May, hundreds of revolutionaries from across Britain and our International will attend the Second Congress of the Revolutionary Communist Party. This is the highest body of our party, where we will discuss world and British perspectives, alongside our tasks and tactics.
Last month, Labour announced the biggest cuts to disability benefits in a generation. This will have a brutal, devastating effect upon hundreds of thousands of people. One reader told us that Starmer and Reeves “should be put on trial” – we couldn’t agree more!
In an embarrassing diplomatic snub for Labour, the Israeli state has deported two British MPs on a trip to the West Bank. The entire rotten establishment has been more animated over this row than Israel’s genocidal actions over the last eighteen months.
Protectionist trade wars. Jingoism and rearmament. Austerity and attacks on the working class… Did someone set the clock back to the 1930s? To combat the coming catastrophe, we need a global revolution against the billionaire class.
This week, Marine Le Pen was barred from standing in the upcoming French elections after having been found guilty of the embezzlement of European parliamentary funds. Many on the Left have been jubilant, but Alan Woods warns us that this is in fact nothing to celebrate.
The British Steel bosses have announced the potential closure of the remaining furnaces in Scunthorpe, after over a century of operation. This jobs massacre will throw the entire town onto the scrapheap. Workers must take matters into their own hands: Occupy the steelworks!
With thousands of job losses at the Port Talbot steelworks, and potentially thousands more in Scunthorpe, it’s clear that Britain’s steel industry is in dire straits – with or without Trump’s tariffs. The labour movement needs a militant, socialist programme to save jobs!
Trump is set to announce a barrage of new tariffs, in an attempt to stem the decline of US capitalism. Here, Niklas Albin Svensson outlines the Marxist position on the ‘free trade vs protectionism’ debate, and how tariffs will impact the world economy.
With the world economy stagnant, and Trump gearing up for protectionist trade wars, there are many parallels to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Here, we republish a 2020 article by James Kilby analysing this decade of crisis and class struggle.
This weekend, the British state carried out a coordinated series of raids and arrests against a radical, anti-imperialist youth organisation. We stand in complete solidarity with Youth Demand. For a mass mobilisation against Starmer’s repressive regime!
The notion of ‘degrowth’ – which advocates cutting down production to save the planet – has gained popularity within the climate movement. But there’s nothing radical about these academic, reformist ideas. Here, Lubna Badi provides a Marxist response to ‘degrowth’.
Reform UK’s nationwide tour culminates in Birmingham tomorrow. The counter-demonstration should be the starting shot for a mass campaign to unite workers and youth against ALL of the liars, warmongers, and racists in Westminster.
Rachel Reeves has just announced that the government will slash billions from the benefits bill. While the rich feast themselves, Labour are feeding workers and the poor into the meat-grinder. Make the billionaires pay for this crisis! For welfare, not warfare!
The first by-election of the current parliament is coming up, with Reform predicted to win despite a massive Labour majority last year. Unfortunately, Stand Up To Racism’s campaign against Reform leaves Starmer off the hook, and will only bolster Farage’s party.
Britain’s failed invasion of Egypt in 1956 symbolised the end of Britain’s role as a major world power. With British imperialism facing another ‘Suez moment’ in Ukraine, we republish here our analysis of this ‘forgotten war’, written to mark the 60th anniversary in 2016.
Since coming to power, there has been enormous mystery about what Donald Trump’s presidency means. Author and Marxist theoretician Alan Woods cuts through the confusion to clearly explain the phenomena of Trumpism, what his rule means and where he is going.
All hopes that the hellfire rained on the people of Gaza would be relieved by the January ceasefire have been cruelly shattered, as Netanyahu’s genocide resumes. Only the revolutionary overthrow of all those responsible can create the conditions for the genuine liberation of Palestine. Down with the war criminals!
The prospects for British capitalism are dire. The stage is being set for economic catastrophe, with a stagflationary crisis of low growth coupled with rising prices looming. Reeves and co. offer no solutions – only a revolutionary alternative will end this misery.
In a declaration of war, Labour have announced they will be cutting £5 billion from the welfare benefits budget by 2030. This will leave the most vulnerable in society at breaking point. Calls to ‘tax the rich’ are not enough.
While Labour ramps up austerity, trade union leaders have endorsed the government’s militarism, naively believing that this will create jobs and economic growth for British workers. We say: No trust in Starmer! Fight the bosses and warmongers head on!
With soaring costs, welfare cuts, and people struggling to make ends meet, the cost of living crisis is hitting harder than ever—if it ever truly left. It’s time for workers to take action, fight back, and make the parasites pay.
This May, Marxists from across Britain will convene for the Second Congress of the Revolutionary Communist Party, to discuss the turbulent crisis of British capitalism, and the tasks of class fighters. Here, Adam Booth introduces the ‘British perspectives’ document.
Under the guise of ‘maintaining peace’, imperialist governments are racing to rearm. The jingoistic establishment insists that workers and the poor should shoulder the costs, through savage cuts to social spending. We must fight militarism with socialist revolution!
Starmer and the establishment are on a crusade of flag-waving jingoism: puffing out their chests on the world stage, and using the cover of militarism to prepare for attacks on workers at home. We say: down with these deluded warmongers!
To commemorate International Working Women’s Day the Revolutionary Communist Party has been organising meetings in a number of cities and universities to reclaim the revolutionary communist heritage of this event. The only way we can ensure women’s emancipation is through revolution!
The ‘woke’ brand of identity politics pushed by the liberal establishment for decades is now deeply discredited. Demagogues like Trump, however, offer no alternative. Communists oppose both sides of the culture war divide, putting forward an independent, class programme.
Labour has just announced billions in cuts to benefits, in an effort to drive the sick and ailing back to work, get the economy growing, and redirect money to ‘defence’. But the capitalist class are powerless to tackle Britain’s unemployment dilemma.
While the liberal establishment and right-wing bigots argue over who protects women more, working-class women are more squeezed and vulnerable than ever. Communists have no faith in both sides of the toxic culture war. Only united class struggle can fight sexism!
Starmer’s cuts to foreign aid have caused backlash among his ranks and within the liberal establishment. But both sides of this furore are merely trying to salvage Britain’s declining power. We say: No to militarism! Down with liberal hypocrisy!
Trump’s demagogic rhetoric is disrupting the post-WWII consensus, fueling uncertainty in Europe and the UK’s fragile economy amid rising militarism and social crises. In this context, the RCP leadership convened to strategise on strengthening the Party, promoting The Communist, launching a new recruitment campaign, and preparing for the second RCP Congress.
Western leaders like Macron and Starmer have been blindsided by last week’s Oval Office clash, which came after weeks of slavishly courting Trump’s favour. In this article, Alan Woods analyses the seismic shifts in world relations which led to this event.
Last Friday, an unprecedented argument took place in the Oval Office between Trump and Zelensky in front of the world’s media. The event exposed the real relations between the two countries, one between master and servant. Jorge Martín here examines the event and its implications.
Labour is under pressure from populists on either side of the Atlantic, with the capricious chaos of Donald Trump and the rising support for Farage’s Reform. We say: No to Starmer’s militarism and austerity! Overthrow this rotten system!
The CDU’s Friedrich Merz will be Germany’s next Chancellor. But with geopolitical and economic turmoil ahead, the next government will be even more unstable and discredited than than the last. Polarisation and class struggle are on the order of the day.
Universities across Britain are facing an onslaught of cuts, course closures, and redundancies. This is a harbinger of what is to come across the whole public sector. RCP members on campus are fighting back. Kick capitalism out of education!
Keir Starmer wants to put thousands of British “boots on the ground” to ‘keep the peace’ in Ukraine, while pledging to spend billions more on ‘defence’. We say: no to Starmer’s militarism and austerity! For healthcare, not warfare! Books not bombs!
Farage’s Reform UK recently overtook Labour and the Tories in the polls. Some on the left claim that Reform’s rising popularity is down to British workers becoming racist and far-right. But what is really behind the rise of right-wing populism?
We publish here the contents of a speech by Jorge Martín to a meeting of the Revolutionary Communist International’s leadership. In it, he covers the seismic shifts taking place in world relations, and the revolutionary pressures building up everywhere.
In a matter of weeks, President Trump has upended the decades-old ‘western alliance’. With US-Russia relations opening up, European powers have been left in the eye of the storm, carrying enormous social and political implications.
Here we publish an excerpt from ‘Colossus: The Rise and Decline of US Imperialism’, a new title by John Peterson, a leading RCI member in the USA. The book covers Lenin’s analysis of imperialist war, plus the rise and relative decline of US imperialism.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s new chainsaw-wielding Department of Government Efficiency has made quick work of slashing state spending. But cuts to USAID, a key part of US imperialism’s ‘soft power’ strategy, have provoked splits within the ruling class.
Back in the 1960s, Harold Wilson’s Labour government supported American imperialism’s bloody invasion of Vietnam. Today, Starmer’s government is even more subservient to Washington. We need a clean break with reformist betrayals!
In recent weeks, several regions of the Revolutionary Communist Party have organised cadre schools, to train leading members in the Marxist method. Raising the political level of the party is the key to connecting with Britain’s revolutionary youth.
The Labour Party was originally formed as a working class party. But since it first came to power over a century ago, its leaders have ruled on behalf of the capitalists. In this article, James Kilby explains how this happened, and the lessons for today.
US President Donald Trump has proposed the forced expulsion of two million Palestinians from their land. This is nothing short of another Nakba. But this crude plan can only pour petrol on the flames of a volatile situation in the region and worldwide.
The Revolutionary Communist Party has launched the ‘Pillars of Communism’ tour! Over the next few months, leading party members will be travelling across British campuses to tackle the main theoretical cornerstones of Marxism. Sign up today!
Starmer’s government is desperate to “kickstart” the flailing UK economy, with a flurry of recent announcements designed to boost growth. But it is clear that any uplift will come at workers’ expense. The stage is set for explosive class battles.
‘America First’ means everyone last, including Europe. European capitalism is already in an impasse. US retrenchment, increased defence spending, and a potential tariff war will only further this decline. Events are laying the groundwork for the future European revolution.
Axel Rudakubana, the teenager who carried out the Southport stabbings last year, has been sentenced to 52 years in prison. Self-serving politicians have exploited this tragedy for their own ends: to beef up state powers, and to divide the working class.
One week after Trump announced a colossal government-backed AI investment plan, an obscure Chinese startup has lobbed a grenade into the US tech sector. With the stock markets in turmoil, the president’s protectionist plans are off to a rocky start.
The European economy is facing its biggest crisis in a decade, with hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs at risk. European capitalism has entered into a steep decline, and will be unable to weather the geopolitical storms that surround it.
A recent Channel 4 poll has found that nearly half of young people in Britain think that society “must be radically changed through revolution”. While the media outlets scratch their heads, the RCP is setting out to organise ‘Generation Revolution’.
After decades of decline, British capitalism is particularly vulnerable to the instability that Trump and his ‘America First’ programme bring. The new president will inflame the political turmoil, radicalisation, and polarisation taking place in Britain.
This week marked 120 years since the Bloody Sunday massacre, in which Tsar Nicholas II massacred workers peacefully delivering a petition to his palace. This brutal repression radicalised the masses of Russia, sparking the mighty 1905 Russian Revolution.
A Trump-brokered ceasefire has brought Israel’s brutal campaign in Gaza to a halt. This represents a humiliating blow for Netanyahu and the Zionist state. However, the oppression of the Palestinian people continues. Free Palestine! Fight imperialism!
Just like Lilliput in ‘Gulliver’s Travels’, Britain increasingly resembles a small and trivial Kingdom, led by quarrelsome, puffed-up rulers. And with Trump now in the White House, Starmer’s diplomatic blunders and contortions are set to become even more sorry-looking.
Issue 48 of In Defence of Marxism magazine – the quarterly theoretical journal of the Revolutionary Communist International – is out now! Alan Woods’ editorial, which we republish, takes up the central question of whether we can truly know and understand the world around us, which is a theme throughout this issue.
With the world’s most powerful imperialist power, the United States, entering into relative decline, rival powers are struggling for influence. Turmoil and disorder prevail on the world stage, preparing the ground for revolutionary explosions.
The assassination of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has tapped into a raw class anger in the USA, Britain, and beyond. But we need more than one modern-day Robin Hood. We need an army of workers and youth, mobilised in the fight for communist revolution.
Donald Trump is once again set to lead the most powerful imperialist power in history. However, Trump’s expansionist ambitions offer no solution to the crisis of American capitalism, nor the danger of class struggle and revolution.
Several wildfires are raging uncontrollably in and around the US city of Los Angeles. From the climate crisis, to the underfunding of fire departments, to water privatisation – the blame for this catastrophe lies squarely with the capitalist class.
Trump’s impending inauguration has him already wreaking havoc. Starmer is hated and oversees a government of crisis, leaving opportunities for ‘anti-establishment’ Reform to gain ground. We are entering a new disturbed era of world politics – buckle up!
This Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigned after almost a decade in power. His resignation symbolises the continuing crisis of liberalism. The fall of Trudeau ushers in a new era of crisis and instability for Canada.
Elon Musk, Nigel Farage, and other reactionaries have been stirring up a storm over child-sexual abuse cases in Britain. But these hypocrites are responsible for breeding misogyny, rape-culture, and grooming. Abuse and oppression are a product of class society – and will only end with its abolition.
Only a few days into the working year, FTSE 100 CEOs have already raked in a year’s worth of wages while workers face a January of debt and decline. This new year, make your resolution to fight for an overthrow of this parasitic system!
While the collapse of the British Empire is often portrayed as the result of benevolence, this could not be further from the truth. This article, from a new RCP booklet, examines the real role of British imperialism during the 1948-60 Malayan “Emergency”.
The British government has been loudly celebrating Assad’s fall in Syria. Amidst a media frenzy to ‘rebrand’ HTS from terrorists to moderates, the real role Britain has long played in creating the conditions for Islamic fundamentalism has been obscured.
Marxists have always stood for materialism, in opposition to all forms of idealism – including religion. But as Lenin explained, the communist approach to religion requires tact and sensitivity. Our task is to achieve a ‘paradise’ in this world.
Starmer’s government is preparing to administer bitter medicine on behalf of the capitalists, with public sector workers first in line. Instead of preparing members for battle, however, the tops of the trade unions are fighting amongst themselves.
The Syrian regime has collapsed. The resulting power vacuum is being filled by local militias and warlords, backed by various imperialist powers seeking to redivide the country and the region. The Syrian masses can only rely on their own strength.
Last week, a masked man shot to death the CEO of one of America’s largest healthcare insurance companies. While members of the ruling class shrink in fear, the class hatred amongst many ordinary Americans is palpable.
With the NHS on the brink, pensioners’ winter fuel payments being cut, and the Labour leaders vowing to slash Britain’s benefits bill, it’s going to be a cold, harsh winter for the working class. Kick out capitalism’s Scrooges this Christmas!
From the launch of ‘The Communist’ to the founding of the Revolutionary Communist International, 2024 has been a transformative year for the forces of communism in Britain and worldwide. Start 2025 the right way: join the RCP!
The leadership of the RCP gathered recently to analyse the turbulent events taking place globally, and to review the organisation’s activity over the last few months. The revolutionary communists in Britain can be proud of what we have accomplished.
President-elect Trump is assembling a cabinet of outsiders, mavericks, and loyalists to wage war on the US political establishment. This will set the stage for unprecedented upheaval, instability, and class struggle in the United States.
Wellred Books’ Christmas sale is now live, with at least a 20 percent discount on all titles! Whether you’re after some classic texts by Lenin, or you want to brush up on your Marxist philosophy, Britain’s Marxist bookshop has you covered.
Yesterday, ‘counter-terrorism’ police raided a Kurdish community centre and arrested several people. This follows Starmer and Lammy’s recent cosying-up to Erdoğan’s bloodstained regime. Down with Labour’s hypocrisy! Solidarity with the Kurds!
With the cost of living soaring, a decent social life or a carefree existence have become a pipedream for many young people. As a result, the hospitality sector is being hit hard, and the ‘loneliness epidemic’ is intensifying.
The International Criminal Court has finally issued arrest warrants for war criminals Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant. This decision exposes the utter hypocrisy of the western imperialists, as well as the impotence of ‘international law’.
Starmer has followed his American masters and allowed Ukraine to fire British-French missiles into Russian territory. This reckless move will have no bearing on the outcome of the war, other than prompting greater retaliation from Russia. We say, down with the warmongers!
Britain’s farmers are taking to the streets in protest against the government’s proposed tax changes, which threaten to be the final straw for squeezed rural communities. We say: make the billionaires and bankers pay for capitalism’s crisis!
Alan Woods explains why, in the dying days of Biden’s presidency, ‘Genocide Joe’ has decided to arm Volodymyr Zelensky with long range ballistic missiles, and what this means for the war.
This year’s Revolution Festival – a school of communism organised by the RCP – saw 1,000 communists gather for a weekend of anti-imperialist and Marxist discussion. This landmark event is a launchpad for building the forces of communism in Britain.
The head of the Church of England has resigned after a report implicated him in a sexual abuse cover-up. From the monarchy to the police, every pillar of the British establishment is crumbling to pieces. The system is rotten to the core.
On this day 140 years ago, the European powers gathered at the Berlin Conference carved up the African continent. This article from the RCP’s new booklet ‘The Crimes of British Imperialism’ lays bare the bloody role played by British capitalism.
Every Remembrance Day, the ruling class reminds us of the brave sacrifices made so that we can enjoy ‘peace’ today. But they would much rather we forgot that the horrors of World War One were brought to an end by international workers’ revolution.
This Remembrance Day, the communists will honour those whose lives have been scandalously sacrificed in the interests of imperialism, by redoubling our efforts to end this capitalist nightmare once and for all. Workers of the world, unite!
With just seven days to go, and over 800 tickets sold, this year’s Revolution Festival is shaping up to be our biggest and best school of communism yet. Don’t miss out on your chance to educate yourself in revolutionary Marxist ideas next weekend!
We are proud to announce the release of a new booklet, ‘The Crimes of British Imperialism’’. We publish here the introduction, which explains how British imperialism went from being an empire that ruled the waves, to its role today.
Today is the anniversary of the 1917 October Revolution, which saw the working class seize power for the first time ever. We are republishing a lesser-known article by Lenin, which outlines the theory of permanent revolution in relation to the Russian Revolution.
Starmer and Lammy wasted no time in sending grovelling congratulations to the new President-elect. But from trade wars to geopolitical shifts, a Trump administration spells chaos for British capitalism, and more resentment towards Labour.
With all the cards stacked against him, Donald Trump has won the US presidential election, tapping into a deep anti-establishment mood in society. A new and turbulent chapter in American history is about to be written, writes Alan Woods.
Today, all eyes are on the USA – the ‘belly of the beast’ of world capitalism – as millions of voters head to the polls. Neither Trump’s reactionary ‘populism’ nor Harris’ so-called ‘lesser-evil’ establishment politics offers any solution. America needs a revolution!
Kemi Badenoch has become the latest Tory leader, taking over a dysfunctional and degenerate Conservative Party that is lurching ever-further to the right. This is a recipe for intensifying political instability and sharpening class struggle.
Six days after flash floods left at least 214 people dead, the Spanish King and Prime Minister were pelted with mud and chased away by angry protesters. These unprecedented scenes were an expression of seething class rage.
As Starmer’s government nears its fourth month, we are republishing for the first time online an article by Ted Grant, which compares the second and third Labour governments, and explains why reformism leads to betrayals of the working class.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced her much-anticipated Budget today, promising to “restore economic stability” and “fix the foundations” of British capitalism. But with shocks raining down on the global economy, such hopes will soon turn to dust.
Having failed to destroy Hamas or return the hostages, Israel’s has embarked upon an open policy of ethnic cleansing in northern Gaza, where some 400,000 men, women, and children remain. The bloodletting will not cease until imperialism is overthrown.
In the run-up to Revolution Festival, RCP branches are hard at work raising funds for the party, so we can successfully wage a struggle against imperialism. We appeal to all revolutionary workers and young people: help finance the class war!
As Halloween approaches, a spectre is haunting Westminster – the spectre of economic instability, political chaos, and class struggle. But all of these horrors are hammering consciousness into shape: capitalism is producing its own gravediggers.
100 years ago, British intelligence, the Tory Party, and the bosses’ press colluded to bring down the first Labour government. The ‘Zinoviev letter’ affair reveals the murky machinations of the capitalist state, which will go to any length to defend its interests.
Starmer has recently brushed off criticism of British imperialism’s bloody history, and its role in the transatlantic slave trade. This article, from a new RCP booklet, explains how these horrific crimes laid the basis for Britain to rule the waves.
RCP branches across the country are preparing for Revolution Festival – the school of communism, and an anti-imperialist conference. This is shaping up to be Britain’s biggest openly communist rally in decades. So don’t miss out! Get your ticket today!
With both candidates neck-and-neck in the run-up to election day, you can sense the anxiety of the ruling class, who mostly oppose the maverick Trump. But why has his anti-establishment message struck a chord with a section of American society?
After months of dither and delay, Labour’s flagship workers’ rights policy has finally dropped. To no one’s surprise, it is a watered-down washout. A few crumbs from the bosses’ table won’t stem the class struggle. We need a militant programme of action.
Ever since the 7 October attack, the logic of imperialism has driven the Middle East towards regional war, with revolutionary implications across the world. Today it is clearer than ever: capitalism and imperialism must die, so that mankind may live.
Issue 47 of In Defence on Marxism is out now! We publish here Alan Woods’ editorial on the lessons of the international communist movement from Marx and Engels to today, and the enduring revolutionary struggle against imperialism and war.
As the murderous Israeli regime rains down hellfire upon Palestinian hospitals and Lebanese neighbourhoods, Labour have nothing to offer but empty words, sickening hypocrisy, and toothless measures. Starmer and Lammy are complicit in these crimes.
Israel’s invasion of Lebanon has led to confrontations with UN peacekeepers. While the Zionist state commits war crimes and disregards international law, western leaders look the other way. The sham of the ‘rules-based order’ is being exposed to millions.
The death of Alex Salmond, a towering figure of the Scottish independence movement, has been met with glowing tributes from across the political spectrum. Salmond made the SNP what it is today: a party of big business, austerity, and decline.
The USA has been battered by a series of deadly hurricanes in the past few weeks. These disasters have exposed that capitalism cannot deal with the consequences of the climate crisis – a catastrophe of its own making.
We are proud to announce a new, updated, and expanded edition of the RCP booklet ‘Israel-Palestine: A Revolutionary Way Forward’. We publish here the new introduction, covering the earth-shattering events since the commencement of Israel’s slaughter.
Starmer’s unpopular austerity policies have forced some trade union leaders to begin offering tokenistic resistance. But to defend our class and prepare for the battles ahead, militant, fighting leadership – not class-collaboration – is needed.
As Netanyahu, backed by the warmongers in Washington and Westminster, spreads his slaughter across the Middle East, the RCP is organising a new generation of revolutionaries in the fight to overthrow imperialism. Join us in this struggle today!
Netanyahu’s genocidal war on Gaza, now one year old, has created a new ‘nakba’ – ‘catastrophe’ in Arabic – for the Palestinian people. With Israel now spreading the slaughter, the same fate awaits Lebanon. We must fight to overthrow the warmongers.
Israel and its western imperialist backers are pushing the Middle East ever closer to a devestating all-out regional war. No amount of petitioning or radical language can put an end to the Zionist war machine. We need mass action to bring down imperialism!
Starmer and the rest of the British establishment have given their wholesale support to Netanyahu and his campaign of carnage across the Middle East. We can have no trust in this Labour government. We say: fight to bring down these war criminals!
After weeks of airstrikes, Israel’s invasion of Lebanon has begun. This reactionary war is backed and funded by US and western imperialism, who have blood on their hands. Fight war! Fight imperialism! Down with all the warmongers!
Recent revelations have exposed how billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed crafted a sordid web at Harrods in order to serially abuse female employees. Capitalism enables the rich and powerful to prey on the vulnerable. We must overthrow this rotten system.
Israel is rapidly escalating the conflict in the Middle East, with airstrikes on Lebanese and Yemeni targets, designed to pull Iran – and the USA – into an all-out regional war. We say: Down with all the warmongers! Overthrow imperialism!
The Israeli state is carrying out a massive, prolonged bombardment of Lebanon, in preparation for a land invasion. This wholly reactionary war of aggression will drag the whole region – and the entire world – into even greater turmoil and instability.
The Revolutionary Communist Party is undertaking its autumn offensive: a campaign to recruit and educate a new generation of young activists. RCP national organiser Lotta Angantyr explains why, if you’re a communist, you need to join the party.
Starmer’s government has been one of crisis since day one – rocked by riots, rebellions, and scandals. All of this overshadowed this year’s party conference, spoiling the celebrations that the Labour leaders were expecting. But worse is yet to come.
Over the past fortnight, comrades have been mobilising in universities across the country, recruiting a new generation of students to the fight for revolution. If you’re a communist, it’s time to get organised! Join the RCP today!
This month sees a new year of freshers heading to UK campuses. This generation has known nothing but capitalist crisis, austerity, war, and environmental disaster. The system cannot be patched up. It must be overthrown. Join the communists today!
The Israeli terrorist state has carried out a horrific attack inside Lebanon. For his own cynical and reckless reasons, Netanhayu is provoking an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East. We must fight to overthrow all the warmongers.
‘Sir’ Keir Starmer’s attempts to impress on the world stage have ended in embarrassment, revealing the real subservient nature of Britain’s so-called ‘special relationship’ with the USA. Kick out the warmongers in Westminster and Washington!
From Washington to London, Kyiv to Tel Aviv – the war drums are banging ever louder, as the western imperialists and their henchmen look to prolong and escalate the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. We say: down with all the warmongers!
The RCP is proud to announce the launch of Communist Radio. On this new weekly podcast show, we will offer a Marxist perspective on current events, and how the Party is building a revolutionary alternative. Tune in today!
Keir Starmer is determined to demonstrate his loyalty to the capitalists, with attacks on pensioners and children, alongside promises of NHS “reform” (i.e. privatisation). This austerity agenda is preparing the way for further social explosions.
The Tory Party is in the midst of its latest contest to select a new leader. Four contenders remain in the race. The ruling class is worried about the potential outcome. Whatever the result, Britain’s political instability will intensify.
The film and television industry has been in deep crisis since the summer of 2023, with workers across the sector being made to pay for capitalism’s failures. In order to save jobs, and ensure the flourishing of culture, we need workers’ control!
From Bangladesh to Britain, ‘Gen Z’ are turning their backs on capitalism, and are embracing revolution and communism. In this article, Fiona Lali explains what is behind ‘Generation Revolution’, and how young people can fight to change the world.
The Revolution Festival is back! From 15-17 November, over 1000 revolutionaries from across Britain and beyond will take part in this one-of-a-kind school of communism, with a special focus on imperialism and how to fight it. Get your tickets today!
The Revolutionary Communist Party is launching a nationwide ‘Books Not Bombs’ campaign. We’re going to educate, agitate, and organise amongst workers and youth who want to see an end to militarism, imperialism, and their root cause: the capitalist system.
This year’s TUC congress starts on Sunday, with trade union leaders gathering in Brighton to discuss their demands on Starmer’s new government. Instead of preparing the movement for battle, however, they are sowing illusions in Labour’s programme.
Starmer’s Labour are trying to distance themselves from the genocide in Gaza, with a partial ban of arms exports to Israel. But the truth is that they, and the entire British establishment, have blood on their hands. Overthrow these war criminals!
The political crisis in France has intensified, with Macron’s refusal to appoint the left-wing NFP’s proposed Prime Minister. Whatever the outcome, only a powerful movement of workers and youth outside of parliament can halt the ruling class’s austerity agenda.
The recovery of six dead hostages from Gaza has sparked a serious political crisis within Israel, which could lead to the removal of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. However, Zionist class-collaboration offers no way forward for Palestinian liberation.
In 1948, the Israeli state was founded, and millions of Palestinians were expelled from their homeland. Scandalously, the Stalinist bureaucracy supported the creation of Israel – a move which had a disastrous impact on the world communist movement.
Discussing the parlous state of Britain’s public finances yesterday, Keir Starmer warned of “painful” times ahead for ordinary families. The working class is being asked to foot the bill for capitalism’s crisis. We say: make the billionaires pay!
The Revolutionary Communists of America have launched ‘Class War 2024’. This campaign will counter the cesspit of bourgeois politics with a class-struggle perspective, and set about organising class-conscious workers and youth in the USA.
50 years ago, after the long postwar boom, the world economy experienced its first truly global crisis. Falling output and spiralling inflation combined to devastate the working class. Today, capitalism faces similar turmoil. It must be overthrown.
Netanyahu’s provocations against Iran and Lebanon are pushing the entire region towards an explosive conflagration, with devastating consequences for the whole world. The imperialist warmongers are responsible for this catastrophe in the making.
For the last fortnight, the western capitalist press has been hollering about the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk, Russia, with hyperbolic talk that this could be a turning point in the war. In reality, Zelensky’s reckless move is set to backfire.
On 20 August 1940, Leon Trotsky was mortally wounded by one of Stalin’s agents, in an attempt to extinguish the flame of genuine Marxism that he represented. But you cannot kill an idea. We defend and maintain this revolutionary heritage today.
Cracks in the SNP and the Scottish establishment are showing once again after a secret meeting between an SNP minister and Israel’s deputy ambassador has come to light. We can have no trust in any of them in the struggle against imperialism.
Poor countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are facing an intolerable debt crisis. The imperialist powers are demanding their pound of flesh, leading to a backlash of protests against austerity. The only path forward is socialist revolution.
Tensions between the major powers are heightening worldwide. Conflict is intensifying. And the ruling classes are responding with greater militarism. We call on workers and youth to join us in an international campaign against imperialism and war.
The general election results, and the social turmoil since, highlight the complete vacuum on the left. Murmurings are growing about the need for a new political force in Britain. This must be based on clear class policies, methods, and perspectives.
It is over a week now since the Bangladeshi masses forced Sheikh Hasina to flee the country. The ruling class is manoeuvring, attempting to preserve the rotten regime. To advance the revolution, workers and students must trust only in themselves.
After a short hiatus during the pandemic, demand for travel and holidays continues to rise. Protests are breaking out in popular destinations, as residents get pushed out by sightseers. To make tourism sustainable, we need socialist planning.
Over the weekend, between 8-11 August, comrades from across Britain met for this year’s RCP summer camp. With a range of talks on theory, history, and perspectives, those attending were armed with the clear ideas needed for the battles to come.
Thousands have mobilised across the country in recent days to force the far-right off the streets. But a larger, stronger movement will be needed to crush this reactionary menace for good. Here we discuss what the role of Marxists should be in this fight against fascism and racism.
The far right were met with mass mobilisations of workers and youth last night. This is a great victory in the fight against racism and fascism. This energy must now be channelled into a struggle to overthrow the establishment and their rotten system.
Stock prices have been on a rollercoaster ride over the last week, in response to fears about the US and global economy. Capitalism’s accumulated contradictions are beginning to burst to the surface. A new slump looms, with explosive consequences.
Keir Starmer claims to be a champion of liberty and an opponent of racism. Yet he cites Winston Churchill as an inspiration – the embodiment of imperialist oppression and bigotry. Rob Sewell tells the truth about Britain’s reactionary former leader.
Continuing sabre-rattling between Israel and its regional rivals threatens to spill over into a wider conflagration across the Middle East, pulling in Lebanon, Iran, and the big imperialist powers. Only revolution can put an end to this nightmare.
The students and workers of Bangladesh have successfully overthrown the murderous Sheikh Hasina. We say all power to the workers’ and students’ committees! No trust in the army or the ruling class’ parties!
Far-right rioting has spread across the country, with fascist gangs launching pogroms against Muslim and Asian communities. Appeals for ‘calm’ will not suffice. To eradicate this scourge, organised workers and youth must take militant mass action.
The menace of the far right has reared its ugly head in the past week, with more violence on the cards in the coming days. This should be a wake-up call to the ranks of the labour movement. Workers and youth must mobilise to smash the far right.
Earlier this week, rioting broke out in Merseyside, after far-right thugs hijacked a tragic stabbing to whip up Islamophobic hatred. The entire establishment is to blame. The movement must mobilise to drive this reactionary menace off our streets.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that public sector workers will receive an above-inflation pay rise this year. Union leaders are relieved at the prospect of calm on the industrial front. Instead, they should be preparing members for battle.
Last weekend saw the first ever conference of RCP members in Scotland, with dozens of comrades meeting to discuss how to build the forces of communism north of the border. Help us in this endeavour – join the fight for revolution today!
A heroic mass movement of students has erupted in Bangladesh, against the hated Hasina regime and its policies. Protestors have faced severe repression and smears. We, the Revolutionary Communist International, are mobilising in solidarity.
Issue 46 of In Defence of Marxism, the quarterly theoretical journal of the Revolutionary Communist International, is now available for purchase! Get your copy today!
Yesterday, Labour leader Keir Starmer scandalously suspended seven MPs for voting against his government’s austerity policies. This harsh move underlines the capitalist interests that Britain’s new PM represents. The left must prepare for battle.
Scandalously, five Just Stop Oil activists have been handed down record sentences for peaceful protest. The RCP stands with these activists, and against state repression. The workers’ movement must mobilise to defend our democratic rights.
In another dramatic twist in US politics, Joe Biden has ended his reelection campaign. His likely successor, Kamala Harris, is yet another devotee of capitalism, and is unlikely to beat Trump in November. The only way forward is to build a mass communist party.
Given all the combustible material accumulated in American society, the assassination of Donald Trump could have been the spark for explosive events. Only a genuinely revolutionary alternative can channel workers’ anger, and offer a real way forward.
Welsh Labour leader Vaughan Gething has resigned, following a chaotic and scandal-strewn few months as First Minister. His downfall is a harbinger of the troubles that await Starmer and his careerist clique, as the crisis of capitalism takes its toll.
Keir Starmer has lost no time in proving his loyalty to western imperialism: reaffirming the ‘special relationship’ with Washington; promising to increase military spending; and bolstering British support for Ukraine. We say: for books, not bombs!
Last weekend, the newly-elected national leadership of the Revolutionary Communist Party met to take stock of the recent election, including the campaign around Fiona Lali, and to discuss the tasks ahead. We publish here our agreed perspectives.
The near-miss attempt to assassinate Donald Trump will pour petrol on the fires of instability and polarisation that are damaging US capitalism and its institutions. Only a clear class perspective can offer an alternative to this barbaric system.
Following Fiona Lali’s inspiring election campaign, the RCP is launching a new national campaign to mobilise young people against British imperialism, and to overthrow the warmongers responsible for death and destruction. Get organised today!
The incoming Labour government will quickly be put to the test on the industrial front, with struggles raging at Port Talbot and across the public sector. Instead of sowing illusions in Starmer, the union leaders must prepare members for battle.
Having suffered a wipeout in the recent election, the Tories are pondering their next steps. The contest to choose a new leader is set to begin. This could see the party lurch even further to the right, accelerating Britain’s political polarisation.
After six weeks of door-knocking, rallies, and marches, the RCP has succeeded in broadcasting a communist programme across Stratford & Bow. With the results in and counted, we sat down with Fiona Lali to discuss the many lessons of this campaign.
From the outset, it is clear who this Labour government is intending to represent: Britain’s bosses and bankers. Starmer and Reeves are puppets for big business. But their economic agenda will set them on a collision course with the working class.
The French legislative elections saw the left-wing NFP come out on top, and the ambitions of the far-right crushed. However, the political crisis will now enter a new phase. Workers and youth must mobilise to implement and deepen the NFP’s programme.
The RCP was only founded two months ago. Yet already, we have stood a candidate, Fiona Lali, in a general election. Gaining nearly two thousand votes for a real communist candidate is testimony to what our party can achieve.
The Tories have suffered a devastating defeat, allowing Starmer into Number 10 with a massive majority. But this new Labour government will be one of intense crises. Workers and youth must prepare for battle. Join the RCP!
The success of Fiona Lali’s election campaign demonstrates the widespread impact that revolutionary ideas can have, if raised boldly and skillfully. But it also raises questions about communist methods and tactics – an art that Marxists must master.
Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza will be a major issue for millions of voters in tomorrow’s election. The entire British establishment backs the oppression of the Palestinian people. We must mobilise to kick out all the war criminals in Westminster.
With election day fast approaching, Fiona Lali’s campaign in Stratford & Bow has stepped up a gear, with hundreds of activists and volunteers hitting the streets over the weekend. Join us for the final push, and get organised for the struggles ahead.
Western imperialism is facing defeat in Ukraine. But unable to accept this, the warmongers in Washington and Kyiv are resorting to ever-more desperate measures – fuelling further instability for the global economy and world relations.
After months of holding back the struggle to save the Port Talbot steelworks, the Unite leaders have cancelled planned strike action. Workers can have no trust in the Tata bosses or the union leaders. Only militant rank-and-file action can save jobs and the community.
Tomorrow, RCP activists and supporters will be mobilising en masse across Stratford & Bow to campaign for revolutionary communist candidate Fiona Lali. We publish here the bold programme that comrades are fighting for, in this election and beyond.
In their campaigning, Starmer’s Labour are promoting themselves as being both “pro-worker” and “pro-business”. And unfortunately, many union leaders buy into this nonsense. Instead, the movement must militantly struggle for clear class demands.
Whistleblower Julian Assange is finally able to walk free today, having faced over a decade of repression and incarceration by US imperialism and its allies. But the real criminals – the warmongers in Washington and Westminster – are still at large.
Unite has announced indefinite strike action at Port Talbot. Other steel unions must follow this lead – downing tools in unison, and organising to spread the struggle. Above all, the labour movement must demand nationalisation, without compensation.
After weeks of energetic activity, involving the efforts of hundreds of volunteers, Fiona Lali’s election campaign in Stratford & Bow is heading into the final furlong. Help us provide one last big push! Get stuck in today! Join the RCP!
This election will close the chapter on years of Tory rule. But the coming Starmer government will be no less crisis-ridden. British capitalism and its institutions are rotten and decaying. Join the communists to help forge a revolutionary future.
Trade union leaders have mostly put industrial action on pause in recent months, hoping that an incoming Labour government will save the day. But workers must trust only in themselves. For militant action, nationalisation, and fighting leadership!
Labour’s election manifesto delivers exactly what most workers have come to expect from the party: nothing. Aping the Tories on every major policy, this is a programme for the bosses and bankers, not the working class. We say: No trust in Starmer!
Revolutionary communist Fiona Lali is running as a candidate for Stratford & Bow in the upcoming election, standing on a programme to kick out the war criminals and spend money on books not bombs. Vote for Fiona! Join the campaign today!
Over the last week, hundreds of Marxists from across the world gathered for the founding conference of the Revolutionary Communist International. The RCI will be a lodestar for radicalised workers and youth everywhere. Join us and get organised!
Both Sunak and Starmer have nothing to offer but more austerity, crisis, and war. Rob Sewell explains why you should become a communist, get organised, and join us in the fight for a revolutionary transformation of society.
The founding conference of the Revolutionary Communist International has been an immense success. Hundreds of comrades have gathered to launch a new party of world revolution, with thousands more watching online. Wherever you are – join us!
The Scottish National Party is set for a bruising at the general election, having been in power in Scotland for over a decade. With its independence strategy in tatters, record of austerity, and falling membership, the party is running out of road.
Revolutionary communist Fiona Lali is standing as a candidate in Stratford and Bow, supported by the RCP. Reports so far indicate an enormous enthusiasm for Fiona and her call to “kick out the war criminals”. Volunteer today and get stuck in!
French president Macron has called a snap election, following the success of Le Pen’s far-right National Rally in the European elections. The only way for the left to combat Le Pen is to mobilise workers and youth around a revolutionary programme.
The Tories are facing electoral wipeout. Although the Labour Party is set to win big, there’s no love for Starmer and his blood-soaked leadership. Now is the time for a massive protest vote, to ensure a vocal opposition to the slaughter in Gaza.
Next week, the Revolutionary Communist International (RCI) will be founded as a fighting organisation for workers and youth. With the help of thousands of people like you, we can let the world know that the communists are on the march. Donate today!
Today, western leaders gathered in Normandy, allegedly to commemorate the lives lost in the fight against Nazism. But as Alan Woods explains, the Allied leaders played an insignificant role in defeating fascism, compared to the struggle and sacrifice of the Soviet people.
The election on 4 July will almost certainly see the Tories given the boot. But Starmer’s Labour offers no real alternative to workers and youth. Instead, we must get organised and build the forces of communism. Vote for Fiona Lali! Join the RCP!
Far-right demagogue Nigel Farage is standing in the general election for Reform UK, in a bid to “take over” the Tories and become the leader of the right-wing opposition to Labour. We must build a revolutionary alternative to the racist, reactionary establishment.
A number of Palestine solidarity encampments have been brutally attacked by the state. The only way to fight this repression is by broadening the movement as much as possible, with a militant class programme directed against the entire warmongering establishment.
RCP comrades from across London were out in force in Stratford & Bow over the weekend, hitting the constituency’s streets and doorsteps to campaign for revolutionary communist Fiona Lali. Wherever we went, our message was enthusiastically greeted.
RCP comrade Fiona Lali is running in the constituency of Stratford & Bow in this general election, fighting to kick out the war criminals, and demanding healthcare instead of warfare. We publish here her 10-point programme to raise on the doorstep.
Keir Starmer has spent the first week of his election campaign blocking leftwingers from standing, on the one hand, whilst wooing big business, on the other. Workers and youth must have no trust in Labour. Help build the forces of communism!
RCP comrades from across London met yesterday evening for the launch of Fiona Lali’s campaign to run as the revolutionary communist candidate for Stratford and Bow in the upcoming general election. Join us as we hit the streets with our bold message.
Following her takedown of Suella Braverman, and with a surge of grassroots support, Fiona Lali is standing as a revolutionary communist candidate for Stratford and Bow in the upcoming general election. Vote for Fiona! Bring down the warmongers!
The hellish scenes of the massacre in Rafah have deepened the fury of workers and youth worldwide. Only a revolutionary struggle against the imperialist ruling classes in every country on earth can free the Palestinians from their nightmare.
The RCI founding conference will be held on 10-15 June, accompanied by the World School of Communism. Sign up today to attend the highest-level political discussion in the world. And help us build for this historic event by promoting it in your area.
With Labour preparing to enter government, its MPs are pitching their case for a ‘progressive realist’ foreign policy. In reality, this is nothing more than business as usual for British imperialism, as it continues its decline on the world stage.
By calling a general election, Rishi Sunak has signed the Tories’ political death warrant. We will be delighted to see the back of them! But Starmer’s government will be a faithful representative of the capitalists. We must build a revolutionary alternative.
Continuing our series on the historic crimes of Stalinism, and in defence of the genuine ideas of communism, Rob Sewell examines the Moscow Trials of the 1930s – a kangaroo court, through which the bureaucracy drowned Bolshevism in blood.
The ICC has requested an arrest warrant be issued against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. But even if the court resists the pressure to back down, only the mobilisation of the working class can halt the Zionist regime and its imperialist backers.
The RCP has been accused of antisemitism by Michael Gove in an attempt to cover up the crimes of British imperialism and its support of Israel’s genocide. Help us overthrow these hypocritical warmongers in Westminster!
The student movement in support of Palestine has swept campuses across Britain. To take things to the next level, workers at universities and beyond need to join the fight to kick imperialism off campus, and bring down the warmongers.
Student encampments in support of Palestine have rapidly spread to universities across Britain. The RCP is organising an online national meeting on Thursday 23 May at 18:30 to discuss how to broaden, link together, and escalate this struggle.
Across the country, comrades of the newly-founded Revolutionary Communist Party are helping to build the student movement in solidarity with Palestine. Whether it’s on campus or on TV, the RCP is fighting to overthrow the Tories and end imperialism.
Following a chaotic few weeks in Holyrood, Scotland has a new First Minister. But incoming SNP leader John Swinney represents more of the same. None of the contradictions have been resolved. A new chapter is opening up – one of sharp class struggles.
The imminent closure of the Port Talbot steelworks is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the disaster facing British industry. The trade union leaders are completely ill-prepared for the impending catastrophe. Workers need militant leadership.
Last week saw the official foundation of the Revolutionary Communist Party in Britain, amidst one of the most turbulent periods in history. Explosive events show the need for bold Marxist leadership. Join the RCP and help us build such a force.
3-6 May saw the founding congress of the Revolutionary Communist Party. The central discussion on perspectives for the British revolution was introduced by Rob Sewell, editor of The Communist. We publish here an abridged version of his speech.
Inspired by the Palestine solidarity encampments in the US, students across Britain have begun to take action. The newly-founded Revolutionary Communist Party has thrown itself into the struggle, fighting to escalate the movement and to bring down the imperialists.
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.
Last weekend, from 3-6 May, saw 600 workers and youth gathering in London for the launch of the Revolutionary Communist Party in Britain. This landmark congress represents a historic milestone. Join us today, get organised, and help build the RCP.
The results of yesterday’s elections do not bode well for Sunak and the Tories. But neither do they provide hope for councils ravaged by cuts. Britain is set for a summer of instability. Join the communists in the fight against this decrepit system.
This document was discussed and passed unanimously at the founding congress of the RCP in May. It outlines how Party members aim to find, recruit, organise, and educate a new generation of communists. Join us in this campaign.
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.
We are celebrating this year’s May Day, International Workers’ Day, by launching the Revolutionary Communist Party. Explosive events, upheavals, and class battles are coming in Britain. We must prepare by building the forces of genuine communism.
Scotland’s First Minister has stepped down, as the crisis that has engulfed the SNP and Holyrood erupts out into the open. The economic, social, and political instability that has rocked the rest of Britain is now hitting Scotland with full force.
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!
Across campuses in the United States, a movement has exploded against the massacre in Gaza. The state has responded with brutal repression, and a whole generation is being politicised. The RCP stands in full solidarity with this courageous struggle.
Humza Yousaf’s government in Scotland is on the verge of collapse, with the First Minister and his Holyrood administration facing a vote of no confidence. The SNP have led Scottish workers down a dead end. It is time to take a revolutionary road.
Fifty years ago today, the Portuguese Revolution began when a section of the military moved against the dictatorship, unleashing a powerful workers’ movement. Rui Faustino draws out the lessons from this inspiring, but also tragic, episode in the class struggle.
University students in Britain are facing a barrage of cuts and attacks on their learning and living conditions. The Revolutionary Communist Party is organising on campuses across the country, fighting to kick capitalism out of education.
As the conflict in the Middle East threatens to spiral out of control, the warmongers in Westminster and Washington are ramping up their militarism: finding money for bombs, but never for workers’ wages and public services. Overthrow their system!
With local elections approaching, things are not looking promising for Rishi Sunak and the Tories. Years of crises and scandals have left the party scarred and fractured. And no amount of manufactured distractions will provide any respite.
Following a wave of industrial struggles over the past couple of years, the trade union movement is at an ebb. Instead of mobilising workers, union leaders are waiting for Labour. Once again, this demonstrates the need for fighting leadership.
From the Middle East to Ireland, the historic crimes of British imperialism have left devastating scars. As elections get underway in India, Ravi Mistry examines one of the most heinous of these atrocities: partition of the Indian subcontinent.
Continuing our series on the historic crimes of Stalinism, and in defence of the genuine ideas of communism, Rob Sewell examines the disastrous ‘Popular Front’ policy in the 1930s, which consigned the revolutionary working class to defeat.
Across Britain, industry is going to the wall. Steelworkers in Port Talbot are being thrown on the scrapheap. Automation threatens to destroy swathes of jobs. To protect our lives and livelihoods, we need socialist planning and workers’ control.
On this day in 1917, Lenin returned to Russia, arriving into Petrograd’s famous Finland Station. This was the beginning of his one-man struggle to politically reorient the Bolshevik Party – a vital stepping stone towards the October Revolution.
From schools and hospitals, to railways and roads: the country’s public buildings, infrastructure, and utilities are falling to pieces, due to mismanagement, corruption, and profiteering by the capitalists. We say: make the billionaires pay!
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.
Writing for the latest issue of the ‘In Defence of Marxism’ magazine, with the upcoming launch of the Revolutionary Communist International, Alan Woods discusses the history of Marxist internationalism, and the lessons for communists today.
The Marxists in Britain are preparing for the launch of the Revolutionary Communist Party, the founding congress of which is only a few weeks away. Above all, we are recruiting for revolution. So join your party today! Help us build the RCP!
Debate is taking place within the labour movement about what role workers’ organisations should play in relation to the campaign to stop the war in Gaza. The trade unions cannot afford to be ‘apolitical’, but must fight to overthrow imperialism.
Sunak’s government is stumbling from one calamity to the next, waiting to be put out of its misery. Workers will be glad to see the back of the Tories. But a Starmer Labour government offers no solution. We must build a communist alternative.
With uncertainty and instability rocking the real economy globally, gambling investors are once again turning to speculation in search of a quick buck. But the whole of capitalism is a casino. It’s time to overthrow this bankrupt system.
This June sees the launch of the Revolutionary Communist International. We publish here a synopsis of the RCI Manifesto, outlining the communist programme that we are fighting for. Join us today, and help build the forces of communism worldwide.
With debts and effluent piling up, the future of Thames Water hangs in the balance. And the working class is being asked to shoulder the costs: either through higher bills or a taxpayer-funded bailout. Fight for nationalisation without compensation!
Following defeat in two constitutional referendums, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has stepped down. His resignation marks the latest difficulty for the hated political establishment of the Republic. Join the Marxists in the fight for revolution.
Jeffrey Donaldson has stepped down as DUP leader, after being charged with historic sexual offences. This latest scandal marks a heavy blow for the DUP, for Unionism, and for the stability of Stormont. This whole rotten system must be overthrown.
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 British establishment and its institutions are rotten to the core. Parliament is infested with rogues and reprobates. Capitalist politicians and their parties are hated. It is time to sweep out the lot, and build a communist alternative.
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.
In recent weeks, student activists have occupied university buildings in solidarity with Palestine. Communists involved in the Leeds occupation examine the effectiveness of these methods, and the role students can play in the struggle against imperialism.
Last Friday, the world was horrified by reports of an appalling massacre at a packed concert venue in Moscow. Alan Woods uncovers the murky circumstances surrounding this brutal attack, and which forces might have been involved.
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.
The founding congress of the Revolutionary Communist Party is only six weeks away. We are calling on all class fighters to get stuck in and help build the RCP, wherever you are. Get organised today. Help us turn Britain red! Join your party!
New Welsh Labour leader Vaughan Gething has assumed office as Welsh First Minister. But despite receiving the backing of the trade unions, he has done nothing to indicate that he will help the working class. Workers must rely on their own strength.
Continuing our ‘sailing under a false flag’ series, exposing the historic crimes of Stalinism, and defending the genuine ideas of communism, Rob Sewell examines the infamous ‘Third Period’, when fatal mistakes allowed Hitler to come to power.
Stalwart left-wing MP Diane Abbott has endured a lifetime of racist and sexist abuse. The latest sickening example of this, from a wealthy Conservative donor, has exposed both the hypocrisy of the Tories and the cynicism of Starmer’s Labour.
This document, discussed and passed unanimously at the Revolutionary Communist Party’s founding congress in May, outlines the perspectives for the class struggle in Britain, and the tasks facing communists.
Workers in Britain have experienced a painful cost-of-living crisis in recent years, on top of decades of real-wage stagnation. According to capitalism’s apologists, however, it has been a golden age for workers. What planet are they living on?!
From Britain to the USA; from Palestine protests to International Women’s Day; from schools to universities; and from recruitment stalls to street speeches: the Marxists are building towards the launch of the Revolutionary Communist Party. Join us!
This May, the Marxists in Britain are launching the Revolutionary Communist Party. 80 years ago this week, in the midst of the war, an organisation of the same name was founded – an organisation whose legacy and heritage we defend today.
This June sees the launch of the Revolutionary Communist International. We publish here the founding document of the RCI, outlining the communist programme that we are fighting for. Join us today, and help build the forces of communism worldwide.
With capitalism in crisis, and reactionary politicians whipping up a ferocious culture war, the daily oppression that ordinary women face is getting worse and worse. Only united class struggle and the fight for revolution can offer real emancipation.
The Russian Revolution made enormous strides forward for women. Lenin and the Bolsheviks showed the way forward in ending all oppression. It is our task, as communists, to complete the struggle they started: the socialist transformation of society.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt went through the motions yesterday with his latest Budget announcement. But it is clear that the Tories have no solution for reversing the ailing fortunes of British capitalism, other than to prescribe more bitter medicine.
Continuing our series on the life and ideas of Lenin, 100 years after his death, Dylan Thomas explains how Lenin’s emphasis on the need for class independence was pivotal in arming the Bolsheviks for leading the working class to power in 1917.
The Great Miners’ Strike of 1984-85 began on this day 40 years ago. For twelve months, the miners battled against the Thatcher government and the British state. Four decades later, we talk to two former miners about their heroic struggle.
This June, communists from across the globe will be meeting at the IMT’s World School of Communism: a six-day school of Marxist ideas, where we will also found the Revolutionary Communist International. Find out more about the exciting talks on offer.
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.
With demonstrations and public anger on the rise, Rishi Sunak has announced further clampdowns on the right to protest. The ruling class is sharpening its weapons in advance of future militant battles. But the working class will not be subdued.
George Galloway’s victory in the Rochdale by-election is a painful shock for the political establishment. Starmer and the Labour right wing have been dealt a sharp blow – the first of many. Communists must organise to channel this mood of anger.
Whatever politics has been for you in the past, that’s finished. We’re founding a brand new party, and you can be a part of it. Shake off any social awkwardness and get recruiting to the RCP. We have a world to win.
Farmers in Wales are protesting en masse against the Welsh government. Organised under the slogan ‘no farmers – no food’, thousands have been involved in meetings and direct action. Workers everywhere should take inspiration from their militancy.
The self-immolation of US Airman Aaron Bushnell in protest of the imperialist slaughter of Gaza has been met by an immense outpouring of sympathy across the world. A revolutionary mood is brewing everywhere, this must be channelled by a clear communist programme and organisation.
Israel’s war on Gaza has exposed the hypocrisy of the western ‘rules-based order’, and demonstrated the impotence of the United Nations and the international laws it adjudicates. In reality, the UN is nothing more than a tool of imperialism.
While millions suffer in Gaza, establishment politicians in Britain are busy engaging in nauseating parliamentary games. These Westminster warmongers only care about their own narrow interests. We say: Sweep them out! Join the communists!
This May, we are launching the Revolutionary Communist Party. To prepare for this, we are looking back on the history of our organisation – including this inspiring episode when comrades made a splash with a bold by-election campaign in South Wales.
The struggle against the jobs massacre at Port Talbot steelworks is at a crossroads. After some delay, the unions have begun balloting members for action. This must be the start of a militant fightback to hit the Tata bosses where it hurts.
Western imperialism is facing the prospect of a humiliating defeat in Ukraine. Support for Zelensky and his government is falling, both at home and abroad. Washington and NATO have scandalously pushed Ukrainians into fighting an unwinnable war.
Yesterday’s by-election results are a blow to Sunak and the Tories. But it is clear that there is no real enthusiasm for Starmer’s Labour either. None of these gangsters represents us. We say: Kick them all out! Get organised! Join the communists!
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.
Thousands of jobs are on the line at the Tata steelworks in Port Talbot. Comrades across South Wales are mobilising and organising to fight this jobs massacre. We say: Strike and occupy! Nationalise the industry! Put the workers in control!
With a general election approaching this year, the Labour leaders are jettisoning any spending pledges, in an effort to reassure the ruling class. A Starmer government will be one of deep crisis. Workers must trust only in their own strength.
The elected leadership of the IMT met recently to discuss the tumultuous situation for capitalism globally, and the tasks of the communists in the period ahead. Most importantly, comrades resolved to launch the Revolutionary Communist International.
We are proud to commemorate the centenary of Lenin’s death by publishing a book defending his life and ideas, and by launching The Communist and the RCP. The ‘Communist’ Party of Britain, by contrast, is promoting articles on Lenin that only mislead and sow confusion.
February 1972 saw the beginning of a powerful miners’ strike, opening up a wave of industrial battles. These culminated in the miners’ strike of ‘74, which ultimately brought down the Tories. This period gives a glimpse of the struggles lying ahead.
Workers in Port Talbot are facing mass layoffs and the decimation of their town. Yet union leaders are sitting on their hands. The time for bold action is now! Join the communists in campaigning for workers to take control.
Last Saturday, police officers arrested an IMT member for raising the slogan of ‘Intifada ’til victory!’. But the communists won’t back down. We need your help to fight back against state repression, and to see an end to this brutal capitalist system.
Our new paper The Communist has had an amazing launch week across Britain. Comrades are bursting with energy, determined to use this fantastic tool to build the Revolutionary Communist Party. Join us in this task!
Experienced trade unionist John McInally introduces Wellred Books’ latest publication: a fascinating biography examining Lenin’s life and ideas by Rob Sewell and Alan Woods. With support for communism on the rise today, we say: Lenin lives!
This May will see the founding congress of the Revolutionary Communist Party in Britain. Comrades are enthusiastically working towards this, energetically selling the paper and recruiting new members. Help us build the RCP! Join the communists!
Whilst the Israeli state continues its genocide of Palestinians, western powers have suspended funding to UNRWA – a vital source of food, shelter, and medicine in Gaza. The imperialists’ hypocrisy knows no bounds. They have blood on their hands.
The mass movement in solidarity with Palestine is continuing across the country. The communists have energetically intervened in this struggle from day one, raising revolutionary perspectives and demands. We say: intifada until victory!
As the class struggle heats up, the trade unions are being put to the test on one front after another. But from fighting anti-strike laws, to defending jobs, to providing real solidarity internationally, the reformist leaders are falling short.
The new paper from the Marxists in Britain is out now! The Communist is a revolutionary weapon, wielded by a red army of comrades that is on the march. Join us today, and help build The Communist and the Revolutionary Communist Party!
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is drawing out the war on Gaza in an effort to save his own political skin. But in doing so, he is heightening all the tensions inside Israel, across the region, and in turn for world capitalism.
Comrades across the International Marxist Tendency are commemorating the centenary of Lenin’s death by running a year-long campaign defending his ideas and legacy. This began with a bang last Sunday, with an inspiring rally and book launch in London.
This week both marks the centenary of the death of Lenin, and sees the launch of The Communist – a new paper produced by the Marxists in Britain. James Kilby ties these threads together, discussing the history of the revolutionary press.
We publish here the editorial from the latest – Lenin themed – issue of our quarterly theoretical magazine, ‘In Defence of Marxism’, in which Rob Sewell discusses the life and ideas of the great revolutionary leader, a century after his death.
100 years after his death, there are many so-called ‘Marxists’ who lay claim to Lenin’s name and legacy, whilst defending policies and methods that would be anathema to the great revolutionary. We base ourselves on genuine communist traditions.
This Sunday marks the 100th anniversary since the death of Lenin – the inspiring leader of the Russian Revolution. With capitalism in turmoil, in Britain and worldwide, now is the time to continue Lenin’s legacy, and build the forces of communism.
South Africa’s court case against Israel has attracted the attention of millions worldwide, exposing the hypocrisy of western imperialism. But ultimately it is toothless. Only the workers of the world can stop the slaughter, by overthrowing the warmongers.
Only two weeks into the new year, and crises are already mounting in Downing Street. The economy is slumping; scandals are mushrooming; and the Tory Party is undergoing a slow-motion implosion. It’s time to get organised and join the communists!
With their latest intervention in the Middle East, firing missiles at Houthi targets, the American and British imperialists risk alighting the powder keg that exists across the region. We say: Hands off Yemen! Overthrow the warmongers!
This week sees the release of the final ever edition of Socialist Appeal. After three decades and 400 issues, our primary publication is giving way to a bold, exciting new paper: The Communist. Join us today, and help build the revolutionary press.
While the Israeli regime bombs Gaza into oblivion, the US and UK are deploying missiles against Houthi targets in Yemen, a country already wracked by imperialism. Workers and youth must mobilise to overthrow the warmongers and their criminal system.
Sunday 21 January marks 100 years since the death of history’s greatest revolutionary. Join Alan Woods and Rob Sewell, authors of the upcoming biography ‘In Defence of Lenin’, at the launch of a global campaign to commemorate Lenin’s life and works.
British capitalism is utterly broken, reflected in sluggish growth, low productivity, stagnant wages, crumbling schools, and dilapidated infrastructure. Only socialist planning can push the economy out of its slump, and deliver for workers.
The imperialists are experts in manufacturing lies as a cover for their murderous crimes. And the Israeli regime’s latest war on the Palestinian people is no exception to this rule. The revolutionary task of the communists is to tell the truth.
The new year has started as the last one ended: with the imperialists, the establishment, and their media mouthpieces spouting all manner of lies and hypocrisy. Meanwhile, postmodernist academics squabble over language. We need a revolution.
From the outstanding success of our ‘Are you a communist?’ recruitment campaign, to the stacks of high-quality Marxist material we have produced, 2023 has been a bumper year for the communists of the IMT. Forward to a Red 2024!
In response to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, Houthi militants have launched missiles at Israel, and targeted commercial ships in the Red Sea. The situation in the Middle East is extremely unstable, with explosive implications for world capitalism.
The repression of the Palestine solidarity movement has revealed the complete sham of bourgeois democracy. Communists have stood firm against these attacks. Genuine free speech requires democratic workers’ control over the press and wider economy.
After twenty months of war, Western imperialism is looking towards a humiliating defeat in Ukraine. As a product of the relative weakness of US imperialism, this will have important consequences on consciousness both in Ukraine and worldwide.
2024 will be a massive year for the Marxists in Britain. In January, we are launching a new paper: The Communist. And in May, we are founding the Revolutionary Communist Party. Support these vital ventures. Donate to our campaign fund today!
Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has been met with a massive global solidarity movement. Yet the slaughter continues. Marches and demos are not enough. For the struggle to advance, we need revolutionary perspectives and class struggle methods.
Union leaders met last Saturday to discuss their response to the Tories’ latest draconian anti-strike legislation. But the TUC’s plan of action falls short of what is needed. The trade union movement must mobilise en masse to defy the bosses’ laws.
Despite all the fanfare, the latest UN climate summit has ended in yet another farce. These capitalist pantomimes will never provide any solution to the impending environmental catastrophe. To save the planet, we must fight for revolution.
Only a year after the establishment imposed Rishi Sunak, the Tory civil war has erupted once again over immigration. The PM may have won the battle over the ‘Rwanda bill’, but the conflict is far from over. The future is bleak for the Tories and their system.
Across the world, with workers and youth rising up, the ruling class is restricting democratic rights – curbing freedom of speech, banning protests, and tightening anti-union laws. Communists must link the fightback to the struggle for socialism.
With workers on the move, the Tories are tightening anti-union restrictions and curbing the right to strike with new minimum service laws. The TUC is meeting this weekend to discuss its response. The trade unions must mobilise to defy the bosses.
2023 is almost at an end. But the crisis of capitalism is far from over. And the coming year promises to provide even greater storm and stress. Neither the establishment nor the ‘lefts’ offer any real alternative. We say: join the communists!
Behold, the Wellred Books Marxmas sale has descended upon us! Explore our digital shelves at wellredbooks.net. Revel in big discounts on an array of Marxist literature. And check out our education hub to keep you fuelled on theory this winter.
Henry Kissinger, a leading strategist of US imperialism, died earlier this week. While bourgeois politicians and papers provide gushing eulogies, workers will remember the bloody crimes that he and the capitalist system are responsible for.
Today is the centenary anniversary of the death of John Maclean, a dedicated Marxist and class fighter, famous for playing a leading role in militant workers’ movements such as Red Clydeside in Glasgow. We pay tribute to his revolutionary legacy.
Diving into the BBC archives, one can find a revealing documentary that highlights the mass methods of struggle used during the Intifada, the intrigues of the imperialists, and the rotten role of the Palestinian ‘leaders’. We must tell the truth.
Next month, on 9 December, the TUC will meet for a special congress to decide its response to the government’s latest draconian anti-strike legislation. The trade union movement must mobilise to defy the Tories, and to smash the bosses’ laws.
Reactionary riots on the streets of Dublin have revealed the threat of the far right in Ireland. The left and the labour movement must organise and mobilise to meet this menace head on. We must urgently build the forces of revolution.
Tomorrow will see another mass national demonstration in solidarity with Palestine, calling for a permanent ceasefire. The imperialists are set on continuing their murder and destruction. How do we organise and mobilise to really stop the war?
Today’s latest fiscal announcement from the Tories is another giveaway for the bosses, with no lifeline for the working class. We should expect nothing more from Sunak or Starmer. Instead, workers must get organised and fight.
Alongside its devastation in Gaza, the Israeli state is actively encouraging the Zionist settler project in the West Bank. The aim is clear: to drive Palestinians from their homes. The only solution is a Socialist Federation of the Middle East.
Students at schools and universities are mobilising in support of Palestine. This Friday will see walkouts at a number of locations and campuses across the country. We call on students to join these actions. Get organised with the communists today!
We are excited and proud to announce the launch of a brand new revolutionary paper in Britain. From January, IMT comrades will be armed with ‘The Communist’. Join us today in building the workers’ press and the forces of communism.
The death count in Gaza is spiralling, as the IDF reduces hospitals to rubble. Western leaders are complicit in this murder. The Palestine solidarity movement is growing. Workers and youth must mobilise to overthrow the warmongers and their system.
Despite a month of powerful protests, MPs voted yesterday against a parliamentary motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Both Sunak and Starmer firmly represent the interests of imperialism. We need a mass struggle to overturn their system.
This year’s Rev Fest was an event like none other. One thousand communists from across the world met for an inspiring, historic gathering, energised by the momentous next step: launching the Revolutionary Communist Party. Join us in this venture!
Home secretary Suella Braverman is out. David Cameron is back. The crisis of the Tory Party is deepening. The massive movement in solidarity with Palestine is revealing the capitalist establishment’s weakness. It is time to overthrow their system.
This weekend, one thousand attendees will gather for this year’s Revolution Festival – the school of communism. To commemorate this landmark event, Rob Sewell looks back at the communist history and traditions upon which we base ourselves today.
Today marks the 106th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, when the working class seized power in Russia. To celebrate this magnificent historic event, we invite you to listen to the IMT’s new podcast: Spectre of Communism.
#RevFest2023 – a three-day festival of Marxist ideas – begins in just one week’s time. This year’s event comes at a critical moment, with titanic events shaking society across the world. So get your ticket today, and join the revolution!
Socialist Appeal comrades have been targeted by the police and the rest of the establishment for waging a determined campaign to build solidarity with the Palestinian people. We call on you to help us in this fight. Intifada until victory!
We publish here the editorial by Alan Woods from the latest issue of the International Marxist Tendency’s quarterly theoretical journal, ‘In Defence of Marxism’. Subscribe today to get your copy of this vital weapon of Marxist theory.
As Israeli troops and tanks skirmish on the streets of Gaza, it is clear that Netanyahu and his imperialist allies have no end game, other than to prepare the conditions for further conflict. There is only one solution: Intifada! Revolution!
Events in the Middle East are having a profound impact on consciousness in Britain. While the establishment all sing from the same hypocritical hymn sheet, hundreds of thousands are taking to the streets. Revolutionary explosions impend.
After three weeks, with a nightmare playing out in Gaza, the mass movement in solidarity with Palestine shows no sign of letting up in Britain. Larger layers are drawing revolutionary conclusions, and are calling out: Intifada until victory!
Keir Starmer has provoked a backlash within the Labour Party, due to his unconditional support for Israel. The Left, meanwhile, is putting all its efforts into demands for a ceasefire. Instead, workers must mobilise to smash imperialism.
Across the country, our comrades are at the forefront of Palestine solidarity movements on university campuses. Rattled by our revolutionary demands, the right wing is attempting to browbeat us into submission. But we will not be silenced.
With a humanitarian disaster already playing out in Gaza, and a mass movement in solidarity with Palestine building, western leaders are growing alarmed at the prospects of an Israeli invasion. They know they will have blood on their hands.
From the outset of the latest Israel-Palestine conflict, the capitalist media in Britain has acted as an obedient mouthpiece for the establishment, echoing their imperialist propaganda. We need to build a voice for the exploited and oppressed.
As the death count in Gaza soars, many leading left-wingers are calling for a ceasefire and for peace negotiations. But there can be no genuine end to Palestinian oppression under capitalism. That is why we say: Intifada until victory!
As horror plays out in Gaza, workers and youth across Britain are mobilising en masse. An explosive mood of anger is building – aimed not only at Netanyahu’s murderous regime, but at ‘our own’ criminal ruling class. We say: Intifada until victory!
The imperialists fear that Israel’s war on Gaza will ignite the entire Middle East, with grave implications for the world situation. They are right to worry. The plans of the Americans lie in tatters and, with sparks flying in a region riven by economic instability and inter-imperialist tension, war and revolution impend.
Communists in Britain have been attacked by the reactionary press for the use of our slogan, ‘Intifada until victory!’ Cutting across the lies and distortions, we must look at the real heritage of the Intifadas, as a source of lessons and inspiration for revolutionaries across the world.
A hospital in Gaza was bombed yesterday by Israeli forces, killing hundreds. Now is the time to escalate the campaign against Israel’s murderous war, against western imperialism, and for the national liberation of the Palestinian people.
Our comrades have come under attack from the establishment and their media mouthpieces for daring to defy them by showing solidarity with the Palestinian people, and calling for mass struggle against imperialism. We will not be silenced.
In contrast to their hue and cry about ‘democracy’ and ‘self-determination’ in Ukraine, the western powers have given Israel the go-ahead to raze Gaza to the ground. Once again ‘international law’ and the ‘rules based order’ are exposed as a hypocritical cover for the iron heel of imperialism.
The escalating aggression of Israeli imperialism, with the imminent threat of invasion in Gaza, has provoked a massive outburst of anger in Britain. IMT comrades have been connecting with this mood, putting forward clear revolutionary slogans.
One hundred years ago, Leon Trotsky and his supporters founded the Left Opposition, in order to defend the revolutionary traditions of Lenin and the Bolsheviks, and the ideas of genuine Marxism. Today, we stand on the shoulders of these giants.
The escalation of the Israel-Palestine conflict has led to a chorus of hypocritical condemnation from the western imperialists. The communists stand firmly on the side of the oppressed, against the oppressors. We say: Intifada until victory!
Many workers in Britain are looking at the catastrophic events unfolding in the Middle East, wondering what they can do to halt the imperialist carnage. Organised and mobilised, the working class has the power to stop the warmongers.
Across the country, a movement has erupted in solidarity with Palestine. But this is being met with a repressive response from the authorities, as the ruling class looks to silence dissent and debate. Workers and youth must mobilise in defiance.
Workers and youth in Britain are rightly outraged by the oppression of the Palestinian people, and by the complicity of ‘our’ ruling class in this repression. Through organisation, mobilisation, and mass action, we can offer genuine solidarity.
The explosive conflict in Israel-Palestine is the latest flashpoint in the crisis-ridden capitalist system. The profit-hungry imperialists are to blame for the wars ravaging society. The alternative facing humanity is socialism or barbarism.
The reactionary Israeli state has been humiliated by Hamas’ attack, and its response against the Palestinians will be brutal. No to the invasion and bombing of Gaza! End the occupation! Intifada until victory!
The war in Ukraine has exposed the class-collaborationist and bureaucratic policies of a number of communist parties around the world. In order to build a genuinely communist international, it is necessary to look back to the real traditions of Lenin.
This year’s party conferences have brought home the degeneration of the Tories and Labour’s big-business turn in equal measure. Back in the real world, British capitalism is crumbling. The ‘mole of revolution’ is preparing to burst to the surface.
Across the world, establishment politicians and bourgeois economists are growing anxious about ageing populations and shrinking family sizes. The real problem, however, is not a demographic crunch, but the crisis of capitalism.
A young girl was brutally stabbed to death this week by one of her male peers. The scourge of violence against women is clearly worsening, encouraged by reactionary demagogues like Andrew Tate. Only revolutionary class struggle can end this disease.
An explosive crisis is brewing on campuses across the country. Universities face a perfect storm. And staff and students are paying the price, with teaching and learning conditions under attack. We must fight to kick capitalism out of education.
Britain’s high-speed rail ambitions are rapidly being scaled back, with the Tories now hinting that the Birmingham-Manchester section of HS2 could be binned. This farce reveals what a joke promises of ‘levelling up’ are under capitalism.
With inequality widening and austerity sharpening, calls are growing for greater taxes on the wealth and profits of the elites. But demands to ‘tax the rich’ do not tackle the root of the problem. Instead, we must expropriate the billionaire class.
Across Britain, the institutions of the capitalist state are falling apart. There is no trust in the police. The army is plugging gaps everywhere. The courts are backed up, and the prisons are bursting. And all as the class struggle intensifies.
The apologists of capitalism constantly assert the myth that ‘the working class no longer exists’; that ‘we are all middle class now’. In fact, the working class has never been stronger. What is missing is revolutionary leadership.
With his party sinking in the polls, Rishi Sunak is looking to whip up a climate culture war. Workers must have no trust in either the Tories and their cynical claims, nor the liberals and their impotent demands. We must fight for revolution.
In part one of this series, we discussed why communists need to educate themselves, and how to go about doing this. Now we turn to the question of the role that revolutionary students can play in carrying Marxist ideas into the class struggle.
The catastrophic failure of the Ukrainian counter-offensive is provoking splits and divisions in the NATO alliance. Meanwhile, workers across the world are paying the price for this inter-imperialist conflict. The class struggle is set to intensify.
At this year’s TUC Congress, a notable motion was passed committing the trade union movement to mobilise against the Tories’ latest anti-strike legislation – up-to-and-including non-compliance. We need militant action to smash the bosses’ laws.
Popular TV series ‘The Bear’ has been praised by reviewers. But its portrayal of the restaurant industry and gentrification provides a window into the cynical, smug mindset of the middle classes, and their contempt for ordinary working people.
As the new academic year gets under way, comrades from the International Marxist Tendency will be building on campuses across the country. In the first of a three-part series, we discuss the methods that communist students should learn and master.
A confused motion is up for discussion at this week’s TUC Congress, calling for ‘solidarity with Ukraine’. Instead of backing the Tories and their imperialist aims, the labour movement must fight for an internationalist, class-based position.
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the coup in Chile, when General Pinochet and the military – backed by US imperialism – overthrew the socialist government of Salvador Allende. Revolutionaries must fully absorb the lessons of these tragic events.
A new generation of communists is being forged by capitalism’s crises and catastrophes. “He who has the youth, has the future,” Lenin famously proclaimed. We call on radical young people to get organised and join us in the fight for revolution.
The latest annual TUC congress meets in Liverpool next week, from 10-13 September. As the last year’s strike wave ebbs, the trade union movement is taking stock. A period of bitter struggles lies ahead. Militant workers must prepare for battle.
The Tory government is under intense scrutiny in the face of another huge scandal, with the lives of thousands of children and workers placed at risk due to cuts to school maintenance budgets. The whole system is broken. We need a revolution.
The Dublin Lockout began 110 years ago, when the bosses joined forces to smash militant trade unionism in Ireland. Socialists today must learn from the inspiring example of James Connolly and Jim Larkin, and build a revolutionary leadership.
After years of frenzied, debt-fuelled investment into on-demand content, the media industry is now facing an almighty crash, with studio staff, creative workers, and streaming customers paying the price. The chaos of capitalism is to blame.
The much-hyped Ukrainian counter-offensive is rapidly running out of steam. As demoralisation creeps in, blame and recriminations abound. All the while, workers in Ukraine, Russia, and the West are paying the price for this imperialist carnage.
In 1963, activists in Bristol organised a mass campaign against discriminatory employment practices on the city’s buses. Decades later, racism in the workplace remains rife. To fight oppression, we need militancy, organisation, and class unity.
The Kremlin’s assassination of mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin reveals the instability of Putin’s regime. But those now hoping for a change of fortunes in the Ukraine War are misguided. Western imperialism is riddled with its own contradictions.
For their own cynical reasons, Tory ministers are promising to punish companies that employ illegal migrants. But government penalties cannot protect precarious workers. Only militancy and organisation can defend workers against the bosses’ system.
A recent report has documented the brutal repression meted out against migrants by the Saudi regime. The western imperialists, meanwhile, have willfully ignored the barbaric behaviour of their long-standing ally – exposing their stinking hypocrisy.
21 August marks the anniversary of Leon Trotsky’s death, following an attack by a Stalinist agent. This article by Alan Woods, originally published in 2000, commemorates this revolutionary titan who preserved the authentic traditions of Marxism and Bolshevism for future generations.
As part of his unfinished notes on the Dialectics of Nature, Friedrich Engels wrote an insightful analysis of the material factors that drove the evolutionary development of mankind. We publish here an introduction to this fascinating text.
Capitalist politicians are increasing wrapping-up austerity measures in ‘green’ packaging – provoking a backlash amongst ordinary people, and polarising the working class. In place of this reactionary greenwashing, we need to fight for revolution.
An ongoing inquiry into accusations of extrajudicial murders by British Special Forces in Afghanistan shines a light on the crimes of western imperialism. The fight for justice must be a fight to overthrow this entire barbaric system.
Homeware chain Wilko is the latest high-street name facing ruin, as rising costs and interest rates squeeze retailers. A swathe of ‘zombie’ companies are set to be sent to their graves. We must make the bosses and bankers pay for this crisis.
From 7-12 August, over 400 comrades from more than 40 countries assembled in Italy to discuss the prospects for world revolution at the International Marxist Tendency Congress. As the lively discussions and reports over the week made clear, we have the world to win.
Critics of Marxism often suggest that scientific socialism paints a mechanical view of history, without any role for individuality or free will. Daniel Morley discusses the question of necessity and chance, and the need for revolutionary leadership.
While workers across the world suffer the impacts of war, arms manufacturers are making bumper profits. The imperialists don’t export weapons to ‘defend democracy’, but to protect their narrow interests. Fight for revolution against the warmongers!
Record temperatures and wildfires have hit huge swathes of the planet in recent months. Only by taking power out of the hands of the bankers and billionaires can we plan society rationally, to avoid a complete climate catastrophe.
Councils across the country are sounding the alarm, warning of a black hole in their budgets. Services are being cut to the bone. Some local authorities are declaring bankruptcy. The labour movement must organise a mass campaign against austerity.
Based on the tragic events of the 1925-27 Chinese revolution, Bertolt Brecht’s ‘The Decision’ provides a powerful commentary on the betrayals of Stalinism and the idea of revolutionary sacrifice – something that liberal critics cannot understand.
Across the world, all the key pillars of the establishment – from the institutions of bourgeois democracy, to the police, to the media – are being eroded and undermined by scandals, corruption, and crises. We need a revolution to overthrow the lot.
British capitalism is stumbling from one crisis to the next. In their effort to subdue stubbornly-high inflation, the ruling class is set to provoke a new slump. Enormous pressures are building in society. Revolutionary explosions impend.
The 2023 Defence Command Paper promised a root-and-branch transformation of the British Armed Forces. Instead, it provides further proof that the British military is in a state of terminal decline, along with the rest of the crumbling establishment.
After repeated rounds of walkouts, the struggle in schools has come to a halt, with NEU members voting to accept the government’s pay deal. Rank-and-file teachers were willing to battle on. But once again, there was no fighting leadership.
We are excited to announce the launch of this year’s Revolution Festival. With amazing talks on Marxist ideas, and hundreds attending, this is the event for all communists looking to get organised and fight for revolution. Get your ticket today!
Today marks 70 years since the truce that brought a stop to the Korean War and divided the peninsula. Events surrounding the conflict revealed both the brutality and cynicism of US imperialism, and the crimes of Stalinism, leaving a historic scar.
In a break from his usual Hollywood blockbusters, Christopher Nolan’s latest release offers a dramatic and tense look at the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the ‘father of the bomb’, exploring the politics of McCarthy-era America along the way.
As Starmer’s Labour gets closer to power, the harsh reality of its ‘tough decisions’ is becoming clearer. This is provoking murmurs of opposition in the party and the unions – a harbinger of future splits and turmoil under a government of crisis.
Yesterday’s by-election defeats spell doom for the Tories. The government is desperately attempting to put out fires. Despite a temporary truce on the industrial front, conditions are being prepared for an explosion of the class struggle.
Today marks 130 years since the birth of Vladimir Mayakovsky, the Russian artist and poet, whose works have been a consistent source of inspiration for communists. We look back at the life, ideas, and contributions of this revolutionary artist.
Last weekend, comrades from across the British section of the IMT gathered for this year’s Marxist Summer Camp, themed around the Communist International. Attendees left feeling educated, energised, and ready to build the forces of Marxism.
The Spanish Civil War began on this date in 1936 with the beginning of the coup by General Franco. The fascist forces could have been defeated, with the working class rising up and fighting back. But their heroism was betrayed by the Stalinists.
Two mouthpieces of British capitalism – The Sun and the BBC – have been tearing chunks out of each other this week, over allegations against news presenter Huw Edwards. This spectacle shows why we need a real alternative: a workers’ media.
This year’s Unite conference took place this week against a backdrop of sharpening class struggle, with the Tories and bosses waging war on workers. Union activists are getting organised and preparing for battle. Militant leadership is vital.
The recent NATO summit revealed once again the arrogance, cynicism, and stinking hypocrisy of the western imperialists. For them, the Ukraine conflict is merely a means to crush Russia. And it is the workers of the world who are being asked to pay.
Unite’s rules and policy conferences are taking place this week. Debate so far has focussed on the union’s political affiliation. The key task for rank-and-file activists is to build a fighting leadership, armed with bold socialist policies.
We publish here the editorial by Alan Woods from the latest issue of the International Marxist Tendency’s quarterly theoretical journal, ‘In Defence of Marxism’. Subscribe today to get your copy of this vital weapon of Marxist theory.
With a new leader at the helm, the SNP has promised supporters a strategy for winning independence. But no clear proposal has emerged, leaving the movement at an impasse. Workers and youth must embark on a revolutionary road.
Riots in France, and previously in Ely, Wales, reveal the explosive situation building up internationally and in Britain. Society is a tinderbox, ready to go up in flames. Marxist leadership is needed to channel this anger towards revolution.
The NHS was established 75 years ago today. Decades on, however, it is creaking at the seams, due to austerity and privatisation. Junior doctor Will Collins looks at how the NHS was founded, and how the capitalists have pushed it to the brink.
The UK water industry is facing a deep crisis, with Thames Water at risk of bankruptcy. From the railways to the energy sector: privatisation has been a disaster for ordinary people. We say: Expropriate the monopolies! Make the billionaires pay!
370 years ago today, on the back of the English Revolution and the abolition of the monarchy, the short-lived Barebones Parliament was established. Nye Shaw examines the role played by Oliver Cromwell in overthrowing the old feudal order.
Trials are taking place to investigate the potential benefits of providing households with a Universal Basic Income. Such a policy may seem radical, but it would leave power in the hands of the capitalists. Instead, we must fight for revolution.
Contradictions are mounting for capitalism. The system is being thrown from one crisis to the next. Inflation, debt, and financial instability all threaten the world economy. A new slump looms. The only way out of this impasse is through revolution.
Temperatures show no sign of dipping. And neither does the class struggle. Strikes are set to take place in schools, hospitals, train stations, and councils in the coming weeks. To win, we need mass coordinated action and bold socialist policies.
Recent data has caused alarm amongst the ruling class, suggesting that inflation has become entrenched. In response, central bankers are looking to provoke a slump in the hope of quelling price rises. The only solution is socialist revolution.
Following the aborted putsch by oligarch and mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, many are asking what the impact will be on the regime in Moscow and the war in Ukraine. The task of overthrowing Putin belongs to Russian workers and youth.
Recent events in the Atlantic and Mediterranean oceans are a tale of two classes: one, the story of tremendous efforts being made to save five buccaneering billionaires; the other, the tragedy of hundreds of migrants being killed by capitalism.
All the mainstream media has been focussed this week on the deaths of a handful of billionaires exploring the shipwreck of the Titanic. Meanwhile, little attention has been paid to the tragic drowning of hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean.
Today marks the 75th anniversary of when HMT Empire Windrush landed on Britain’s shores, marking the beginning of the postwar wave of immigration from across the Commonwealth. Then, as now, the ruling class whipped up racism against migrants.
Countries, businesses, and households across the world are drowning in debt. As interest rates rise, the danger of default looms. To avoid a catastrophe, calls for debt cancellation are not enough. Instead, we must fight for revolution.
On 17th June 2023, Esteban Volkov, the last living link to the great revolutionary, Leon Trotsky, died at the age of 97. He dedicated his life to defending the legacy of his grandfather from Stalinist falsification. We publish below a tribute to this great fighter, by Alan Woods.
There has been much optimism surrounding the election of left-wing governments in Colombia, Chile, Brazil, and other Latin American countries. But already, these are hitting up against barriers. Only revolutionary struggle can offer a way forward.
The combined impact of the war, the pandemic, and inflation, on top of decades of imperialist exploitation, has left the world’s poorest nations buried in debt. This is preparing the ground for revolutionary explosions in one country after another.
We conclude our recent series on Israel-Palestine by examining recent events in the region, the situation today, and the way forward for workers and youth. Only revolutionary struggle can offer a real solution. Intifada until victory!
Both the Tories and Starmer’s Labour are enjoying the unfolding drama in Scotland, as the plot thickens in the curious case of the SNP’s finances. Workers and youth must sweep away the entire rotten establishment and fight for revolution.
The Labour leaders have begun to outline their environmental agenda, promising state support for new British industries. In reality, this means more big business profiteering. Instead of green capitalism, the unions must fight for workers’ control.
Boris Johnson has lobbed a grenade into the Tory Party on his way out of Parliament, hoping to accelerate the demise of Sunak’s troubled government. This is the latest episode in the crisis of Britain’s regime. Revolutionary explosions lie ahead.
Socialist Appeal’s campaign to organise communists and hit the 1000 membership milestone is going from strength to strength. New branches are springing up across the country. Join us today, and help build the forces of Marxism in your area.
From the CBI bosses’ union to the Tory Party: the traditional representatives of the ruling class are in meltdown. At the same time, anger and radicalisation is brewing in society. These are symptoms of the revolutionary epoch we are entering.
Liberal supporters of Ukraine have recently attacked the IMT for openly defending our position on the war. While some ‘lefts’ happily side with their own ruling class, we proudly stand in the Marxist tradition of class-based internationalism.
After months of build up, the much-heralded Ukrainian offensive has begun. Alan Woods discusses the prospects for this latest military campaign, the propaganda of western imperialism, the perspectives for the war, and the task of the Marxists.
Starmer and co. have recently set out their stall on migration, demanding skilled jobs for British workers. Instead of aping the Tories’ divisive policies and dog-whistle racism, the labour movement must fight the bosses with united class struggle.
During a recent tour by Zelensky, Rishi Sunak pledged to continue supporting the Ukrainian war effort with millions more in military aid. But while the Tories prolong the conflict for their own cynical reasons, workers are footing the bill.
Tensions between the major powers are heightening. The rise of China and the relative decline of US imperialism are creating a new – unstable – balance of forces in world relations. Communists must fight for international socialist revolution.
Following their victory in last year’s Stormont elections, Sinn Féin have come out top in the recent local elections in the North, marking another deadly blow for unionism. Workers and youth must fight for a Socialist United Ireland.
A recent special conference saw comrades from across Britain discuss the role and history of the revolutionary press, and how to utilise this important weapon for building the forces of Marxism. If you’re a communist, then join us in this task.
The US economy is hurtling towards a disastrous default, as Democrats and Republicans haggle over spending and cuts. This dangerous game of chicken highlights the madness of capitalism. We say: make the billionaires pay for this crisis!
The explosive events in Ely, Wales, over the past week have once again revealed the rotten role of the police, as well as the combustible mood in society. It is time to channel this anger by getting organised and fighting for revolution.
Starmer’s Labour have recently positioned themselves as the party of “builders, not blockers”, blaming planning regulations and resistance from affluent homeowners for the lack of new construction. The real problem, however, is the profit system.
Last night, MPs voted for new anti-union legislation, designed to restrict workers’ right to strike. This comes on top of other draconian laws brought in by the Tories recently, as the class struggle intensifies. We say: Defy this bosses’ bill!
With the party’s electoral prospects languishing, the Tories are once again tearing themselves to pieces. The headbangers are looking to ‘take back control’, just as the establishment is seeking stability. Explosive events are being prepared.
In the latest part of our series on Israel-Palestine, we discuss the demand for boycotts, divestment, and sanctions aimed at Israeli businesses. Instead, workers and youth must organise, mobilise, and fight for revolution.
In an effort to distract from their crises at home, the Tories are ramping up their attacks on migrants once again, with further proposals to make the ‘hostile environment’ even more hostile. We say: Bring down the borders! Bring down capitalism!
Our series on Israel-Palestine continues with an examination of the proposals presented by reformists – particularly the suggestions for a ‘two-state’ or ‘one-state’ solution. Instead, workers and youth must fight for a revolutionary way forward.
In a recent speech, Keir Starmer outlined his plans for a future Labour government, promising to outflank the Tories to the right on the economy and jingoism. Workers and youth must have no trust in Starmer, but organise to fight for revolution.
This weekend, protests will be taking place across the world to mark the 75th anniversary of the Nakba – the disaster faced by the Palestinian people as part of the creation of Israel. We say: Fight for a Socialist Federation of the Middle East!
The Marxists in Britain are calling on communists to get organised and join our ranks. Our recruitment drive to reach the 1000 membership milestone is picking up pace, with hundreds of responses in recent weeks. So don’t wait – join us today!
In an effort to tame inflation, the Bank of England agreed to further raise interest rates today. Its chief economist, meanwhile, has arrogantly told workers that they must tighten their belts. We say: make the billionaires pay for this crisis!
In the second part of our series on Israel-Palestine, Francesco Merli examines the wars, manoeuvres, and uprisings that characterised the decades following the creation of the Israeli state, and which have left the Palestinian people oppressed.
Having unleashed the monster of inflation through their reckless policies, the ruling class are struggling to bring prices back down. Meanwhile, big business is raking in record profits. The blame for this chaos and crisis lies with capitalism.
The nauseating nationalism surrounding the coronation celebrations was accompanied by a swathe of anti-monarchy arrests. The ruling class are gearing up for the battles ahead. Workers and youth must fight back with militant class struggle.
With the working class facing an onslaught of attacks on pay, conditions, and services, the garish carnival of the coronation is being met with apathy and revulsion. Socialist Appeal stands for the total abolition of the monarchy, and for a socialist republic of Britain!
The Tories have received a trouncing at yesterday’s local elections. Yet there is no enthusiasm for Starmers’ Labour, which will be unable to solve any of the crises facing workers and youth. The ground is being prepared for a social explosion.
In the first part of our series on Israel-Palestine, Francesco Merli explains the shady dealings and machinations of the imperialist nations, which paved the way for the partitioning of Palestine, and opened up a Pandora’s Box of violence and degradation.
The Tories are desperately looking for a distraction from their permacrisis. But workers have little interest or enthusiasm for the upcoming coronation or local elections. Instead, the class struggle is sharpening. Revolutionary explosions impend.
Yesterday saw International Workers Day demonstrations in towns and cities all over Britain. Socialist Appeal comrades joined these demonstrations, raising bold revolutionary slogans, and calling on workers and youth to join our ranks.
Wellred Books are proud to announce the release of Trotsky’s writings on Britain. With the class struggle sharpening, and revolutionary explosions impending, this incredible collection of material has never been more relevant. Get your copy today!
We are proud to announce a new series of in-depth articles on the topic of Israel-Palestine, putting forward a revolutionary perspective for Palestinian liberation, and lasting peace for the whole region.
This year’s May Day celebrations are taking place against a backdrop of bitter strikes and struggles, with teachers, nurses, and civil servants all walking out in the coming days. To win, the working class needs a revolutionary leadership.
Left-wing MP Diane Abbott has been suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party, accused of racism by Starmer and the right wing. But this is stinking hypocrisy, coming from these agents of the ruling class. We say: Fight racism! Fight capitalism!
The Marxists in Britain are recruiting for revolution. We are appealing to militant workers and youth to join us in the struggle for socialism. If you’re a communist, don’t wait – get in touch and get organised today.
We publish here the editorial by Alan Woods from the latest issue of the International Marxist Tendency’s quarterly theoretical journal, ‘In Defence of Marxism’. Subscribe today to get your copy of this vital weapon of Marxist theory.
Responding to reports of sexist practices and pay inequality in big business, liberal commentators have called for more women to be promoted to the top. But to end misogyny and discrimination, we need socialist revolution, not ‘girlboss feminism’.
Impasse for the independence movement, a messy leadership contest, and a string of scandals have caused the bubble to burst for the SNP. Holyrood’s ruling party is now mired in crisis. Workers and youth must fight for a Scottish Workers’ Republic.
Junior doctors have undertaken another round of strikes this week, while other health workers have voted on the Tories’ insulting pay offer. To advance, the struggle in the NHS requires militant coordinated action and bold socialist demands.
A leak of confidential material from the Pentagon, first shared by a group of video gamers, has caused embarrassment for Washington. These latest revelations once again expose the hypocrisy and cynical motivations of western imperialism.
Rejecting the reformism of the old nationalist leaders, thousands of youth in the Basque Country are turning towards revolution and class struggle. Similar processes are underway across the world. The communists are coming! Join the Marxists today!
This week marks the 25th anniversary since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. The establishment believed this would open up a period of peace and prosperity. Instead, decades on, sectarianism and instability still stalk the North of Ireland.
Recent years have seen one political earthquake after another send shockwaves across the landscape of American society. The criminal charges against Donald Trump are the latest example. These tremors are a harbinger of revolutionary explosions.
A new release from Wellred Books looks at the gains made by-and-for women thanks to the Bolshevik Revolution. Natasha Sorrell provides a valuable summary of this process, discussing how communists can fight for the emancipation of women today.
NEU delegates are meeting this week for the union’s national conference, which comes at a critical moment in the struggle over pay and conditions. Teachers have shown their determination to fight. Now is the time for militant coordinated action.
This week, Labour’s ruling body voted to prevent Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a Labour MP. Subsequently, many on the left have raised the idea of a new workers’ party. The key unresolved question, however, is that of revolutionary leadership.
With the banks on the brink, a new global economic crisis looms. Workers are on the move, while young people are crying out for communism. But the left leaders are lagging behind. We must build the forces of Marxism and fight for revolution.
The British establishment is heralding the adoption of the Windsor Framework, the latest UK-EU trading arrangement. But this deal will do nothing to resolve the tensions in the North of Ireland. Only united class struggle can offer a way forward.
The SNP has a new leader, following the sudden resignation of Nicola Sturgeon. Her departure has revealed all the cracks within the party, which is increasingly falling apart. Workers and youth must fight for a Scottish Workers’ Republic.
As the ruling class raises interest rates, in an effort to tame inflation, pressures are building in the financial system. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has set off a chain reaction. This instability is a harbinger of a new world slump.
Following a string of scandals at the Met, a new establishment inquiry has revealed the shocking depths of racism and sexism within the police. This tool of repression cannot be reformed. We must fight to overthrow the whole decrepit system.
Following backroom negotiations with Tory ministers, union leaders are recommending acceptance of a paltry pay offer for health workers. Grassroots members should mobilise to reject this deal – and demand fighting leadership and militant action.
From 17-19 March, hundreds of Socialist Appeal comrades met for this year’s national conference. The mood was one of optimism, enthusiasm, and dedication, with a laser focus on the task ahead: to build the forces of Marxism in Britain and beyond.
The US-led invasion of Iraq began twenty years ago. Two decades on, the country has been torn apart by war, sectarianism, and fundamentalism. To end the horror and barbarism of imperialism, we must fight for revolution and overthrow capitalism.
We are proud to announce that our website – socialist.net – has a brand new look. This is the place to go to study revolutionary ideas, read the latest news and analysis from a Marxist perspective, and get organised in the fight for socialism.
The implosion of Silicon Valley Bank has revealed cracks throughout the global financial system. As interest rates rise, these fissures are spreading. The ruling class is caught between a rock and a hard place, as the crisis of capitalism deepens.
The Tories’ latest Budget was stuffed with treats for the bosses, with nothing for striking workers. Yesterday’s day of action shows the potential strength of our movement. To realise it, we need militant leadership and bold socialist demands.
Voting is underway amongst SNP members to see who will succeed Nicola Sturgeon. But none of the candidates have anything to offer workers and youth. The only way forward is through class struggle, in the fight for a Scottish Workers’ Republic.
Karl Marx may have been lying in Highgate Cemetery for 140 years now. But his ideas are alive and kicking. With capitalism in crisis, the spectre of communism is once again haunting the ruling class. Join the Marxists! Join the revolution!
The establishment’s attempt to pick a fight with Gary Lineker over their anti-asylum agenda has spectacularly blown up in their faces, revealing the BBC’s inherent bias. We must fight their culture war with class war, and build a workers’ media.
As Britain’s strike wave grows, the Tories are looking to deploy both a carrot and a stick in order to splinter and defeat the movement. The trade unions must remain united, and escalate the action in order to win. Militant leadership is vital.
Hundreds of thousands of workers are walking out together next week – the latest wave in Britain’s strike tsunami. Not since the 1970s has the country seen such levels of industrial action. We must learn the lessons from this period of struggle.
As it stands, the majority of household chores and care duties fall on women’s shoulders. To end this burden, we need to transform society in order to automate and socialise these tasks. The fight for liberation is a fight for revolution.
Establishment golden boy Rishi Sunak has been receiving praise in the press recently, having negotiated a deal for the North of Ireland. But any hopes of lasting peace between Britain and the EU – or within the Tory Party – will quickly fade.
Yesterday marked 70 years since the death of Stalin. In recognition of this anniversary, Keelan Kellegher discusses why the Russian Revolution degenerated, the role of the Stalinist bureaucracy, and the reactionary legacy it left behind.
Recent polling shows that more and more young people across the world consider themselves communists. With capitalism in crisis, and workers on the move, revolutionary explosions lie ahead. Join the Marxists today in the struggle for socialism!
Driving has become the latest front in the ruling class’ culture war, pitting those who rely on their car against environmental campaigners. Instead, we need united class struggle to end travel chaos and congestion with clear socialist policies.
As British capitalism descends deeper into crisis, the bosses are turning the screws on workers across the board, in an effort to squeeze more profit from their staff. Many are being pushed to breaking point. But many others are fighting back.
Marking the one year anniversary since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, Alan Woods discusses Putin’s aims, the hypocrisy and lies of the imperialists, the perspectives for the war – and its impact on the class struggle.
As the crisis of British capitalism deepens, drama at the top is playing out alongside a rising strike wave from below. North and south of the border, the political establishment is being shaken to its core. Revolutionary explosions impend.
With the latest wave of UCU walkouts in full swing, general secretary Jo Grady has sapped momentum from the struggle by putting the strikes on pause. Rank-and-file members must mobilise to ensure that union leaders do not accept a rotten deal.
With students under growing pressure, and university workers under attack, a wave of direct action has broken out on UK campuses. To win, we must build a mass campaign of students and staff to kick capitalism out of education.
In recent weeks, western press and politicians have manufactured a hue-and-cry over supposed Chinese spy balloons. With crises and class struggle brewing back home, imperialist sabre-rattling provides a useful distraction for the ruling classes.
Nicola Sturgeon has resigned from Scottish politics, having led the independence movement to an impasse, and with nothing to offer workers and youth but austerity and attacks. Marxists must raise the slogan: For a Scottish Workers’ Republic!
The murder of trans teenager Brianna Ghey shows the tragic impact of the ruling class’ cynical attempts to divide workers through bigotry and discrimination. The Tories and their system are to blame. We must fight their culture war with class war.
Spurred on by the racist rhetoric of the Tories and their ‘hostile environment’, far-right activists are targeting asylum-seekers across the UK. The labour movement leaders must mobilise workers and youth to drive the fascists off our streets.
Flag-waving Tory chauvinists are increasingly attempting to whitewash the brutal history of the British Empire. But recent studies have exposed this shameless falsification and revealed the true extent of colonialism’s horrific, murderous crimes.
The recent earthquake in Turkey has caused widespread devastation, with thousands confirmed dead. But this was not simply a ‘natural’ disaster. Profiteering construction bosses, warmongers, and the corrupt Erdogan regime are all to blame.
Fifty years ago, the US Supreme Court passed its famous Roe v Wade ruling, providing abortion rights to women in America. Today, these same rights are being ripped up. The fight to end women’s oppression must be a fight for socialist revolution.
While Sunak’s government is thrown from pillar to post, and energy bosses rake in record profits, the working class is being attacked from all angles. British capitalism is in a dire state. Only a revolutionary programme can offer a way forward.
Sector after sector of workers are joining the growing strike wave. Further coordinated walkouts are in store, following Wednesday’s day of action. To strengthen the movement, these struggles need to be united and organised from top to bottom.
1 February was the biggest day of coordinated strike action in over a decade, with half a million out on strike. We spoke to workers at picket lines and demos up and down the country about their fight against the bosses’ attacks and the Tories’ anti-union bill.
Tomorrow will see mass coordinated action between teachers, rail workers, civil servants, and lecturers. The Tories are preparing for class war, curbing the right to strike. The unions must defy these laws, and organise a militant fightback.
90 years ago, on 30 January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, paving the way for the dictatorship of the Nazis. In this extract, Ted Grant analyses and explains the events that enabled the fascists to come to power.
Sunak’s government has emphasised its continued support for the Ukrainian war effort. But its meagre offerings only underline the declining influence of British imperialism. Workers must organise to kick out these warmongers.
With elections underway for Unite’s new executive council, a clear divide is emerging within the union. On one side is an old left calling for compromise with the bosses and Tories. On the other are grassroots activists demanding militant action.
The Tories are once again whipping up another divisive culture war, blocking attempts to introduce gender recognition reforms in Scotland. But this cynical move will fail in its aims – to distract from the rising tide of class struggle.
The NHS faces an existential crisis, with the Tories promising further austerity and privatisation. Starmer’s Labour, meanwhile, is offering more of the same. To save our healthcare system, we need bold socialist policies.
The global elites have been gathering in Davos this week, discussing the fate and future of capitalism. With the world economy wracked by inflation and instability, a mood of pessimism prevailed. We need a revolution to put them out of their misery.
World trade, already slowing in the wake of the 2008 slump, is now fracturing as a result of the pandemic, war, and crisis. The liberal establishment is alarmed by the rise of protectionism. Only socialist revolution can offer a way forward.
‘Sir’ Keir Starmer is attending the “billionaires’ jamboree” in Davos this week – the latest episode in his bid to woo big business. The left must have no illusions about whose interests a Labour government under his leadership would serve.
The horrific case of serial sex offender and serving officer David Carrick is yet another reminder of how the institution of the police is rotten to the core. Workers and youth must fight to sweep the whole system into the dustbin of history.
We publish here the editorial by Alan Woods from the latest issue of the International Marxist Tendency’s quarterly theoretical journal, In Defence of Marxism. Subscribe today to get your copy of this vital weapon of Marxist theory.
Following the ousting of President Castillo last December, the struggle in Peru is sharpening, with state repression against protestors and activists. The international labour movement must show solidarity with Peruvian workers and peasants.
With industrial militancy growing and spreading across Britain, the Tories and bosses are pushing for further restrictions on workers’ right to strike. The trade union leaders must organise a militant fightback to smash these laws to pieces.
Revelations from Prince Harry’s autobiography, ‘Spare’, have provided the public with a few laughs at the monarchy’s expense. But the ruling class is increasingly worried that the royal permacrisis is causing wider damage to their system.
Today marks one hundred years since French troops invaded the Ruhr. This occupation, combined with hyperinflation, sparked revolutionary convulsions across Germany. With crisis once again haunting Europe, Rob Sewell examines the lessons of 1923.
The NHS is in the midst of a deep crisis. Chaos is unfolding in A&Es, with record-breaking wait times. This catastrophe has been a long time coming – the result of years of austerity and privatisation. But health workers are fighting back.
Economists are predicting doom and gloom for British capitalism, with the working class paying the price. With the Tories in crisis, and Starmer’s Labour committed to austerity, workers must prepare for battle.
Today marks the centenary of Lenin’s ‘Testament’, in which he took up the struggle against Stalin and the bureaucratisation of the Soviet state. His Testament – suppressed for decades – dispels the slander that Stalinism was the continuation of Leninism.
The capitalist system worldwide has been in crisis for years. But why has there not been a successful socialist revolution? Alan Woods explains how consciousness is transformed on the basis of events, and the need for revolutionary leadership.
As 2022 draws to a close, we’re delighted to announce that we have exceeded our target of raising £200,000 to purchase our own office. This is a real milestone in the development of the Marxist tendency. Thank you to all that have contributed!
Workers everywhere are struggling to maintain living standards in the face of soaring prices. The ruling class, meanwhile, is looking to curb inflation by provoking a slump. But what are the real causes behind inflation? And how do we fight it?
Keir Starmer is trying to give his Labour Party a radical gloss by hinting at the abolition of the House of Lords and other possible reforms. But instead of constitutional tweaks, we need workers’ power to combat the crisis of capitalism.
Promoted by some activists as a means of combating oppression, identity politics is increasingly being used by the establishment to attack the left and the labour movement. Workers and youth must fight back with revolutionary class struggle.
Britain’s winter of discontent has begun. With nurses, ambulance staff, and border guards all taking action, the country is set for its biggest month of strikes in decades. And the struggle is set to intensify, as the Tories threaten repression.
Britain’s class divide is palpable this Christmas. While the working class faces Dickensian conditions, the Tory Scrooges are presiding over a fresh wave of austerity. But workers are fighting back, with a winter of discontent already underway.
The run-up to Christmas will see mass action across Britain’s health service, with nurses, ambulance staff, and others set to strike. The NHS and its workforce are at breaking point. We need a united fightback for clear socialist policies.
Britain’s energy industry is the source of endless scandal. While suppliers plunge customers into debt and darkness, Tory incompetence is adding to rising bills for ordinary households. We need socialist planning, not parasitic profiteering.
As another turbulent year comes to an end, we appeal to our supporters to help us build the forces of Marxism in Britain, by contributing to our campaign to purchase a new office. Invest in this revolutionary cause – make a donation today!
From activists gluing themselves to trains, to throwing soup at paintings: recent years have seen numerous groups employing ‘direct action’ tactics to achieve their aims. Instead, Marxists call for mass organised struggle by workers and youth.
Last Saturday saw the official launch of a new edition of Alan Woods’ ‘Ireland: Republicanism and Revolution’. At this inspiring event, and in the article below, Ben Curry discussed the key lessons contained within this important book.
The UK’s highest court has blocked Scottish hopes for a second independence referendum. SNP leaders are now looking to the next general election. But only mass struggle by workers and youth can break the deadlock, one way or another.
The last week has seen mass protests erupting across China, as anger against harsh lockdown measures explodes onto the streets. Workers and youth should have no trust in the liberals, but must wage a revolutionary struggle against the regime.
As 2022 draws to a close, the western establishment is celebrating the triumph of their liberal champions over reactionary demagogues such as Le Pen and Bolsonaro. In reality, their system is in terminal decline. We must fight for revolution.
The Marxist tendency in Britain is taking a big step forward, launching a spin-off branch of our publishing house, Wellred Books. Head to wellredbooks.co.uk to browse our amazing range of titles, and to take advantage of our ‘Red Friday’ sale!
Investors are calling time on cryptocurrencies, following the downfall of the FTX exchange and its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried. But this episode is only the latest speculative bubble – a symptom of the insanity of capitalism.
This year’s football World Cup has opened to commotion and uproar, with FIFA bosses and tournament host Qatar facing criticisms of corruption and repression. Capitalism has sullied the beautiful game. We must kick out the fat-cats and profiteers.
The Tories’ Autumn Statement has delivered a package of deep cuts and brutal austerity, as demanded by the bankers and billionaires. The working class is set for a lost decade under capitalism. Join us in the fight for revolution.
The western propaganda machine has again gone into overdrive, creating a furore over a supposed Russian attack on Poland. Despite Ukraine’s desires, Washington has no interest in all-out war with Russia, but is instead prolonging the conflict.
Mass sackings are occurring across the tech industry, including at online behemoths such as Twitter and Facebook, portending trouble for investors, users, and employees. It is time to take Big Tech under public ownership and workers’ control.
The western press has celebrated Russia’s retreat from Kherson in Ukraine. But this withdrawal does not represent a decisive defeat for Putin. The outcome of the war still hangs in the balance, as economic, social, and political tensions mount.
The latest midterm elections in the USA have yielded further political polarisation and paralysis. The Republicans are split, while the Democrats have nothing to offer the working class. Instability, crises, and social explosions lie ahead.
With the world economy on the brink of a new slump, the ruling class is imbued with a deep pessimism – a reflection of the impasse of their system. The Marxists, by contrast, are energetically working to build a revolutionary leadership.
Some ‘lefts’ have thrown their weight behind western imperialism, joining the chauvinistic chorus which demands that more weapons be sent to support Ukraine. Scandalously, these muddleheads justify their position by quoting Trotsky.