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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.
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.
‘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.
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’.
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.
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.