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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.