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.
This winter has seen the return of pitched battles in the poor neighborhoods of Edinburgh, between working-class kids and the Police. The state and the media offer nothing but demonisation. But the blame lies squarely with austerity and social decline.
While workers struggle to get by, the super-rich are having a field day. From Farage’s lavish £25,000-per-head dinner party, to Starmer handing out peerages to his pals, to corporate tax-dodging, readers of The Communist expose Britain’s class divide.
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.
Filmmaker David Lynch, who passed away last week, was a singular artist whose works were surreal and unsettling. Although not a ‘political person’, his films and TV shows explored alienation and the absurdity of everyday life under capitalism.
Earlier this month, Keir Starmer announced his vision for a “decade of national renewal” powered by artificial intelligence. But can Britain become an “AI powerhouse” as Starmer hopes, or is this just austerity with a shiny new label?
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!
The RCN’s recent report on “corridor care”, which exposes the depth of the NHS crisis, has shocked Britain’s workers and youth. Labour health secretary Wes Streeting’s pathetic response shows Labour has no solutions. Only bold measures can save our NHS.
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.
On Saturday, the Metropolitan Police launched a massive crackdown on the national Palestine demonstration, with 77 arrested. These measures are a sign of weakness, not strength. The burning anger against western imperialism has not gone away.