In 1848, Europe was plunged into revolutionary struggle. It was in context that the young Marx and Engels laid the foundations of scientific socialism. Alongside the famous Communist Manifesto, they used the revolutionary press to analyse the unfolding struggle.
The Scottish government has axed rent controls, leaving workers and families at the mercy of greedy landlords. Meanwhile, waiting lists for social housing balloon, and leaseholders are being duped by dodgy developers. Here, our readers expose Britain’s housing horrors.
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.
In recent issues of The Communist, readers review the hit show ‘Severance’; Laura Carreira’s ‘On Falling’; new Somerset House exhibition ‘SOIL’; Des Warren’s ‘The Key to My Cell’; Steppenwolf’s ‘The Ostrich’; and the Strugatsky brothers’ 1965 sci fi-fantasy ‘Monday begins on Saturday’.
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.
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.
For all their progressive posturing, the leaders of the Scottish National Party are subservient to Washington. The independence movement can only retain its progressive character on an anti-imperialist and working-class basis.
A recent report found that one in ten women murdered in the last 15 years were killed by their son. Strikingly, most of these women were acting as carers for their adult children, filling in for services at breaking point.
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Neville Wright, a long-standing comrade involved in our predecessor organisations; Militant and Socialist Appeal. From the Miners’ Strike to the Poll Tax campaign and Labour under Corbyn, he fought tirelessly. We publish here an obituary penned by a close comrade.
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.
Keir Starmer has hatched a ‘Trumpian’ plan to balance the state’s books: slash the civil service; and abolish NHS England in the name of “democratic control”. But behind this bold scheme lies one small detail: workers are getting the short end of the stick.