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.
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.
Last month, US President Donald Trump announced tariffs on films “produced in foreign lands” coming into the USA . Although unclear what this will amount to, it only looks set to create more uncertainty and pain for the 195,000 film workers in the UK.
Written under Napoleon’s dictatorship, Gounod’s 1859 operatic version of ‘Faust’ contains none of the literary and philosophical soul of Goethe’s 1808 masterpiece. What is left is little more than a reactionary celebration of Catholicism and the French state.
Capitalism is destroying the beauty of the Scottish Highlands, where residents live in poverty amongst an obscene amount of wealth. In recent years, there have been strikes and even land seizures which show the way forward.
Since the Second Congress of the RCP, comrades, supporters, and sympathisers of the Party have given generously to our fighting fund. We need all the support we can find. Make a donation today to the best cause worth fighting for – the liberation of mankind from the billionaire class!
From rail to healthcare, vital services are being suffocated by the parasitic ruling class. Starmer’s Labour offer no solutions. To overturn decades of capitalist decline, we say: expropriate the billionaires!
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.
Last month, the Pakistani state arrested leading members of the Awaami Action Committee – including RCI comrades – for mobilising against the ruling class’s robbery of the people. We call on our readers to support the solidarity campaign to free our comrades!
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.