Jesse Welles, an American folk singer from Arkansas USA has captured the burning mood brimming within American society. Welles has tapped into an anti-establishment and anti-war feeling which has invoked an emotive response from many.
Left-wing MP Zarah Sultana recently spoke in favour of “nationalising the entire economy”. Unlike the cynical ‘left’ naysayers who pour scorn on the idea, Communists welcome Sultana’s bold calls for nationalisation. But how can we achieve it?
The full weight of ‘Broken Britain’ is bearing down on adult and children social services, leaving them crumbling in the face of rising demand and deep austerity. Saving these services requires thoroughgoing socialist measures, writes one social worker.
History shows us that the limited rights the working class enjoys today were won through bitter class struggle and revolution. ‘Resistance’, a recent photography exhibition in Edinburgh, aptly showcased this in documenting a century of struggle against the British state.
Venezuela is being plundered by Donald Trump. President Nicolás Maduro is held prisoner in New York. Venezuelan oil and wealth is draining out of the country. Our government is cheerleading this process. We urgently need your help to say: Hands off Venezuela!
Global turmoil. Economic weakness. A crumbling establishment. Widespread radicalisation. As 2026 gets underway, Britain is hurtling towards further decline and disarray. RCP general secretary Ben Gliniecki sets out the Marxist perspective for the coming year.
Prisons are overcrowded, probation services are chronically understaffed, and crimes from burglary to violent offences are on the rise. Despite successive governments’ promises to be ‘tough on crime’, Britain’s repressive institutions are falling apart.
2025 saw some incredible achievements for the RCP – particularly on campus, where we doubled our forces to 300 student members. With strikes and ferment ahead, and student union elections on the horizon, there’s plenty for communists to get stuck into!
Labour, Reform, and the Tories are all singing from the same ‘law and order’ hymn sheet in Westminster: upholding the ‘rule of law’ and being ‘tough on crime’. This is complete hypocrisy. The real criminals are in Westminster!
In her first column of 2026, Fiona Lali reflects on the dramatic first fortnight of the year. Events are unfolding at overwhelming speed. The only way through is to understand, and then act to strike imperialism at its very core.
The ‘liberal’ British media, from the BBC to the Guardian, have spent over two decades slandering Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution, and backing regime change in Venezuela. These lackeys of western imperialism must be exposed!
Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmed, and Lewie Chiaramello – jailed for taking direct action in support of Palestine – are on the verge of dying after going on hunger strike for weeks. If they starve to death, Starmer and his government will be to blame.
Hugo Chávez remains an inspiration for anti-imperialists across the world. In 2002, he was able to mobilise the masses to oust a CIA-backed coup, and subsequent events led him to take revolutionary measures against capitalism. But the revolution remained unfinished.
Last month, resident doctors took to the picket line again in their fight for pay restoration, better staffing and decent conditions. Revolutionary Communists in Bristol report on the mood on the ground.
Emergency protests were organised in Britain following Donald Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro. Our correspondents across the country share reports from the ground.
Trump is laying bare his imperialist policy. Having disgracefully kidnapped Maduro and declared the US would run Venezuela directly, Trump is implementing the ‘Donroe Doctrine’. This is a recipe for clashes and conflicts – which will eventually provoke mass resistance.
For the first time in its 32-year history, Unison has elected a left-wing general secretary. This could be a resounding transformation of Britain’s industrial landscape. To realise this potential, Time for Real Change must mobilise against Starmer and the union bureaucrats.
With the prospect of a Reform victory looming, the ruling class will undoubtedly be mulling over the question: can we trust Reform? Farage, meanwhile, is making overtures towards the establishment, hoping to present himself as a ‘safe pair of hands’ for British capitalism.
Labour hail Andy Burnham’s Bee Network as a “bus revolution” – but workers see otherwise. TfGM tram and bus workers have gone on strike and will be taking further action later in December. Manchester RCP members report from on the ground.