The struggle against South African apartheid is a source of inspiration across the world. However, the understanding of how it was overthrown is limited, especially in the West. With the struggle to free Palestine, this topic holds a particular importance, as many on the left explain their support for the Boycott, Divest, Sanction movement on the lessons of South Africa. But what does this period really tell us about how our struggle today can be successful? In this talk from Revolution Festi...| The Communist
'Iron Ladies' is a new documentary billed as “a celebration of the iron-willed women who maintained the 1984/85 Miners' Strike as they fought for the future of their communities”. In selected cinemas now, this is a must-watch for budding revolutionaries. The post ‘Iron Ladies’: The working women who outlived Thatcher appeared first on The Communist.| The Communist
A recent Guardian report has exposed how several UK universities are spying and surveilling students to protect arms companies on campus! Whilst in financial stress, it seems universities have plenty of resources to keep students in check to protect the interests of war. The post Universities caught spying on pro-Palestine students for arms companies appeared first on The Communist.| The Communist
The rule of the bourgeoisie was born in revolution against the feudal order, falsifying the preaching of gradualism and its supposed omnipotence. This epoch demonstrates just as the bourgeois order arose through violent upheaval, so too will its inevitable downfall. The post The death of feudalism and the rise of the bourgeoisie appeared first on The Communist.| The Communist
We publish here the analysis of the Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire – the French section of the RCI – on Lecornu and his government's reactionary budget surviving a no confidence vote thanks to the MPs of the ‘centre-left’ Socialist Party. The post France’s Socialist Party saves Lecornu’s reactionary budget appeared first on The Communist.| The Communist
In the latest issue of The Communist, we hear from our readers about the UCU's ballot over job cuts and below-inflation wage increases; nearly 3,000 arms workers going on strike; and more! The post Industrial news: UCU ballot for national action, arms workers strike, and more appeared first on The Communist.| The Communist
Announced in Washington at the end of September, it is becoming clear to everyone what this ‘peace’ deal in the Middle East really amounts to. The continued bombardment of Palestinians, corporations encircling Gaza for cheap real-estate, all potentially led by Tony Blair! The post This isn’t a peace plan – it’s a business deal appeared first on The Communist.| The Communist
The world is ablaze with revolt, workers and youth are rising. Yet an enormous vacuum exists on the left. Only revolutionary communism offers a real way forward: bold ideas and militant action, with the goal of overthrowing capitalism entirely. The post The movement, the left, and the role of the communists appeared first on The Communist.| The Communist
Neoliberalism ; it’s the ideology said to be at the root of all our problems, right? It’s a popular buzzword, but what does it actually mean? The post Is Neoliberalism DEAD?! | A World on Fire #5 appeared first on The Communist.| The Communist
Austerity has shaped the lives of young people in Britain today. This generation has grown up surrounded by war, the pandemic and the cost of living crisis - in this episode, we discuss how British capitalism is making the youth revolutionary. The post Britain’s Austerity Generation | A World on Fire #4 appeared first on The Communist.| The Communist
In her latest column for The Communist, Fiona Lali reflects upon the enormous Palestine demonstration, the far right attempting to march through East London this weekend, and Your Party. But all illustrate the need for revolutionary ideas. The post Fortnight with Fiona: Your Party, Palestine, and fighting the far right appeared first on The Communist.| The Communist
This Saturday, the far-right political organisation UKIP had intended to march on Whitechapel. The police have just announced a Public Order Act banning the assembly in Tower Hamlets, but they remain a threat. The working class can only rely on its own strength!| The Communist
Fuelled by bold politics and anti-establishment audacity, Zack Polanski’s Green Party is surging ahead, with membership breaking 100,000 and double digits in the polls. The Greens are now a force to be reckoned with. What does this mean for British politics?| The Communist
As Western imperialism celebrates another imperialist peace, we are further away from Palestinian statehood than ever before. The so-called ‘two-state solution’ lies buried beneath Gaza’s rubble, as the settlements spread across the West Bank.| The Communist
Last Friday was incredible. A political general strike against the genocide in Gaza shut down Italy. It is an enormous source of inspiration and possibility, with the conditions which arose to such a strike not being unique to Italy. We must draw the necessary lessons.| The Communist
Leon Trotsky's Transitional Programme is one of those rare texts, reading as more applicable today than when it was written. Trotsky outlines the method of Marxism in a time of crisis. For a new generation of revolutionaries, the lessons have never been more timely.| The Communist
We continue our series ‘Here to fight, here to stay’ illustrating how black and Asian workers and youth fought racism and the far-right. In 1974, a titanic showdown between an American multinational corporation and Asian workers shook the city of Leicester to its core!| The Communist
As elections to the biggest union in the country take place, Unison’s right-wing bureaucracy have launched a new witch hunt against the left. Members should vote Time for Real Change – but a fighting programme is needed to transform the union.| The Communist
The recent local elections revealed that Nigel Farage’s party is gaining support amongst workers in traditional Labour heartlands, including trade unionists. This must be a wake-up call for the labour movement: to fight for bold socialist policies.| The Communist
Nurses organised in the RCN have voted to reject the government’s pathetic pay offer, which does nothing to address the years of wage erosion that NHS workers have faced. The stage is set for a new wave of struggle across the public sector.| The Communist
Having been strung along for months by the government, junior doctors have announced a new wave of winter walkouts. This determined action must be linked to a mass campaign across the trade union movement to kick out the Tories and save our NHS.| The Communist
After declaring bankruptcy, the Labour-led Birmingham City Council is slashing spending and attacking working conditions to ‘balance the books’. The bin workers, however, are standing strong and fighting back, with militant pickets and all-out strike action.| The Communist
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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.| The Communist
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!| The Communist
Electoral success for Nigel Farage’s Reform in yesterday’s local and regional contests has provoked panic in Labour and Tory HQs alike. Britain’s political landscape is fracturing, as the centre ground collapses. Revolutionary upheavals impend.| The Communist
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Starmer and the establishment are on a crusade of flag-waving jingoism: puffing out their chests on the world stage, and using the cover of militarism to prepare for attacks on workers at home. We say: down with these deluded warmongers!| The Communist
Labour has just announced billions in cuts to benefits, in an effort to drive the sick and ailing back to work, get the economy growing, and redirect money to ‘defence’. But the capitalist class are powerless to tackle Britain’s unemployment dilemma.| The Communist
Last Friday, an unprecedented argument took place in the Oval Office between Trump and Zelensky in front of the world's media. The event exposed the real relations between the two countries, one between master and servant. Jorge Martín here examines the event and its implications.| The Communist
In recent weeks, ‘Sir’ Keir Starmer has attempted to outflank the Tories on the question of policing and crime. The Labour leader is desperate to prove to the establishment that he will defend their system. Instead, we must fight to overthrow it.| The Communist
Labour’s election manifesto delivers exactly what most workers have come to expect from the party: nothing. Aping the Tories on every major policy, this is a programme for the bosses and bankers, not the working class. We say: No trust in Starmer!| The Communist
Keir Starmer has spent the first week of his election campaign blocking leftwingers from standing, on the one hand, whilst wooing big business, on the other. Workers and youth must have no trust in Labour. Help build the forces of communism!| The Communist
With a general election approaching this year, the Labour leaders are jettisoning any spending pledges, in an effort to reassure the ruling class. A Starmer government will be one of deep crisis. Workers must trust only in their own strength.| The Communist
In their campaigning, Starmer’s Labour are promoting themselves as being both “pro-worker” and “pro-business”. And unfortunately, many union leaders buy into this nonsense. Instead, the movement must militantly struggle for clear class demands.| The Communist
This election will close the chapter on years of Tory rule. But the coming Starmer government will be no less crisis-ridden. British capitalism and its institutions are rotten and decaying. Join the communists to help forge a revolutionary future.| The Communist
From schools and hospitals, to railways and roads: the country’s public buildings, infrastructure, and utilities are falling to pieces, due to mismanagement, corruption, and profiteering by the capitalists. We say: make the billionaires pay!| The Communist
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.| The Communist
Following Fiona Lali’s inspiring election campaign, the RCP is launching a new national campaign to mobilise young people against British imperialism, and to overthrow the warmongers responsible for death and destruction. Get organised today!| The Communist
