Issue: March/April 2024
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The Palestinian Resistance is changing the world
The Zionist murder machine continues its daily slaughter of unarmed Palestinian men, women and children, taking a toll of hundreds each day. At the time of writing (22 January), 30,000 Gazans have been murdered, the overwhelming majority of them being women and children, whereas 70,000 have been... [Read more]
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Avdeyevka has fallen!
Russian forces are now in full control over the city of Avdeyevka whilst thousands of Ukrainian troops remain there trapped in isolated pockets. Their command structure has broken down and there is little effective communication between units. In an attempt to turn this around, the fascist Azov... [Read more]
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Tick. Tock. What did you do to prevent the genocide in Gaza, Daddy?
I waited as long as possible, and then negotiated to empty already toothless resolutions of all meaning, my son.On Wednesday 21 February, while British justice was in action figuring out how best to break all its own rules so as to accede to the wishes of US imperialism and extradite the... [Read more]
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Principled stand of the Morning Star against “political policing” – Lalkar’s appreciation and response
The following is the article by Andrew Murray that appeared in the Morning Star of 13 February, arguing that we must stand together against injustice regardless of political differences. We appreciate their defence of our comrades, as we would stand to defend CPB members and comrades from any... [Read more]
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Report from the courts
Given the lead given by the British government to encourage the forces of law and order to victimise those who support the Palestinian people in their struggles against the Zionist entity that is currently engaged in genocide in Gaza, it is both welcome and surprising that two judicial... [Read more]
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OBITUARY – Gonzalo Lira
Reproduced from the Helsinki Times of 13 January 2024, with thanksGonzalo Lira, a Chilean-American war commentator known for his critical views on the Zelensky regime and Russia-Ukraine conflict, passed away on January 11, 2024, in a hospital in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Lira’s death followed an... [Read more]
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International law or rules-based order?
Two days after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled in favour of South Africa’s prima facia case of genocide against Israel, Israel, and its primary sponsor the United States, along with the usual cohort of vassal states including Britain, all withdrew funding to the United Nations... [Read more]
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Colonel Africa – by Ilona Yegiazarova
The following article is taken largely verbatim from an article written by Ilona Yegiazarova in the Moskovskaya Pravda of 18 September 2020. Some material irrelevant for the present purposes has been omitted and a few additional facts have been added. It recounts the life of a Spanish-born KGB... [Read more]
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Julian Assange appeal – British justice on trial
Free Julian Assange (leaflet issued by the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) at the 20-21 February demonstration outside the Royal Courts of Justice demanding the freedom of Julian Assange).The chilling persecution of honest journalism has only served to highlight the unfreedom... [Read more]
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Obituary – John Pilger – 1939-2023
Born in 1939, the veteran journalist John Pilger died on 30 December 2023 aged 84. He was one of the most courageous, fearless and decent journalists, devoting his life in the service of speaking the truth and bringing into daylight what the coterie of hired servants of imperialism in the press... [Read more]
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How unjust and cruel US sanctions impact on Cuba’s health provision
By Aymee Díaz Negrín – Presentation to the annual Latin American Conference held in London on 27 January 2024I think when we talk about the US blockade against Cuba, many times we think only about the illegal and unilateral sanctions against a country or a government with a political system... [Read more]
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Cuban health workers vow to face down the genocidal US blockade
Solidarity aims must move on from the charitable aid mentality and work for the destruction of the imperialist system.Much is presented in Western corporate media regarding the parlous state of Cuba – its economy, food shortages, the flow of skilled, especially young workers overseas, shortages... [Read more]
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Nicaragua, climate crisis and capitalism
In a recent webinar addressed by Ambassador Valdrack Jaentschke, who led the Nicaragua government delegation to the 2023 United Nations climate change conference in Dubai, more commonly known as Cop28, the ambassador explained how Nicaragua is combating climate change, both at home through its... [Read more]
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BOOK REVIEW: Thoughts on Stalin – the history and critique of a black legend by Domenico Losurdo – Part 2
The GulagPropaganda in the imperialist organs of mass communication portrays the Soviet Union as a gigantic prison camp – the gulag – where the inmates are tortured, subjected to humiliating and dehumanising treatment. Losurdo demolishes these lying assertions, first, by reference to the... [Read more]
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Water Transport Workers Federation of India takes stand against Israeli genocide
tor_1957@yahoo.co.inChennai14.02.2024 TO WHOMSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN The Water Transport Workers Federation of India representing more than 3500 workers at the 11 Major Ports in the Country has decided to refuse to load or unload weaponized cargoes from Israel or any other country which could... [Read more]