Issue: March/April 2025

  • OBITUARY – Harpal Singh Brar 1939-2025

    Harpal Singh Brar died at 10.10am Indian time (4.40am UK time) on 25 January 2025, at 85 years of age. He was at the home of his nephew Manpreet Singh Badal, in Chandigarh, India. His close comrade and leader of the CPGB-ML Ella Rule, as well as his daughter Joti, and sons Ranjeet and Carlos were... [Read more]

  • America’s proxy war against Russia has failed

    With extraordinary speed, Moscow and Washington have agreed to talks about ending the war in Ukraine and fixed on a venue where they will initially take place (Riyadh). There have so far been no invitations issued either to Zelensky or to Europe. By snubbing Zelensky in this way, it is tacitly... [Read more]

  • The TUC leader’s endorsement of the Ukraine war is a betrayal of British and Ukrainian workers

    It is commonly acknowledged across the broad spectrum of opinion that describes itself as ‘left wing’ that the British working class has been under siege by the bourgeoisie for over fifteen years now, since the 2008 economic collapse in fact. The mandarins of the TUC even comment upon this in... [Read more]

  • Hostage Alexander Turbanov released by Hamas

    Reproduced from Muslim Mirror Desk with thanksFebruary 20, 2025In a recent development, Israeli-Russian citizen Alexander Turbanov, who was held captive in Gaza for over a year, has been released as part of a prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel. Upon his release, Turbanov made a statement... [Read more]

  • The Congo under fire from M23 stooges

    The history of the Democratic Republic of Congo since the country was granted its independence has been one of ruthless imposition of neo-colonialism. Traditionally a neo-colonial set-up assumed a bribed native ruling class organising imperialism’s looting of their country in return for... [Read more]

  • Gaza – the long war for liberation

    The ceasefire in Gaza marks a humiliating defeat of both the Zionist regime as well as its US and British imperialist masters. The Palestinian people’s steadfast refusal to be expelled from their land and allow the Israelis to carry out their much desired second Nakba must act as an inspiration... [Read more]

  • Ecuador’s Election – a critical analysis of class interests

    Perhaps you like to think of yourself as an internationalist, someone who likes to maintain an interest in world events. In pursuit of said stimulation and education you might access traditional Western or Western-backed media outlets such as the Independent, the Times, the Economist, the BBC,... [Read more]

  • Trump freezes USAID

    The liberal media erupted in outrage when President Donald Trump’s new administration announced a funding freeze on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), with some claiming it would result in thousands of government job losses and warnings of global starvation and... [Read more]

  • TikTok and the threat to cultural hegemony

    A recent article in The Times, entitled ‘Why TikTok ‘makes people more eager to visit China’, worries that “people who spend hours scrolling on TikTok are more likely to want to visit China — possibly because the platform censors material that portrays the country in a negative light”. The... [Read more]

  • The life and times of Sylvia Pankhurst

    In honour of International Women’s Day 1925, LALKAR continues with its series on important women of the revolutionary movement, this year Sylvia PankhurstSylvia Pankhurst was born in 1882 into a very progressive Manchester family. One great grandfather had been at Peterloo and nearly got himself... [Read more]