January/February 2025

  • The sad downfall of the Syrian government

    At long last, US imperialism and its surrogate in the Middle East, Israel, have, at least temporarily, achieved their long-held dream of overthrowing the Syrian government headed by Bashar al-Assad.  In the latest instalment of the conflict between Syria and the US-Israel combine, events unfolded... [Read more]

  • On the events in Korea

    Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law on 3 December 2024 was destined to come into conflict with the opposition Democratic Party which secured control of the 300-seat South Korean legislature in the election that took place last April.  Since then the Democratic Party has blocked legislation... [Read more]

  • The fall of Syria

    On 8 December it was announced that President Bashar Al Assad had resigned from the office he had held since the year 2000 and had left the country. A statement released later stated that he was in exile in the Russian Federation and this has been subsequently confirmed by President Putin.... [Read more]

  • Provocations and rent-a-crowds in Georgia as imperialists push for Maidan 2.0

    Georgia’s people are resisting the Euro-Atlantic plot to turn their country into another base for attacking Russia.On 28 November, following months of increasingly hostile action by European and US imperialists in the country, Georgian prime minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced the suspension of... [Read more]

  • Coup d’etat in Romania

    Calin Georgescu, to the shock of imperialism,  quite unexpectedly won the first round of the Romanian presidential that took place on 24 November 2024, and was heading for victory in the race with a comfortable lead in the second, and final, round over the second-place candidate, Elena... [Read more]

  • What’s going on in Mozambique?

    There has been serious unrest in Mozambique since the last presidential election was decisively won last October by Daniel Chapo of the ruling party FRELIMO.  FRELIMO has in fact won every election since its liberation struggle against Portuguese colonialism ended in victory 32 years ago. ... [Read more]

  • Ukraine: imperialism stumbles deeper into direct conflict with Russia

    OreshnikOn 20 November, Ukraine fired six long range US-made ATACM missiles deep into Russia. Russia’s Ministry of Defence said Ukraine had struck Russia’s Bryansk region with six missiles, and that air defence systems intercepted five and damaged one.On the 21 November Ukraine launched two long... [Read more]

  • Trump elected as US president

    To prevent Donald Trump being re-elected, the US establishment threw everything at him – from two assassination attempts to dozens of court cases, vile abuse, RussiaGate, and much else.  But Trump won through despite the veritable onslaught against him in the mainstream media, as well as social... [Read more]

  • Albert Einstein’s address at the dinner sponsored in his honour by the Jewish Council for Russian War Relief, on October 25, 1942, at the Hotel Commodore, New York

    As friends of human progress, as Americans, and not least as Jews, we have the very strongest reasons for giving our utmost to the struggle of the Russian people for freedom.Let us be clear at the outset. For many years our press has misled us about the achievements of the Russian people and... [Read more]

  • A brief history of British Trotskyism

    We reproduce an article published in Lalkar in 1986 in order to enlighten our readers about the history of the various Trotskyite counter-revolutionary outfits, some of whom have changed their names, the latest incarnation being the so-called Revolutionary Communist Party, which is being promoted... [Read more]

  • Report from the International Symposium on Employment and Social Security in Xinjiang, Urumqi

    16 December 2024 – Ella RuleThe International Symposium on Employment and Social Security in Xinjiang took place in Urumqi on 16 December 2024. It was attended by many distinguished international and diplomatic guests, including representatives of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the... [Read more]

  • Stalin’s Library by Geoffrey Roberts – a resumé and review

    Over the next few issues of LALKAR we shall be publishing this review of Geoffrey Roberts’ book on Stalin’s library.  Although as a bourgeois academic Roberts is obliged to take an anti-communist approach and to repeat may of the usual slanders against Stalin, such as in the sentence; “this book... [Read more]

  • Will Mexico be blackmailed in order to destroy Cuba with blackouts?

    By José Manzaneda, Co-ordinator of CubainformaciónOver the last few years Mexico has come to the aid of the Cuban people on several occasions. A month ago it sent 400,000 barrels of oil to alleviate the acute crisis of electricity supply on the island.InvestmentsIn no time political and media... [Read more]