September/October 2025

  • As Israel piles horror upon horror on Gaza, Palestine refuses to die

    It didn’t seem possible that the genocide being perpetrated by Israel in Gaza could get any worse, but it has.The Israeli tactics are bombing, shooting and starvation, with special emphasis on killing starving people as they try to access the little humanitarian food aid that Israel is allowing... [Read more]

  • Labour’s Plan for the NHS: ‘Medicare’ for the UK

    On the morning of Thursday 13 March, ‘Labour’ Prime Minister Keir Starmer assembled the national media and began lifelessly intoning his keynote policy speech that had been billed as announcing a ‘bonfire of the quangos.’ He opened with his usual refrain of making “change in the country” as... [Read more]

  • It’s cold in Alaska – Zelensky’s invite gets lost in the post

    The worst outcome that ‘president’ Zelensky and his camp followers in Britain, France, Germany and Poland have most feared in the latest talks aimed at ending the proxy war unfolding in Ukraine, the one scenario that has plagued this gentry in every waking moment and poisoned their dreams every... [Read more]

  • The West prepares the European theatre for World War 3

    The failure of Western military technology to produce the weaponry necessary for Nato to prevail in Ukraine and for the Israeli puppet to prevail against Iran has caused great alarm to the imperialist warmongers, led by the US but with active complicity of the European ruling classes.This alarm... [Read more]

  • Understanding the heroism of Yemen – Part 1

    The Yemeni ‘Houthi’ Ansar Allah movement shot to prominence in late 2023 when, following the beginning of the US-Israeli genocide of the Palestinians of Gaza, the movement’s forces announced that they were shutting down access to the Red Sea through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait for all Israeli-linked... [Read more]

  • World’s largest offshore wind monopoly reports record crash

    Is the green stock market bubble starting to burst?Ørsted, the Danish company which controls 25% of the global offshore wind market share, reported a record loss of 30% of its share value in early August 2025. The company said it was negatively affected by US market ‘adversity’.US capital exacts... [Read more]

  • Remembering China’s role in the global anti-fascist war

    By Carlos MartinezThe second of September 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, bringing an end to World War 2.China’s role in the war, and indeed the very existence of the Pacific Theatre, has to a significant degree been written out of history.... [Read more]

  • Stalin’s Library by Geoffrey Roberts – a resumé and review – Part 4

    Roberts calculates that the size of Stalin’s library at some 25,000 books, pamphlets and periodicals.In Stalin’s collection, “Apart from the works of Marx, Engels, Kautsky and Luxemburg, there are few foreign translations in Stalin’s collection. Notable exceptions include Russian translations of... [Read more]

  • Obituary for Teddy-John Frank

    A much respected comrade of Lalkar’s founding editor, Harpal Brar, and a fine communist activistFrom the Swedish Communist Party’s newspaper Proletären, July 9, 2025.Teddy-John Frank, long-time international secretary of the Communist Party and foreign editor of Proletären, has left us.... [Read more]

  • Healthcare Workers Against Censorship: Meeting request with Wes Streeting

    To: Rt Hon Wesley Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social CareSENT BY EMAIL: wes.streeting.mp@parliament.uk; wes@redbridgelabour.org.ukDear Mr Streeting,We, the Healthcare Workers Against Censorship (HAC) and the undersigned, write to request an urgent meeting with you in your... [Read more]