Tag: International
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India’s Cockroaches rise: no retreat until Modi falls!
India has just seen a week where decades happened. Against brutal repression, mass demonstrations organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) have forced the resignation of India’s hated education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan. This is an important and rare victory, which has sent shockwaves across the country. But at the moment that tens of thousands were…
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The Spanish civil war and the crimes of Stalinism
During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), the working class showed all the determination, self-sacrifice, and organisational ability to carry out not one, but ten revolutions, as Trotsky stated. And yet they were ultimately frustrated – betrayed as they were by all their leaders. Of these leaders, the Stalinists played the most counter-revolutionary role. Joseph Stalin…
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5,000 sign up for the World School of Communism – 3,000 want to join us!
The World School of Communism is now less than two weeks away. Today, we hit 5,000 signups from almost 130 different countries. Hundreds more are rushing in by the day. What is astonishing is that only 30 percent of those signups have come from members of the RCI. Of the rest, 3,000 have indicated that…
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The rebellious and immortal Thomas Paine
This year, on 4 July, marks the 250th anniversary of the declaration of American independence from Britain – a truly historic event. [Originally published at communist.red] At Trump’s behest, one of the key participants attending the recent independence celebrations in Washington was our very own half-witted British monarch, King Charles III. Charles is a direct…
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Faced with unbearable imperialist pressure, Cuba moves towards capitalist restoration
Faced with unbearable pressure from US imperialism, during an extraordinary session on 18 June, the Cuban National Assembly adopted a series of economic proposals. If implemented, these proposals will lead directly to the restoration of capitalism. On Friday 12 June, at a morning press conference, President Díaz-Canel announced far-reaching economic reforms. On Wednesday 17 June,…
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Starmer resigns – but a whirlwind is being prepared
Having desperately clung onto power for months, Keir Starmer is finally going. But his likely successor, Andy Burnham, offers no real solutions. Rather than sowing illusions in this careerist, the left should fight for a clear revolutionary alternative. [Originally published on communist.red, the British section of the Revolutionary Communist International] Andy Burnham’s victory over Reform…
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Britain: May elections 2026 – a funeral for the two-party system
Nationalists. Populists. Insurgents. Independents. None of the above. These were the assorted winners of Britain’s May elections. [Originally published at communist.red] The losers? The upholders and former beneficiaries of Britain’s crumbling two-party system: Labour and the Tories. The biggest loser of all is ‘Sir’ Keir Starmer, the establishment’s loyal – but hated and hapless –…
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Israel’s ‘Gazafication’ of Lebanon
Israel is subjecting Lebanon to a campaign of ‘Gazafication’ – systematically levelling villages, displacing populations and targeting journalists and medical staff – under the pretext of ‘fighting Hezbollah’. Their intention is clearly to prevent any ceasefire between the US and the Iranians, and to seize Lebanese territory by force of arms while much of the…
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United States: “All you had to do was pay us enough to live” – warehouse arson vents class rage
“A lot of people are going to understand,” Chamel Abdulkarim reportedly told his girlfriend over the phone just moments after burning down the 1.2 million square foot Kimberly Clark distribution center where he worked. [Originally published at communistusa.org] He wasn’t wrong. A lot of people did understand. Regardless of whether one condemns or condones arson…
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Trump’s defeat in Iran and its worldwide consequences
The war in Iran, which started as a reckless gamble on the part of Trump, is developing into a significant strategic defeat for US imperialism, which can have important consequences for the world economy, the position of America as a world power, and world relations in general. We are now in the seventh week of…