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2Apr

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Africa

Stand with the countries of the Sahel!

Posted by: John Phoenix The imperialist forces are determined to overthrow the popular military government of Burkina Faso, using their puppet Alassane Outtara, president of the Ivory Coast. The same Ivory Coast that was instrumental in the assassination of socialist president Thomas Sankara in 1987. Since Captain Ibrahim Traore came to power in 2022, the country has embarked on the road to true independence and sovereignty: by creating the Alliance of Sahel States with Mali and Niger, by driving French and American military forces out of its territory, by successfully combating the terrorist forces unleashed on its territory by the West, by regaining control of its mineral resources, notably its gold, and by turning away from the neo-colonial economic agreements imposed by Fra...

Stalin’s Library by Geoffrey Roberts – a resumé and review – Part 2

2Apr

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Literature, Russia

Stalin’s Library by Geoffrey Roberts – a resumé and review – Part 2

Posted by: John Phoenix We continue Harpal Brar’s review of Geoffrey Roberts’ book on Stalin’s library, as Harpal had completed it in full before he died in January this year after only one instalment had been published (in the January/February issue). Space did not allow for continuation in the March/April issue, but we are now delighted to be able to continue the serialisation of this interesting work which will run to several parts. Stalin at work while in exile As he spent several years in exile, and opportunities for political activity were limited, it provided him with plenty of time for study. He spent much time in local libraries. In February 1912 he disappeared from his lodgings in Vologda (northern Russia), leaving behind his books on a variety of...

2Apr

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Ecuador

Solidarity to the people of Ecuador

Posted by: John Phoenix “A resounding victory for Luisa González, if the election is free and fair enough for this to happen, will demonstrate that the Ecuadorian electoral masses have had enough of imperialist super exploitation“. So ended our last article of early March 2025 covering the first round of the Ecuadorian election that saw 15 candidates reduced to just two, neoliberal Daniel Noboa and defender of the people, Luisa González. On Sunday April 13, the runoff round of voting ensued resulting in Ecuador’s market-friendly President Daniel Noboa seeing off rival Luisa González with 55.8 per cent of the vote to González’s 44.4 per cent, with 90 per cent of the vote counted. Noboa’s win gives him a four-year mandate to continue his pretence of ‘war’ on criminal dru...

Falling life expectancy – a sign of The Times

1Apr

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United Kingdom

Falling life expectancy – a sign of The Times

Posted by: John Phoenix As the rising numbers of working poor and unemployed and the rapidly increasing cost of necessaries (food, clothing, housing, utilities) can no longer be contained by Britain’s dwindling social safety net, our bourgeois media are forced to acknowledge the existence of a deep cost of living crisis. How do they portray the misery of existence of the working class without pointing the figure at its root cause – capitalism? They don’t! Their tactics are threefold: reinforce the alleged failure of the only alternative system – socialism; create conflict between sections of the working class so blame is inwardly facing (racism) and expose the powerlessness of the bourgeois state to solve the contradictions of the capitalist system. Only one of their tactics is...

Letter from the frontline. A nurse’s view of the continuing sabotage of the NHS on the road to total privatisation

1Apr

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Health, United Kingdom

Letter from the frontline. A nurse’s view of the continuing sabotage of the NHS on the road to total privatisation

Posted by: John Phoenix The Labour Party has for many decades been seen by the British working classes as the champion and protector of our National Health Service (NHS). Whilst the Attlee government did create this entity, it was a tactic to appease working class Brits post WW2 and aimed to prevent the spread of the desire for proletarian revolution from the great Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) to our nation. Any illusions of a Labour administration benignly bestowing goodness or succour to the proletariat must surely have been smashed by the experience of the 21st century. Their abysmal record speaks for itself both on the international and domestic fronts. We can expect nothing better from the present Labour government. The NHS itself has been crippled fina...

Duterte and the farce of international justice

1Apr

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Philippine

Duterte and the farce of international justice

Posted by: John Phoenix The recent arrest of former Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte has been hailed by various liberals as a triumph for international justice. Duterte is to stand trial at the International Criminal Court on charges related to the Filipino drug war and the allegation that he was responsible for the deaths of up to seven thousand people accused of being drug addicts and/or drug dealers. Duterte was handed over to the ICC by his successor Ferdinand Marcos Junior, the son of the former long-time dictator and key US ally who was overthrown by a popular revolt in 1986. Duterte’s arrest and deportation is nothing to be celebrated, however, and should be understood more properly as another move being made by the imperialists to maintain their control over the Phili...

From containment to confrontation, from cold to hot: the US drive to war on China

1Apr

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China, USA

From containment to confrontation, from cold to hot: the US drive to war on China

Posted by: John Phoenix The US-led ‘cold’ war against China is manifestly failing in its objectives of suppressing China’s rise and weakening its global influence. China’s economy continues to grow steadily. In purchasing power parity (PPP) terms, it is by now the largest in the world. Its mobilisation of extraordinary resources to break out of underdevelopment and become a science and technology superpower appears to be paying substantial dividends, with the country establishing a clear lead globally in renewable energy, electric vehicles, telecommunications, advanced manufacturing, infrastructure construction and more. It is by far the global leader in poverty alleviation and sustainable development. Sanctions on semiconductor exports have not slowed down China’s progress ...

1Apr

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United Kingdom

Is Britain going bust?

Posted by: John Phoenix Britain’s economy is in the world’s largest top ten. Its GDP is about £3,22tn, amounting to about £48,000 per capita. There are estimated to be 31.5 million households in the UK, meaning that GDP per household would amount to some £122,000. Average income per household is in the region of £40,000. It sounds very comfortable, but of course the reality is very different. Inequality of distribution The inequality inherent in the way Britain’s national income is distributed, as evidenced by Britain’s gini coefficient standing (officially) at 0.36, is startling. If wealth distribution were perfectly equal the gini coefficient would be 0, and if all the country’s wealth belonged to a single person it would be 1. The to...

1Apr

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United Kingdom

Starmer’s failing militarism

Posted by: John Phoenix As British imperialism slides further into crisis, its political leaders try to cover up this decline by making ever more grandiose pronouncements as to their ability to still “project power” into the world. The declarations made by Sir Keir Starmer regarding his willingness to send British forces to Ukraine should be seen in this light. Since it became clear that the Ukraine war was sliding towards an ignominious defeat for the Nato-backed forces of the Kiev regime, the US under the Trump administration has been trying to play a double game. On the one hand it has been engaging the Russians in negotiations and talking about ‘restoring relations’ with them. On the other it has been pushing the Europeans to (effectively) carry on with the ever-escalating ...

Russia and the DPRK’s military cooperation is anti-imperialism in action

1Apr

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North Korea, Russia

Russia and the DPRK’s military cooperation is anti-imperialism in action

Posted by: John Phoenix After months of gnashing of teeth and screaming by the imperialist press over mere rumours of DPRK military involvement in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the governments of the DRPK and Russia have calmly confirmed that indeed, north Korean troops have been operating in the Kursk region in Russia. The first stories breaking the ‘news’ that the two countries that had signed an agreement to defend each other had started, well, defending each other appeared towards the end of December of last year (‘North Korean soldier captured in Ukraine dies, reports say’, BBC online, 27 December 2024) with claims that Ukrainian forces had captured and injured ‘a north Korean soldier’. Kiev and Seoul (read imperialist compradors) suddenly claimed that ...