General secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions GAWAIN LITTLE calls for support and participation in the national partnership organised to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1926 general strike
Leaving behind 33 years of false paths for the left
The left’s retreat from class, embrace of ‘hyphenated capitalisms’ and tepid reformism in tropical settings needs to be finally dumped in favour of a bold socialist programme and Leninist party organisation, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY

WHAT does history tell us about where we are today, well into the first half of the 21st century? It surely tells us that capitalism remains the greatest obstacle to solving the manifold injustices, irrationalities and existential threats that face humanity.
History also teaches us that the false answers of nationalism, racialism and social exclusion remain leading obstacles to overcoming capitalism and the class divide at the centre of capitalist social relations.
Division — the separation of potential allies in the struggle against capitalism — remains a deep infection immobilising those seeking social justice for all, a lesson the advocates of both casually chosen and deeply personal identities seem to have missed.
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