While slashing welfare and public services, Labour’s spring statement delivers a bonanza for death-dealing bomb merchants. We now see the true and terrible face of austerity 2.0, writes MICHAEL BURKE
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Our opportunity to build the forces for socialist revolution
JOHNNIE HUNTER reflects on time on the Communist Party campaign trail – and what happens next
Detailing the deluge of delusion and dishonesty pushed by the pro-war camp, IAN SINCLAIR identifies four key tactics corporate journalists use to confuse audiences and suppress opposition to the proxy war in the east
From ‘moral duty’ to ‘military Keynesianism,’ Labour manipulates language to justify slashing welfare but pouring billions into warfare, condemning communities like Glasgow South West to deeper poverty, writes MATT KERR
With politicians dismissing constituents’ fears of global war, the peace movement must look beyond Parliament to prevent catastrophe, writes TOM MORRISON
The mass movement supporting Palestine represents potential political power that the left must now embrace as central to its strategy, writes HUGH LANNING, ahead of this Saturday’s Socialism or Barbarism day school in London
Health Secretary Wes Streeting taking £53k from Tory-linked recruiter and outsourcer Peter Hearn’s OPD Group is a great example of how Labour’s rich donors shape policies targeting the poor – not their wealth, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
MAT COWARD recalls the communist and pacifist aristocrat whose commitment made a difference in the Spanish civil war, the Blitz and WWII Europe
WE’RE now less than a week away from a long-awaited general election which will have a decisive impact on the trajectory of the class struggle for the years to come.
The past five weeks of campaigning from the ruling-class political parties have confirmed what we already knew.
The policy “gulf” between Rishi Sunak’s Tories and Keir Starmer’s Labour is virtually non-existent. The ruling class is quite content with the prospect of a Starmer government.
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CPB communications director JOHNNIE HUNTER called for a focus on recruitment and increased activity for his party and a celebration of China’s achievements to combat rising anti-communism over the weekend
We have organised an electrifying campaign, with candidates running across the nation, proudly proclaiming our politics — today, vote with the Communist Party, and tomorrow, join and fight with us for socialism, writes JOHNNIE HUNTER
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