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International Meeting in opposition to the US-led New Cold War on China – 25 July

15th July 2020

The meeting will see some leading analysts from China, the US, Britain and Brazil come together to discuss how to counter the New Cold War. Please register (for free) in advance. Spaces in the Zoom room will be limited.

From Bristol to Boston to Hong Kong, the statues of colonisers and racists must fall

15th June 2020

The anti-racist protests taking place around the world in response to the gruesome murder of George Floyd are protests against national oppression. If black lives matter, the adulation of colonial oppressors must end. In contrast, the Hong Kong protestors are nostalgic for the days of British rule.

A revived social Darwinism is a deadly threat to human life

15th June 2020

When government daily announcements about coronavirus deaths stressed the proportions who had ‘underlying health conditions’ this was a ‘dog-whistle’ to disability prejudice: to a language of division and an ethics of some lives mattering less than others.

Marxism and the anti-racist struggle

9th June 2020

What we are seeing today in microcosm is the rising up of the black struggle - objectively an anti-imperialist struggle - and a significant number of the American people coming over to its side. The article reproduced here (first published in 2007) draws out the intimate connection between class struggle and the struggle for black rights.

The deadly combination of coronavirus and neoliberalism in Latin America

1st June 2020

Latin America has become a new epicentre of the global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Brazil, Ecuador and Peru seem to be seriously mishandling the public health crisis. Cuba and Venezuela are showing that it’s possible to contain the disease.

International Meeting in opposition to the US-led New Cold War on China – 25 July

15th July 2020 shoreditchadmin2 0

The meeting will see some leading analysts from China, the US, Britain and Brazil come together to discuss how to counter the New Cold War.
Please register (for free) in advance. Spaces in the Zoom room will be limited.

Government policy is responsible for the decimation of jobs

13th July 2020 shoreditchadmin2 0

Huge attacks on the working class are coming.
In fact they have already begun.
The labour movement needs to resist these otherwise it will suffer very heavy blows.

Britain’s theft of Venezuela’s gold is part of illegal US ‘Regime Change’ agenda

11th July 2020 shoreditchadmin2 0

Britain has stolen over £1bn worth of gold from Venezuela. These vital funds should be returned to Venezuela immediately.

From Malcolm X to Black Lives Matter: 10 books & videos on Black Liberation

6th July 2020 shoreditchadmin2 0

The black movement at the forefront of the current struggles in the US has its roots in the most advanced working class leadership to have arisen within the imperialist states – the 10 books and videos below provide an introduction to that struggle for black liberation and the politics of its leaders.

Yemen’s Catastrophe and the Saudi’s Fiasco

2nd July 2020 shoreditchadmin2 0

Yemen
The invading powers, led by Saudi Arabia, and supported by the US, British and French governments, are cutting up the country to their own ends.

Socialist Cuba’s success in combatting the coronavirus

17th June 2020 shoreditchadmin2 0

Whilst daily deaths and new coronavirus cases are rapidly rising across Latin America, Cuba has managed to reduce them down to very low numbers. Cuba’s socialist government has mobilised society to fight against the virus on the island and sent specialist health workers to other countries. Cuba is now in a position to gradually reduce its lockdown measures.

International Meeting in opposition to the US-led New Cold War on China – 25 July

Government policy is responsible for the decimation of jobs

From Bristol to Boston to Hong Kong, the statues of colonisers and racists must fall

A revived social Darwinism is a deadly threat to human life

Marxism and the anti-racist struggle

Racist killing of George Floyd ignites US rebellion

The deadly combination of coronavirus and neoliberalism in Latin America

Tributes to Jude Woodward

International Meeting in opposition to the US-led New Cold War on China – 25 July

Government policy is responsible for the decimation of jobs

Britain’s theft of Venezuela’s gold is part of illegal US ‘Regime Change’ agenda

From Malcolm X to Black Lives Matter: 10 books & videos on Black Liberation

Yemen’s Catastrophe and the Saudi’s Fiasco

Socialist Cuba’s success in combatting the coronavirus