World Federation of Democratic Youth marks Day Against Trafficking in Persons
The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) issued a statement marking the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons yesterday (30 July 2020).
Hungary’s last major independent news site on thin ice
After years of takeovers and meddling, Hungary’s President Orban and his media baron allies could be about to place the final straw to break the camel’s back for independent media in Hungary.
Indian Americans and Black Lives Matter
Debadrita Chakraborty, PhD research scholar in Gender and Culture Studies at Cardiff University, argues that Indian immigrants fail to acknowledge their complicity in injustices both in India and the USA.
Britain’s youth have nothing to gain from the USA’s new Cold War
It would be impossible not to have noticed the frenzied onslaught in Britain’s media in recent weeks against China, focusing in particular upon the COVID-19 pandemic, the alleged repression of Uyghurs in Xinjang and human rights in Hong Kong.
China successfully launches first Mars mission
China launched a Mars probe on Thursday (23 July 2020), designed to complete orbiting, landing and roving in one mission, taking the first step in its planetary exploration of the solar system.
Domestic abuse rates rise sharply during lockdown
Statistics released this week revealed a steep rise in domestic abuse during the coronavirus lockdown which has left existing services stretched. According to the charity Refuge in the first three months of the of the lockdown in Britain over 40,000 calls were made to the National Domestic Abuse Hotline.
CP Political Committee slams new ‘Cold War’ hysteria
“Labour should develop a genuinely independent foreign policy for Britain, not join the new Cold War hysteria against China and Russia driven by the US White House and Pentagon”, John Foster told a two-day meeting of the Communist Party’s political committee yesterday (23 July 2020).
YCL founds new Cheshire Branch
Last Saturday (18 July 2020) saw the foundation of another new YCL branch in the Northwest of England, this time among the young workers and students in the county of Cheshire.
CP Political Committee attacks ‘slander’ on Corbyn and the left
Britain’s Communists have attacked Keir Starmer’s ‘shameful surrender’ to the anti-socialist, anti-Corbyn storyline on anti-Semitism peddled by the Labour Party’s traditional right-wing enemies.
Tory pay rise for public sector workers not all it’s cracked up to be
This morning (21 July 2020) Tory Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced that around 900,000 public sector workers are due to receive an “above-inflation pay rise”, for their “vital contribution during the Coronavirus pandemic”. From doctors to teachers to police and prison officers, all are being offered pay increases up to 3.1%.
