Looking back on Oliver Law
David Horsley remembers the life and contribution of African American Communist and International Brigader, Oliver Law.
Police charge Black Lives Matter protesters outside Downing Street
Demonstrations in London yesterday (6 June 2020) in support of US protests following the murder of George Floyd were the scene of heavy handed policing which resulted in clashes with anti-racism protesters and mounted police charging crowds.
Indian communist youth blaze a trail with COVID-19 initiatives rooted in solidarity
The initiatives of the Kerala unit of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), youth of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), have received widespread commendation for their comprehensive and scientific approach towards social solidarity, writes Muhammed Shabeer.
The Colombian Connection: US imperialism & Venezuela
Oliver Dodd reveals the intimate involvement of Colombia in US attacks on Venezuela and its role as a key platform for US imperialism in Latin America.
Book@Bedtime: The Siege of Krishnapur (1973) by J. G. Farrell
Julian Jones reviews J.G. Farrell’s The Siege of Krishnapur (1973), the second outing in a loosely connected trilogy of novels set among the breakdown of British colonial rule.
Russia: The Epidemic of Capitalism
Roman Kononenko, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Leninist Komsomol of the Russian Federation, explains the political situation in Russia during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the priorities of Russia’s communists.
Young Communists in the West of England
As secretary of the West of England branch, in the year preceding the YCL’s centenary, it feels timely to reflect on the experiences of participating within the League as a member of a newly founded branch. The other members of West of England YCL and I found out about each other through our branch and […]
Poetry Corner: Let America be America again by Langston Hughes
Let America be American again by Langston Hughes, 1936
Bolivia elections delayed until September 2020
Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) announced yesterday (2 June 2020) that the country’s next elections to the Legislative Assembly and the Presidency will be postponed until September. The election was originally due to take place on 3 May 2020 but was postponed indefinitely in March as Bolvia grappled with the COVID-19 lockdown.
UK Statistics Authority calls out Tories for misleading COVID-19 testing figures
Tory Health Secretary Matt Hancock received scathing of criticism of official government figures in a letter published today (2 June 2020) from Mr David Norgrove chairman of the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA).
The watchdog’s response to government publication of official data on COVID-19 tests in England described the figures as of “limited value” and called out that the “aim seems to be to show the largest possible number of tests, even at the expense of understanding”.
