Saudi Arabia expels Lebanese ambassador over minister’s Yemen comments
The government of Saudi Arabia have expelled the Lebanese ambassador to their country, following comments made by a Lebanese politician on Saudi Arabia’s role in the war in Yemen. Ambassador Fawzi Kabbara was given 48 hours to leave the country, following backlash to comments by Lebanon’s Information Minister, George Kordahi. Mr Kordahi caused controversy when he argued the war in Yemen was “pointless and should stop”
The path to women’s liberation
Zoe McKeown writes on the importance of Marxist feminism in achieving women’s liberation
Sudan Coup: Liberation statement
Liberation unequivocally condemns the military coup in Sudan, and calls for its immediate cessation and the return of the army and paramilitaries to their barracks
Communist Party and YCL protest against Algirdas Paleckis’ imprisonment
On Thursday 28 October 2021, Communist Party and YCL members met outside the Embassy of Lithuania in Pimlico, London to protest against the unjust victimisation of socialist leader Algirdas Paleckis
RMT union holds annual conference in Leeds
On Monday, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) opened their annual general meeting in Leeds. Addressing members, General Secretary Mick Lynch warned that the Conservative government is set to recoup the billions of pounds it spent fighting Covid-19 by attacking workers
Memories of socialist Hungary
Eben Dombay Williams reflects on his family’s memories of socialist Hungary, drawing comparisons between their experiences and the current Hungarian government’s anti-communist slander
Sunak’s funding package falls short of helping the most vulnerable
A £500 million package is to be announced by the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, on Wednesday (27 October 2021), with the purpose of supposedly providing additional support for families through a planned web of “family hubs” in England
The revolution and the revolutionary
Matt Cox writes on the role Young Communists play in shaping a revolutionary environment within Britain
Pornography, technology and the growing threat of sadomasochism in an alienated world
Modern cultural alienation is reinforced by pornography, the pentagon of misogyny
Tories refuse call of medical community to take on COVID-19 spread
The Conservative Party have rejected calls from healthcare officials, including the chief executive of the NHS Confederation, to introduce Plan B COVID-19 regulations. The government declared they have “absolutely no plan” to introduce new measures, at a time when cases continue to rise, with 43,324 new cases recorded on October 19th
