Are Instagram censoring the YCL?
Amethyst Reardon writes on Silicon Valley’s attempts to censor leftists.
Poetry Corner: Victory at Guernica by Paul Éluard
Victory at Guernica by Paul Éluard, 1937
Paul Éluard is well known as one of the founders of the Surrealist movement and he was also politically and artistically dedicated to the French Communist Party.
The poem La Victoire de Guernica, was written in condemnation of the infamous fascist bombing of the Basque town during the Spanish Civil War, immortalised in the Picasso painting of the same name.
Communist Party to hold online May Day Rally – 1 May 2021
With COVID-19 restrictions still in place across Britain, the Communist Party is organising an all Britain online rally at 6pm to mark International Worker’s Day 2021. The celebration of May Day will also be the biggest online meeting of the Party’s 2021 election campaigns. This will have been the Party’s largest electoral contest since the 1980s and the rally is being held under the slogan ‘Vote Communist, join the struggle, build the party!’
The Easter Rising
On this day 105 years ago, the Easter Rising began.
Poetry Corner: The Long March by Mao Tse Tung
The Long March by Mao Tse Tung, October 1935
Chairman Mao Tse Tung is well known as the leader of the Communist revolution in China and as a founder of the People’s Republic of China. Mao is less well known as an accomplished and prodigious poet.
Here we feature The Long March, written towards the end of the Long March itself, noting some of the locations passed by the Red Army.
Breakaway ‘Super League’ announced with JP Morgan backing
12 football clubs announced late on Sunday night (18 April 2021) that they plan to start a breakaway “Super League” starting in August 2021. 6 English clubs including Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal, and 3 from Italy and Spain have signed up to the league, which FIFA UEFA and national football associations have since condemned.
We don’t need the Silvertown toll tunnel
Stewart McGill argues that the estimated £2bn cost of the project which will inevitably increase road traffic should be spent on improving London’s public transport system instead.
Ecological Sustainability: Socialist China leads the way
William Morrison discusses the efforts of China to tackle the legacy of environmental pollution domestically while also providing a determined example in the international fight against global warming.
The upcoming war in Ukraine
Evan Richards, writes about the rising hostilities within Ukraine – fulled by both Nato imperialism and far-right nationalism.
Xinjiang: staying afloat in a wave of disinformation
Despite the deliberately intimidating nature of atrocity propaganda, we have to make sure we critically assess all politically motivated claims against rivals to US power.
