The US buy up of Remdesivir is emblematic of capitalism’s restrictive grip on human progress
The Trump administration’s bulk purchase of the COVID-19 drug illustrates the stranglehold of monopolies on capitalist governments and global development as a whole, writes Michael Quinn.
Online activism during COVID-19
Amy Field makes the case for better use of social media in organising based on her recent success fundraising for the people’s daily, the Morning Star.
The Capitol Hill Occupied Protest: a victim of structurelessness
It wasn’t the presence of guns that doomed the ‘CHOP’ — it was postmodern ideas of horizontalism and intersectionality, writes Adam Jenson.
Centenary Edition of Communist Review available now!
The Communist Party has launched a special edition of the Party’s journal, Communist Review, to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Party’s foundation at the end of the July..
Poetry Corner: The United Fruit Company by Pablo Neruda
The United Fruit Company by Pablo Neruda , 1950.
Pablo Neruda was a prominent Chilean Communist, as well as a Nobel prize-winning poet in both literature and peace (slightly more deserving than the current warmongering president of the US). Neruda played key roles in two Chilean governments and experienced the outlawing of Communism in 1948 and later became a close adviser to the Socialist President Salvador Allende only to die in hospital of cancer at the time of Pinochet’s US-backed coup.
How left US gun rights activists are providing an alternative to the NRA
Sean Meleady sheds light on contemporary ‘gun rights’ activism in the USA and discusses the work and politics of the Socialist Rifle Association.
The Cult of Neoliberalism at Oxford University
Katie Heslop discusses ideological hegemony at one of Britain’s most venerable universities and the experience of working class students there.
There is no such thing as an ‘ethical pimp’
Morgan Finnie responds to a wealthy business owner who claimed to run ‘a feminist brothel’ in New Zealand, where prostitution is legal.
Communist Party to host Centenary Online Gala and 10 Red Wedge meetings
The Communist Party has announced key dates for their adjusted Centenary Celebration plans. The CP turns 100 on the 31st of July. A busy Centenary calendar planned for 2020 had to be adjusted in light of COVID-19 restrictions – but local and national celebrations are taking place online in branches across Britain.
Show your Pride
Marking the 36th Anniversary of the foundation of the iconic Lesbians & Gays Support the Miners movement of the mid-1980s, Joe Weaver discusses the significance of Pride and what lessons can be learned today.
