Behind the Berlin Wall

Chris Cargill evaluates the Berlin Wall, the factors leading to its construction and the predatory capitalist forces unleased on the East Germans after unification.
The end of the ages?

Tomasz Nowak challenges ‘doomerism’, arguing why young people should take a stand to save our planet before it’s too late
Forward to our 51st Congress!

“In August 2023 the Young Communist League will hold its Congress, the highest decision-making body of our organisation, which takes place every two years,” writes Robin Talbot
Solidarity with the junior doctors’ strikes

Dan Rodney argues why the latest junior doctors’ strike is a major turning point in the recent wave of trade union militancy
Shell announces highest-ever annual profit of $40 million

Oil and gas giant Shell’s profit has doubled since the previous year.
Zahawi tax avoidance case shows strength of Westminster ruling class

Conservative Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi is at the centre of yet another row in Westminster this week – and is facing calls to resign – for lying about his finances and failing to declare a penalty he paid to HMRC.
Sunak’s new £2 billion for ‘levelling up’ won’t work

Rishi Sunak has announced the allocation of a second round of ‘levelling up’ funds to areas across the UK – building the appearance of affluent communities, while failing to address the real causes of poverty.
In workplaces and the streets we will defend our rights

The Venezuelan left-wing labor federation CUTV, affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions, issued a response to a statement of the CBST, the government-aligned union federation.
Interview with TKP Central Council member, Mehmet Erçetin

Berkan Çelebi interviews Mehmet Erçetin, a central council member of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), explaining the
current situation of the working class, work of the TKP, and their youth wing the
Communist Youth of Turkey (TKG).
Ukraine’s decommunisation and the rise of fascism

“Thirty years since the overthrow of socialism in the Soviet Union, the peoples of Russia and Ukraine, who lived together in peace for more than 70 years, are now shedding their blood fighting each other”, writes Nikos Mottas