Ethan Chan writes about the Cumbernauld Centre, and uses the building’s unique lineage to build a primer on socialist architecture.
Berkan Çelebi met with the UK convenor of National People’s Power, Indunil Wijenayake, joined by Secretary of the People’s Liberation Front (UK) Ranjith Wijesiriwardena, to discuss the NPP’s recent electoral victory in Sri Lanka.
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine argues for an unequivocal international response to Israel’s recent genocide in Palestine
Matt Chapel speaks with Minh Tran, deputy head of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union’s international department.
Whilst attending the Young Trade Unionists’ May Day Brigade, a YCL member chatted to a Cuban delegate about life in the socialist nation.
The Challenge editorial board calls for a rejection of identity politics and liberal myths, proposing a nuanced approach to immigration that prioritises working-class interests and international solidarity.
Berkan Çelebi looks at the history of Bolivarianism, and makes a critical case in support of the progressive project.
On Saint George’s Day, Charlotte Jones explores the communist movement’s relationship with patriotism.
Chris Cargill evaluates the Berlin Wall, the factors leading to its construction and the predatory capitalist forces unleased on the East Germans after unification.
Ben Ughetti discusses the factors behind the left’s repellent image.
Michael Roch on the role of the “right to protest” in bourgeois democracy.
Nathan Hennebry discusses the Erskine hotel demonstrations of the past year and how deprived communities can fight for their living standards.
Following the Rochdale by-election, Eben Williams outlines the credentials of the winner, George Galloway, and why communists should lend their support to him.
Charlotte Jones explores a marxist approach to leftist morality.
Cuban leaders are opening up on problems from poor food production, lack of exports, emigration, black-market scalping, and mismanaged ‘liberalisation’ of state control of the economy, writes W.T. Whitney Jr.
Eben Williams examines the contribution of Joseph Stalin to the CPGB’s programme, and the relationship he had with its General Secretary, Harry Pollitt.
Nathan Hennebry reflects on his experience at the COP26 protest in Glasgow, and the distinctions between liberal and working-class environmentalism.
On New Year’s Eve, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered his 2024 New Year message via China Media Group.
The following is the full text of the message:
With the population becoming increasingly radicalised without an effective platform to express their anger, Ben Ughetti sets out how communists could offer a constructive outlet for popular dissent.
Realising the revolutionary potential of the internet to challenge the commodification of music, capitalism needed Spotify to neutralise this threat, argues Michael Roch.
