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Communist voices: Vietnam

Matt Chapel speaks with Minh Tran, deputy head of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union’s international department.

Communist voices: Cuba

Whilst attending the Young Trade Unionists’ May Day Brigade, a YCL member chatted to a Cuban delegate about life in the socialist nation.

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.

One year in Erskine

Nathan Hennebry discusses the Erskine hotel demonstrations of the past year and how deprived communities can fight for their living standards.

When Harry met Stalin

Eben Williams examines the contribution of Joseph Stalin to the CPGB’s programme, and the relationship he had with its General Secretary, Harry Pollitt.

Longing for purpose

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.

Spotify is tapped

Realising the revolutionary potential of the internet to challenge the commodification of music, capitalism needed Spotify to neutralise this threat, argues Michael Roch.

Things can only get better

As the Labour party look set to win power at the next election, Michael Roch argues that this exchange of power represents no victory for working people.