
Fatcats vs the fans
Fan ownership is vital for giving working-class fans a say over their clubs, argues Gary Steele

Fan ownership is vital for giving working-class fans a say over their clubs, argues Gary Steele

Afghan communist Assadullah Keshtmand spoke with Challenge on the situation in his home country last year. Comrade Keshtmand was formerly a key figure in the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) and served as ambassador to Hungary, Iran, and Ethiopia

Howard Green examines the links between the French Surrealist movement and Marxism-Leninism

Fathi Alfadl, of the Sudanese Communist Party’s Bureau of Information, reveals to us the current political situation in Sudan.

It is a fact that lately we have been witnessing this unexpected and longstanding “scaremongering” propagating the idea that “The day will come when Turkish Cypriots will move to the south of the island and leave Turkey on its own in the north”. What we mostly observe is basically… “Turkish Cypriots in a rush to find jobs in the south because the situation in the north is unbearable”.

Joe Weaver states that the left should recognise the moral bankruptcy of the British monarchy rather than pleaing to the Queen for the removal of Blair’s knighthood

As we begin the new year, militancy and class consciousness are on the rise in Britain, says Johnnie Hunter

Nathan Hennebry details the means by which Police Scotland systematically targets working-class football fans, calling for class unity in the face of oppression

James Meechan argues that the past few months have seen an increase in trade union militancy

Scotland is sleepwalking into a fresh crisis under the SNP-Green coalition, writes Johnnie Hunter

Jacob F writes on Socios’ recent attempts to capitalise from football through cryptocurrency, stating that fans should take a stand against the company’s monopolistic practices

Halima Abdi explores the history of Marxist feminism as a school of thought

Eben Dombay Williams critiques the hypocrisy of Scottish MSPs’ calls for an independent Tibet

Berkan Çelebi writes on how Britain’s involvement in the Bolivian coup was fuelled by an underlying interest in lithium extraction

Eben Dombay Williams writes on the Western media’s lies about Peng Shuai

We condemn the fascist aggression against Juan Balado, councillor of Izquierda Unida (United Left) in Pezuela de las Torres (Madrid)

Howard Green writes on how the term ‘Tory’ has been pacified from its original provocative meaning, arguing that individuals amongst the left should go further than simply being anti-Tory

Grant MacDonald analyses Marx’s writings on the unity and struggle of opposites

After a devastating loss of support that saw one of the most successful Communist parties in Europe fail to enter parliament, international head Jaroslav Roman speaks to Conrad Landin about how the nation’s left can recover

Matt Cox writes on the tasks of Communists in a time of looming austerity