The history of May Day
Nathan Czapnik briefly outlines the history of May Day, from the mid-1800s onwards
Building an anti-imperialist peace movement for the new cold war
Eben Dombay Willliams highlights the importance of combatting the West’s imperialist advances
The life of Vukašin Marković
Alek Barovic, writes about Vukašin Marković – one of the first Yugoslavian communists, who went on to assist in revolutions around the world
Stalin did not deport German communists to Hitler
Grover Furr writes a critique of an essay by Alex de Jong in Jacobin magazine, August 2021
Challenge archive: Soviet – here is the truth
In this article from August 26, 1939, the former Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain dispel myths surrounding the ‘Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact’. Often referenced by anti-communists as a means of equating communism with nazism, the Pact has been falsely weaponised since its inception – with such narratives disregarding the Soviet Union’s unparalleled struggle against the Nazis alongside Western collaboration with fascism.
The history of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a land rich in history and culture, as well as resources, which has seen a long-drawn-out class struggle by its people.
Review: Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre
The biography on Ursula Kuczynski (aka Agent Sonya) by Ben McIntyre is an exciting account of a woman who took many risks as a spy for the Soviet Union whilst being a mother of three children.
NATO – what is it good for?
Nick Wright reports that for the Atlanticist lobby and its enthusiasts, the Cold War never really ended.
Stalin, “Totalitarianism”, and kebab: a response to CBC’s Chris Brown
Brown’s attempts to conflate socialism and fascism under the umbrella of “totalitarianism” are hardly anything original. Rather, they place him in a shameful tradition of historical revisionism amongst some of the most infamous bourgeois academics and other ruling class mouthpieces.
