I wrote the centre pages of issue 6 of The Communist on the partition of India. It has just been published online here. How timely on the day of the Indian elections

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In 1979, the Iranian masses erupted into struggle, sweeping away the hated regime of the Shah, and wielding power through popular councils. In this podcast, Hamid Alizadeh explains why this powerful revolution failed, and the lessons for today.

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From the Middle East to Ireland, the historic crimes of British imperialism have left devastating scars. As elections get underway in India, Ravi Mistry examines one of the most heinous of these atrocities: partition of the Indian subcontinent.

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With students and young people burning with anger at the crisis-ridden capitalist system, we discuss how the Revolutionary Communist Party can recruit and organise on university campuses, and how to link this work to the wider class struggle.

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Continuing our series on the historic crimes of Stalinism, and in defence of the genuine ideas of communism, Rob Sewell examines the disastrous ‘Popular Front’ policy in the 1930s, which consigned the revolutionary working class to defeat.

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Thanks to the planned economy, the Soviet Union saw remarkable advances in science, technology, and culture. And musical innovation was no exception. The life and inventions of Leon Theremin are a testament to these achievements. communist.red/socialism-and-…

🚨Calling all students and workers!🚨

📢Unite against imperialist politicians on our campus!📢

Rally
Friday 26th April 5:30pm
Centre for Student Life

No to capitalist politicians!

No to supporters of genocide!

Rees-Mogg not welcome!

I went to see Civil War at the weekend and wrote this review. If you've seen it then tell me what you thought of the film. communist.red/review-civil-w…

Across Britain, industry is going to the wall. Steelworkers in Port Talbot are being thrown on the scrapheap. Automation threatens to destroy swathes of jobs. To protect our lives and livelihoods, we need socialist planning and workers’ control.

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Writer and director Alex Garland’s latest release portrays a near-future conflict within the USA, where the motivations and interests of the opposing sides are purposefully left vague. This artificial ambiguity makes for a disappointing watch.

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📣 On 27 April, communists will be launching the RCP and discussing the way forward for the class struggle!

Capitalism is in steep decline all over the world. A new society is struggling to be born and we need your help.

3pm on Sat 27 April at White City Community Centre ✊

Across the country, arts funding and cultural institutions are under attack. In west London, the cherished Watermans Arts Centre is set to be closed, with fat-cat property developers likely to move in. Capitalism is killing culture.

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On this day in 1917, Lenin returned to Russia, arriving into Petrograd’s famous Finland Station. This was the beginning of his one-man struggle to politically reorient the Bolshevik Party – a vital stepping stone towards the October Revolution.

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25th April 19.15 Old Stoke Newington Fire Station

The crisis of Capitalism is expressing itself sharply in Hackney. Housing, healthcare, and education - all our basic needs are under attack.

This is a reflection of the wider crisis of Capitalism. So what is to be done?

🚩The weekend just gone marked the first Midlands Cadre School, held in Birmingham. The event was overflowing with political discussion from beginning to end and we finished off with a Recruitment Stall in the City Centre!

From schools and hospitals, to railways and roads: the country’s public buildings, infrastructure, and utilities are falling to pieces, due to mismanagement, corruption, and profiteering by the capitalists. We say: make the billionaires pay! communist.red/britains-crumb…

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Austria: boldly building the Revolutionary Communist International
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Comrades from across the northwest braved the rain to hike to the highest point in the Peak District to raise money for the Founding Congress of the RCP! Not too late to sponsor us in our fight for revolution, or even better join the fight for communism!

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This weekend, Iran launched a drone and missile attack on Israel, in retaliation against Israeli strikes. The situation in the Middle East is becoming increasingly fraught and unstable, with a regional war and mass social upheaval on the cards.

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