The Nakba never ended
After 77 years, the Nakba has morphed into open genocide
The events of 1970-73 hold vital lessons for us in a new period of revolutions and military coups.
What if the bosses fight back? The lessons of the Chilean Popular Unity 1970–1973 Read Post »
The GFA promised much but delivered little—except a breathing space for British imperialism
Good Friday at 25: celebrations can’t mask failures Read Post »
The 1972 dock strike has important lessons for today as we enter a new period of industrial struggle
1972: When dockers fought the law—and the dockers won Read Post »
Forty years ago, Margaret Thatcher’s Tory government fought an undeclared war against Argentina for control of the Malvinas.
Lessons on the 40th anniversary of the Malvinas War Read Post »
In the first week of May, 85 years ago, the tragic end to the Spanish revolution played out on the streets of Barcelona.
May 1937: When Spanish workers rose up to defend their revolution Read Post »
The Tories are desperate to put a positive spin on the teaching of the British Empire
RECENT EVENTS in Ukraine have been a sharp reminder that under capitalism, inter-imperialist rivalries inevitably lead to brutal wars that
Luxemburg, Zetkin and Kollontai: socialist women against imperialist war Read Post »
On 30 January 1972, Bloody Sunday, the British Parachute Regiment shot dead 13 unarmed civil rights protesters in Derry and wounded 15 others.
By Chris Clough One hundred years ago, a five-day bloody battle raged in the US. A million rounds of ammunition
Battle of Blair Mountain: When miners took on the US state Read Post »
150th anniversary of the Paris Commune.
The Paris Commune at 150: Blueprint for a proletarian state Read Post »
By Gerald Falke and Dave Stockton The 200th anniversary Friedrich Engels’ birth, gives us an opportunity to look back over
HIstory of the National Unemployed Workers Movement.
The unemployed struggles of the 1920s – We will not starve in silence! Read Post »
By Dave Stockton It is 80 years today since Leon Trotsky, aged 60, died at 7.25 pm in a hospital
The 80th anniversary of the death of Leon Trotsky Read Post »
August 16 is the bicentenary of the Peterloo Massacre in which 18 people were killed and hundreds injured when soldiers attacked an unarmed crowd of 60,000 men, women and children peacefully demonstrating for the right to vote in Manchester.