Communist Fight series 2, issue 6 is out now!
This issue centres on the racist riots that convulsed Britain in early August, and the creditable response by the left in Britain. Both lead articles analyse the events from different angles..
Imperialism, refugees, racism and Israel’s genocide
This article is being written on the 23rd August, which coincides with the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. It was on the 23rd August 1791, that enslaved people on the island of Saint Domingue (modern-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic) rose up against French colonial rule.
Starmer’s pro-Zionist Government – Genocide and Pogroms go hand-in-hand
This is the text of the presentation today at our forum on August’s Attempted Fascist Pogrom, and the Left’s Successful Resistance.The presentation and extensive discussion can also be listened to as a podcast
Starmer’s Labour; Tough on Riots, not on the Causes of Riots
With the new government feeling the strain of civil unrest unleashed onto the streets of Britain, community tensions, and struggling to maintain order, it is facing a threat from the far right..
Marxism, Imperialism and Populism
This is the presentation, in note form, that was given by a Consistent Democrats speaker at our educational on 21st July. The recording of the meeting is also available as a podcast.
Communist Fight series 2, issue 5 is out now!
Far from having brought about any recovery in the Labour Party’s electoral support, Starmer’s Labour got around half-a-million fewer votes than Labour led by Jeremy Corbyn in the ‘disaster’ of 2019. Yet Labour achieved the biggest majority, 174, since Blair in 1997.
The Trump Attack and “Civil War”
Joint Statement of LCFI and ClassConscious.org The seeming assassination attempt on former President and almost dead-cert Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Pennsylvania is one more bizarre episode as the US appears to be staggering towards the possibility of civil war. Trump gives the appearance of having been grazed on the left ear by a … Continue reading The Trump Attack and “Civil War”
French Election: Popular Frontists Outmanoeuvred Le Pen for Now. But the Danger Remains!
…while the Popular Frontism of the left and Macron may by tactical voting have thwarted the RN in parliamentary terms, they strengthened Le Pen in terms of popular support. Which has not solved the problem therefore, it just postponed the decisive conflict until later
Where now for the Left after the General Election?
This is the text of the presentation today at our forum on the result of the General Election on July 4th. The presentation and extensive discussion can also be listened to as a podcast
Starmer’s Regime has NO MANDATE for its Genocidal Neoliberalism
….the ‘landslide’ is a myth. Starmer got fewer votes than Corbyn’s Labour got in in the General Election of December 2019, which Labour lost by a considerable margin in terms of seats, producing an overall majority for Johnson’s Tories of 80. The Corbyn-led Labour Party got 10.29 million votes in 2019, whereas Starmer’s tally is well below 10 million.
