2021 has been a record setting year for space development, accompanied by relentless capitalist propaganda to shape how people relate to the increasing importance of the space industry worldwide. China has made great strides in developing its own space exploration capacity, launching its own space station…
Sunday, January 2 - 1:00 p.m.LAPD Headquarters, across from City Hall Park, East 1st & N. Main St., Downtown Los AngelesHosted by Coalition for Community Control Over the Police and Najee Ali There was no imminent threat when the officer used lethal force. The victim is secure. The suspect is moving…
Anti-coup protestors in Khartoum -- photo via TwitterIn the wake of mass protests "in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, Omdurman and other cities against military rule" on December 30, the Sudanese Communist party has issued an urgent appeal for international solidarity. The protests were met with severe…
New Yearâs Red Army poster, drawn in 1922 by Nikolai Kogout:You are the faithful guard of the new Russia,She is guarded by your hand.Enemies are afraid of the truthAnd by the power of a red pike.And if I fight and marchIt will come again, Then you will say happy new yearAnd the old happiness forward! Via…
Meet the Communist Running Austriaâs Second Largest City An interview with Translation by Adam Baltner This fall, the Communist Party won the local elections in Austriaâs second largest city, Graz, for the first time in history. New mayor Elke Kahr told Jacobin what a proudly Marxist party can hope…
 The Trump administrationâs fascistic response to the 2020 #BlackLivesMatter uprising, the U.S. governmentâs deadly, incompetent response to COVID, and the sudden withdrawal from Afghanistan reflect a long-term structural crisis in U.S. imperialism and democratic legitimacy. Over the past two decades…
In a matter of hours on December 30, a wildfire tore through suburbs between Denver and Boulder, destroying hundreds of homes, businesses, apartment complexes and other structures. Fueled by extremely high winds and a serious drought in the state, the fire became the most destructive in Colorado history…
The Unemployed Workers Union continues to pledge to fight for justice for all unemployed and low wage workers. Â We will not give up in the New Year â know that none of you are alone in your struggles. A warm embrace,Volunteer organizers: Alec, Andrew, Joyce, Rasika, Rev Chambers, Sharon, and StevenSTATUS…
Editorial by Freedom Road Socialist Organization | December 31, 2021 Read more articles in Cuba Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. For over six decades the Cuban people created a system that provides free universal health care, free public education from kindergarten through university, and housing…
Raymundo Buenfuerza | Spokesperson | NPA-Bicol Region | New Peopleâs Army December 31, 2021 As 2021 ends, NPA-Bicol casts the 9th IDPA, PNP Region V and the whole Joint Task Force Bicolandia with undeniable failure. The butchers are now stewing in silence and shame after the NPAâs valiant defense…
A spectre is haunting the âdemocraticâ institutions of the European Union; the spectre of communism. On December 21st the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the 2014 decision of the Romanian authorities to refuse to register the Romanian Communist Party (RCP) was justified! In its decision…
Tune in to the first in our regular series of discussions between Comrade Harpal Brar and US Marxist Caleb Maupin. This week, Harpal and Caleb discuss the success of the Indian farmers, whose year-long protest has been largely ignored by western corporate media, and what workers elsewhere can learn from…
By Shawgi Tell / December 31st, 2021 While corruption and fraud have been widespread and relentless in the charter school sector for several decades, both appear to be increasing with each passing year. The year 2022 promises to bring even more corruption and scandal to this crisis-prone sector that…
Mark Smith offers a selection of some of the best films of the year 10Censor (Prano Bailey-Bond) A period piece set during the video nasties scare of the 1980s where an insurgent Thatcherism sought to scapegoat slipstream media as part of their Victorian values offensive. First-time director Bailey-Bond…
Focusing their aims on a single issue of land reform, the MST argues it is legally and constitutionally justified to occupy unproductive lands for poor workers. Through the focus on land reform, they also campaign on other related issues such as unequal distribution, racism, sexism and media monopolies…
While the pandemic and the ecological disaster rage, the economic crisis is hitting us with skyrocketing prices, rising unemployment and precariousness, and in this context, the capitalists are squeezing us even more fiercely. We see it in Cadiz, where in the metal workers' agreement they intend to eliminate…
This story originally appeared in Mondoweiss on Dec. 28, 2021. It is shared here with permission. 2021 was a watershed year for Palestinians. The struggle for Palestinian freedom and liberation saw unprecedented levels of global solidarity. From Jerusalem, to the West Bank, Gaza, and Palestinian communities…
Those making perilous journeys for asylum in Europe have been displaced by wars and droughts, for which the West is largely to blame The deaths of at least 27 people who drowned as they tried to cross the Channel in an inflatable dinghy in search of asylum have quickly been overshadowed by a diplomatic…
By Roger D. Harris / December 31st, 2021 US policy towards Latin America and the Caribbean continued in a seamless transition from Trump to Biden, but the terrain over which it operated shifted left. The balance between the US drive to dominate its âbackyardâ and its counterpart, the Bolivarian cause…
Itâs only been a couple of months since I was elected to be general secretary of Unite. In that time, I have begun the change that I promised. Unite is involved in more industrial disputes than at any time in its history. I have stood with striking workers rather than party leaders. I have brought…
On behalf of the Executive Committee of the Communist Party, I send you seasonal greetings and best wishes for the New Year. Over the past 12 months, there has been no relief from the dire problems that confront many millions of people across the globe. The number of deaths from Covid-19 has more than…
Bolivia has received three million Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines from China, the largest delivery of vaccines to arrive in Bolivia from the Asian superpower. These vaccines will be used to immunize children ages 5 to 11. âWith this delivery a total of 3.5 million doses have been donated to Bolivia by…
Nils Melzer, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, is one of the very few establishment figures to denounce the judicial lynching of Julian Assange. Melzerâs integrity and courage, for which he has been mercilessly attacked, stand in stark contrast to the widespread complicity of many human rights…
Nearly a decade ago, two Brazilian researchers, Heliana de Barros Conde Rodrigues and Maria Izabel Pitanga, made a remarkable discovery. They requested materials on the French philosopher Michel Foucault from the National Archive of the Ministry of Justice in BrasĂlia and obtained a file on him compiled…
Forward, to the victory of Communism!, Soviet poster -- Daily LIFT #614Today is the anniversary of the formation of the USSR, December 30, 1922. To read more about the formation see: USSR formed, December 30 1922: A look at its founding congress and decades of progress
