Canada-India row highlights decline of Western imperialism

The investigation into the murder of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar is continuing to sour relations between the Canadian and Indian governments, and the situation is only getting more contentious. On Oct. 14, Canada expelled six Indian diplomats, alleging they are a threat to the safety of South Asian Canadians. India responded in kind, expelling […]

Where next for Bangladesh?

The revolution remains incomplete. It must go forwards or else retreat.

Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina overthrown! All power to the workers’ and students’ committees!

The revolutionary masses have overthrown Hasina, ending her 16 years of brutal rule!

#FreeTalha – urgent solidarity action with Bangladeshi students

We demand the unconditional release of Talha Mahmud Chowdhury, along with all other students who are being detained by Sheikh Hasina’s regime.

Talha’s next hearing is on 7 August. In the run up to this date, we call on all our comrades, readers and supporters to contact their Bangladesh embassies, high commissions and diplomatic missions to demand Talha’s immediate release, along with all other student detainees.

China and its role in the world

What is the role of China today? While some on the left have celebrated China’s ambitions as a counterweight to the United States, Jorge Martín explains that capitalism has long been restored in China, and today it has all the features of a rising imperialist power. “Multipolarity” will not benefit the workers of the world, who must trust solely in their own strength to throw off the chains of imperialism and capitalism internationally.

The Korean War at 70: Imperialism’s legacy of bloodshed and division

In the West, some have called the Korean War the ‘Forgotten War’. It is true that, in the days since the cessation of conflict in Korea, there has been no shortage of bloody wars offered to humanity by capitalism. But the Korean War holds historic significance that cannot be neglected.

China: As lockdowns end, class struggle rises

For the past few weeks, with the Lunar New Year approaching, the working class in China has been engaged in a wave of economic strikes, protests and demonstrations. Whilst these struggles vary in terms of scale and militancy, collectively they give a clear indication of the deepening socio-economic crisis, and of the courageous groundswell of class struggle that this is causing to rise up against the capitalist regime.

Why is Canada taking an aggressive stance against China?

Canada’s new Indo-Pacific Strategy marks a reorientation in Canada’s relationship with China, after decades of attempts at rapprochement. The crisis of capitalism is leading to growing tensions between the imperialists, and Canada is being forced to choose sides between the two major powers, the United States and China.

China: Regime relents on lockdown in face of pressure from below

At the end of November, China saw the rapid proliferation of protests against the regime’s harsh COVID-19 lockdown measures, many of which quickly acquired a political character challenging the entire capitalist regime of the CCP.

China: Anti-lockdown protests light powder keg of fury

Barely a month after the CCP’s pompous 20th Party Congress, anger from below is bursting to the surface. As we have long predicted, the deep crisis of Chinese capitalism is beginning to spur the masses into action.