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The story of the English Revolution
Published in 1949 to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the execution of Charles I, this short pamphlet gives a wonderful overview of the real content and meaning of the earth-shaking event that was the English revolution. Written by the excellent CPGB historian AL Morton and published in 1949, this short history gives a wonderful overview…
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To Chaadaev
Love, hope, and quiet gloryDid not warm us for long with their deceit,Our youthful amusements have vanished,Like a dream, like morning mist; But in us still burns the desire,With a soul impatient under the yoke of fate,We heed the call of our homeland. We await with longing and hopeThe moment of sacred freedom,As a young…
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Church and King
The state needs two things to continue existing: a divided working class and the ability to use force. The state is not identical to the government. The elected government is the visible, changeable face of the state. Thatcher Out, Starmer Out, doesn’t matter, the state remains. In 1780 the state was weak. Globalism was in…
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Wake up and smell … the class war
The removal of an England flag from a Portsmouth housing block is exactly the kind of minor incident that the far right seizes upon and inflates into a national outrage. A dispute about communal property or fire regulations is presented as proof that “you are no longer allowed to be English”. The facts become secondary.…
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Weapons
Tools become weaponsBut are nothing without hands to wield Lay them down to stop a warA master is nothing without slavesRaise them up to tear him down Words become weaponsWhen hand puts pen to paper A book is a bombIf we light the fuse Hearts lift as voices join in songYet actions echoLong after lips…
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How the Mental Health Crisis is Being Weaponised Against Workers
A dangerous world In the west today it is common to hear acronyms such as ADHD, PTSD and OCD surrounding mental health and especially in discussions of depression and anxiety. While a wider discussion about mental health is useful to those suffering, the question of its cause and origination is often neglected. For instance, what…
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Another Building Collapses in Anfield
How a profit driven economy destroys communities On Wednesday 15 July another building collapsed in Anfield. At 1.50pm, in the middle of the day, on the busy junction of Townsend Lane and Empress Road, the side of a working African café crumbled in real time. Jovan’s African Café was open and trading at the time…
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John Cleese insists he isn’t racist but….
John Cleese insists he isn’t racist because he believes “some cultures are better than others”. This colonial mindset is a relic of the ‘glorious days’ days of Britain. An idea of Britain which has never existed. This rhetoric has been prevalent in the west since the Iraq war where Imperialism attempted to manufacture consent of…
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Algo in the Genocide
Poem by Omar Sakr Okay I won’t use the word JewishAnd I won’t use the word ZionistAnd I won’t use the word genocideAnd I won’t use the word apartheidAnd I won’t use the word settlerAnd I won’t use the word colonyAnd I won’t use the word killedAnd I won’t use the word watermelonAnd I won’t…
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Reflections on a Far-right march in Walton, Liverpool
A closer look at the event flyer revealed something strange but significant: there was no indication whatsoever of who had organised this demonstration. A poem against islamophobic scapegoating displayed on a London bus stop. The sad truth is that, whatever the subjective intentions of those workers who turn out in support of such sentiments, they…
“ A class cannot exist in society without in some degree manifesting a consciousness of itself as a group with common problems, interests and prospects”
– Harry Braverman