Tag: imperialism
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Wait For Me
First published in Pravda in January 1942, Konstantin Simonov’s Wait for Me became a symbol of love and hope among the soldiers of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War. Written from the front and dedicated to his beloved, its words spoke to millions separated by war. It is worth sharing not merely as…
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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…
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China exposes US cognitive warfare
Reposted from Paul Steigan. The Xinhua Institute, a Beijing-based think tank affiliated with the Xinhua News Agency, has published a major report detailing the arsenal of tools the United States has at its disposal to wage “cognitive warfare” to “colonize the minds” of nations on a planetary scale. It is rare to see Chinese critics…
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Beware Palantir!
Reposted with thanks from CPGB-ML On 25 November 2025, the Guardian published an article, written by columnist Arwa Mahdawi, entitled ‘JD Vance might want to run in 2028 – but does he have a Palantir-shaped problem?’. The article explained that US vice-president JD Vance, with aspirations to run for president in 2028, may find himself compromised…
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The People’s Game or a Geopolitical Tool?
FIFA’s Growing Alignment with American Imperialism. By Alexandros SchulmanFollowing on from an article “The Americanisation of the World Cup,” it’s time to turn attention to FIFA itself and the deepening infiltration to it by the machinery of American imperialism. The myth pushed by footballing authorities that football stands ‘above politics’ has always been bourgeois propaganda that conceals…
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Epstein class? My arse!
Have you noticed the recent creeping use of the phrase ‘the Epstein class’? It pops up everywhere – across news panels, podcasts, social media and commentary from pundits of every stripe. Not only is it meaningless; it is also dangerous. Under capitalism there are only two classes: the working class and the ruling class. In…
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Iran Is Not Our Enemy
The Ruling Class Wants Our Class To Die To Defend Their Investments – We Must Oppose This War When Sir Keir Starmer rose to the dispatch box to announce that British forces would be deployed to the Persian Gulf, the British working class was treated to yet another masterclass in ruling-class duplicity. In his usual…
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A Mis Amigos (To My Friends)
By Jose Marti When one diesIn the arms of a grateful homeland,Death ends, prison is shattered;Life, at last, with dying, begins! Oh, more than a world, more! When glorySnatches us from this narrow dwelling,The spirit grows,Heaven opens, the world expandsAnd among worlds we dawn. Despot, look here how your blindAnxious yearning conspires against you:Look upon…
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John Swinney – Servant of Empire
It has been a busy week for Scottish First Minister John Swinney. He started the week by vacillating over the US kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, committed Scottish troops to a potential NATO occupying force in Ukraine in the middle of it and ended it by backing US piracy. In doing so Swinney has…