In late July, hundreds of courageous workers responded to the latest crisis of capitalism by storming United Nations outposts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Workers’ lives everywhere have been made even more precarious by...
THE BRONX, NY, August 3—The racist, capitalist system struck again on July 21, this time robbing the working class of 18-years-young Latin teen Raymond Chaluisant. Dion Middleton, an off-duty Black kkkop shot Raymond in the face for...
Epifanio Camacho, a courageous and militant farmworker, loyal member of Progressive Labor Party (PLP), and lifetime fighter for the international working class, died on July 4 at the age of 98. As an early leader of the United Farm...
CHICAGO, July 22– A multiracial, intergenerational group of around 30 Progressive Labor Party (PLP) members and friends gathered for a forum today as a means to educate and organize against capitalism’s worsening racist and sexist...
Landover, Maryland, August 1–Today over 170 Metro Access transit workers hit the bricks, striking against Transdev, a contractor for the Metro transit system in the Washington, D.C. region (see CHALLENGE, July 6, for an earlier rally)....
NEW YORK CITY, July 17— “We are still going through the same madness about homelessness…I don’t know. Something’s gotta change…this is not working.” That’s what a formerly homeless worker said at a demonstration at Gracie Mansion, racist...
Washington, DC July 19—Racist Texas Governor Abbot has spent over $6 million to send over 130 busloads of migrant workers, detained after crossing the U.S.-Mexican border, to Washington, DC as a political stunt. The daily arrivals at...
This is part 11 of a series about Black communists in the Spanish Civil War. In the early 1930’s the urban bourgeoisie (capitalists) of Spain, supported by most workers and many peasants, overthrew the violent, repressive monarchy to...
Jim Crow Biden wants border wall NBC News, 7/28–The Biden administration on Thursday authorized completion of the Trump-funded U.S.-Mexico border wall in an open area of southern Arizona near Yuma, where four wide gaps make it among the...
Public healthcare worker unites with transit strikers Today I joined the striking Metro Access transit workers on their picket line (see page 3). They are the “essential workers” who the bosses pretend to thank but then attack when it...
Dean Sewell’s boxes of black and white film capturing Moscow in the mid-1990s had laid untouched for a quarter of a century. When he finally developed them, it was like ‘reaching into the deep recesses of your brain’ Get our weekend...
My mother, Liz Dore, who has died aged 75, was an intellectual activist and Latin American historian. As an active communist in the late 1960s and 70s, she was even approached in the early 70s to spy for Cuba – an offer she declined. She...
Activists from Kyiv and around world join state forces in fight against totalitarianism Ukraine-Russia war – latest updates In an unnamed basement bar in central Kyiv, Ukrainian anarchists have created a headquarters where they gather...
Britain stirred up tensions, chaos and violence in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, according to declassified papers The British government ran a secret “black propaganda” campaign for decades, targeting Africa, the Middle East and...
Edgar Lu’s talk-back YouTube show is popular worldwide amongst the Chinese diaspora but he has critics, in China and closer to home Get our free news app ; get our morning email briefing In the world of Chinese-speaking media, “Sydney...
Governor establishes ‘victims of communism day’ and students must receive at least 45 minutes of instruction every November Discussions of gender identity and sexual preference are banned in many Florida classrooms because of governor...
Award given for books that evoke the spirit of place goes to work that chronicles the author’s coming-of-age in Albania during the fall of communism Academic Lea Ypi’s “darkly humorous and deeply serious” memoir, Free , which speaks “so...
I was taught that Mao and Lenin’s followers were always the heroes of history. This movie showed me you could view them with fear and hatred I was born in north-east China in a province that was particularly heavy-handed with party...
As the world awaits Beijing’s response to the Ukraine war, history shows its reaction could be complicated The troops gathered on the border. The supreme leader decided that it was time to invade, to teach the other side a lesson....
13 March 1972 : The history of Soviet Ukraine is one of continuous turmoil, of Russia’s efforts either to come to terms with the powerful currents of nationalism, or to suppress them In the latest drive against Soviet dissidents more...
Thirty years ago I queued beside my St Petersburg friends on their first visit to the Golden Arches. After communism and the cold war, the ‘Beeg Mak’ was a taste of the world they had dreamed of For a couple of years after those golden...
One day a man in a tan mac and a comb-over appeared at my family’s door. I have no idea how he found me but he had an exciting proposition I grew up in a modest, family hotel on the Dutch coast. The scenes of my boyhood were of German...
My friend Min Marks, who has died aged 100, was a communist activist and wartime Bletchley Park associate. She and her husband, Jack, were associated with virtually every peace movement, anti-racism and anti-fascist campaign in Leeds for...
Pamphlets attacked the president and foreign minister Shocking new details have emerged of Britain’s role in one of the most brutal massacres of the postwar 20th century. Last year the Observer revealed how British officials secretly...
20 January 1925: The ‘old guard’ deemed him and his allies as working against all the canons of Bolshevism The dismissal of Trotsky is the climax of a long struggle in the Russian Communist party – the ruling and indeed the only open...
Lea Ypi says vocal minority of Albanians have sent torrent of online insults criticising her bestseller, Free A memoir about growing up before and after the fall of communism in Albania has won rave reviews in the west but has prompted...
The activist who was murdered in Paris in 1965 was a hero of the global struggle against imperialism, but files from the Czechoslovak secret service cast doubt on his independence It is one of the great causes célèbres of the cold war....
Beijing highlights virtues of its own one-party model in slew of scathing criticisms of western system China has launched a campaign to discredit what it calls US-style democracy in advance of the first of Joe Biden’s two “summits of...
Hungarian-born Harvard professor who pinpointed the flaws of communist bloc command economies in the 70s and 80s The Hungarian economist János Kornai, who has died aged 93, did much to explain the structural failure of the planned...
Newlywed Engels was also joined by Ho Chi Minh at southern India ceremony highlighting popularity of communist names Marx, Lenin and Ho Chi Minh gathered in southern India at the weekend to watch Engels tie the knot. But there wasn’t a...
Main image: AS A colleague writes in this week’s print edition, Vladimir Putin is in certain ways more comparable to an absolute monarch than to a constitutionally elected political leader, who might be hemmed by checks and...
Print section Print Rubric: The centenary of the Russian revolution is a good time to reflect on Labour’s leadership Print Headline: Corbyn’s comrades Print Fly Title: Bagehot UK Only Article: ...
Print section Print Rubric: Tourists revel in Iron Curtain kitsch Print Headline: Palace insiders Print Fly Title: Communist nostalgia UK Only Article: standard article Issue: China’s Xi...
Print section Print Rubric: China’s leader has been good for the Communist Party but not for his country Print Headline: Life and soul of the party Print Fly Title: Xi Jinping after five years UK Only...
Print section Print Rubric: Emmanuel Macron is trying to change nothing less than France’s psychology Print Headline: Exorcising French demons Print Fly Title: Charlemagne UK Only Article: standard...
Print section Print Headline: Engels returns to Manchester Print Fly Title: Monumental propaganda UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Britain faces up to Brexit Fly Title: Monumental...
Print section Print Rubric: The Labour leadership is right—Karl Marx has a lot to teach today’s politicians Print Headline: The Marxist moment Print Fly Title: Bagehot UK Only Article: standard...
Print section Print Rubric: A 50-year-old conflict resumes Print Headline: An extra mile Print Fly Title: Communist insurgency in the Philippines UK Only Article: standard article Issue: ...
Main image: WHILE most Christians are putting away their Christmas decorations, a substantial minority of them are only now preparing to commemorate the Nativity of Jesus Christ. For some eastern Christians (those who refused...
Print section Print Rubric: Cuba’s communist leader, who outlasted ten presidents of the United States, has died at the age of 90 Print Headline: The will to power Print Fly Title: Fidel Castro UK Only...
Print section Print Rubric: Andrzej Wajda, Poland’s greatest film-maker, died on October 9th, aged 90 Print Headline: Obituary: Conscience-keeper Print Fly Title: Andrzej Wajda UK Only Article: ...
Print section Print Rubric: But Mr Putin is not setting about it in the best way Print Headline: Take care of Russia Print Fly Title: Past and future UK Only Article: standard article...
Print section UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Brave new worlds Fly Title: Karl Marx Main image: 20160827_BKP003_0.jpg Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion. By Gareth Stedman Jones. ...
THE FALL of the Berlin Wall in 1989 opened the door to newfound abundance and freedom, from supermarket shelves bursting with variety to the easing of travel restrictions. Yet for millions in the former communist bloc, life did not...
Print section UK Only Article: standard article Fly Title: Politics in Nepal WHEN Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli stepped down as Nepal’s prime minister on July 24th ahead of a no-confidence motion he was certain to lose, he...
ON THE face of things, the last few days have been a time of flourishing Greco-Russian amity, rooted in a common Orthodox Christian faith. As the ceremonial high point of Vladimir...
HIPSTER-STYLE Vietnamese food has become popular in Australia of late. But a Vietnamese restaurant in Brisbane was forced to change its name from “Uncle Ho”, after Australian Vietnamese protested against it as an insensitive slap to the...
In just a few days, we will be unveiling the new CPUSA.org. May Day is Launch Day! Tonight, April 28th, the CPUSA is hosting an online launch party that will feature a sneak preview. We've been working on developing the new site for a...
The Brussels terror attacks: between rage and resilience Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB) March 23, 2016 On Tuesday, March 22, the blind terror of Islamic State sent shock waves through Brussels, and far beyond. Terrorist bomb attacks,...