Latest editorial
NICARAGUANS remembered revolutionary icon Arlen Siu on Thursday, marking the anniversary of her 1975 murder by the Somoza dictatorship that made her one of the first female martyrs of the Sandinista Revolution.
She was born in July 1955 in the west Nicaraguan city of Jinotepe and joined the Sandinista movement when she was just 18.
She was a talented musician, playing the accordion, guitar and flute, and also wrote poetry.
A lifelong communist and community organiser, Pinder helped shape anti-racist and anti-colonial activism in Britain while dedicating himself to youth work and collective struggle, writes David Horsley
KEVAN NELSON reports back from a delegation to the epic celebrations for the anniversary of Vietnam’s 1945 revolution, where British communists found a thriving, prosperous socialist country, brimming with ambition and well-earned national pride
Maggie Bowden was a trailblazing campaigning lawyer at Birnberg and Thompsons, women’s organiser of the Communist Party, and general secretary of Liberation
The corporate media have been quick to point the finger over the murder of a Nicaraguan opposition figure, but where is the actual evidence, ask KELLY NELSON and ROGER D HARRIS