‘Today, capitalism has out-lived its usefulness’: Martin Luther King MARTIN LUTHER KING spoke with vision against capitalism, and about the kind of changes needed to replace it: the following quotes reflect some of King’s key thoughts on the subject as US citizens mark Martin Luther King Day
Sunday 20th Jan 2019 The LLL demo in Berlin invokes the spectre of communism Luxemburg and Liebknecht saw their revolution crushed by reaction, while Lenin’s survived and went on to defeat their fascist killers. 100 years later, thousands march to celebrate the lives and ideology of all three — communism. VICTOR GROSSMAN reports from Berlin
Friday 18th Jan 2019 Where on Earth are the ‘nice Tories’? Hint: There aren’t any, says SOLOMON HUGHES
Sunday 20th Jan 2019 Richard Maunders: a life of art in struggle NICK WRIGHT salutes the militant student leader who went on to bring his creative talent and thirst for equality to the schools of south London
Sunday 20th Jan 2019 The first to go When the nazi party started the Holocaust, first to be murdered were not Jews, Gypsies, communists, homosexuals or trade unionists. They were the disabled. PETER FROST tells the horrific story
Sunday 20th Jan 2019 US ups the ante for regime change in Venezuela Trump prepares to list Venezuela as a ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’ writes TIM YOUNG
Thursday 17th Jan 2019 Sectarianism, education, and integration in the North of Ireland The best solution to bridging the divide between Catholics and Protestants would be integrated schooling, but sadly — with the major parties relying on sectarianism for support — this is still incredibly rare, reports EOGHAN GARDINER
Thursday 17th Jan 2019 Why Macron cannot decide whether to call the gilets jaunes a crowd or a mob THE protests by the French “gilets jaunes” have not gone away as no doubt President Macron hoped they would over the Christmas break.
Thursday 17th Jan 2019 Shelter social housing report: a wake-up call for Labour Not only is Labour still fudging the difference between 'social housing' and council housing proper, but its projected spending will not measure up, writes MARTIN WICKS
Thursday 17th Jan 2019 Vested interests: building a yellow jackets in Britain Homelessness, hunger, and poverty caused by neoliberalism, along with cuts and austerity measures provide the material conditions for a France-style revolt, writes JOHN LILBURNE
Wednesday 16th Jan 2019 The moral travesty of Israel seeking Arab and Iranian money for its alleged Nakba In a new initiative Israel is demanding Arab countries compensate it for an alleged exodus of Jews from their territories in the late 1940s. RAMZY BAROUD reports
