A shift to the left in Russia – Boris Litvinov (Part 2)

http://wpered.su/2023/03/21/v-rossii-budet-levyj-povorot-boris-litvinov/ Boris Litvinov, first secretary of the Donetsk regional branch of the KPRF, gave an interview to the "Antifascist" news agency. (https://antifashist.com/).  This is the second part of the interview.  - What is happening in the Zaporozhie and Kherson regions in terms of party building? Is there a party group in these regions, and if not, … Continue reading A shift to the left in Russia – Boris Litvinov (Part 2)

An Interview with the Leader of the Donbass CP

A shift to the left in Russia - Boris Litvinov http://wpered.su/2023/03/21/v-rossii-budet-levyj-povorot-boris-litvinov/ Boris Litvinov, first secretary of the Donetsk regional branch of the KPRF, gave an interview to the "Antifascist" news agency. (https://antifashist.com/)  - Boris Alekseevich, our previous interview was published on 11 February last year, in which you said that sooner or later Russia will … Continue reading An Interview with the Leader of the Donbass CP

Putin’s Speech

Putin’s latest speech Following are extracts from a televised speech on Monday 20 February by Russian President Vladimir Putin; here he is speaking on the Russian economy after the collapse of the Soviet Union Colleagues, in this context I would like to make a small philosophicaldigression. This is what I would like to single out.We remember what problems and imbalances the Soviet economy faced in itslater … Continue reading Putin’s Speech

Stop the War in Ukraine—Peace Talks Now

Trade Union anti-war conference Saturday 21st January 2023 With Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan and RMT president Alex Gordon TRADE unionists gathered at central London’s Hamilton House today for a conference on strengthening voices for peace in the labour movement.  The World at War — a Trade Union Issue has been called by the Stop the … Continue reading Stop the War in Ukraine—Peace Talks Now

Trauma Zone

Trauma Zone—Russia 1985-1999 Catherine Dunlop Comments on a Documentary by Adam Curtis, shown directly on BBC iPlayer, 13th October 2022 This is a documentary about Britain’s current Enemy, Russia,  made in the form of a collage of clips from suitably ugly and doom-laden old films.  Yet what strikes the viewer is the sight of Bush, then Clinton, then … Continue reading Trauma Zone

Italy, Greece and Ukraine

Italy, Greece and Ukraine  Italy and Greece, support for the Ukraine war, the least enthusiastic in Europe  YouGov-Cambridge has published the results of a survey of international opinion regarding the Ukraine war.  https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/0ma5boayqk/Globalism%202022%20-%20The%20info%20war%20for%20Ukraine%20-%20All%20markets.pdf Looking at the table of results (all on one page, magnifying glass required) Greece, Italy and Spain to a lesser extent give … Continue reading Italy, Greece and Ukraine

Notes on the News

By Gwydion M. Williams Trickle-Down – a Swindle Who Needs the Multi-millionaires? The World Shanghaied? Russo-Ukrainians Forbidden Democracy? Sweden and Italy, Overstrained Communities Italy, Also Overstrained Two Nice People, Unfit For Their Jobs Snippets More Tory Failures Turkish Inequality Trickle-Down – a Swindle President Biden recently denounced Trickle-Down.[A]  Then Liz Truss affirmed the idea: tax cutting … Continue reading Notes on the News

Freezing for Zelensky

  Editorial 2                         Boris Johnson told the British public on 24th August that they must make significant sacrifices of their living standards to protect the freedom of the Ukrainian people. If this means high fuel bills, freezing or going hungry then so be it. Labour Affairs and others have already exposed the lies that underpin this rhetoric and we … Continue reading Freezing for Zelensky

Extra: One Sane Voice in Europe from Die Linke

From the Morning Star, 29/8/22 https://morningstaronline.co.uk/system/files/pdf-editions/M_Star_290822.pdf GERMANY’S current coalition is “the worst post-war government we’ve had” and is fanning the flames of the Ukraine war rather than seeking to end it, a Die Linke MP told the Morning Star at the Unsere Zeit Press Festival in Berlin at the weekend.  Sevim Dagdelen, a Bundestag member … Continue reading Extra: One Sane Voice in Europe from Die Linke

Editorial—The Fall of Johnson and The Energy Crunch

Why the political parties don’t want to tell the truth. Foreign and domestic policy are often related. Countries seek mutual benefit through trade and take measures to protect their own trading routes. They make long term arrangements for mutual exchange of products and services. In the contemporary world, the manufacture of a particular product often … Continue reading Editorial—The Fall of Johnson and The Energy Crunch

Ukraine—The August Counter-Offensive

Eamon Dyas— a Letter I find it quite astonishing the way in which the regular Ukrainian military defeats are counter-posed against Ukraine’s “initial military successes”. It is a constant mantra among western politicians and the media. But where were these “military successes”? Beyond a few battlefield skirmishes in the east and south anywhere that Ukraine … Continue reading Ukraine—The August Counter-Offensive

Newsnotes

Notes on the News By Gwydion M. Williams Did Russia Invade To Stop Kiev Overrunning the Donbass?The G7’s Proxy WarGeorgia Not Fighting to the Last GeorgianBritish Rail and the Imaginary MarketThe End of Thatcherism?China’s Mixed Economy Did Russia Invade To Stop Kiev Overrunning the Donbass? Western media speak of ‘Russian Disinformation’.  But not this particular Russian claim.  Which … Continue reading Newsnotes