The economic strangulation of the Palestinian people
Will the real Lenin please stand up? – A reply to the Morning Star
The British section of the International Marxist Tendency are proud to commemorate the centenary of Lenin’s death by publishing a book defending his life and ideas, and by launching their new paper The Communist and the Revolutionary Communist Party. The ‘Communist’ Party of Britain, by contrast, is promoting articles on Lenin that only mislead and sow confusion.
Thousands march in Auckland to protest attacks on Gaza
On Saturday 21 October, over 5000 people marched through downtown Auckland to protest the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza by the reactionary right-wing Israeli government, backed by Western imperialism. It was substantially larger than the first protest on Saturday 14 October where around 1000 people turned up. For over a week the Israeli military has been bombing Gaza relentlessly, killing thousands of civilians.
Protesters marching in support of Palestinians in Auckland, New Zealand
Down with hypocrisy! Defend Gaza! – IMT statement
The following statement by the International Marxist Tendency declares our solidarity with the Palestinian people. It answers the disgusting hypocrisy of western imperialism and its lackeys, who are rallying behind the reactionary Israeli state as it unleashes bloody vengeance on Gaza, following Hamas' surprise attack on 7 October. We moreover explain why freedom for Palestine can only be achieved through revolutionary means and the overthrow of capitalism in the whole region.
NZ Perspectives: 2023 and beyond
2023 is an election year in New Zealand. Opinion polls put Labour and National within five points of each other until the most recent polls in September 2023 in which Labour slumped below 30%.
While support for National has remained steady they have not been the main beneficiaries of Labour's slump in the polls. Rather, it has been the minor parties, especially ACT.
Neither major political party has managed to gain the support of at least 40% of those polled since Chris Hipkins became Prime Minister in February 2023. This, more than anything, indicates that neither major party have the answers to address the big issues that voters are facing. A low voter turnout resulting in a National-led victory is the most likely outcome.
Are you a Communist? Then get organised!
In Autumn 2022, the Fraser Institute ran a survey that asked respondents in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia about what sort of economic system they would prefer: capitalism or socialism?
Among 18--34 year olds there was a clear preference for socialism in all countries. A significant minority even agreed with the statement that `Communism is the ideal economic system'. This despite the fact that pro-capitalist ideas have a monopoly in the mass media.
Reflections on the 9/11 attacks
On Tuesday September 11, 2001 the world was changed forever by the most devastating terrorist attack in history.
2,996 people (including the 19 terrorists) were killed and many more injured after two planes crashed into the World Trade Centre towers in the heart of New York's financial district. Just 18 minutes after the first explosion there was a second blast as another plane hit the other tower.
The Ukrainian war: an internationalist class position – IMT Statement
The first casualty of war is truth. This is also the case of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine. Marxists need to be able to cut through the fog of lies and war propaganda and analyse the real reasons behind the conflict; what has caused it; and the real interests that lie behind the excuses and justifications of the different parties involved. Above all, we must do so from the point of view of the interests of the world working class.
THE BETRAYAL OF AFGHANISTAN
By Miles Lacey
Above: Taliban Insurgents enter Kabul, Afghanistan (Source: The Guardian)
On August 15th, 2021, Kabul fell to the Taliban insurgents the United States and their Western imperialist allies had been fighting against since November 2001.
The spectacle of thousands of Afghan people and Western civilian and military personnel trying to frantically board any aircraft flying out of Kabul International Airport in August 2021 was broadcast around a stunned world.
CHINA AND THE PACIFIC: A NEW IMPERIALISM?
By the Socialist Appeal Editorial Board
For most of the post-war period the Pacific region was treated like a United States lake. As the colonial territories of Australia, France, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States became independent between 1962 and 1994 they tended to side with the Western powers, with the exception of Vanuatu.
THE 1981 PATCO STRIKE: HOW REAGAN BETRAYED THE AMERICAN WORKING CLASS
by Rufus Tyler
The 1981 PATCO air traffic controllers' strike was one of the largest strikes by federal employees in the United States. This strike had ramifications that would be felt world wide by the working classes, especially in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. It would also mark the ultimate betrayal by a man whose reputation for selling out workers to serve his personal and political ambitions. That man was Ronald Reagan.
The Professional Air Traffic Controllers' Organisation was the industry's union. They had been incorporated in 1968. 1968 was a turbulent year, the Prague Spring, the Paris Riots and the Tlatelolco massacre, where 325 were killed, hapenned abroad while in the US Martin Luther King, Jr and presidential candidate Robert Kennedy were both assassinated.
GRENADA - THE FORGOTTEN INVASION
United States soldiers with prisoners in Grenada: 1983.
Source: www.thoughtco.com
By Rufus Tyler
“There was a rebel village five clicks down the road. Word came down from top brass: make it disappear. We…we didn’t know any better. We were…we were kids. I watched myself pick up the flamethrower…I just…went…off.” - SNL Introduction to Puppetry skit, illustrating popular culture's impression of the 1983 invasion of Grenada.