Nationalists. Populists. Insurgents. Independents. None of the above. These were the assorted winners of Britain's May elections.

From 1 to 4 May, delegates representing over 100 branches of the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) – alongside visitors from across the country and internationally – met for the Third Congress of our party.

100 years ago today, the British general strike began. To commemorate this milestone in the labour movement, the British Revolutionary Communist Party's general secretary, Ben Gliniecki, has written a book aimed at drawing out the hard-won lessons of this titanic class battle for communists today.

In these troubled times, spare a thought for poor old Keir Starmer. Britain’s hapless Prime Minister can’t catch a break.

As chaos and catastrophe engulfs the Middle East, and in turn the global economy, it can seem like the whole world has gone mad.

Last Saturday, up to half a million people marched on the streets of London at the inaugural national demonstration of the ‘Together Alliance’. Some have called it the biggest anti-racist protest in British history.

The Green Party's victory in the Gorton & Denton by-election is yet another seismic shift in the landscape of British politics, and a sign of the polarisation and instability to come. We welcome this humiliating blow for Starmer’s Labour – but the Greens' reformism offers no way out of the crisis.

Starmer’s future lies in the balance following sordid revelations about his Blairite ally, Peter Mandelson. The fallout from the Epstein scandal could drag down this crisis-ridden government, opening up a new chapter of instability in British politics.

Donald Trump’s desire to seize control of Greenland and its resources has brought US imperialism into conflict with Europe. This puts Starmer in a quandary, as he and the British establishment attempt a delicate, unsustainable balancing act.

The following article was written just before Britain’s Autumn Budget. As predicted, it has satisfied no one and solved nothing. Since then, the Labour government has already retreated on one of its few meagre pro-worker provisions under pressure from big business.

In July, Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana announced the formation of a new political party. That provoked a wave of enthusiasm, with 800,000 people signing up for a left-wing alternative to Starmer’s hated Labour.

When the BBC aired a doctored video of Donald Trump appearing to directly encourage violence during the 6 January Capitol riot of 2021, it was aiming to influence the 2024 US election.

Last weekend, 1,200 communists gathered for Revolution Festival 2025, the largest openly communist event in Britain in decades. Youthful energy, a burning desire to study Marxism, revolutionary optimism, and theoretical clarity all made this a landmark event. 

‘Mr. Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.’ The deposed Prince’s new name has that same empty, quotidian ring to it as ‘Charles Stuart’, ‘Nicholas Romanov’, or ‘Citizen Louis Capet’. No more ‘Duke’ this or ‘Earl’ that, and certainly no more ‘His Royal Highness’. Just plain-old, common-as-muck ‘Andy’.