Keir Starmer’s premiership hangs in the balance. A leadership contest is almost certainly on the cards, with Labour Party members set to decide who will be Britain’s next prime minister.

The indictment of former Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for influence peddling and money laundering has stirred up a huge political storm. This comes on top of a cascade of legal initiatives by the state apparatus aimed at cornering the government of the present Socialist Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez.

In the early hours of 7 May, three Ukrainian drones entered Latvian airspace. Two of those fell onto Latvian territory near the Russian border, setting off a chain of events culminating in the collapse of the government. This is the price the Latvian ruling class is having to pay for turning the country into the most bellicose ally to Ukraine, thereby letting NATO put a huge target on their back.

From 23-25 May, 200 communists gathered in Ivry-sur-Seine to take part in the Second Congress of the Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire (PCR). Activists from Paris, Toulouse, Lyon, Bordeaux, Nantes, Caen, Brest, Bourges, Montpellier, Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, Nîmes, Strasbourg, Morlaix, Grenoble and Saintes were present. They were joined by international delegations from the Swiss, Belgian, Canadian, and German sections of the Revolutionary Communist International (RCI), of which the PCR is the French section.

With 350 participants, this year’s Pfingstseminarwas by far the biggest ever. And with over 100 comrades from the RKP in Germany in attendance, it was a truly internationalist school. Under the motto “Down with Imperialism!”, the event served as a powerful impetus for building the forces of revolutionary communism in the German speaking world. We also welcomed comrades from Britain, Switzerland, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Hungary.

“The crucial task of our generation is to overthrow this system and this Epstein class.” With these words, Sereina from the Executive Committee opened the Third Congress of the Swiss Revolutionary Communist Party.

The organisation of the Revolutionary Communist International in Finland, Vallankumoukselliset Kommunistit (Revolutionary Communists, VK) held their annual congress on 16-17 May in Helsinki. This was the first regular congress after its founding congress last year. It marked the next step forward for our young Finnish organisation.

In the 2025 Romanian elections, the establishment, backed by the EU politicians and intelligence services, pulled out all the stops to prevent the insurgent anti-EU populist Călin Georgescu from getting in. The first election was overturned, and Georgescu, the winner, was arrested and banned from running again on the pretext of alleged ‘Russian interference’.

When Donald Trump returned to the Presidency of the United States back in January 2025, Europe’s right-populist leaders and politicians were jubilant.

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.

“Sweden has done more for the German war effort than is generally recognised. Above all, it has in some respects given us substantial support in the war against the Soviet Union – it is true that it protects its neutrality, but much to our advantage.” – Diary entry, Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Germany’s Minister of Propaganda, 28 January 1942.

Just five months ago, Bulgaria was in the grip of one of the biggest protest movements in its history. Based on wide social layers – in particular the youth – and borrowing many of the slogans from the ‘Gen Z’ revolutions, this movement forced the hated government to resign, triggering the eighth parliamentary election in the last five years. Whilst the ruling class is desperately seeking stability, the workers and youth of Bulgaria are striving for change.

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