President Donald Trump has taken a sledgehammer to decades of US foreign policy in South Asia by imposing 50 percent tariffs on a swathe of Indian goods. This is a slap in the face for Trump’s former close ally Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is now seeking more reliable friends in Beijing. The entire diplomatic picture in the region has been turned upside down, while Indian workers and poor brace for the economic fallout.

François Bayrou's fall was celebrated last night with farewell parties organised in front of a number of town halls. Generally, it was welcomed with satisfaction by millions of young people and workers.

As revolutionary events rock Indonesia, we wish to bring to the attention of our readers a masterpiece of documentary filmmaking, the 2012 film The Act of Killing. This documentary is truly a unique and harrowing watch. It is also invaluable as an insight into the nature of the regime that the youth of Indonesia are rising against today.

Angela Rayner’s rapid fall from high office must have brought to mind a parody of the pleas of Richard III during the battle of Bosworth Field: “A house, a house, my kingdom for a house”.

In Helgoland,physicist Carlo Rovelli introduces his own new interpretation of quantum mechanics, coupled with an attack on Lenin. As Ben Curry explains, Rovelli feels the need to attack Lenin, the 20th century’s greatest materialist, because Rovelli himself is clearly abandoning materialism. And while he is attempting to answer Lenin, it turns out that Lenin long ago answered Rovelli’s own philosophical errors.

We republish here a translation of an article by Unité CGT – the left wing of the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) in France, representing a significant number of its industry federations and Departmental Unions. In it, Unité CGT calls for the workers and their trade union organisations to take up the rallying cry of Bloquons tout! and shut down France on 10 September. They call for this mobilisation to be broadened to include factory occupations and a general strike.

Without western weapons, Israel would have been unable to carry out its genocide against the Palestinians or to carry on its provocations against Iran. Foremost among those arming the Israeli state is, of course, the United States. But the second largest supplier of weapons is Germany.

“Holy sh*t, that’s the RCI!” These were some of the first words with which passersby greeted the arrival of The Communist, the brand-new newspaper of the Revolutionary Communist International in Australia.

The results of the recent Upper House election in Japan have shown that it is experiencing similar shifts in the political landscape as the West, with the meteoric rise of the right-wing populist party, Sanseito (参政党). From being one of the most stable advanced capitalist countries, Japan is staring into an abyss of economic and political crises which will lead to sharp convulsions.

Young people and students have played a leading role in this revolutionary movement. Millions of poor workers have taken to the streets across the country. This is enough to demonstrate the power of the working class and make the ruling class tremble. But it is not enough to win our demands, let alone achieve our ultimate goal, which is a fundamental transformation of our lives and society, and the abolition of the exploitation, oppression and impoverishment of the working class, while the rich continue to get richer.

According to Red Scare mythology, communism is an “anti-American” doctrine that threatens “democracy” and “freedom.” Trump recently proclaimed that communism is “a philosophy that this country is not ready for and never will be.”

On 22 July, the newly elected President of Romania, Nicușor Dan, expressed his dismay in an Instagram post at the results of a newly published national study concerning the ‘Perceptions of the population towards communism’, released by the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile.

Within a week, what began as demonstrations with a semi-insurrectionary character have turned into an open revolutionary uprising which shows no sign of stopping. It is not only tearing down government buildings and police stations, but more importantly, it is shattering the mass stupor that has kept the people in chains. A revolution has begun.

The Chinese Revolution of 1949 was one of the greatest events in human history. Marxists defend that revolution, which freed China from the shackles of imperialism after a heroic, decades-long struggle. 

On Monday, seemingly out of nowhere, thousands upon thousands of young people took to the streets in Indonesia. Gathering in front of the parliament building and valiantly facing down hundreds of police officers with water cannons, they shouted “Down with the parliament!”. Street fighting between the protesters and the police continued until past midnight. By morning, 400 people had been arrested, including about 200 school students.