What is Britain’s place in the world? The British ruling class has been asking itself this question for the best part of a hundred years, as it has struggled to come to terms with its ever-deepening decline, decade after decade.

China has surged ahead as the world’s premier industrial power. Not a day goes by without news of new technological breakthroughs made in China.

Over the past 10 months, Donald Trump has used the enormous weight of the relationship between the United States and Colombia to increase pressure on Gustavo Petro's government. The most recent example has been his scandalous denunciation of the Colombian president as a “drug trafficking leader” and the imposition of 25 percent tariffs.

This week, the collapse of Tricolour and First Brand sent a ripple of fear through the capitals of the world. From giddy boasts that the ‘bull’ market would never come down, capitalists are now reckoning with the fact that there is a gigantic bubble in the world economy, which threatens to pop. 

On 20 September, the UK recognised the state of Palestine, alongside France and Canada. With the customary arrogance of leaders from the western world, they all spoke as if their words were shifting the axis of history.

In November 2023, comrades Alyona and Leonard of the Revolutionäre Kommunistische Partei (RKP) were investigated for holding up a banner with the slogan ‘Freedom for Palestine! Intifada until victory!’ After a months-long campaign, our comrades were acquitted in the final court proceedings before the Munich Regional Court in July. The verdict is now final: the slogan ‘Intifada until victory!’ is not illegal. This victory holds important lessons for the entire Palestinian and labour movements in dealing with repression!

From being the birthplace of the industrial revolution, Europe has undergone a protracted decline. A part of this has been the erosion of its core industrial base, through a process of deindustrialisation, which gathered momentum following the 2008 crisis, and since COVID-19 has sharply accelerated.

On Monday 22 September, Copenhagen Airport was shut down for four hours. The reason? Unidentified drones were flying overhead. Two days later, it was reported that drones had been observed at other Danish airports – in Aalborg, Esbjerg and Sønderborg, as well as over Skrydstrup Air Base. The Danish Armed Forces announced that drones had been spotted circling a number of military installations. Since then, there have been several reports of unidentified drones across the country.

The revolutionary communists of North Africa and the Middle East are proud to announce the upcoming Arabic-language Revolutionary Communist School from 24 to 26 October!

What began as youth protests against a pension counter-reform has quickly escalated into a political crisis of enormous proportions. Against a backdrop of rampant crime, persistent corruption and social unrest, the mass movement has forced the ousting of coup president Dina Boluarte. But the attempt to replace her from above, with the appointment of José Jerí, did not stop the protests. 15 October was a critical day: a protester named Eduardo Ruiz was killed by the police, and hundreds were injured.

Argentinian President Javier Milei’s position is looking increasingly unstable, as his government’s drawn out financial and political crises are picking up steam. The government’s panic is palpable as they stare down the gauntlet to the key midterm elections on 26 October.

The period of 1980 to 1981 in Poland was marked by the most intense confrontation between the working class and the Stalinist bureaucracy in history. The working class attempted to take control over the commanding heights over the economy and purge the Stalinists, whose incompetence and betrayal of the ideals of real socialism had brought the country to ruin. It is the task of genuine Communists to retrieve the revolutionary heritage of this period from under a mountain of lies of both capitalists and Stalinists, who disregard the genuine experience of the working class in this period, and slander the revolution itself.

The financial markets are booming like never before. After a few jitters in April as Trump announced his ‘reciprocal tariffs’, the stock markets have hit record after record. This at the same time as workers are being squeezed, government finances are in crisis everywhere, central banks are failing to curb inflation, and unemployment is rearing its ugly head. Something doesn’t add up.

Donald Trump is desperately trying to reverse the decline of US imperialism. From Gaza to Ukraine to Venezuela, the past week has seen new twists and turns that all paint a similar picture: Trump, far from being able to extricate himself from world events and put ‘America first’, is entangling himself ever more deeply in conflicts across the globe.

Last week, Sébastien Lecornu resigned as Prime Minister after an unprecedentedly brief stint in power. Just days later, he was reappointed by Macron and tasked with cobbling together a cabinet that could pass his austerity budget.