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'Neutral' Ireland working hand-in-glove with zionism and imperialism shock. We urge the immediate halt of deportation proceedings against Sami Kupiszeski, a political activist facing removal to Türkiye. His return would expose him to persecution for his anti-imperialist activism in a state with a documented record of torture and systematic suppression of political dissent. https://www.change.org/p/urgent-request-to-halt-deportation-of-sami-kupiszeski

Substantive peace talks based on the agreed MoU remained a remote and essentially unattainable goal, for the simple reason that the imperialists are not in a position to accept their defeat and walk away. And, while Iran’s leaders are no doubt able to agree to one or two face-saving gestures and some diplomatic phraseology, the essence of any deal will be that it is laying out the terms of imperialist surrender. As with Nato’s proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, the imperialist bloc is doing everything possible to keep the war front burning, albeit at a reduced pace that their depleted arsenals can maintain, in the hopes that multi-front, hybrid warfare will eventually succeed in wearing down and destroying the targeted nations, whom direct military confrontation has so far failed to beat. True to their “agreement-incapable” form, having signed the MoU on 17 June, the imperialists began breaching its terms almost immediately – and the Iranians for their part have shown themselves vigilant and capable of returning blow for blow, clearly bedding themselves in for a long war of attrition. There is every reason to expect that the resistance forces, who have been preparing for decades, knowing well that this confrontation would ultimately be forced on them, will in the end prevail. Ensuring that the British working class finally begins to move and to throw its weight onto the scales against our common imperialist enemy is the most urgent and essential task of anti-imperialists and socialists in Britain. https://thecommunists.org/2026/08/09/news/iran-war-without-end-as-the-imperialists-refuse-to-accept-defeat/

Food for thought! Our advice to comrades is: other forms of media can be great for introducing you to a subject or helping you get a quick insight, but they are not what you need for true development of your understanding. Try taking some time to read from a book every day. And when you do, use a pencil to help you concentrate and underline the parts that you feel are important or want to come back to. If you are listening to/watching a speech or presentation online, try sitting with a notebook and pen as if you were at a meeting. Give it your full attention, take notes on what is being said, look up references to back up important facts that are cited. In general, give up on 'keeping up' with the infinite informationshphere. Take in less, but take it in more deeply. Your life will become more interesting and your ability to contribute meaningfully to solving humanity's problems will grow.

Andy Burnham has made it crystal clear that his ‘new’ regime will be more of the same deepened austerity and accelerated war drive. So why do Britain’s self-identifying CPB ‘communists’ continue to insist that a ‘change’ is taking place that can and will benefit the working class? https://thecommunists.org/2026/08/07/news/cpb-still-struggling-against-reality-andy-burnham-war-drive/

On the centenary of his birth, we are recirculating the article we wrote at the time of Comrade Fidel Castro’s death ten years ago. His is a legacy that continues to live on in the hearts and minds of revolutionaries all over the world. Fidel Castro gave his life to the service of his people; his was indeed a life well lived. Nobody expected tiny Cuba to survive after the collapse of the USSR, and it is to the undying credit of Comrade Fidel, the Communist Party of Cuba and the Cuban masses that they held firm through all the difficulties of those days. Despite the setbacks our movement has suffered in recent decades, Cuba and its socialist example continue to light a beacon for Latin America and the oppressed world, assuring us of the correctness of our cause and the bright future that awaits humanity when imperialism has been finally defeated. https://thecommunists.org/2016/10/01/news/farewell-comrade-fidel-castro-eternal-glory-to-you/

A contribution from an Italian nurse to the international workers’ event hosted by the World Anti-imperialist Platform in July 2026. In it, he describes how he and colleagues founded an anti-genocide organisation in their hospital, and how its work grew from small beginnings. "We decided we could not remain silent about the destruction of healthcare and the genocide taking place, which explicitly targets the medical sector. Not only was genocide taking place, but the right to healthcare was being explicitly denied. "The first thing we started to do was to support various movements that were emerging in Italy. As workers at Cardarelli, we decided to bring these national initiatives directly into our own hospital. These initiatives began with fasts. "Let’s say our goal was to start raising awareness among workers about what was happening internationally. We initially started with fasts, even simply going out to hand out flyers. I started after another colleague had begun, and then another colleague followed. "Initially there were just a few of us. We started handing out flyers and attaching them near the time clock of the initiatives that were being held, and we saw that people were starting to respond; there was a strong response." https://thecommunists.org/2026/08/12/tv/napoli-health-workers-standing-against-genocide/

Speaking at a rally in Warsaw on Thursday, Polish President Nawrocki said helping Ukraine kill Russians is in Poland’s strategic interest. “In this regard, they can always count on our help, because wherever the Moskal is being fought, Poland helps,” he said. ‘Moskal’ is a racial slur for Russians. Two days later, at a press conference in Belgrade, a German journalist, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung correspondent Michael Martens, asked Zelensky: “Can you tell us Europeans what can we concretely do to help you to kill more Russians?” prompting Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to raise his eyebrows in apparent disbelief. These two incidents represent a grotesque normalization of racial hatred that would be loudly condemned if directed at any other ethnic group. In the EU, Russophobia is not just permitted, it's actively encouraged. Hatred of Russians has become a badge of virtue, a litmus test of one's commitment to "European values." The European Union is a project built on a fragile consensus. Without an external enemy to unite against, its contradictions would tear the bloc apart. The "Russian threat" serves as the indispensable glue: an existential menace that justifies austerity, militarization, surveillance, and the suspension of democratic norms. @LauraRuHK