David Ivon Jones (1883-1924): the African from Aberystwyth Although he was a legendary organiser in South Africa — where he was an early advocate of racial unity, and he was finally buried with honours in Moscow — it is in his native Wales that this hero needs recognition, writes ROBERT GRIFFITHS
Features | Wednesday 01st May 2024 The overwhelming defeat of the Tories must be our top priority at the local elections
Tuesday 24th Aug 2021 Why did the Soviet Union collapse and counter-revolution triumph? Gorbachev’s resignation as leader of the CPSU 30 years ago marked the beginning of the downfall of the USSR. While the Western nations rejoiced, the peoples of the former union saw the restoration of capitalism of a particularly violent and ruthless kind, writes ROBERT GRIFFITHS
Saturday 07th Aug 2021 Communist Party congress: taking the road to socialism On November 6-7, the Communist Party of Britain will be holding the 56th congress since its foundation in 1920. General Secretary ROBERT GRIFFITHS sets the scene for pre-congress discussion
Thursday 01st Jul 2021 Marking the Chinese Communists’ centenary ROBERT GRIFFITHS charts how the Communist Party arose from the struggles of the Chinese people and went on to radically transform the country in the wake of the 1949 revolution
Saturday 06th Mar 2021 We've seen the government's post-Covid strategy. It's not good for the working class Some may be impressed with the tax increases and large figures pledged in the Chancellor's budget — but even a cursory look shows that it does little to abolish poverty for our heroic front-line workers and lots to transfer the cost of the pandemic onto the working class, writes ROBERT GRIFFITHS
Book review Saturday 07th Nov 2020 Book review A Centenary for Socialism challenges preconceptions and explodes myths ROBERT GRIFFITHS previews a new single-volume history, A Centenary for Socialism: Britain’s Communist Party 1920-2020
Friday 09th Oct 2020 China's Five-Year Plan goals being achieved despite Covid-19 by ROBERT GRIFFITHS
Friday 15th May 2020 An open letter to all working people from the Communist Party Dear comrade, sister or brother:
Saturday 09th May 2020 Victory Day belongs to the left The internationalism and patriotism of all those who fought fascism in the 1920s, 1930s, and yes, WWII should be celebrated — socialists and communists must fight for the soul and meaning of days like VE Day, writes ROBERT GRIFFITHS
Tuesday 19th Nov 2019 No, the ‘genuinely Welsh’ did not vote Remain Labour’s fortunes in Wales are not helped by the strange misconception that the electorate are pro-EU. The opposite is true, writes ROBERT GRIFFITHS
Thursday 17th Oct 2019 Warm, witty and incisive – remembering former Morning Star editor John Haylett JOHN HAYLETT was born on June 8 1945, on the eve of a general election that would sweep away wartime prime minister Winston Churchill in a landslid