The Working Class – Communist Vanguard

Immigration raids are class war: from Minneapolis to Britain

Imperialism, Internationalism, The Working Class / Communist Vanguard

We’ve all seen the images and headlines over the past weeks. What is happening is no longer hidden or distant – it is visible, shared, and impossible to ignore. In Minneapolis, intensified police operations, raids, and detentions have turned entire neighbourhoods into sites of confrontation between communities and state authorities. At the same time, immigration […]

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Solidarity from below: a report on the Birmingham Bin Strike

Britain, The Working Class / Communist Vanguard

Communist Vanguard attended the third ‘Megapicket’ in support of the Birmingham refuse workers striking over severe pay cuts and the removal of their Waste Recycling and Collection Officer (WRCO) roles. Across five sites, including three major depots, workers, comrades, and supporters gathered to demonstrate solidarity and continue the fight against the deepening of the refuse

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Beyond the protest: capitalism, imperialism, and the Iranian crisis

Imperialism, Internationalism, The Working Class / Communist Vanguard

What began in late December as resistance by Tehran market workers to soaring prices and a collapsing currency has rapidly transformed into a wave of mass dissent across Iran. The demonstrations quickly spread from economic grievances to a broad rejection of the government, drawing in people from multiple provinces and class backgrounds.We side with the

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Power from Below: Learning from Greece, Fighting in Britain

Britain, Internationalism, The Working Class / Communist Vanguard

Learning how working-class struggle works in Greece is extremely useful for understanding how workers could organise in Britain too. Greece is not examined as a special case, but as a comparable one. Like Britain, Greece is an advanced capitalist economy integrated into both turopean and global markets. Its low union density, weakened social-democratic base, and

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Long live the Soviet Revolution!

The Working Class / Communist Vanguard

On November 7, 1917, the Soviet Revolution erupted in Petrograd under the leadership of Lenin and the Bolshevik Party, overthrowing the Provisional Government. Workers, peasants, and soldiers seized power through the Soviets, ending years of war, hunger, and oppression. The revolution triumphed thanks to five key factors: the weakness of the Russian bourgeoisie, the strength

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They call him communist, we call him petty-bourgeois

The Working Class / Communist Vanguard

Mamdani’s election is being welcomed as a step forward for the leftist and communist movement and for Palestine. We believe however his election does not represent the advance of the working class as a political force, rather The widespread mobilisations for Palestine have revealed a real and important moral anger. But anger alone is not

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P.A.M.E lessons from Greece for a united front in Britain

Internationalism, The Working Class / Communist Vanguard

From the 1980s onwards, Greece underwent a profound transformation as EU-driven neoliberal reforms imposed severe austerity measures, which led to a dramatic deterioration of the material conditions of the working class. Amid the counter-revolution in the USSR and the decline of class-based politics, trade unions became further absorbed into capitalist management structures. To counter these

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Birmingham bin workers fight back against pay cuts

Britain, The Working Class / Communist Vanguard

We stand in solidarity with the Birmingham bin workers, who have been striking against brutal pay cuts and worsening conditions; their experience in the recent round of defensive strikes highlights the valuable lessons we can learn when fighting back against austerity and exploitation. Since March 2025, bin workers in Birmingham have been taking official strike

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Only revolutionary struggle can defeat fascism

Britain, The Working Class / Communist Vanguard

The 100,000 far-right march in London last Saturday made evident what we have always known: fascism is not a marginal threat, nor an aberration of democracy. It grows directly out of capitalism and is tolerated and even cultivated by the same ruling class and state institutions that claim to defend order. To treat it as

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Palestine: No liberation without organisation

Palestine, The Working Class / Communist Vanguard

Communist Vanguard stands for organised class struggle against Zionism, imperialism, and the British capitalist system sustaining them. The fight for Palestinian liberation is not separate from the class struggle in Britain. They are part of the same global confrontation – a confrontation with imperialism, Zionism, and the capitalist system that sustains them. Palestine is occupied

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