In preparation for the In Defence of Lenin conference, and to commemorate Lenin’s life and ideas, we publish here a video of a walking tour around London – given by Rob Sewell, editor of Socialist Appeal, as part of the Red October 2015 festival – of the places where Lenin and the Russian Marxists lived, worked, and organised.
Considering this close relationship it's no surprise that the British education system or at least the caricature of education that is the official curriculum also supports the concept of Zionism and defends the Israeli state from criticism wherever possible.
One century ago, on 31 May and 1 June 1921, a so-called “race riot” erupted in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Despite a brave attempt by black residents of Tulsa to fight the pogromists, an estimated 300 black people were murdered in those events. The true history of these events has been airbrushed to this day. They represent the horrific fruit of centuries of divide and rule by the American ruling class.
After eleven days of the ruthless bombardment of Gaza – which has killed more than 240 Palestinians (almost half of whom were children and women) and left thousands severely injured – Israel has eventually agreed to a ceasefire.