Left Review Online May 12, 2021
Kathmandu. The international peasants' network - the People's Coalition on Food Sovereignty (PCFS) has demanded justice for Filipino peasant hero comrade Joseph Canlas aka Ka JC and has claimed that he was not killed by a bullet as other farmers but was definitely murdered and pays the utmost...more
Nowhere is the difference between China and the West more evident than in their systems of governance. Since 1945 the typical form of Western governance has been universal suffrage and a multi-party system. This has been the West's main calling card for over 70 years. It believes that...more
Kathmandu. The Peasants' Movement of the Philippines (KMP) has claimed that the Duterte Administration is accountable for the death of the veteran peasant leader comrade Joseph Canlas aka Ka JC and demanded justice for him. Releasing an official statement yesterday (May 11), the KMP has expressed its sincere...more
Given that Australian hawks keep hyping or hinting that Australia will assist the US military and participate in war once a military conflict breaks out in the Taiwan Straits, and the Australian media outlets have been actively promoting the sentiment, I suggest China make a plan to impose...more
The former residence of late Chairman Mao Zedong in Shaoshan, Central China's Hunan Province, saw a hot reopening after a closure of more than 50 days for renovation, as people from around the country arrived and made pilgrimages to the residence amid celebrations for the centenary of the...more
Kathmandu. The International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) along with its member organizations, country chapters, and allied networks have called for urgent international solidarity with the people of Colombia who are currently suffering from massacres, violent police brutality, arrests and disappearances over mass demonstrations against the government’s tax,...more
Kathmandu. Comrade Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) and ex-Prime Minister of Nepal, expressed his good wishes to leftist and communist revolutionaries of the world on the occasion of the 203rd birth anniversary of Karl Marx. Releasing an official statement, Chairman...more
I presume that the best way for us to celebrate the 200th birth anniversary of Karl Marx is to study his works and how relevant have been his revolutionary teachings to social history and current circumstances and to consider the continuing validity and vitality of his teachings. We...more
An aircraft carrier group led by China’s second aircraft carrier, the Shandong, is conducting a series of exercises in the South China Sea in its first known voyage of the year, almost immediately after the country’s first carrier, the Liaoning, left the region, and Chinese analysts said on...more
Cheer of excitement and joy erupted from the crowds gathered outside the Government Center in downtown Minneapolis, when the judge read out the verdict from the jury, finding that Derek Chauvin, the police officer who killed George Floyd with his knees, was guilty of murder and manslaughter. Celebration...more
A fresh effort to propel China's vision for technological self-reliance is in the works, with Shenzhen in South China's Guangdong Province issuing draft measures aiming for breakthroughs in key components and chips for 5G. The drive for technological independence will also focus on 6G-related research and experiments, according...more
Under tremendous pressure, the US, which has remained silent in face of the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in India, an important partner to Washington's Indo-Pacific strategy, over the weekend, finally responded positively, pledging medical aid such as raw materials for vaccines and oxygen concentrators. Such a U-turn in attitude...more
President Kim Il Sung (1912-1994), founding father of socialist Korea, had deep relations with religious figures. From his childhood, he was exposed to the religious world. He would often go to the church with his mother when he was a child. His maternal grandfather, who engaged in education...more
Kathmandu. Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) extends his good wishes on the very occasion of International Day of the Working People. Issuing a statement today, Ex-Prime minister Prachanda extends his best wishes to the working people. The statement signed by...more
Kathmandu. The World Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba, hosted by the Cuban Workers Federation (CTC by its Spanish acronym) and the Cuban Friendship Institute (ICAP by its Spanish acronym), began today with the virtual participation of friends and trade unionists from all over the world. In his opening...more