The upcoming 7th June elections in Gilgit-Baltistan are not elections. They are a controlled circus organised under the shadow of the military bureaucracy and the Pakistani ruling class. For decades, Gilgit-Baltistan has been treated like a colony, where mountains, rivers and minerals, and land are looted while the local population is left with poverty, unemployment, forced silence and political repression.
On 14 April, the Australian Liberal party announced a new immigration policy, which would elevate acceptance of “Australian Values” to a legal requirement for entry. The Department of Home Affairs already publishes an Australian values statement which can be optionally included when applying for a visa, but is not a legal requirement.
For over a month, Israeli and US strikes have targeted every major city and province across Iran. As of 13 April, the Iranian Red Crescent has confirmed 2,076 deaths, overwhelmingly of civilians, but the real figure is much higher as many are buried under rubble.
The oil blockade decreed by Trump on 29 January is slowly but surely asphyxiating Cuba, which relies on oil imports for 60 percent of its energy production. The Cuban government has admitted talks are taking place with the United States, but these take place in conditions of extreme imperialist blackmail. How can the Cuban Revolution be defended?
Following the US and Israel’s scandalous, unprovoked attack on Iran, we are republishing the following article, which was first written after the 12-Day War in June 2025. It remains every bit as true as then.
As it explains, communists must be absolutely clear on one thing: this is a predatory, imperialist war waged to subjugate or destroy Iran in the interests of US and Israeli capitalists. We say unequivocally: Hands off Iran! Down with Imperialism!
Gilgit-Baltistan remains a disputed territory between India and Pakistan, currently under Pakistani administration. Despite its importance and vast natural resources, the people of the region continue to face political exclusion and economic neglect. The area…
Thirty years after the launch of the Hubble telescope, its successor, the James Webb telescope is now operational. Big Bang cosmologists expected it to show young galaxies just a little after the universe’s own ‘beginning’. But having peered deep into the cosmos, the James Webb telescope is sending back images that defy the established cosmology, and point to a universe that is infinite in time and space. This article is included in issue 39 of the In Defence of Marxism magazine, click here to buy a copy and subscribe!
The war in Iran, which started as a reckless gamble on the part of Trump, is developing into a significant strategic defeat for US imperialism, which can have important consequences for the world economy, the position of America as a world power, and world relations in general.
The economic and social consequences of US and Israeli imperialism’s war on Iran continue to rip through Asia and the Pacific. Australia, formerly a bastion of stability in the region, is facing its worst economic crisis in years, and the ruling class is becoming increasingly desperate. What for many was previously unthinkable has now become reality. Alarm bells are sounding across the ‘Lucky Country’.
“Total and complete victory. 100 percent. No question about it.” With these words, Donald Trump described the two-week ceasefire with Iran announced last night.
In the morning of Saturday 28 February, Tehran was shaken by a series of loud explosions as US and Israeli missiles struck the capital of Iran. Clouds of smoke were also seen rising from Tehran, Qom and other Iranian cities, announcing the commencement of war.
Storm clouds are gathering over the Middle East as Israel, backed by the western imperialist powers, pushes the region ever closer to a devastating all-out regional war, highlighting yet again the choice before humanity: either socialism or barbarism.
