Eddy Redmond

G.A. Zyuganov: Pioneerism is a fairytale land, 200 million Soviet children passed through it. The leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Hero of Labor of Russia, with KP political observer Alexander Gamov ...- Gennady Andreevich, Happy Pioneer Day! This is Alexander Gamov, Zyuganov's aide. - Comrade assistant, be prepared to defend the interests of the working people, our beloved Motherland, freedom, and independence! Hurray! - Hooray! Always ready! What kind of pioneer was Gena Zyuganov? "First of all, I'd like to congratulate everyone once again on this holiday! We held a grand parade and a ceremonial assembly on Red Square for Pioneer Day, inducting five thousand people into the Pioneers. We also celebrated the remarkable journey of the Pioneer organization through costumes, songs, and dances." - And that's great! "I'll tell you straight, Sasha, I was a good Pioneer. My parents were teachers, and my mother taught me for the first four years. I joined the Pioneers with great pleasure, and I remember how they tied a red tie around my neck at the assembly, and I wore it solemnly—both at school and at home." - How do you feel? "It was a wonderful feeling. After all, there was no greater children's organization in the world than that created by the Bolshevik Party and Lenin's Komsomol. 200 million people passed through this unique school of life and patriotism. I don't know a single person I've spoken to who has spoken negatively about their Pioneer childhood." - Of course! "It was an amazing country—the pioneer era. It had everything. A huge network of health resorts, sports grounds, pioneer palaces, stations for young naturalists and technicians, its own libraries, cinemas, railways, its own literature... And—amazing songs and dances..." In the village, of course, our conditions were different, but we, like pioneers, went out and helped our neighbors. We had a pioneer brigade; we knew how to roof, and all the children, aged 10 to 13, worked there. Rarely did our men return from the front. Life was hard. We had to prepare every holiday ourselves… Nowadays, there are a lot of toys, but back then, all our toys were homemade—we glued them, sewed them, and crafted them. And in general, the Pioneers, of course, are a fairytale country, which even the tipsy Yeltsin, when he came to his senses, said: “I’m a fool for banning the Pioneers and the Komsomol.” - Is it true? - That's what they say... You see, a person is formed through work and overcoming. Look at the laws of the pioneers. And love the country, and be smart, strong, courageous, honest, hardworking, help the weak, follow the good advice of elders. After all, humanity has come up with nothing better. In general, the Pioneer movement was the most brilliant invention of the Soviet regime, and from the children's point of view, it was excellent. Well, now some very wealthy people come and say, "Find me a counselor." - For what? - Well, you see, they say, I work from morning till night, the children are abandoned, there is no supervision... But this way they will be in good hands, they will be busy with good work, good thoughts, good feelings... On Pioneer Day, they took over the entire Red Square. There were almost 10,000 people, including parents and caregivers. They marched through the Mausoleum, the Red Necropolis, bowed to everyone, and laid flowers. Their faces were filled with inspiration! Look at the Communist Party website – the lineup lasts for an hour and fifteen minutes… - Already watched. "And the weather blessed us, thanks to the Almighty, it was amazing... Today I was informed that Novosibirsk held a Pioneer assembly, and in my hometown of Orel, the same thing is happening. All regions are initiating Pioneers, laying flowers at the monuments to our fathers and grandfathers—the victors, the founders of the Soviet state and Lenin's Komsomol. So, I sincerely congratulate everyone!" Well, I'm pleased today that Vladimir Putin timed his trip to Beijing and his greeting to the People's Republic of China to coincide with Pioneer Day. After all, the Pioneer movement is incredibly well-developed in China. The children's and youth organizations there receive special attention and care. It's truly awe-inspiring. And what faces they have! Enlightened, beautiful, and wise. And the parents, the teachers… And here's another thing about our Pioneer Day. Check out our website; there are 170 photos of all the teams that came to visit us. Well, we made it, thank God. I was really worried; there were air raids that day, those Bandera drug addicts, those Nazis from Europe, 556 drones with bombs aimed at the Moscow region and Moscow! What complete scoundrels, just think about it! But only well-mannered, courageous, honest, and patriotic people win. That's what our beloved Pioneer organization does. Congratulations! We wish you success! And we're proud! - Let's sing a pioneer song, Comrade General Secretary. - Come on. Well done! You're not only the child of workers, you're also the son of a Hero of Socialist Labor. Come on, get started! A political commentator sings. The leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation sings along: Rise up like bonfires, blue nights! We are pioneers, children of workers. The era of bright years is approaching - The pioneer's cry is always: "Be prepared!"

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This is the third part of my analysis of Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union, covering 1 January 1943 to 1 January 1944, the decisive turning year of the Great Patriotic War. The twelve months opened with the German 6th Army dying at Stalingrad and closed with the Red Army on the Dnieper and Kiev liberated. What follows reviews the front, sets Soviet production against Lend-Lease deliveries, and works out the share each category owed to Western supply. Part 1: What was going on the Eastern Front from January 1943 to January 1944? After January 1943 the strategic initiative passed permanently into Soviet hands, the product of a reorganized command, industry relocated beyond the Urals, hard-won experience, and the endurance of the Soviet soldier. Winter Offensives, January to March 1943: Operation Koltso, the final reduction of the Stalingrad pocket, opened on 10 January under Rokossovsky's Don Front. Paulus surrendered on 31 January, Strecker on 2 February. The final phase alone yielded roughly 91,000 prisoners and 24 generals; the full Axis catastrophe ran into several hundred thousand. The myth of German invincibility was finished, won by Soviet arms alone. Operation Iskra (12 to 30 January): We saw Govorov's Leningrad Front and Meretskov's Volkhov Front meet south of Lake Ladoga, opening a corridor through which the "Road of Victory" was laid in three weeks, giving the heroic city its first land link since September 1941. To the south, the Ostrogozhsk-Rossosh operation shattered the Hungarian 2nd and remnants of the Italian 8th Armies; Voronezh, Kursk (8 February), Rostov (14 February), and Kharkov (16 February) were liberated. Manstein's SS Panzer Corps then retook Kharkov on 14 March and Belgorod on 18 March, but the Red Army held its gains; the German recovery left the Kursk salient, a bulge the Germans could not resist attacking. Spring Pause: The rasputitsa imposed a halt. Intelligence from "Lucy" and British Ultra warned the Stavka of the coming attack on Kursk. Zhukov and the Stavka chose to absorb the blow on a defense of unprecedented depth, then counterstrike, the calm calculation of a command that now expected to win. Kursk, July to August 1943: Citadel opened on 5 July. Model's 9th Army hit Rokossovsky's Central Front in the north; Hoth's 4th Panzer Army and Army Detachment Kempf hit Vatutin's Voronezh Front in the south; Konev's Steppe Front held in reserve. Soviet defenses reached eight belts and 300 km deep, with 1.3 million men. The northern attack was stopped within days; the southern produced the massed armor at Prokhorovka on 12 July. The Germans never broke through. Operation Kutuzov took Orel on 5 August; Operation Rumyantsev took Belgorod the same day and Kharkov for good on 23 August. That evening, Moscow fired its first victory salute of the war. Advance to the Dnieper, September to December 1943: Operation Suvorov liberated Smolensk on 25 September, removing the German springboard pointed at Moscow since 1941. The Donbas operation recovered the coal and steel basin. The Battle of the Dnieper, August to December, was one of the largest operations in military history. Soviet troops forced the river on the move, often on rafts and fishing boats under fire, with many crossers made Heroes of the Soviet Union. Vatutin's 1st Ukrainian Front broke out of the Lyutezh bridgehead and liberated Kiev on 6 November, the eve of the Revolution anniversary. A German counterstroke later that month was contained. 1 January 1944: Left-bank Ukraine and the Donbas were liberated, firm bridgeheads held on the right bank of the Dnieper, Crimea was being cut off, and the full lifting of the Leningrad blockade was weeks away. The Wehrmacht had been bled white and could mount no strategic offensive again. 1943 was the year the Soviet Union broke the back of the German war machine on land. Industry and supply mattered, but the decisive instrument was the Red Army itself.

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The arrival of the Bonus Army in Washington on 20 May 1932 remains a definitive indictment of the capitalist state. These men, drafted into the imperialist slaughter of the First World War, were treated as little more than industrial components. Once the markets were secured and the war was won, they were returned to the domestic labour market only to be declared redundant. Their demand for the early payment of their service certificates was a righteous demand for the state to honour the debt it owed to the bodies it had broken. The subsequent deployment of tanks and bayonets against these veterans proved the fundamental nature of the state as an instrument of class rule. To the bourgeoisie, the soldier is a hero only while he facilitates the flow of capital through violence. When he stands in the street to demand the right to eat, he is treated as a criminal and a vagrant. This betrayal exposes the lie of the national interest and reinforces the necessity of a unified proletarian front against a system that views human life as a disposable commodity.

STATEMENT: COMMUNIST PARTY OF BRITAIN SAYS US IMPERIALIST HANDS OFF CUBA & RAUL CASTRO! The Communist Party of Britain condemns the Trump regime's political show trial masquerading as a judicial indictment of Cuba's historic leader and former President, comrade Raul Castro Ruiz. The US President's latest spurious judicial process intended to distract attention from Trump's humiliating political and diplomatic failure in his recent meeting with President Xi in Beijing has long been demanded by right wing Cuban exile groups. The US Department of Justice indictment against Raul Castro constitutes a further escalation in the economic and political warfare being waged by the US to overthrow socialist Cuba. Since the Cuban people's revolution in 1959, US imperialism has sponsored repeated acts of aggression against Cuba's sovereign government and people including the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, frequent assassination attempts against Cuban revolutionary leaders, the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner (resulting in 73 deaths) and several terrorist attacks against Cuban hotels in the 1990s. Many of these attacks, including as recently as February 2026, were carried out by Cuban nationals residing in the US. Over the past 67 years the Cuban people have courageously exercised their sovereign right to self defence under the revolutionary leadership of the Communist Party of Cuba. Britain's labour and trade union movements have a long history of organised solidarity and support for Cuban sovereignty and independence The current Appeal for Peace and Sovereignty in Cuba and Latin America, is supported by over 100 British MPs and numerous public figures including trade union leaders. The Communist Party of Britain calls on all friends of Cuba to oppose the latest US attempt to target Raul Castro Ruiz, an exemplary historic leader of the Cuban Revolution. We join the millions of people worldwide demanding an end to US threats and attempts at imperialist intervention in Cuba and of the criminal US economic and energy blockade. We call on the British government to join the peoples of the world in opposing the indictment of Raul Castro Ruiz the real purpose of which is to provide bogus ‘justification’ for the US threatened military intervention in Cuba. The Communist Party of Britain calls on all friends of Cuba's people to join us in telling President Donald Trump - Imperialist Hands Off Raul Castro! - Imperialist Hands Off Cuba! Communist Party of Britain 20 May 2026 London, Britain

Мало кто знает, что Хо Ши Мин явился в своё время одним из основателей Французской коммунистической партии. Он участвовал в мировом социалистическом движении в Нью-Йорке, Лондоне, Париже. В СССР был советником Коминтерна по Юго-Восточной Азии. С Днём Рождения, дядюшка Хо!

On this day in 1950, the American state turned the key on Eugene Dennis, branding his refusal to perform for the House Un-American Activities Committee as a criminal act of contempt. The arrest was a calculated strike: a prelude to the wider decapitation of the American left. Dennis was jailed for contempt after refusing to testify before HUAC in 1947, a conviction that served as the gateway for his later imprisonment under the Smith Act. This law did not require an act of violence or a blueprint for sabotage: it functioned as a trap for the mind, criminalising the "conspiracy to advocate" the overthrow of the government. It was the legalisation of a witch hunt. The state’s violence was not a response to espionage. It was a response to the potential of a unified, radicalised working class. By jailing the leadership, the state ensured that the post-war consensus remained unchallenged and that the labour movement was stripped of its revolutionary teeth. This was the state practicing the art of removal, isolating the "subversive" element to preserve the health of capital. We do not mourn a man: we recognise the pattern of a state that builds cages for anyone who refuses to be useful to the consensus.

In Britain today, that same pressure to disappear comes from legislation like the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. This law turns the road into a crime scene. It gives the police the power to seize homes and lock up families just for existing in a space without a landlord’s permission. We say trespass is a civil matter, not a crime. The road is not a cage. The state is killing people through neglect. Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller people die ten to twelve years younger than the rest of the working class. Their children are kicked out of schools at the highest rates in the country. In some parts of the community, people are seven times more likely to take their own lives. These aren't just sad stories. They are the result of a state that wants the community gone. The lack of sites is a choice. Local councils use bureaucratic neglect to push people out. We demand safe, permanent, and transit sites in every area. This is basic infrastructure, like roads or water. It is not a favour. The ghettoisation of our comrades must end. Our schools are silent. Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller children are pushed out while the history of the road is ignored. We demand that the Porajmos be taught in every classroom. If we forget the past, we let the state control the future. Education must be about liberation, not fitting in. The land should belong to everyone. We stand with the radical tradition of the Diggers. We reclaim the right to roam and the right to stop. Land justice is class justice. The party's Anti-Racism Anti-Fascism Commission is committed to working with the community and fighting alongside Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller people. Our solidarity is a physical presence in the struggle for land and life. #RomaniResistanceDay #RomaniHistory #GypsyRomaTraveller #GRTRights

Henri Barbusse was born on this day in 1873. He was a man who found the truth in the wet rot of the trenches. Before the slaughter of 1914, he was a poet of the old world. At forty-one, he volunteered for the front and became a stretcher-bearer. He saw the international proletariat ground into the dirt for a dividend. His masterpiece, Under Fire, stripped the gold braid from the lie of war. It revealed the raw, stinking reality of imperialist murder. Barbusse understood that two armies at war are just one great army committed to suicide. He did not stay a witness. He became a partisan. In 1923, he joined the French Communist Party. He traded the observer's pen for the discipline of the revolution. He edited L'Humanité and fought the rising tide of fascism across Europe. He died in Moscow in 1935, still working for the Comintern. He remains a reminder that the writer’s pen must be a tool of class analysis. We must cut through the nationalist fog to find the common struggle in the opposite trench. #HenriBarbusse #SocialistHistory #ClassStruggle #AntiWar #CommunistParty

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The history of the SS St. Louis is a stark warning for the present. As we witness the resurgence of far-right movements across Europe and the UK, we see the same mechanisms of exclusion being reactivated. The modern border regime, with its "hostile environment" policies and militarised sea crossings, is the direct descendant of the bureaucratic refusal that sealed the fate of those on the St. Louis. The far right thrives when the state legitimises the idea that human life is a matter of quotas and paperwork. The struggle against the far right is inseparable from the struggle against a border system that treats people as surplus. We must recognise that the rhetoric of "national security" and "limited resources" used today is the same language used in 1939 to justify turning ships back to the fire. Our solidarity must be absolute. We refuse to accept a world where the right to exist is determined by a passport. The ghost of the St. Louis is a reminder that when we allow the state to decide who is "illegal," we provide the scaffold for the next atrocity.

An outstanding communist. Central in two great mass movements of working people in the six counties. Belfast Outdoor Relief struggle 1932 and the Northern Ireland Civil Rights. Uniting people across the sectarian divide and shook Unionism to its core youtu.be/2RN1z9vE4-E?is…

@tradeunionblues the Club's 10-game policy needs to be scrapped and reworked with a fans first approach. As long as the seat is full, it shouldn't matter. Our members agree, most Blues agree - this approach is insensitive at best, discriminatory at worst.

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🚩PATRIOTS & PARTISANS🚩 Wonderful Victory Day commemoration. With talks celebrating the anti-fascist resistance in Spain, the partisans who liberated Italy, & the heroic sacrifice of the people of Leningrad during the brutal 900-day Nazi siege that tried to eradicate the city.

Celebrating Victory in Europe with the involvement of the Comintern.

In memory of the Night Witches and millions of brave women and men of the Soviet Union The 588th Night Bomber Regiment. All women. Flying plywood and fabric biplanes, the Polikarpov Po-2, a trainer aircraft so outdated it was nearly invisible to radar and too slow for German fighters to target without stalling. They turned that weakness into a weapon. Cutting their engines on approach, they glided silently over German positions in complete darkness. No warning. No sound. Just bombs. The Germans called them Nachthexen. Night Witches. It was meant as an insult. It became a legend. Over 23,000 missions. 3,000 tons of bombs dropped. No parachutes. No excuses. 23 of them were awarded Hero of the Soviet Union, making the 588th one of the most decorated units in the entire air force. They came home to a country that didn’t quite know what to do with them. The medals were real. The recognition was complicated. The gratitude was slow, incomplete and in many cases, never came at all. History caught up eventually. It always does with people who were too far ahead of their time to be understood while they were still in it. Rest in the sky you owned.