Asia
North and South Korea achieve breakthroughs at border talks
January 10, 2018The delegations agreed to military talks to reduce tensions and on North Korea's involvement in next month’s winter Olympics.
Read moreIndia’s Congress party asks Communists for support
December 18, 2017Both Congress and the Communist Party of India-Marxist have denounced Prime Minister Narndra Modi’s Hindu chauvinist BJP government as fascist.
Read moreCommunist alliance set for victory in Nepal elections
December 15, 2017A coalition of two Communist parties has scored a decisive victory in Nepalese elections.
Read moreNepal’s communist parties to merge ahead of elections
October 26, 2017The new alliance hopes to win a landslide two-thirds majority in the 275-member lower house, overtaking the Nepali Congress party.
Read more‘Socialism with Chinese Characteristics’ is still a work in progress
October 19, 2017I confess to being puzzled by pundits who casually affirm, as though it were a given, that Beijing has abandoned Marxism and socialism.
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