There can be no doubt that dire poverty alone compels people to abandon their native land, and that the capitalists exploit the immigrant workers in the most shameless manner. But only reactionaries can shut their eyes to the progressive significance of this modern migration of nations. – Vladimir Lenin, Capitalism and Workers' Immigration
The liberal bourgeoisie grant reforms with one hand, and with the other always take them back, reduce them to nought, use them to enslave the workers, to divide them into separate groups and perpetuate wage‑slavery.
For that reason reformism, even when quite sincere, in practice becomes a weapon by means of which the bourgeoisie corrupt and weaken the workers. The experience of all countries shows that the workers who put their trust in the reformists are always fooled. – Vladimir Lenin, Marxism and Reformism.
Governments manage the affairs of the capitalist class, and the managers are well paid. The managers are shareholders themselves. And they shear the sheep together, under cover of speeches about "patriotism". – Vladimir Lenin, Armaments and Capitalism.
Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Rally, announced her 2027 presidential campaign. She was previously sidelined from running due to being convicted of stealing taxpayer money.
Details. On July 7, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen of the National Rally announced (www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/7/french-far-right-l…) that she will participate in the 2027 presidential election. Earlier that day, a French appeals court suspended the remaining 30 months of her disqualification, seeking a “proportional penalty” and to maintain "democratic principles” (www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/07/what-court-r…
► In recent presidential election polls, about 36% will vote for Marine Le Pen in the first round, while no opponent surpassed 19%. In the run-off (www.reuters.com/world/europe/opinion-polls-see-fra…) , Le Pen remains the projected winner against both Emmanuel Macron’s former prime ministers – Edouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal – and opportunist “leftist" Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Macron himself cannot run (www.radiofrance.fr/franceinfo/podcasts/le-vrai-ou-…) again due to a two-term limit.
The capitalists and landowners want, at all costs, to keep the workers of different nations apart while the powers that be live splendidly together as shareholders in profitable concerns involving millions; Orthodox Christians and Jews, Russians and Germans, Poles and Ukrainians, everyone who possesses capital, exploit the workers of all nations in company. – Vladimir Lenin, The Working Class and the National Question.
In civilised and advanced Europe, with its highly developed machine industry, its rich, multiform culture and its constitutions, a point in history has been reached when the commanding bourgeoisie, fearing the growth and increasing strength of the proletariat, comes out in support of everything backward, moribund and medieval. – Vladimir Lenin, Backward Europe and Advanced Asia.
People always have been the foolish victims of deception and self‑deception in politics, and they always will be until they have learnt to seek out the interests of some class or other behind all moral, religious, political and social phrases, declarations and promises. – Vladimir Lenin, The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism
Lenin on the "Democratic socialists": "Champions of reforms and improvements will always be fooled by the defenders of the old order until they realise that every old institution, however barbarous and rotten it may appear to be, is kept going by the forces of certain ruling classes". – Vladimir Lenin, The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism.
Under capitalism the "release" of the labour of millions of miners engaged in extracting coal will inevitably cause mass unemployment, an enormous increase in poverty, and a worsening of the workers' conditions. And the profits of this great invention will be pocketed by the Morgans, Rockefelleres, Ryabushinskys, Morozovs, and their suites of lawyers, directors, professors, and other flunkeys of capital. – Vladimir Lenin, A Great Technical Achievement.
An estimated 20,000 people have died in Europe's worst heatwave in decades. EU states will spend €454 billion on militarisation in 2026, while committing just €15 billion a year to climate adaptation.
Details. Between June 22 and June 28, a historic heatwave swept across Europe. Preliminary estimates from climate scientists suggest over 20,000 heat-related deaths (zenodo.org/records/21083733) across the continent, though this figure has yet to be formally peer-reviewed.
Context. Climate scientists explicitly warned (pulitzercenter.org/sites/default/files/june_23_198…) state governments as early as 1988 that heatwaves of this intensity and frequency were coming, yet capitalist states systematically ignored them.
► The EU itself acknowledges (www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/costs-a…) it will need to invest €59-173 billion per year in climate adaptation until 2100 to protect agriculture, infrastructure, and ecosystems. Current committed spending stands at just €15-16 billion annually.
Important to Know. Capitalist states are fundamentally incapable of planning for ecological crises because they exist to secure capitalist profits (us.politsturm.com/climate-crisis). Upgrading public infrastructure yields no immediate returns, so the ruling class does nothing. Instead, they pour billions into destructive fossil fuel industries (www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/09/world-…) because mass extraction remains competitive and highly profitable.
► This contrasts with the speed at which capitalist states mobilise to protect and expand their capital. During the 2020 pandemic financial crash (apnews.com/article/2dbd3aa09c125d1ed8308dde26decbd…, the European Central Bank printed over a trillion euros to rescue collapsing private markets. This massive bill was then entirely offloaded onto the working class through soaring inflation and brutal austerity cuts.
► In contrast, the Soviet Union's consideration of nature naturally flowed from planned production. It established (us.politsturm.com/climate-crisis#the-communist-sol…) vast nature reserves as untouched scientific baselines to guide sustainable land use, launched large-scale afforestation projects, and minimised waste through the full use of materials – reusable packaging, glass bottle deposits, and paper recycling were standard practice.
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There can be no doubt that dire poverty alone compels people to abandon their native land, and that the capitalists exploit the immigrant workers in the most shameless manner.
But only reactionaries can shut their eyes to the progressive significance of this modern migration of nations. – Vladimir Lenin, Capitalism and Workers' Immigration
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The liberal bourgeoisie grant reforms with one hand, and with the other always take them back, reduce them to nought, use them to enslave the workers, to divide them into separate groups and perpetuate wage‑slavery.
For that reason reformism, even when quite sincere, in practice becomes a weapon by means of which the bourgeoisie corrupt and weaken the workers. The experience of all countries shows that the workers who put their trust in the reformists are always fooled. – Vladimir Lenin, Marxism and Reformism.
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Governments manage the affairs of the capitalist class, and the managers are well paid. The managers are shareholders themselves.
And they shear the sheep together, under cover of speeches about "patriotism". – Vladimir Lenin, Armaments and Capitalism.
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Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Rally, announced her 2027 presidential campaign. She was previously sidelined from running due to being convicted of stealing taxpayer money.
Details. On July 7, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen of the National Rally announced (www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/7/french-far-right-l…) that she will participate in the 2027 presidential election. Earlier that day, a French appeals court suspended the remaining 30 months of her disqualification, seeking a “proportional penalty” and to maintain "democratic principles” (www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/07/what-court-r…
► Le Pen was convicted (www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyeele4leeo) for misusing European Union funds in a fake jobs scam and was initially sentenced to four years in prison, 60-month disqualification and a huge fine (www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/11/marine-le-pe…) . This penalty was later reduced to 45 months (www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-court-marine-le-pen-a…) – 15 of which she has already served – and a year of wearing an electronic ankle monitor (www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyeele4leeo).
► In recent presidential election polls, about 36% will vote for Marine Le Pen in the first round, while no opponent surpassed 19%. In the run-off (www.reuters.com/world/europe/opinion-polls-see-fra…) , Le Pen remains the projected winner against both Emmanuel Macron’s former prime ministers – Edouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal – and opportunist “leftist" Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Macron himself cannot run (www.radiofrance.fr/franceinfo/podcasts/le-vrai-ou-…) again due to a two-term limit.
Context. Fascization (us.politsturm.com/ice-agents-given-federal-immunit…) and sharpening (us.politsturm.com/china-usa-will-there-be-war) inter-imperialist contradictions have led to the collapse (us.politsturm.com/decapitation-attacks-become-norm…) of International norms and have shattered the image of "respectable” bourgeois officials. The current tendency lies in the promotion of controversial politicians.
► Donald Trump became US president despite being convicted (apnews.com/article/trump-trial-deliberations-jury-…) on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, leading (www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2022/e…) an attempted coup after losing the 2020 election – charges dropped after his return to power – and close involvement with Epstein (www.nytimes.com/es/2025/07/18/espanol/estados-unid…, including using (www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg3elr1dwpo) the state to suppress publication of the files. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed (www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-reques…) his corruption trial since 2020. British Prince Andrew faced (www.bbc.com/news/uk-58871849) uncharged pedophilia and Epstein-trafficking allegations, while former UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer promoted (edition.cnn.com/2026/03/11/uk/starmer-warned-mande…) an Epstein associate to a top diplomatic post.
► Ongoing militarization (us.politsturm.com/europes-funding-of-militarisatio…) and fascization (us.politsturm.com/france-expands-executive-war-pow…) under “liberal" President Macron have already laid the groundwork for France’s far-right rise. In 2024, the National Rally won a 31% (www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/09/were…) majority of the French seats in the European Parliament and held a 34% (www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/france/) polling lead for potential domestic legislative elections. In February of this year, French mainstream media called a slain fascist activist "a martyr”, and parliament held a minute of silence to honor him (us.politsturm.com/french-fascist-turned-into-marty….
► In just two years, six (us.politsturm.com/french-far-right-calls-for-snap-…) French governments have collapsed, and Macron has replaced seven (us.politsturm.com/french-government-collapses-agai…) prime ministers during his term. Unpopular policies, worsening living conditions and police violence triggered numerous protests (us.politsturm.com/yellow-vests-protest-against-ris…, strikes (us.politsturm.com/nationwide-strike-in-france) and riots (us.politsturm.com/riots-in-france). This ongoing political chaos is precisely what the National Rally seeks (us.politsturm.com/french-far-right-calls-for-snap-…) to exploit.
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The capitalists and landowners want, at all costs, to keep the workers of different nations apart while the powers that be live splendidly together as shareholders in profitable concerns involving millions; Orthodox Christians and Jews, Russians and Germans, Poles and Ukrainians, everyone who possesses capital, exploit the workers of all nations in company. – Vladimir Lenin, The Working Class and the National Question.
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In civilised and advanced Europe, with its highly developed machine industry, its rich, multiform culture and its constitutions, a point in history has been reached when the commanding bourgeoisie, fearing the growth and increasing strength of the proletariat, comes out in support of everything backward, moribund and medieval. – Vladimir Lenin, Backward Europe and Advanced Asia.
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People always have been the foolish victims of deception and self‑deception in politics, and they always will be until they have learnt to seek out the interests of some class or other behind all moral, religious, political and social phrases, declarations and promises. – Vladimir Lenin, The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism
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Lenin on the "Democratic socialists": "Champions of reforms and improvements will always be fooled by the defenders of the old order until they realise that every old institution, however barbarous and rotten it may appear to be, is kept going by the forces of certain ruling classes". – Vladimir Lenin, The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism.
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Under capitalism the "release" of the labour of millions of miners engaged in extracting coal will inevitably cause mass unemployment, an enormous increase in poverty, and a worsening of the workers' conditions. And the profits of this great invention will be pocketed by the Morgans, Rockefelleres, Ryabushinskys, Morozovs, and their suites of lawyers, directors, professors, and other flunkeys of capital. – Vladimir Lenin, A Great Technical Achievement.
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An estimated 20,000 people have died in Europe's worst heatwave in decades. EU states will spend €454 billion on militarisation in 2026, while committing just €15 billion a year to climate adaptation.
Details. Between June 22 and June 28, a historic heatwave swept across Europe. Preliminary estimates from climate scientists suggest over 20,000 heat-related deaths (zenodo.org/records/21083733) across the continent, though this figure has yet to be formally peer-reviewed.
► Confirmed official figures are already severe. France (www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/03/deaths-franc…) recorded 2,025 excess deaths, Belgium (www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2211911/belgium-reco…) 1,200, Spain (www.dw.com/en/europe-heat-wave-100-dead-spain/a-77…) over 1,000, and the Netherlands (nltimes.nl/2026/07/04/3500-deaths-recorded-netherl…) 480. Health authorities warn (www.internazionale.it/ultime-notizie-reuters/2026/…) that these numbers will rise as more regional data comes in.
► Despite temperatures soaring (www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/02/spain-…) past 40° Celsius, state governments provided no structural relief, leaving citizens entirely dependent on passive warnings as fatalities at home spiked 91% (www.internazionale.it/ultime-notizie-reuters/2026/….
► In the UK, authorities issued the second-ever red health alert (www.umbrellamedical.co.uk/2026/06/22/red-heat-heal…) for extreme temperatures, yet limited their response to standard public advisories (www.wmas.nhs.uk/heatwave-advice-during-red-heat-he…) on hydration and staying indoors, with no concrete emergency cooling measures implemented.
► This crisis is rapidly accelerating. Climate scientists explicitly warn (www.thelocal.com/20260611/silent-killer-extreme-he…) that global weather will only grow more severe. Extreme heat has already killed (gazettengr.com/heat-has-killed-200000-people-in-eu…) over 200,000 Europeans over the past four years alone.
Context. Climate scientists explicitly warned (pulitzercenter.org/sites/default/files/june_23_198…) state governments as early as 1988 that heatwaves of this intensity and frequency were coming, yet capitalist states systematically ignored them.
► Today, roughly 80% (www.cbsnews.com/news/europe-air-conditioning-deadl…) of European households lack adequate cooling, ageing rail networks buckle (www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/why-rails-buckle-in-…) under the heat, and schools and public hospitals regularly report dangerous overheating (www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/25/hospitals-…) that threatens vulnerable patients (www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/23/searin….
► The EU itself acknowledges (www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/costs-a…) it will need to invest €59-173 billion per year in climate adaptation until 2100 to protect agriculture, infrastructure, and ecosystems. Current committed spending stands at just €15-16 billion annually.
► These effects are not limited to Europe. Last month, heatwave temperatures in India hit 48°C. A recent demographic study (www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-health/…) confirmed that a five-day heatwave causes roughly 30,000 excess fatalities across the country, as millions of informal workers are forced to labour in deadly conditions (www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/indias-3400-heat-d…) with failing (carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2026/06/india-heatw…) power grids cutting off any access to basic cooling.
Important to Know. Capitalist states are fundamentally incapable of planning for ecological crises because they exist to secure capitalist profits (us.politsturm.com/climate-crisis). Upgrading public infrastructure yields no immediate returns, so the ruling class does nothing. Instead, they pour billions into destructive fossil fuel industries (www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/09/world-…) because mass extraction remains competitive and highly profitable.
► This contrasts with the speed at which capitalist states mobilise to protect and expand their capital. During the 2020 pandemic financial crash (apnews.com/article/2dbd3aa09c125d1ed8308dde26decbd…, the European Central Bank printed over a trillion euros to rescue collapsing private markets. This massive bill was then entirely offloaded onto the working class through soaring inflation and brutal austerity cuts.
► The same logic applies to imperialist warfare, where governments redirect public wealth to the military while claiming they cannot afford climate infrastructure. EU states will spend an estimated €454 billion (www.euractiv.com/news/eu-defence-spending-hits-e41…) on militarisation in 2026 alone – just days after the deadly heatwave, the United Kingdom announced (www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/jun/30/defe…) a further £15 billion surge (www.gov.uk/government/news/15-billion-new-funding-…) in military spending.
► In contrast, the Soviet Union's consideration of nature naturally flowed from planned production. It established (us.politsturm.com/climate-crisis#the-communist-sol…) vast nature reserves as untouched scientific baselines to guide sustainable land use, launched large-scale afforestation projects, and minimised waste through the full use of materials – reusable packaging, glass bottle deposits, and paper recycling were standard practice.
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