CP International Department Briefing on Palestine
A Mixed Year for the Left in Britain

Communist Party General Secretary Robert Griffths looks at the highs and lows of the past year in politics. This article first appeared as a feature in the Morning Star 24/12/2013 Where stand Britain’s political parties at the close of 2013 and into the new year? The Tories should be feeling relieved and pleased. Technically, the economy has grown […]
YCL Xmas Appeal!

Comrades, Of the YCL, the CP, supporters of the working class and communist movement, I hope everyone has an enjoyable festive period as we come towards the end of 2013. Although we are an organisation guided by dialectical materialism – we appreciate that most people whether of faith or indeed without celebrate during the festive […]
A Rallying Call to Young Communists in the North-West!
Comrades, The YCL North-West District will be holding a meeting in order to rekindle the flame of communist activity amongst the youth in the North-West of England. The YCL seeks to build on a strong history of communist activism towards a socialist goal in Britain and urges you commit to the struggle by attending this […]
The Morning Star’s Christmas Push!

The YCL encourages comrades to dig deep this festive period and support the Morning Star’s Christmas appeal. As the only socialist daily paper in the English language it is an invaluable tool in the clash struggle and vital that we keep it alive and kicking! We need your help to raise £20,000 to set us […]
CP General Secretary Robert Griffths – “Don’t Dream the American Dream” at Oxford Union
Video of Communist Party General Secretary Robert Griffths speaking at the Oxford Union debating society against the ‘dreaming the American Dream’ in March this year. Still very relevant, interesting and informative – and well worth a watch. The CP General Secretary Exposes the harsh reality behind the American dream, that the US is one of […]
Communist Party Political Committee Report 11/12/2013

International secretary John Foster told the Communist Party’s political committee on Wednesday 11/12/2013 that Nelson Mandela ‘lived as a freedom fighter and died a freedom fighter, knowing that the fight had to continue’. He recalled Mandela’s words to gaoled Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti that ‘our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians’. This […]
Communist’s on Osborne’s Autumn Statement: “Good news for the rich, the City and big business”

Communist Party of Britain general secretary Robert Griffiths responded as follows to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement today 05/12/2013 ‘The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement is good news for the super-rich, City speculators and the corporate fat cats. It hands yet more lavish subsidies to big business on top of the tax cuts on high incomes and monopoly […]
CP General Secretary on ‘Slave’ house couple ‘leaders of 1970s political cult’
CP General Secretary Robert Griffths on the so called ‘Communist’ Slave scandal on Channel 4 News http://t.co/fBJ5b2xNgk 25/11/2013 If one were to be brutally honest they were more of psychiatric interest than political interest.They had nothing to do with the mainstream leftwing and communist politics of the day. Robert Griffiths, General Secretary of the Communist Party of […]
CP at the 15th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties in Lisbon

CP women’s organiser Liz Payne attended the 15th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties in Lisbon hosted by the Portuguese Communist Party. At the meeting she took part in the debate on priorities and challenges facing the communist and workers’ movement. This speech first appeared on the CP website. It is an honour to attend […]