21st Century Marxism 2014
A weekend of discussion, debate, culture, music and food with national and international speakers from the labour, progressive and anti-imperialist movements hosted by the Communist Party of Britain.
People’s Assembly National Demonstration 21st June
The People’s Assembly has called a national demonstration against austerity on Saturday 21 June
Liverpool People’s Assembly Flourishes
Report from YCL North-West: Hundreds of people packed out the hall at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool to hear prominent members of several unions, Owen Jones and the Secretary of the People’s Assembly itself; Sam Fairbairn. People queued out of the doors and up the stairs to hear the what was to be said.
Communist Party Chairman Bill Greenshields calls for “Struggle to go Beyond Rhetoric”
Communist Party Chairman Bill Greenshields argues that austerity and war walk hand in bloody hand; and that history has shown that austerity agendas are a naked form of class warfare. On May 2 1933 the Nazis attacked and occupied the buildings of the trade union movement of the German working class
UKIP: Smoke And Mirrors
Communist Party General Secretary Robert Griffths analyses the forces at work behind the growth of the Ukip ‘phenomenon’. The extensive media coverage of last week’s EU and local elections contrasts starkly with the lack of popular interest
Communist Party Scottish Secretary on Scotland’s Choice
Tommy Morrison, Scottish Secretary of the Communist Party outlines the choices facing workers in the independence referendum which takes place on 18th September 2014. Currently the polls are very close. If there is a Yes vote, Scotland will separate in less than two years time, March 2016. At this point Scottish MPs will leave Westminster. […]
Communist Party Executive Committee Report: Chairman Attacks ‘Troika’ EU & Its Left-Wing Supporters
Communist Party of Britain chairman Bill Greenshields launched a blistering attack on the European Union and its supporters in Britain’s labour movement at the weekend. “The EU Commission, European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund ‘troika’ has imposed policies across Europe to slash or privatise public services and throw millions of workers and their families on […]
YCL Statement on International Day against Homophobia & Transphobia
Today 17/05/2014 is the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia. On this day we celebrate the diversity of gender and sexuality throughout humanity. We can look to the progress already made towards greater LGBT rights – but also consider the massive tasks which lie ahead of us, not only here in Britain, but on a […]
Communist Party Demands Nationalised Pharmaceutical Industry
The Communist Party called for nationalisation of pharmaceutical industry yesterday, after news that multinational Pfizer is set to buy British-based AstraZeneca. (Report from Morning Star 09/05/2014) The party warned against mass redundancies and soaring medical costs if the government-backed takeover of AstraZeneca takes place
UKIP Exposed: No Friend of the Workers!
In a searing editorial, Britain’s socialist daily, the Morning Star exposes UKIP – but takes the left to task for complacency too. Ukip is just as much a part of the neoliberal Establishment as the Tories or the EU. Progressives are rightly appalled by the incendiary anti-immigrant message being plastered on billboards across Britain by the […]
