COMMUNISTS WELCOME ELECTION ADVANCES
2 May 2008
Communist Party of Britain candidates made small but welcome gains in Thursday's local elections. Four candidates in England and Wales increased their share of the poll and two experienced a decline compared with previous elections four years ago.
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Stop the Tories in London on May Day
30 April 2008
London communists called for a massive defeat for the Tories and the election of a progressive Greater London Assembly.
"There is no better way to mark International Workers Day said the Unity for Peace and Socialism candidate Jean Turner who is chair of the London Communist Party.
The London communists called for a majority vote for Ken Livingstone as mayor of London and a massive turnout to ensure the most progressive Greater london Assembly majority possible.
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Communists back Ken Livingstone for mayor
18 April 2008
Britain's Communist Party has called for the maximum turn-out in the local elections to beat the fascist British National Party, for first preference votes for Ken Livingstone as Mayor, for support for Unity for Peace and Socialism and Communist candidates and for Labour wherever it will stop the election of Conservatives and Liberal Democrat controlled-councils. 'This must be combined with a renewed struggle by the left and the trade union movement to defeat right-wing New Labour policies and restore Labour party democracy', the party's international secretary John Foster told the Communist Party political committee.
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Communists Urge Solidarity with Low-Paid and Pensioners
17 April 2008
‘Those facing real financial crisis today are the pensioners and the low paid’, international secretary John Foster told the Communist Party's political committee on Wednesday. ‘Basic food, energy and housing costs are rising much faster than the retail price index, while at the same time the government is doubling the rate of tax on the low paid', he pointed out.
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Association of Indian Communists to deepen ties with the British working class movement
12 April 2008
Press Statement by the AIC
The AIC is to deepen ties with the British working class movement and increase
intervention in political, economic and social structures.
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Karl Marx oration
9 April 2008
This year's oration on the anniversary of the birth of the founder of scientific socialism, at the graveside of Karl Marx in Highgate Cemetery, London , will be delivered by Dr Carolus Wimmer, head of the International Bureau of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV), deputy in the Parliament of Venezuela and vice-chair of the Parliament of Latin America.
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London’s people before profit
7 April 2008
London communists are contesting the First of May Greater London Assembly election as part of the Unity for Peace and Socialism coalition.
Standing for the all-London list – which is elected on a form of proportional representation – are Christiane Ohsan, Pauline Fraser, Avtar Uppal, Ivan Beavis, Mohammed Khan, Jean Turner, Sarwan Singh, Harunor Rashid, Monty Goldman, Peter Latham, Philip Brand, Charlie May and Eleni Geropanagioti
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Welsh communists announce election plans
6 April 2008
THE Welsh Communist Party has announced plans to contest 11 seats in this year's Welsh local government elections.
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COMMUNISTS CONDEMN 'ANTI-CHINA PROPAGANDA DRIVE'
27 March 2008
'The anti-Chinese propaganda drive is being stepped up a gear in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics with disproportionate coverage of so-called "Free Tibet" events', Anita Halpin told the Communist Party of Britain's political committee on Wednesday.
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‘STEP UP FIGHT FOR WOMEN’S EQUALITY’
17 March 2008
'Women won the vote in the reforms of 80 and 90 years ago, but for working class women in Britain much else remains almost the same now as then', Mary Davis told the Communist Party executive committee at the weekend.
Pointing out that the gender pay gap here remains one of the highest in western Europe, at 17 per cent for full-time and 36 per cent for part-time workers, she attacked local authorities who try to close it by cutting men's wages and the new Equalities and Human Rights Commission for dropping support for equal pay claims.
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