Following on from the successful launch of the People's Charter in Cambridge last week, this Saturday sees the launch of a local Charter group in Leeds. See the events calendar for full details.

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  • Who's going to pay?

    Analysis & Features - Robert Griffiths in the Morning Star
    As the British economy teeters on the brink of a recession, ROBERT GRIFFITHS warns that working people are set to pay the price for a society run for the rich. OVER recent decades, vast and mobile funds have been built up by transnational corporat...
  • New Labour's Big Business Policies Heading for Defeat

    Executive Committee - Press Releases
    'This government's denial of fair pay in the public sector contrasts sharply with its generosity to big business', Emily Mann told the Communist Party's political committee on Wednesday. 'It's low pay and redundancies for the workers and £43 billion to b...
  • From crunch to crisis

    Analysis & Features - Robert Griffiths in the Morning Star
    ROBERT GRIFFITHS argues that the greed of financial fantasy threatens the real world. THE Bank of England monetary policy committee cut interest rates by one-quarter of a point to 5.5 per cent last week amid fears that an economic slowdown later i...
  • Venezuela’s proposed constitutional reforms - A briefing by the Venezuela Information Centre

    International - Solidarity
    On 2 December 2007, Venezuela will hold a national referendum on proposed changes to its constitution. These will affect just under 20 per cent of articles in the 1999 Constitution. ...
  • Welsh CP paves way for justice and peace

    Districts/Nations - Wales - Cymru
    THE Welsh Communist Party's biennial congress in Swansea at the weekend saw debates and an updated political and economic programme, aiming to unite the people of Wales for power, social justice and peace. ...
  • Foster Urges Action for Peace and Against the EU Treaty

    Executive Committee - Press Releases
    ‘Last weekend’s Labour Representation Committee conference marked a major step forward for the left’, John Foster told the Communist Party’s political committee on Wednesday evening ...
  • 9th International meeting of communist and workers’ parties

    International - International Meeting Communist & Workers' Parties
    In Minsk [Belarus] the 9th international meeting of communist and workers’ parties was held. The meeting was organised by the Communist Party of Belarus and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. This important event for the international commun...
  • ‘Step up the Fight Against War & Privatisation!'

    Executive Committee - Press Releases
    ‘The crisis in the Labour Party and the labour movement continues as Gordon Brown follows the path paved by Blair with policies of war and privatisation’, Tommy Morrison told the Communist Party executive committee at the weekend. ...
  • Preserve the Unity of the Peace Movement - say Britain's Communists

    Executive Committee - Press Releases
    ONGOING US military threats against Iran make it essential that the current divisions in the Respect party do not spill over into the Stop the War Coalition, Morning Star editor John Haylett told the Communist Party of Britain political committee on Wedne...
  • Communist classroom

    Communist University - CU07
    JAMES TWEEDIE reports from the weekend's socialist debates at the Communist University of Britain. THE fourth Communist University of Britain, which ran from Friday to Sunday, was the biggest and most successful yet. ...
  • Hungarian Communists Speak - Interview with Gyula Thurmer

    International - Analysis & Briefings
    Hungarian communist GYULA THURMER warns Communist Party of Britain International Secretary JOHN FOSTER that the prosecution of his party's leaders could be the thin end of the wedge for progressives across the EU. ON November 6, Hungarian Communist Worker...
  • Capitalism 'heading for global crisis'

    Communist University - CU07
    DELEGATES at the Communist University of Britain warned at the weekend that "capitalism is approaching a crisis," with the world facing a choice between a global future or a global disaster. ...
  • 1917 Lives!

    Communist University - CU07
    COMMUNISTS from around the world celebrated the 90th anniversary of the Russian revolution at the Communist University on Friday. CP general secretary Robert Griffiths commenced the rally telling delegates: "Today, we celebrate the day the world turned up...
  • The day the world turned upside-down

    Our History - Features - history
    90 years ago today, revolution broke out in Russia. ROBERT GRIFFITHS considers the earth-shattering events of 1917 and their legacy through the years. AT 10am on October 25 1917, an appeal "To the Citizens of Russia!" was published in the Russian capital ...
  • Join the battle of ideas

    Communist University - CU07
    ROB GRIFFITHS previews this year's Communist University of Britain. (this article first appeared in the Morning Star). More than a century ago, Frederick Engels pointed out that the class struggle is actually fought on three fronts. There is the economic ...
  • 'Labour on course to lose elections'- says Communist union leader

    Executive Committee - Press Releases
    'Unless the Brown government begins listening to working people and their families, he will be on course to lose the next General Election-whenever it comes', Graham Stevenson told the Communist Party's political committee on Wednesday. 'While business pr...
  • Joint position of Communist, Workers’, progressive and left-wing parties, on the EU reform treaty

    International - News & Statements
    The Parties that subscribe to this joint statement denounce the real and stated goal of the current reform of the European Union treaties: to recover the essential contents of a previously rejected draft treaty, whilst at the same time seeking to avoid a ...
  • Defy the ban!

    Campaigns - Peace
    The Government has decided to ban the march called by the Stop the War Coalition on Monday 8 October.The protest has been called to demand all the troops withdrawn from Iraq immediately. Tony Benn, Brian Eno, Mark Thomas, Walter Wolfgang, George Galloway ...
  • 'Blinkered' Brown not Listening' - say Britain's Communists

    Executive Committee - Press Releases
    'Prime Minister Brown says he wants to listen - and then tries to ban the Stop the War demonstration in London next Monday', Communist Party chairperson Anita Halpin told the party's political committee on Wednesday. ...
  • Step Up the Fight for Peace and Trade Union Rights

    Executive Committee - Press Releases
    'The British government is not withdrawing troops from Iraq in the cause of peace-but because it intends to stoke up the disastrous war in Afghanistan', Kevin Halpin told the Communist Party of Britain's executive committee at the weekend. ...

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