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Back to School
The CP learns lessons at its Union & Political school held at Wortley Hall, Yorkshire.
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Our History
  • Short history of the Communist party
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  • Harry Pollitt
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  • The Battle of Cable Street
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    The Battle of Cable Street took place on the 4th October 1936, it was the most famous anti-fascist demonstration in British history.

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    This is an introduction to what took place, plus newspaper reports from the day and interviews with people that took part.

  • How I joined the Communist Party
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  • The Players
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  • Newspaper reports
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  • Communist Party Pamphlets
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    A number of front cover pictures of historical publications throughout our history.CPonTrial

    'A call for arms' , a pamphlet by the legendary Communist leader, Harry Pollitt, well illustrates the energy that the Party gave to the anti-fascist struggle in the war years when Britain, the USA and the Soviet Union were allies in a common struggle.

     

     

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    Election address of the Communist Party candidate, Helen Crawfurd, for the Govan ward in the Glasgow municipal election of November 1921.

     

     

     

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    Cover of booklet entitled 'Communist parliamentary policy and electoral programme'.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    WhatIsTheUnitedFront1922Cover of Communist Party booklet 'What is the United Front?'

     

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    'Harworth Men Make History' pamphlet from the Nottingham Communist Party

     

     

     

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    PeoplesConventionThe People’s Convention 1940-1  

     

     

     

     

    The XII Plenum of ECCI -
    `The Next Step in Britain,
     Ireland and the USA’ TheNextStep

     

    Coventry Anglo-Soviet Unity Committee  

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     The Communist Manifesto - in Welsh WelshCM.

     

     

     

    The Metal Worker  MetalWorker

     

     

     

     

    Call For Arms CallForArms 

Educational achievement and white working class young people - new union report.

Victory over fascism

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Diary of events

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CPTV_Screenshot_0110New on CPTV: "China Insight", Kenny Coyle on China and Hans Holz on Socialism and revolution in the 21st century. Courtesy of Scotcom

Marxism - an introduction

Iraqi_CPMarxism inspires millions to struggle for a better world. The Communist Manifesto is the starting point in understanding working class politics. It was written in Britain in 1847 and published the following year, translated by Helen Macfarlane. Read the Manifesto here.

CUB 2009 interviews

Robert Griffiths

The crucial issues at CUB 2009

Chris Reeves

On film and the struggle for socialism

Marj Mayo

Sunset for capitalism

Bill Greenshields

Crisis of working class representation

John Foster

"Crisis is their weapon"