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The EU Withdrawal Bill - questions and answers

Jun 12 2018

Details: Category: Britain

What is the EU Withdrawal Bill?

The Withdrawal Bill aims to repeal the 1972 European Communities Act and thus implement the decision of the June 2016 referendum for Britain to leave the EU. Therefore, it upholds the sovereignty of the people, while ending the sovereignty of EU treaties, directives and institutions over the Westminster parliament.

Marxism continues to evolve in the 21st Century

Jun 08 2018

Details: Category: Global

Original article published by Mi Xingang, China.org.cn, May 30, 2018

Rather than being strictly a dogma, Marxism is applicable to real life conditions and is itself evolving, said Robert Griffiths, general secretary of the Communist Party of Britain. He spoke during an interview while attending a workshop entitled "Marxism of the 21st Century and the future for world socialism," hosted by the International Department of the CPC Central Committee in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on May 28.

Press statement from the Communist Party’s further and higher education advisory, on the recent UCU congress

Jun 04 2018

Details: Category: Britain

Communist Party members who were delegates at the 2018 UCU Congress consider that developments at the Congress place the future of the union at risk.

We recognise that legitimate concerns have been raised about the conduct of the leadership in the current USS dispute and wider issues of union democracy. Congress is the forum to debate these issues, including holding elected officials to account.

Marxism in the 21st Century and the Future for World Socialism

May 31 2018

Details: Category: Global

ROBERT GRIFFITHS spoke at a conference in Shenzhen, China, last week on 'Marxism in the 21st Century and the Future for World Socialism'. Here is his speech:

In Das Kapital, Marx explained how and why — as the result of capital accumulation and technological advance — capitalism creates a 'disposable industrial reserve army' from dispossessed, displaced and redundant workers.

European peace groups discuss key challenges

May 30 2018

Details: Category: Global

REPRESENTATIVES of peace organisations from 13 countries gathered in London at the weekend for the annual European meeting of the World Peace Council (WPC).

It was hosted this year by the British Peace Assembly (BPA), a WPC affiliate. The BPA and the regional co-ordinator, the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation, jointly chaired the discussions.

Communists celebrate Marx in China

May 29 2018

Details: Category: Global

Seventy Communist parties from 50 countries have been meeting in Shenzhen, China, this week to mark 'The Historical Contribution of Karl Marx and the Contemporary Significance of Marxism'.

Launching the conference, International Minister Song Tao said the event 'demonstrates the firm commitment of the Communist Party of China to maintain and develop the scientific theory of Karl Marx in the 21st century'.

Communists urge Labour solution to social crisis

May 20 2018

Details: Category: Britain

Britain's deepening social crisis confirms the urgent need to replace Theresa May's minority regime with a left-led Labour government, Communist Party general secretary Robert Griffiths declared at the weekend.

Reporting to his party's Executive Committee, he slammed Dame Judith Hackitt's review of building regulations in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster and the Tory response. She had stopped short of calling for a ban on combustible cladding, while Housing and Communities secretary James Brokenshire had promised a 'consultation' on the Hackitt report followed by unspecified legislation.

CPB General Secretary addresses Moscow conference

May 13 2018

Details: Category: Global

ROBERT GRIFFITHS participated in this weekend's conference in Moscow on 'Marx's Capital and its Impact on World Development'. This is the text of his speech:

In 1867, Marx wrote to Johann Becker that Das Kapital would be 'without question the most terrible MISSILE that has yet been hurled at the heads of the bourgeoisie'.

Ever since, Capital has armed the working class with the Theory of Surplus Value, explaining why and how labour power is exploited to the profit of the capitalist class.

Russia hosts conference on Marx's Capital

May 12 2018

Details: Category: Global

alferov Communist Party of the Russian Federation leader Gennady Zyuganov opened an international conference on 'Marx's Capital and its Impact on World Development' in Moscow at the weekend.

Britain's Road to Socialism - Draft updated edition

May 02 2018

Details: Category: Britain

BRS2018 This the draft of an updated 8th edition of the Communist Party's programme. First published in 1951 as The British Road to Socialism, subsequent editions were issued in 1952, 1958, 1968, 1977 and 1989.The 7th edition in 2000 was renamed Britain's Road to Socialism. The 8th edition was adopted by the Executive Committee in July 2011.