European peace groups discuss key challenges
May 30 2018- Details
- Category: Global
REPRESENTATIVES of peace organisations from 13 counÂtries 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 PorÂtuguese 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
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
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.
Victory over fascism - Don't let it rise again
May 01 2018- Details
- Category: Britain
ON 8 May 1945 the wartime allies, Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States, declared victory over fascism in Europe.