The Communist Party is running an emergency appeal to raise £26K for emergency aid to Cuba.
Please send all donations to:
Bank : Unity Trust Bank
Name : CPB Manchester Branch
Account Number : 20164243
Sort Code : 60-83-01
Please include reference : CV26
@UkraineSol Earlier in the thread you make a point about "anti-fascism" having nothing to do with ED's position, yet this article describes a Ukrainian speaker, at a pro-Ukranian event around the same time, acknowledging the ingress of fascists into Ukraine's infrastructures. Which is it?
The Communist Party of Britain completely condemns the United States’ shameless, vicious and illegal attack against #Venezuela.
This outrageous attack underlines the barbaric and piratical nature of US imperialism.
The USA’s attack is a complete violation of international law, the UN Charter, and the principle of national sovereignty.
The kidnapping of Veneuzelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and the bombing of Venezuelan cities follows decades of economic blockade, military aggression and intimidation against Venezuela.
This attack reflect’s the USA’s long-standing imperialist policy of intervention and coercion in its own self proclaimed ‘backyard’, aimed at destabilising independent nations and controlling their resources. Socialist Cuba will also be in the crosshairs of Yankee imperialists at this time more than ever.
Starmer and the British Government should immediately condemn this shameless aggression - but will prefer to keep their mouth shut as one of the USA’s many lapdogs and vassals.
We send our solidarity to the people of Venezuela, the Venezuelan government and our comrades in the @PCV_Venezuela and @Jotaceve1947
Don’t believe the hype from Labour, the TUC or others … this is crumbs off the table from Starmer.
Important editorial in the Morning Star @M_Star_Online on the Employment Rights Act:
“Successive Labour governments have deliberately failed to repeal the full package of Thatcher’s anti-union and employment laws. Every time there is a small adjustment in the balance of power between workers and bosses. It reminds us that the only guarantee for the human rights of a secure and productive job, decent wages and a full package of health, welfare, education, public services and housing lies in ending the political, social and class power of the capitalist class.”
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Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili - Stalin - was born #OTD in 1878.
The Soviet Union under Stalin's leadership liberated much of Europe from Nazism, and brought a grinding halt to the Holocaust.
Stalin's anti-imperialist legacy continues to inspire millions around the globe.
"Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man!"
Che Guevara was murdered in Bolivia, on this day in 1967.
A legendary figure of the Cuban Revolution who sacrificed his life in the fight for international liberation.
His legacy continues to inspire millions.
Congratulations to the people of China, today celebrating the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic!
Your journey is an inspiration to the world✊🇨🇳
Manchester @CPBritain and @yclbritain members formed a delegation at this year's Festa do Avante, an international celebration of music and socialism!
Reacquainting with old friends - and making new ones - from our brothers &sisters of the international Communist movement✊️
On this day in 1920, Communists from across Britain came together in London in a Unity Convention to found a party of a new type - the Communist Party of Great Britain.
For 105 years our Party has been at the forefront of all the fights of working people in Britain and a dedicated part of the international communist movement.
Join the Communist Party today and help write next chapter in our history.
The past we inherit, the future we build.
The future is red!
The future is socialist!
Members of Greater Manchester CPB are today joining communists from across the nation at the YCL's annual Harry Pollitt School.
Harry was born in what is now Greater Manchester, & our branch is proud that this school represents the legacy of that great working class fighter 🚩
Join the @yclbritain in Manchester this weekend for the annual HARRY POLLITT SCHOOL, a weekend of Marxist-Leninist education, hosted at the Irish World Heritage Centre.
You can GET YOUR TICKETS NOW using the link below!
Named after the legendary Communist Party leader, the weekend school for communists, trade union militants, students, and workers will be an opportunity to learn, socialise, exchange views, and help build the struggle for socialism in Britain!
The school is set to feature talks, workshops, and panel discussions with communist speakers from Britain and all around the world, as well as leading trade unionists, community organisers, communist thinkers, and more.
The Harry Pollitt School is open to anyone interested in Communist politics, so you don’t have to be a member of the YCL or Communist Party to join. The school carries on the Communist dedication to strengthening Britain’s labour movement through the political education we need for real, on-the-ground organising.
🎟️ https://t.co/DCS0HOuOPy 🎟️
🚩 LEARN OUR HISTORY, BUILD OUR FUTURE 🚩
The decision of Unite the Union members to suspend Angela Rayner from membership should lay down a clear marker to members of Starmer’s Labour enabling austerity at home and war and genocide abroad.
Rebuild the trade union on militant lines without false friends like Rayner!
Join the @yclbritain in Manchester on Saturday 19 July and Sunday 20 July for the annual HARRY POLLITT SCHOOL, a weekend of Marxist-Leninist education, hosted at the Irish World Heritage Centre.
You can GET YOUR TICKETS NOW using the link below!
Named after the legendary Communist Party leader, the weekend school for communists, trade union militants, students, and workers will be an opportunity to learn, socialise, exchange views, and help build the struggle for socialism in Britain!
The school is set to feature talks, workshops, and panel discussions with communist speakers from Britain and all around the world, as well as leading trade unionists, community organisers, communist thinkers, and more.
The Harry Pollitt School is open to anyone interested in Communist politics, so you don’t have to be a member of the YCL or Communist Party to join. The school carries on the Communist dedication to strengthening Britain’s labour movement through the political education we need for real, on-the-ground organising.
🎟️ https://t.co/DCS0HOuOPy 🎟️
🚩 LEARN OUR HISTORY, BUILD OUR FUTURE 🚩
Britain’s Communists have condemned Keir Starmer’s Labour government as “an anti-working class, warmongering cabal hell-bent on militarising our economy and society”.
Liz Payne told the Party’s Political Committee last week that hundreds of billions of pounds were now being earmarked for warfare, while millions of poor families, welfare claimants and women without pensions face a future of benefit cuts and rising food, housing and energy bills.
“Prime Minister Starmer applauds the illegal, unprovoked US attack on Iran, connives with Israeli genocide in Palestine and pledges to ramp up Britain’s military spending to 5 per cent of GDP”, she pointed out, “all to the applause of President Trump, NATO warmonger-in-chief Mark Rutte, and war criminal Benjamin Netantahu and his fascist cabinet”.
Ms Payne, an Executive member of the World Peace Council, recounted the Labour Party’s long history of upholding the interests of British and US imperialism while, at the same time, offering a progressive alternative to the Tories in social and welfare policy.
“Now we have a so-called Labour government that uses its freakish parliamentary majority – the result of our anti-democratic electoral system – to rob the disabled at home and the poorest people in the Third World and why? To enrich the military-industrial complex and protect big business interests around the world”, she answered.
In particular, the convenor of the CP Peace Advisory Committee nailed the lie that NATO has “kept the peace” since its formation in 1949, six years before the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact.
“Instead, as the Soviet Union, East Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia rebuilt their war-shattered countries, NATO provided the cover for US military expansion across Europe to the borders of Russia, with nuclear weapons stationed in Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Turkey and soon returning to Lakenheath, Suffolk”, Ms Payne argued.
Rejecting threats of military intervention against China over Taiwan, she called for Britain’s withdrawal from NATO, the removal of US military bases from Britain and the closure of British bases in Cyprus and Diego Garcia.
Britain’s Communists also urged party members and other peace supporters to promote and distribute the CND’s Alternative Defence Review as an antidote to Labour, US, NATO and EU militarisation and warmongering.
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This event improves every year. Fantastic lineup of speakers and topics. An absolute must for anyone wanting to learn about why communism is the answer.
LESS THAN A MONTH TO GO
Join us in Manchester, July 19-20th, for HARRY POLLITT SCHOOL, a weekend of Marxist-Leninist Education, hosted at the Irish World Heritage Centre.
You can GRAB YOUR TICKETS NOW using the link below!
Named after the legendary Communist Party leader, our weekend school for communists, trade union militants, students, and workers will be an opportunity to learn, socialise, exchange views, and help build the struggle for socialism in Britain!
The school is set to feature talks, workshops, and panel discussions with communist speakers from Britain and all around the world, as well as leading trade unionists, community organisers, communist thinkers, and more.
Harry Pollitt School is open to anyone interested in Communist politics, so you don’t have to be a member of the YCL or Communist Party to join. The school carries on the Communist dedication to strengthening Britain’s labour movement through the political education we need for real, on-the-ground organising.
🎟 https://t.co/j1Z7NoFpgi 🎟
🚩LEARN OUR HISTORY, BUILD OUR FUTURE🚩
HARRY POLLITT SCHOOL 2025 PROGRAMME DAY ONE
We're excited to announce our plans for day one of this years HARRY POLLITT SCHOOL!
We can't wait to see you all there!
Grab your tickets below 👇👇👇
https://t.co/Iv24CqHjrx
Unfortunately our website is currently down, so we've moved our tickets over to Eventbrite but don't worry, all previously bought tickets will still be honoured so no need to buy them again!
@Botticelliwoman@AaronBastani Not bad!
I'm not trying to be disingenuous - everything Zack has done so far suggests to me that he's not on the left of the Greens and so not someone the left should be supporting. Dunno what me "waiting for perfection" or being in the CPB has to do with any of that 🤷♂️