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Unity! Sack Boris Johnson Take to the streets UNEMPLOYMENT unemployment has risen, as has the of GP practices by US insurance giant threat of precarious work and Centene are underway and there will be ANDY BAIN underemployment, and the employers’ many others. power to ‘employ’ on their terms has Everyone should turn out for the 26 Crisis: make Scientific reason ACK THE prime minister and the rest increased. When furlough ends June national demonstration organised of the corrupt politicians is the call unemployment will escalate, unless we by the Peoples Assembly Against the rich pay! in revolt Sfrom a rising coalition of resistance fight back. Austerity and the unions. This will be a PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY SCIENCE against the government. The Communist Party has been huge, socially distanced event uniting The People’s Assembly Against working with others to build this campaigners on many causes against the ANY THOUSANDS of TRIBUTE TO British scientist Austerity and a host of working class Unemployment Fightback since Tory Government. Opposing people are expected to Ann McLaren (above) was organisations have backed the call for a mid-2020. There are now several unemployment, and investing in jobs and Mjoin the first major Aviewed by millions, Monday last, demonstration on Saturday 26 June campaigns and many trade unions homes for all is a central demand. national demonstration since the 26 April, when the 94th anniversary of As workers face the biggest increase in making demands, including for a green The victory of football fans against a pandemic began. The People’s her birth was featured on the Google unemployment since trade unions began new deal, to build back better, for a new group of greedy billionaires is an Assembly against Austerity has browser. the call for mass action and for bold and normal and no turning back. inspiration and we must widen our called a mass rally and march to Anne McLaren is renowned as one imaginative tactics is gaining ground. Some trade unionists are exploring the movement to embrace them and all parliament for Saturday 26 June. of the most important reproductive Solidarity action between trade need for a new type of Unemployed others in conflict with the rich. The Communist Party was biologists of the 20th century. Her unionists and community campaigners is Workers Centre, and it is a striking This government and its corrupt among the first organisations to fundamental research on embryology the need. Imagine striking workers being observation on capitalism’s lack of leadership is on the ropes. back the protest. helped countless people realise their protected from eviction by tenants’ progress, that the centenary of the Now is the time for mass action of all Sean Cannon, who convenes dreams of parenthood. unions, or trade unions funding a centre National Unemployed Workers’ kinds to end this corrupt government. the party’s Anti-Austerity A lifelong communist she studied for unemployed workers to organise Movement has just been celebrated. Commission said: ‘The slogans zoology at Oxford University and campaigning for jobs, or trades councils The Communist Party’s ground Andy BaIN IS THE COMMUNIST PARTY adopted for the demonstration: embarked on a pioneering research organising pickets to support precarious breaking conference on the Future of INDUSTRIAL ORGANISER “Make the rich pay for the programme. Her landmark findings, workers in dispute. Work in December 2020 started a coronavirus crisis – not the published in 1958 opened the way to Imagine football fans demanding serious discussion on planning to use workers” puts the blame in vitro fertilisation. She served on the workers in their club get decent wages, new technologies for the benefit of the squarely on our venal capitalist Warnock Commission that led to the or small businesses being drawn into worker and combat the employers’ drive class for the catastrophic way 1990 Human Fertilisation and support for workers facing fire and to increase the reserve army of labour, the Covid-19 pandemic has been Embryology Act. rehire, or unions working together on and so keep wages down. handled. And in counterpoint to the tribute, recruitment initiatives. The possibilities Communists are working hard to unite ‘It is payback time for the last week scientists rallied in defence are endless and we need a flexible the anti-austerity movement and the those who have plundered the of Ann McLaren’s daughter, Professor approach to the difficult battles ahead if trade unions and raise class public purse and those in Susan Michie, following a poisonous the working class is to win out. consciousness. It is not enough just to government who enabled this anticommunist attack on her in the From the start of the pandemic the defend our jobs and resist cuts. robbery.’ Daily Mail. Tories – the party of the ruling class – This needs a militant and flexible The rising tide of anger at the Professor Michie is a leading have shifted the balance of power even approach especially in the non-traditional government’s handling of the behavioural scientist and a member of more in its favour. trade union environment without long crisis has been given extra heft the government’s SAGE committee Shortages of PPE and medical supplies, term jobs and high union density. But we by the chance to show public and has appeared on television forcing people to work when ill or have to do more. In engaging in the anger about the Tory throughout the Covid-19 pandemic as infected, the failure to pay sick pay, and struggle we have to inspire and make s This new pamphlet Unemployment management of the crisis and to a voice of reason and science. the laissez faire approach to employers demands for a better future. Fightback analyses the uses that stand up for the right to protest She also sits on the independent making workplaces safe, all moved Mayday – International Workers Day capitalism makes of unemployment, then and to oppose the government’s SAGE committee and came under power further to employers. – is a time for the workers’ movement to considers the class struggle during the Police, Crime, Sentencing and attack for her party membership and The union fight back won a furlough find new energy. Now we can move pandemic and looks ahead at the building Courts Bill. politics and for her advocacy of Zero scheme which has saved millions from from small scale protests to big rallies. of a movement to change the balance of Covid measures which have so poverty. Throughout the crisis Already protests against the take over power. www.communistparty.org.uk H thepeoplesassembly.org.uk offended the right wing rag. 2 | May Day 2021 Unity! POLITICS&NEWS ‘Parliamentarianism has become “historically obsolete”. That is true in the propaganda sense. ‘owever, everybody knows that this is still a far cry from overcoming it in practice.’ VI Lenin ‘Left wing Communism’ an infantile disorder

Some major publications are available Explaining in Welsh with the Communist Party campaign in Wales including three radio socialism and TV broadcasts, delivered bi-lingually. In one of the biggest campaigns to explain the meaning of socialism in recent years, the Communist Party has produced a series of 25 posters, also as social media artwork. Entitled What socialism really means, the series has proven to be so popular, it is going to be renewed after the 6 May. The party also produced an Introduction to Marxism and What we stand for in digital and printed form. Our rights are Elect a red! For the first time activists have been under attack able to contact the party and be directed automatically to the nearest branch and campaign, to get involved. FREEDOMS companies to the criminalisation of Those going to tinyurl.com/ElectARed squatting and the atrocious 'Windrush' are able to download free campaign ALEX GORDON deportations of British citizens. documents including An introduction to The Tier 4 lockdown had abolished Marxism, What we stand for and, our Manifestos E FACE A growing threat to even the limited right to protest allowed programme Britain’s Road to Socialism. During this election, the Communist our freedoms. Despite his by the lower tiers and so clearly before the eruption of violence played There they can order campaign leaflets Party produced four manifestos and Wreputation as a 'Tory contravenes the European Convention into the hands of Tory and other to use at workplaces or in the two short popular versions. First to be libertarian', Boris Johnson's government on Human Rights. supporters of repressive ruling-class community, apply to join or ask to ‘get published was Our future is socialism in is now attacking democratic freedoms The danger now is that some of the legislation. involved’. Over one hundred have taken Scotland – where each candidate also on a scale that cannot be justified by the drastic but temporary Covid restrictions Communists urge people to make the up the offer. had their own election brochure with Covid emergency. of our hard-won civil liberties might be maximum use of their surviving a total distribution of 175,000. The Police and Crime and 'Skycops' made permanent – if we don’t resist. freedoms to fight against injustice. In Wales/Cymru the party Bills presently kicked into touch by the The ‘over the top’ police action The Communist Party supports the Social media produced Real Power for the people of government is an example of the against women peacefully protesting on struggle to defend the right to protest Covid conditions, at the start of the Wales/ Grym Go Iawn I Werin Cymru, growing centralisation and Clapham Common against male and communists young and old are election, brought CP social media which went to 200,000 homes. empowerment of the state and its violence; and the £10,000 fine imposed present in demonstrations up and down campaigners into action and they are In London the Party produced a full police and intelligence services. on trade union activist Karen Reissmann the country. playing an important part in spreading manifesto and a short popular version They are part of a longer-term for organising a protest are wake-up the word, answering questions and distributed to tens of thousands of trend since 1979, from anti-trade union calls. ALEX GORDON IS A FORMER PRESIDENT OF organising online meetings. homes – we literally ran out of copies. laws and the privatisation of public The pro-democracy protest in THE RMT UNION AND IS A MEMBER OF THE Many new members who have joined An all Britain manifesto Capitalism is spaces patrolled by private security Bristol had been peaceful for hours COMMUNIST PARTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE during the centenary year are highly the problem, Socialism is the solution skilled in the use of social media and was produced online and launched at some of these work in the party’s an online meeting attended by just communications network. The aims of under a thousand visitors. These are Communists hit by ballot ban the CP network are to use social media all available at the Communist Party to make parry members the best website www.communstparty.or.uk. informed of any political party – in ELECTIONS no time for the registration of other terms of policy, achievements, names before submitting nomination developments and campaigns and to use Women NICK WRIGHT papers for the 6 May election. their skills to promote the Britain’s Road The Communist Party leader also to Socialism programme and support candidates HE ELECTORAL COMMISSION revealed that Welsh broadcasters have workers in struggle. Every week, all Of all the political parties contesting has banned the Communist Party already informed the party that it will members receive a copy of Party the elections, only the Communist Tfrom using its normal descriptions qualify for election broadcasts as the Organiser and the network helped to Party held a rally of women as the ‘Communist Party’, the ‘Welsh “Welsh Communist Party”, on the build a new version of the party candidates, and, in revolutionary style Communist Party’ and the ‘Scottish basis that it will again be contesting all website, fit for a full election campaign, it had an internationalist flavour. Communist Party’ on ballot papers for five regional lists under that name in in a matter of weeks. Andrea Burford (North Evington, the 6 May elections. the Senedd election. Leicester) was joined by Spanish-born All three names have long been s Discrimination against the CP. ‘There is a whiff of sabotage about London candidate Judith Cazorla registered with the Electoral this and it is not the first time in recent Many tongues Rodenas and Lorraine Douglas Commission which has now decided Scottish Communists planned to years that the Electoral Commission On 8 April, the Communist Party put out a (Greater London Assembly). to ban them with immediate effect just describe themselves as the ‘Scottish has treated the Communist Party call, Hablas Espanol? Parlez-vous Français? Nora Garcia from the Communist weeks before the election. Communist Party’. unfairly and incompetently’, he said. Você fala Português? Czy mówisz Polsku? Party of Spain joined and it was In previous elections to the Welsh ‘There appears to be no good reason ‘The Tory and Labour parties use Sen Türkçe konuşmayı biliyor musun? chaired by London young communist Senedd, the party – which pioneered to take this drastic step and the “Welsh” and “Scottish” in their titles. Within 48 hours translations of the Maryam Pashali. devolution policies for Wales and is Electoral Commission must know that This is blatant discrimination against the party’s election brochure appeared in In Wales three of the five regional the only all- British Party headed by a this weakens weakens our long Communist Party. Mae’r pleidiau Llafur Polish, Spanish, Catalan, French, Arabic, party lists are led by women Welsh speaker – was described as the established political identity Communist a Cheidwadol’yn defnyddio “Cymreig” Punjabi, Portuguese and Greek. Chinese communists Laura Picand (South ‘Welsh Communist Party’ on ballot Party general secretary Robert Griffiths ac “Albanaidd” yn eu teitlau. Mae hyn and Russian versions are planned and are West Wales), Claudia Cannon (Mid & papers and in campaign materials and said. He pointed out that the yn ragfarn amlwg yn erbyn y Blaid available as a free download at West Wales) and Anita Wright party election broadcasts. commission’s decision is final and leaves Gomiwnyddol’. www.communistparty.org.uk (South Wales central). Unity! May Day 2021 | 3 ELECTION SPECIAL

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s Markus Keaney stands in Luton s Scottish young communists take to the hills. Banner drops across Scotland caught public attention

ELECTION CAMPAIGN strengthen union organisation based employment, housing and women new website has been built to coor- on a programme of radical and so- (‘Has Cathy Come Home?’), anti dinate the Wales campaign and a cialist change. racism and internationalism and on party political TV broadcast, car- Phil Katz runs the South Wales candidate Rob Grif- the environment (Silvertown pro- ried on S4C, ITV and BBC during rule over the fiths, the party’s general secretary: ject, ‘Stop Digging’). A feature of last week. It led to many enquiries sets the scen,‘Britain has a future, each was the preparedness of a di- and requests for more information. politics, the parties, but it will have to change. There verse range of speakers, who were On estates in Glasgow, Edinburgh the policies... must be no going back. The people not CP members, to share party and Motherwell and Wishaw, ban- have to act against the capitalist sys- platforms. ner drops were well received as well and the Communists. tem, which has failed us at our time as door-to-door leafletting and street of greatest need. We must assert a LOCAL CAMPAIGNING stalls. Each candidate took part in LECTORAL COMMISSION new set of values and a new way of The campaign has been very much hustings - a valuable chance to ex- The same is true of the party, manoeuvres, designed to con- bringing communities together, based on local initiative and finding plain policy in greater detail. which is increasing its reach and in- Efuse voters and make it much putting people first.’ new ways to explain the core values One comrade spoke at a North La- fluence, recruiting new members harder to vote communist, have fired and politics contained in the Com- narkshire hustings alongside past and much looking forward to field- up Communist Party candidates and DEMANDS munist Party programme, Britain’s Labour leader Richard Leonard. ing many more candidates in next campaigners. Amongst key demands the Commu- Road to Socialism. Our ability to do Comrades signed up to important year’s elections. Many candidates have written to nist Party called on councils and this, whilst raising issues of concern pledges ranging from Age Concern, As the party grows it is striking the commission to complain at their government to: on an all-Britain basis, such as pri- Shelter, to that of the Living Rent roots in communities across Britain. skulduggery in barring the party • rebuild Britain, for the millions vatisation of the NHS, scrapping Tri- campaign. Johnnie Hunter in Glas- This was borne out in the campaign from using its own name on the bal- not the billionaires dent and opposing Conservative gow, called for a ‘guarantee of fed- of Unite local community activist lot paper. • take the electricity, gas, coal, wa- cronyism in the award of Covid-re- eralism as a third option in any Andrea Burford (above) standing in The Commission added insult to ter, railways, banking, pharmaceu- lated contracts, has been a major future referendum.’ the North Evington ward, Leicester. injury to say they will conduct an in- tical and armaments industries into achievement of the campaign. Construction worker Daniel Andrea started her campaign early quiry into their anti democratic be- democratic public ownership and In Motherwell and Wishaw, candi- Lambe, out leafletting in Motherwell with a supportive and creative local haviour...on 12 May, six days after planning, to meet society’s needs date Daniel Lambe said, ‘The road said, ‘If you want a party in Holy- campaign team. the ballot has closed. • develop tidal, solar and offshore to socialism isn’t an easy one, com- rood that puts the needs and con- She called for a vote for her as a Profits pile up, billionaires multi- wind power, clean coal technology munists are fighting for a better fu- cerns of working people first, then local working class woman who ply, work is fragmented and growing and other safe and sustainable en- ture for all.’ get involved in our campaign.’ wanted to see, ‘more council homes scarce, our health and education ergy sources Rumanian-born Lucian Branescu Matthew Waddell who is standing and affordable homes built, so ev- services face a funding meltdown. • impose a levy on financial specu- Mihaila a London List (GLA) candi- in his home city of Edinburgh has eryone has a roof over their heads.’ The youth have been particularly lation, control the export of capital, date called for ‘A fair immigration emphasised the need for planning of Andrea spoke powerfully at the hard hit, affected by the failure to and end all tax haven regimes under policy with and an equal route to na- housing development, ‘We need Rally of Women making a strong build affordable housing. No gov- British jurisdiction tionality and an end to the hostile well-built social housing in planned case for investment to improve pay, ernment has failed its people in re- • halt all forms of privatisation and environment.’ communities.’ conditions and availability of jobs in cent times, more than this, with their invest in the NHS and public ser- Judith Cazorla Rodenas de- Throughout its campaign, the the local textile trade. On Earth Day failure to deal with the Covid pan- vices, with a massive programme to nounced ‘Systemic failure by police Party has emphasised that in the she issued a call for a ‘green, envi- demic. build more council housing to protect women from domestic vi- words of one candidate, ‘every day ronmentally friendly city’. This is coupled to an attempt to • set the national minimum wage at olence, sexual harassment and as- is an election day.’ The Communist ‘The communists’ says Andrea, restrict rights to assembly and £10.40 an hour sault and its ongoing failure to Party does not ‘shut up shop’ be- ‘will generally support moves to speech and a refusal to pass on pow- • repeal all anti-trade union, anti- eliminate racism in its ranks’. tween elections and call out members lower emissions from city buses.’ ers to the Wales and Scottish govern- democratic and racist immigration London candidate Robin Talbot only when we need leaflets handed Andrea defended local citizens who ments that would allow them to laws with full employment rights for and chair of the all-Britain Young out in a run up to polling day. work in retail, when their work was intervene to support jobs and fund all workers from day one, and Communist League was part of a Nor are our Manifestos, a cynical denigrated by a Labour MP. The public services, just when they are • guarantee far-reaching economic team leafletting historic Cable Street exercise in issuing ‘never to be kept’ Communist Party she said, ‘recog- most needed. powers and financial resources for calling for a ‘Vote for investment in promises. In truth, our campaign nise the value of every worker In response to this, the Commu- Scottish, Welsh and English parlia- jobs, education, housing, youth ser- has been aimed at putting new ideas whether they work in a supermarket nists have launched their biggest ments, local government, and En- vices, better transport and London’s and organisation into the labour or a care home.’ election campaign since the early glish regional and Cornish assem- future.’ movement so that it emerges 1980s aiming to assert class solidar- blies in a federal Britain. 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AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM ‘Anti-Semitism, a weapon carried to barbaric extremes by fascism, is a weapon used by the ruling class to split and divert the masses of the people away from the struggle for their real interests.’ Declaration, moved by Rajani Palme Dutt, 3 March 1947 at the British Empire Communist Parties Conference, London in February/March 1947.

anyone campaigning for the justified Communist struggle rights of the Palestinian people, as laid down in UN resolutions, and for peaceful sanctions in order to achieve against antisemitism them, must be condemned as themselves actively hindering the real and necessary fight against antisemitism. 1 Long-standing and historic territory alongside an Arab State within The Communist Party of Britain opposition to antisemitism Palestine and ‘nothing shall be done therefore reiterates its opposition to all The Communist Party opposes all forms which may prejudice the civil and forms of antisemitism. It confirms its of racism and xenophobia and notes religious rights of the existing non-Jewish support for a state of Israel living in with grave concern the rise of communities’. The editorial of the Daily peace beside a state of Palestine within antisemitism as part of the anti-working Worker of 15 May 1948, in welcoming pre-1967 boundaries. This commitment class ideology of right-wing populism in the new state, additionally urged the includes its backing for the full Britain and elsewhere. It calls on all who new State ‘to take all possible measures implementation of UN resolutions and wish to protect the values of our to live in peace with its Arab for the use of economic sanctions to movement to oppose every neighbours…’ achieve these objectives. Communists in manifestation of antisemitism along with Britain pledge their solidarity with all other forms of racism. Our party’s 3 UN resolutions following the those campaigning on this basis, against founders included significant numbers of 1967 war and Israel’s annexation antisemitism along with the rights of the comrades of Jewish culture and of Palestinian territories s Communist Party leader Harry Pollitt writing in the party’s Party’s Palestinian people. This includes full commitment – many of whom had fled Our party supported the UN resolution Jewish community newspaper Jewish Clarion support for, and solidarity with, our from persecution in Eastern Europe and 242 (1967) following the annexation of sister parties, the Palestinian People’s the Russian Empire. Palestinian territories in 1967. This downgrades the status of Arabic, and feudal times and has repeatedly been Party and the Communist Party of Israel. These comrades led the way in resolution required Israel to withdraw to makes ‘Jewish settlement’ a national used as a weapon to divide working combatting antisemitism in Britain in the its pre-war boundaries and upheld the value; b) the formal shift of the Israeli people, particularly so at the beginning The Communist Party executive 1920s and 30s and in particular right of the people of Palestine to their government to Jerusalem in 2017 and its of the last century and at the time of the committee adopted the above developing a united mass movement own state beside the state of Israel with recognition by the United States as the Bolshevik Revolution. statement on 14 March 2021 among working people in London that its capital in Jerusalem and the right of capital of Israel in violation of UN Our party also notes the dangers blocked the advance of Mosley fascism. return of all refugees. This continues to resolutions; and c) the joint 2020 posed to the fight against antisemitism by One of our party’s MPs, Phil Piratin, was be the position of our party. It initiative by the governments of the the opportunist and politically-partisan instrumental in leading this movement. condemns the subsequent actions by the United States and Israel to secure the use of unjust charges of antisemitism He did so again against the attempts to government of Israel to defy both this agreement of Arab states to the illegal within the Labour movement and the redevelop Mosley Fascism, exploiting and subsequent UN resolutions and to occupation of Palestinian territory and to current attempts to extend them to all antisemitism, in the later 1940s and 50s. fail to honour the Oslo Accords make permanent the full Israeli those who wish to uphold the rights of In the 1970s our party was a founder negotiated between Israel’s prime settlement of the West Bank. the Palestinian people and to campaign member of the Anti-Nazi League and of minister Yitzhak Rabin and the PLO in These actions violate the objectives of against the illegal occupation of their the Anti-Racist Alliance and since then 1993. Our party is a member of the all those committed to the upholding of land. In particular, our party opposes the has helped make the annual Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the rights of the Palestinian people to an demand of the current British commemoration of Cable Street a supports the ‘two-state’ UN-mandated integral state composed of all pre-1967 government that public bodies receiving unifying demonstration that puts the fight position. territories and also of those who wish to government funds adopt the against antisemitism at the centre of a see the State of Israel living in peace International Holocaust Remembrance united working-class opposition to all 4 Condemnation of the actions of beside the state of Palestine. Alliance (IHRA) definition of forms of racism. Each year on 27 January recent Israeli governments headed antisemitism. The IHRA definition was our party supports Holocaust Memorial by Benjamin Netanyahu 5 Continuing robust opposition not developed for this purpose and its On guard against fascism Day. These actions by the Israeli governments to antisemitism principal drafter has stated it was not A call to the labour movement headed by Benjamin Netanyahu include Our party calls on all who wish to intended to be adopted as a legal policy This pamphlet was written by Tony 2 Formation of the State of Israel a) the passage of the Nation-State Act in protect the values of our movement to document by public bodies. Its Conway, John Foster, Robert Griffiths Our party, in the aftermath of the Nazi July 2018 which makes the right to oppose every manifestation of references to criticism of the State of and Liz Payne under the auspices of the genocide, supported the formation of a ‘national self-determination’ in Israel antisemitism along with other forms of Israel are, moreover, now compromised Communist Party of Britain’s Anti- State of Israel in 1948 on the terms set ‘unique to the Jewish people’, establishes racism. All forms of racism weaken our by the passing of the 2018 Nation State Racism Anti-Fascism Commission. by UN resolution 187 of May 1947 – Hebrew as the official language, and in movement. antisemitism has been Act, as described above. £1 Now available in Portable Document whereby it should exist in a defined terms of all official documentation deeply rooted within our country since Those who use this definition against Format (PDF) only.

OMRADE WORKERS! May Day acres of land and mountains of money lands are fighting to free labour from countries immense sacrifices. They is coming, the day when the into their private property. They have wage slavery, from poverty and want. have shed rivers of blood on behalf of Cworkers of all lands celebrate made the government and the army They are fighting for a system of their right to a better life and real their awakening to a class-conscious life, their servants, faithful watchdogs of society where the wealth created by freedom. their solidarity in the struggle against all the wealth they have amassed. the common labour will go to benefit, Those who fight for the workers’ coercion and oppression of man by On the other side stand the millions not a handful of rich men, but all those cause are subjected by the man, the struggle to free the toiling of the disinherited. They are forced to who work. They want to make the governments to untold persecution. millions from hunger, poverty, and beg the moneybags for permission to land and the factories, mills, and But in spite of all persecution the humiliation. work for them. By their labour they machines the common property of all solidarity of the workers of the world Two worlds stand facing each other create all wealth; yet all their lives long toilers. They want to do away with the is growing and gaining in strength. The in this great struggle: the world of they have to struggle for a crust of division into rich and poor, want the workers are uniting more and more capital and the world of labour, the bread, beg for work as for charity, sap fruits of labour to go to the labourers closely in socialist parties, the world of exploitation and slavery and their strength and health by back- themselves, and all the achievements supporters of those parties are the world of brotherhood and breaking toil, and starve in hovels in of the human mind, all improvements mounting into millions and are freedom. the villages or in the cellars and garrets in ways of working, to improve the lot advancing steadily, step by step, Lenin on On one side stand the handful of of the big cities. of the man who works, and not serve towards complete victory over the International rich blood-suckers. They have seized But now these disinherited toilers as a means of oppressing him. class of capitalist exploiters. the factories and mills, the tools and have declared war on the moneybags The great struggle of labour against Workers Day machinery, have turned millions of and exploiters. The workers of all capital has cost the workers of all Published in 1904

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PARTY LIFE

The Communist Party's postponed 56th Congress will be held on Saturday and 6-7 Sunday, November with the theme popularised during the 2021 election campaign: The crisis is capitalism, the solution is socialism

Building the Communist Party Projecting the Party's publications (notably the Communist Review and Unity!); strengthening its commissions - including a women’s commission in every Party district and nation - and establishing new trade union advisories; and securing five standing committees to deal with political education, communications, recruitment & membership, elections and internal complaints & discipline (a ‘Control Commission’ established by rule change). There will be other important issues to consider and these may feature in the EC's main resolution(s), in Branch, District and Nation amendments (up to s Communists on campaign trail in Felixstowe. Coastal ward candidate Mark three each per EC resolution), and POLITICAL EDUCATION Party Commissions – each concerned Jones with supporters from new branches in East Suffolk and Colchester. separate resolutions (up to two) on with an aspect of working class life and topics not covered by the EC BILL GREENSHIELDS struggle. Recordings of live education After considering the economic, social and present; strengthening Liberation resolution(s). events will appear together with notes, and political perspectives for 2021, the and the British Peace Assembly and Millions of workers are agitated – and ideas and suggestions from comrades March Executive Committee identified projecting the World Peace Council; Congress Commissions As for the many are organised to do battle with our involved. the main issues requiring debate and winning the labour movement to the 55th Congress, the outgoing EC corrupt ruling class and government. The A new eight session programme discussion at the Congress. case for cancelling Trident and proposes a number of Congress big question is: are we equipped to fight Taking the Road will introduce the alternative socially-useful production; commissions where delegates can but also to win in the class struggle? fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism in Unemployment Fightback! and defending China in particular against discuss their experiences and ideas and Though our success depends on an accredited first stage course, that all Meeting the challenges of mass false atrocity propaganda, contrasting its make proposals to the incoming EC for courage, determination and resilience, new members of the party can follow unemployment as the ruling class and its economic, social and cultural advances the Party's future work. At the we need analysis and understanding of in their first year. Further stages, take us Tory government pursue policies to to those of other developed and moment, the EC is proposing Congress the reality of the struggle – and not just deeper into the theory that Lenin restore the general rate of profit by developing countries. commissions from among the following hope and enthusiasm. maintained was essential for a intensifying the exploitation of labour, areas of work:- The working class movement needs revolutionary movement. The aim is attacking the terms and conditions of Waging the war of ideas 1 class politics and the struggle for sound political education. Education in that all courses should be followed employment, reducing the tax burden Promoting the Morning Star as the voice women’s liberation which we learn from each other, collectively through a party organisation for the capitalist monopolies and of the labour and progressive 2 fighting racism challenge each other, teach each other or party-organised online course. maintaining the value of the Pound by movements in the fight for democratic 3 building the peace movement – not just from our immediate An Our Party Library page will slashing public sector borrowing and mass media against monopoly 4 building local anti-monopoly alliances experience and closest mates but from host a developing library of historical reducing the National Debt. How can domination; promoting the classes, workers of the world, and throughout classics of Marxism-Leninism, the People’s Assembly and the labour publications and other activities of the Your views Party organisations are our class divided history… and our contemporary writings, provided and progressive movements best Marx Memorial Library & Workers’ invited to submit their views on the individual and collective experience of through Manifesto Press and Praxis defend jobs and organise and mobilise School; and using all forms of media to above proposals to me at Party centre struggle. Press and party publications such as All unemployed and their supporters on a project three fundamental themes on any of the matters in this Congress What should a Communist Party Power to the Working Class, Dialectical & mass scale. Should we support a Universal against the state-monopoly capitalist Letter by Friday, 4 May. This will mean political education project look like? Historical Materialism and Das Kapital & Basic Income? offensive: (i) for working-class and online meetings wherever possible to It’s free and open to all and based on Marxism in the 21st Century. people's unity; (ii) for peace and ensure that these are the collective collective discussion and activities. The most recent are available with Production for the People solidarity against militarism and views of the Party organisation Everyone has things to offer – decades study material as appropriate. Library and Planet Exposing the unbalanced, imperialist wars; and (iii) for socialist concerned. of experience in the working class users will be encouraged to review the precarious and predatory character of revolution. movement, or new eyes to see old books, suggest others and provide British imperialism’s economy at home District and nation congresses problems in the light of new realities. materials that might contribute to study and abroad; promoting green, Anti-Monopoly Alliance These were due to be held this year, as Varied work, cultural backgrounds and discussion sustainable policies that create jobs and Strengthening and uniting the labour and the alternate year to our biennial and life and class experiences brings What the Paper Says – in ironical living standards while also combating progressive movements in the struggle National Congress. But the EC has fresh insights. And always the acid test comment on the banning of the global warming; elaborating the Left- against state-monopoly capitalism; in decided that the postponement of the of the reality of class struggle in all its Morning Star from television’s What the Wing Programme for Britain and particular, projecting the Charter for 56th Congress to 2021 should mean forms. Papers Say – will showcase key Morning economic strategies for its nations, Women; building the National Assembly that the District and Nation congresses The party programme Britain’s Road Star editorials and features. regions and key industries based on of Women and a new initiative against are all now postponed to 2022, to be to Socialism is available online at Another valuable public resource is public ownership and planning - and racist laws as broad-based campaigning held on a date to be decided by the www.communistparty.org.uk with study the Marx Memorial Library’s Full Marx which also secure economic and social bodies with strong links to the labour District or Nation Committee materials – some summaries of its series of accessible introductions to equality for women, young, immigrant, movement; and assisting the Young concerned. sections, video introductions to each Marxist theory. migrant and disabled workers. Should we Communist League to project the and with suggestions for preparatory Finally we will showcase Communist embrace Modern Monetary Theory? Charter for Youth. and follow up reading. Key to the Review, the party’s popular theory & materials are discussion questions for practice journal – with its editorial Progressive Federalism Elaborating each section. These are available for board selecting articles to be enhanced our policy and building alliances in the Communist Congress timeline individual use – but they are designed with study materials. face of aggressive Tory-British unionism May 17: deadline for submission to Party centre of Branch, District and Nation for collective group discussion – or by The aim of Marxist political education and vigorous Scottish and Welsh amendments to the Party rules and Congress standing orders. signing up for a live online group. is to sharpen our contribution to separatism. How should we address July 19: EC draft resolutions, Congress agenda and rules amendments to be sent The new extensively updated book change political outlook of the working questions of English nationalism, regional to Party organisations. Women & Class is presented in similar class, and strengthen its analysis, devolution and local government? October 1: deadline for submission of Branch, District and Nation resolutions formats – and a series of six week strategic direction and leadership. No to the new Cold War': and amendments to the EC resolution(s) and of nominations for the EC, Appeals tutored courses will begin to take Exposing the motive forces and Committee and auditors. registrations from 8 May. Education BILL GREENSHIELDS IS THE COMMUNIST strategies for imperialist re-division, October 23-24: first meeting of Congress committees. materials, meetings, webinars and PARTY EDUCATION ORGANISER AND A domination, militarism and war, past November 6-7: 56th Congress of Britain’s communists. courses will be added over time by our FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE NUT. 8 | May Day 2021 CULTURE&IDEOLOGY One must speak for a struggle for a new culture, that is, for a new moral life that cannot but be intimately connected to a new intuition of life, until it becomes a new way of feeling and seeing reality Antonio Gramsci Art and the Struggle for a New Civilisation

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ONLINE COURSE: TRADE UNIONS, CLASS AND POWER David Horsley Capitalism is in A new and The amazing and The first ever, This eight-week charts Claudia’s crisis and its updated edition, true story of single volume interactive life from a child in champions in by Mary Davis. communism in history of the course seeks to Trinidad, struggles disarray – what Essential reading Britain, through Communist Party. understand in the USA, better time to for all activists in the life stories of Edited by Mary trade unions and repression and launch a new the women’s and the party’s Davis with 20 union members Journal of the Marx Memorial deportation to edition of the working class and extraordinary contributors of today within Library 2021 Number 122 Britain and her Communist Party trade union rank and file charting 100 years a century of struggles here. programme. movements. membership. of struggle. historical Editorial Marjorie Mayo COMMUNIST REVIEW99 £4.95 £3.00 £4.50 £9.99 £9.99 perspective. Marxist understandings of past Theory and discussion journal Tuesday 4 May and recent struggles Mary Davis, of the Communist Party Spring 2021 7pm and Roger Seifert and Andrew Murray Tuesday 22 June COVID-19 and its economic, FUTURE OF WORK SOCIALISM, 8:30pm political and social aftermath WORK, TECHNOLOGY AND Michael Roberts, Allyson M. Pollock, THE STRUGGLE FOR JOBS Louisa Harding-Edgar, Jenny Clegg, Gail Cartmail, Michael Roberts, DEMOCRACY, Ben Fine. Kate Bayliss, Ted Benton Leonardo Impett, Ursula Huws, NEO-LIBERALISM and Marjorie Mayo Andrew Maybury, Roger McKenzie, AND BRITAIN’S International responses to the Tony Burke, Sarah Woolley, Keith Ewing, CENTRALISED pandemic Bob Oram and the Andy Bain and the Communist Party STATE Communist Party of Viet Nam Future of Work Group The Charter for Youth, published in its This event aims to put women’s liberation at the heart of class Join Baroness Covid-19 and trade union struggle thousands by the Young Communist struggle and explore how we should respond to the Pauline Bryan Carolyn Jones, Kevan Nelson, H How long will we tolerate big League is in its second printing reports intensification of women’s oppression under modern capitalism. for this timely Helen O’Connor, Heather Wakefield pharma? Marc Vandepitte YCL leader Johnnie Hunter (above). Based upon the three strands of the Charter for Women, round table and Jonathan White H How do intellectuals view The YCL’s Youth Charter is a set of which was adopted by the National Assembly of Women in discussion on MML events Ralph Gibson, communism? Sean Meleady policies to combat the crisis faced by 2020, sessions include Marxist-feminist analysis of women in the challenges of John McDonnell, David Lane, Meirian H REVIEW: Engels 200 John Foster Britain’s youth and to offer some relief. society, at work, and in the international labour movement. progressive Jump andLydia Samarbakhsh H 2021 Marx Oration Lydia The Charter isn’t a recipe for socialism. Drawn from across the labour movement our speakers include federalism and Reviews Ben Fine, Roger Seifert, Samarbakhsh These policies can’t cure the underlying Mary Davis on the roots of women’s oppression, Pragna Patel labour Jonathan White, Ines Newman, H SOUL FOOD: On Priti Patel, problems of capitalism but the demands on domestic violence, migration and racism, Sarah Woolley on movement John Green, Richard Clarke, practical solidarity, poetry and and the struggle to achieve them ask the sexual harassment and Kellie O’Dowd on abortion rights. mobilisation. Andrew Murray, Bruni de la Motte, preservation Fran Lock fundamental questions about economic Additional panels will highlight such questions as the 7pm Thursday, John Foster, David McLellan, Jim Mowatt, ownership and democratic control in our feminisation of poverty, unfair job segregation and the erosion 13 May 2021 Robert Maisey and Alex Gordon £2.50 www.communistparty.org.uk country. More deatils at www.ycl.org.uk of women’s sex-based rights, calling for urgent change to secure equal pay and access to decent childcare. Internationalistsrecognise that the fight against women’s oppression is worldwide and we are delighted to be joined by Unity! Culture workers (of the world) unite! communist women leaders from three continents, including Liz Rowley, (Canada), Jenny Schreiner (South Africa), Annie Raja Today, May Day (India) and Socorro Gomes (Brazil). 2021 Unity! zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__1pZ504URB-6P23vown1xQ appears as a paid CULTURE COMMISSION performance and the mobilisation of democracy. Other projects include for supplement the enormous reservoir of creative documenting the historic cultural work to the Morning RON BROWN talent in the working class. of British communists, shaping a UNEMPLOYMENT Star and in This spring the Communist Party marxist leninist approach to democracy locally produced ARL MARX and a myriad of organised a series of meetings to find and sport and a critical approach by editions. Marxist thinkers have offered us ways to develop the conscious work of marketing and media professionals. Kthe insight that cultural activities – Marxists in this vital arena of creative Among the ideas that emerged from FIGHTBACK! Unity! is the which we can define broadly to include struggle. the discussions is a proposal to look at Communist Party the arts, sport, the media etc. are – From this has come a firm intent to food and drink from an internationalist A FAST AND FURIOUS WEBINAR newspaper under capitalism – dominated by the develop a Culture Commission to give perspective and to develop thinking May 29, 2021 11am - 12:30pm published for 30 ruling class and used to justify and direction to this work and help around traditional crafts, cultivation, years and now in legitimise exploitation and oppression. coordinate creative workers, writers, gardening and ecology. Keynote speakers include: Bill Greenshields and monthly and But that cultural hegemony can be artists, designers, poets, singers, Commission chair Mike Quille of Molly Brown (Communist Party in discussion) special editions rendered fragile and temporary and musicians, craft workers, theatre Culture Matters is convening the Steve Turner (Unite) Mark Porter (Rolls Royce Unite for working class, challenged by activists and cultural workers, linguists, image based cultural policy group and a data base of at Barnoldswick) Rohan Kon (Sheffield Needs a Pay and progressive workers, working to imagine and build creatives, critics and media and new practitioners is being created for Rise) Johnny Hunter (YCL) Laura Smith (ex-Labour events, union a better world. media specialists. production and to add to party work. MP and No Turning Back campaigner) Helen conferences and Culture workers are organised in Dozens of people attended these O’Connor (NHS activist) Sabby Dhalu (SUTR) daily at TUC. trade unions and the vital work of discussions and from this a programme RON BROWN IS A MUSICIAN BASED IN THE Speaker from the Communist Party of Spain (on a conferences. strengthening organisation and running of work is underway including NORTH EAST AND IS CONVENOR OF THE bill to protect gig employees) Jackie Simpkins (War campaigns is strengthened through developing cultural policy and a COMMUNIST PARTY’S CULTURE on Want) and Mick Lynch (RMT) creative and critical writing, working class approach to cultural COMMISSION