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Racism serves the ruling class s Bristol COMMUNIST PARTY BREXIT warning elements’ in the Tory, labour, libDem, green communists Responding to the collapse of the fourth round and nationalist parties who have never welcome the Mollie bRoWn of brexit talks between the british government accepted the 2016 eU referendum result. toppling of Edward and the european Union’s chief negotiator Colston’s statue he viCioUS killing of george floyd in Michel barnier, Mollie brown warned against Save Britain’s industry writes Ken Keable. Minniapolis has highlighted the racism that attempts by the eU and british big business to The party’s executive also received reports This isa man whose Tstill pervades developed capitalist societies force an extension of the 'transition period' highlighting the massive threat to what remains fortune from and their state institutions Mollie brown told the with its eU rules and jurisdictions beyond the of britain’s industrial base, including recent stealing and selling June meeting of the Communist Party’s executive end of the year. announcements of tens of thousands of job human beings, used committee. ‘barnier’s insistence that future british losses around gatwick airport and 6,000 race to justify his Recent examples of the deaths and serious governments should not be allowed to redundancies at Rolls Royce beginning in Derby, actions. injuries of black detainees in police custody in intervene in the economy to protect key inchinnan near glasgow and lancashire. The people of britain, the US and france were linked to the industries and enterprises, regulate private Rolls Royce and british Airways have both Bristol have, at last use of dangerous restraint techniques that were investment and end competitive tendering is taken public money on the pretext of saving dstroyed the symbol used disproportionately against black and unacceptable and intended to frustrate any jobs and should not be allowed to cut and run of the city’s racist, working-class people she said. settlement this year on future UK-eU relations', said the party trade union organiser Andy bain . slave-trading elite, ‘our response must include recognising the she said. Trade union organiser Andy bain called for which had the class basis of prejudice, discrimination and ‘likewise, the bid for full eU access to broad-based community campaigns led by the Red Wedge success Merchant Venturers racism in britain and other imperialist countries, britain’s already depleted fishing waters is a trade unions and local trades councils to resist Society at its core. and urge black and white to unite in the fight deliberately provocative demand that the eU these devastating blows. both companies Over a hundred new and prospective against them’. has never insisted upon in trade deals with should be returned to the public sector and members of the Communist Party took Hands off China’s The party leadership agreed a range of Canada and other countries’. protected in the public interest regardless of part in a nationwide series of 10 online sovereignty proposals from the party’s Anti-Racism Anti- britain’s communists urged the labour Party eU state aid rules, he said. meetings at the end of May. H Communist Party fascism commission including the early leadership not to repeat previous mistakes by Feedback on the meetings showed general secretary publication of a pamphlet on Covid, Class and supporting an extension of the ‘transition Mollie bRoWn iS A MeMbeR of The that all the 34 Red Wedge course Robert Griffiths, has Racism. period’ and siding with those ‘anti-democratic CoMMUniST PARTy ’S exeCUTive CoMMiTTee leaders felt the sessions were a success slammed the former and all the new and prospective foreign secretaries members rated the sessions five out of seeking to stir up five stars. further social unrest Austerity and Covid-19 crisis Building on the success the party's Red in Hong Kong, Wedge team is planning the immediate “Britain’s empire in launch of Communist Party women the Far East is dead HEALTH COMMISSION The party’s health Commission covers a wide members training courses and a Zoom and the sooner range of expertises in health and social care. public launch of the party's new Women these backward- ThAbo MilleR These include professionals working in the health and Class pamphlet and political looking politicians and social care sector as well as individuals with education classes at the Communist realise it, the better he goveRnMenT response to the Covid direct experience of the wider provision of Party Centenary/Red Wedge event on it will be for friendly 19 pandemic has been one of health and social care across the country. Saturday 1 August. and mutually Tmismanagement and incompetence from The commission is planning to use the The same date will see a major Red beneficial relations the start said the Communist Party's newly expertise of its members to address questions Wedge event for trade unionists and between our Protect the health established health Commission in a statement relating to health and social care policy, in a prospective party members active in countries. The following its launch meeting. rigorous and evidence-based way. it will advise trade unions. hypocrisy of their and rights of the “The roots of this were laid in the decade of and counsel the executive committee of the H The Young Communist League has set confected outrage is peoples austerity, cuts, privatisation and under resourcing party and the party membership on best up new branches in East Anglia and Kent staggering – one can of our health and social care services across the practices within the services. The commission and is planning to set up new branches only imagine their four nations, as well as a political doctrine which intends to analyse existing practices from a class- in Greater London localities, Brighton, response had a gang promotes individualism and lack of community based perspective in order to understand why Liverpool, Stirling and Warrington of violent protestors responsibility that has resulted from the capitalist those practices and policies currently occur. reports YCL general secretary Johnnie broken into the economic system. Progress requires our class and our party to Hunter. Commons chamber “The question of where to go from here is, not merely be reactive to the actions and and smashed it up. therefore, one with no easy answers. Any steps policies of the bourgeois class and of Even more ominous Joint statement forward must be based on the evidence of monopolies, but to develop a clear, detailed and is their veiled threat of the world’s potential benefits and harms for all, rather than specific alternatives. to plunge China into on narrow political ideology.” “over the medium to longer term, the health the same division communist and The commission identified two pressing commission will draw up a specific vision for the and destruction questions that need to be answered: nhS of the 21st century, built upon the CP B which British, US workers’ parties l What are the costs and benefits to health principles that patients need an ambitious public Workers of all lands, unite ! and NATO across the nations associated with lockdown? health system which is democratically intervention l looking at other countries in the world who accountable”said the commission. CP bRiTAin CP bRiTAin fomented in the https://tinyurl.com/stghk79 have had a more successful response to the www.communist-party.org.uk former Yugoslavia” pandemic than the UK, what can be learned as ThAbo MilleR iS ConvenoR of The June 2020 he said. to the criteria necessary before lifting lockdown? CoMMUniST PARTy ’S heAlTh CoMMiSSion Schools face Covid-19 crisis EDUCATION STRUGGLES

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oRiS JohnSon’S sudden announcement to reopen schools on 1 June prompted a bcoordinated response throughout the education unions to delay the reopening and, On guard where this was not possible, to protect vulnerable against fascism staff. fascism analysed and even in the short timescale allowed by exposed. £2 Johnson’s announcement communist teachers met online to explore how the unions could best respond, given that balloting for strike action would not be possible. our view was that the unions would need to offer significant support to members and reps to carry out negotiations in their individual workplaces. The teaching unions clearly were A ground-breaking pamphlet by the late vishnu sensitive to this and produced a wealth of Sharma, published 1979, has been reissued with material (checklists, letter templates, etc) and an introduction by Tony Conway convenor of held online webinars, meetings and training to the party’s Anti-racist, anti-fascist commission. support members. it is extremely likely that the The pamphlet, by the leading indian communist Workers of all lands, coordinated efforts of union leadership, in britain, who resigned from the Commission for unite! organisers, reps and members has saved lives. Racial equality in protest is a condemnation of A labour movement Communist teachers are keen to use this the racist immigration and nationality policies of policy on migration, momentum to further increase the profile of the Tory and labour governments of the period. labour and refugees. £2 education unions. london District of the Communist Party held SUMMER 2020 a successful online meeting on the theme Covid- Contents include OUR HISTORY women and for young workers that will require 19: Safe Schools: Safe Workplaces discussing the H 100 years of the prior registration. Some of the meetings will be effect of school closure and reopening on Communist Party Phil KATz hosted by friends and allies of the party. working class and vulnerable students; the Rob Griffiths There will be an internationalist meeting on success of the neU’s national and local action; H The Communist he WeeKenD of 31 July and 1 August 2020 press freedom hosted by the Morning Star and and what the future holds for education policy. A Party in the marks 100 years since the historic gathering marking its 90th anniversary this year. recording of this meeting is available. Industrial Struggle, Tof delegates at the Cannon Street hotel in Party trade union activists will host ‘why and Peter Kerrigan london, to form the Communist Party. how you should organise’ training events - these lAURA bRiggS iS ConvenoR of The H The first 50 years Plans to celebrate the centenary are being require prior registration. CoMMUniST PARTy ’S eDUCATion CoMMiSSion against Imperialism stepped-up as we near the date, with the young communists will read out the Idris Cox organising team having to take into account biographies of communists that will be included H The Communist radically changed circumstances, resulting from in the Red Lives - 100 years for socialism . look out Party against fascism the lock-down. for the life story of legendary communists such and appeasement The recent growth of the Communist Party, bob Stewart from Scotland, yvonne Kapp and Phil Katz with a rapid rise in membership and the sports champions such as Clem beckett, boxer Flags, fascism, formation of new branches, means more is and anti-racist campaigner len Johnson and mourning, and the expected of the celebration. hockey ace Angela gradwell Tuckett, dropped Machinery of The first response to the CoviD crisis was the from the england hockey team for refusing to give Capitalism Fran Lock rebuilding of an entirely new party website, the hitler salute when playing in berlin. H Soul Food: British which allowed meetings and organisation to expect an online exhibition of historic Communist Poets continue. The wifi waves now positively hum documents relating to the Communist Party, with Communist Party activity. Public meetings many not seen before. are regularly held and for members, there are a There will be a presentation of historic growing range of online training courses. A major banners, including one from the cyclathon riders Historical memory centre for political education, including the use of of the harry Pollitt brigade (their ride to london video tutorials for new members, on the party later in the year will be filmed online). and the fight against fascism programme Britain’s Road to Socialism , sits Culture will play an important role and there alongside a suite of ePublications. A social are plans for publishing playlists of radical music network to put members in touch with each and historic performances including the ever- other, for discussion and mutual aid, has helped powerful voice of Paul Robeson. A cinema will answer questions promptly, taking pressure off show a range of labour movement and anti- the ever busy central and Scottish party offices, imperialist films. which have continued to function remotely. The weekend will mark the launch of a new WOMEN The party’s centenary store has done its best film history of the Communist Party and we will business in decades with the party programme run a trailer for the feature film, London Recruits. The publication of Communist Women is a selling out twice and now heading for its third A series of podcasts will include interviews boost to the struggle for women’s rights, for printing. with communists and the reproduction of historic community and women’s trade union activism A panel discussion marking 75 years since victory over fascism organised The centenary publication Red Lives – 100 speeches by early party leaders Tom Mann and and aims to put the struggle for equality, at the jointly by the Marx Memorial library and the Society for Cooperation in years for socialism is nearing publication, work is at harry Pollitt. centre of working class life. it reflects the Russian and Soviet Studies Monday, 22 June 2020 - 7:00pm an advanced stage on a film, The Reds and a new Presentations to veteran members are growing work of the all-britain Communist history of the party is in preparation. graham planned, and a call for you to raise a cuppa or Party Women’s Commission, which has resulted This panel will explore the role of the Soviet Union/communism in the Stevenson’s history of the Real Life of Jessie Eden something stronger (as long as you are not in the formation of women’s commissions in fight against fascism in the 1930s and its defeat in the Second World War. was published in April. A travelling exhibition is driving or at work!) in their honour. There are london and Scotland in the last year. The first ready as soon as conditions allow, with bookings special events to mark the contribution of issue, to appear regularly in desktop and tabloid 75 years since victory over nazi germany in 1945, it will reflect on how running into 2021. Communist Party volunteers in the international formats is now available. it’s one of a number of and why this history is now under attack, with particular reference to the brigades and the london Recruits who new ePublications. Communist Women is free resolution passed by the european Parliament ’on the importance of Online plans volunteered to fight against apartheid, with and you are invited to subscribe. european remembrance for the future of europe’ in September 2019. The party’s web presence will take centre stage greetings from leaders of communist parties in https://www.communistparty.org.uk/e- as the main source of delivery for ambitious plans South Africa, Russia, india and ireland. publications/ Dr Michael Jones, historian and author of Total War and Stalingrad to mark the centenary weekend. The 1 August Ambassadors from China, vietnam and Cuba Download the pdf of issue 1 at Phil Katz, author of freedom from Tyranny: the fight against Fascism and will be a ‘wear your badge with pride day’ – will make presentations. Communist Party https://www.communistparty.org.uk/wp- the falsification of history photos can be sent in for the Communist Party general secretary Robert griffiths will give a live content/uploads/2020/05/Communist-Women-1. Jonathan White, MMl tutor and associate editor of Theory & Struggle facebook page and the young Communist league keynote speech later on the 1 August. pdf instagram. over the weekend we will announce landmark over the period the party website will host events in the next phase of the centenary year Marxism in a new political education courses, including a new four- including a residential school for young organisers part series Women and Class and agitprop short being held in the north of england, a wreath ‘The Morning Star Time of Struggle courses for activists wanting to organise in laying an commemorative event for party is the most workplaces facing job loss, wage cuts and activists, a conference on the future of work at a Marx Memorial library and dangerous unhealthy conditions. There will be a venue in the Midlands and more. precious and only Workers School launches its 2020 number of public meetings on the day, relayed it is all systems go for the Communist Party! issue of Theory & Struggle with online, about party history, internationalism, the voice we have in Professor Mary Davis, Andrew Murray and Maxine Peake struggle for women’s equality, anti racism and for Phil KATz iS The CoMMUniST PARTy ’S ASSiSTAnT the daily media’ Thursday, 18 June 2020 - 7:00pm peace. These will be hosted by party SeCReTARy foR CoMMUniCATionS AnD iS Contact: m.jump@marx-memorial- organisations and supported by the young oRgAniSing The PARTy ’S CenTenARy CelebRATionS Jeremy Corbyn Communist league. library.org.uk 02072531485 There will be guest lectures including one on Picture above shows the arrest of the Communist ‘the importance of history - why we remember’, Party leadership in 1925 as the ruling class makes £1.20 weekday, £1.50 at weekends. From your newsagents another on T he German-Soviet Pact and British preparations for the 1926 General Strike or online at www.morningstaronline.co.u k communists, and a number of online meetings for