The Communist Party has condemned Keir Starmer’s decision to refuse Jeremy Corbyn readmission to the Parliamentary Labour Party as ‘yet another attack on the left in the labour movement’. The CP political committee urged all socialists and trade unionists to … Continued
“Tory under-investment and privatisation have undermined our NHS, and led to one of the worst death rates in the world”, says Communist Party general secretary Robert Griffiths. “There should be no doubt anymore about who does the vital work upon … Continued
The suspension of Jeremy Corbyn from the Labour Party on the flimsiest of pretexts is not only a baseless attack on a longstanding fighter in words and deeds against all forms of racism, including anti-Semitism. It is also the latest … Continued
The Communist Party has called for urgent action to guarantee employment, income, housing and food security in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. ‘Millions of workers are facing cuts in hours or lay-offs and redundancies’, the party’s Trade Union Organiser … Continued
Trade unions should beware Boris Johnson’s ‘Build Back Better’ strategy because it will demand a high price from workers and their families, the Communist Party warned at the weekend. Former union president Bill Greenshields told the party’s online executive committee … Continued
Over the weekend of 3/4 October, young communists conducted home to home leafleting on estates in Cable Street scene of a famous battle against fascism in 1936. The three day campaign included a street stall, giant projection of a film … Continued
In response to the recent TUC conference, Communist Party chair Liz Payne has urged Britain’s trades union movement to unite to defend every job, demand a safe return to work and to reject EU attempts to limit control state aid … Continued
‘The COVID crisis has exposed jobs, the right to work and society’s total dependence on labour as the fault-line of capitalism’, Andy Bain told the Communist Party’s executive committee at their August 8 online meeting. He said it was … Continued
Communist Party Anti-Austerity commission report-back. Download and distribute to all members. Entitled, ‘The Fight for Jobs & the Right to Work‘, the report discusses how members can get involved in the growing fightback against workplace closure and the jobs cull.
The August meeting of the Communist Party executive agreed a schedule of events to step-up commemoration of its centenary. These include major online meetings and conferences: Cable street forever! (4 October), Salute the Volunteers for Liberty in Spain (17 October), Launch of Communist … Continued