Communist Forum

1 (0.00) Covid ‘Freedom Day’ irresponsibility 2 (16.30) ‘Space tourism’: perverse wastage 3 (22.00) Afghanistan: imperial humiliation 4 (25.25) SWP and by-election: don’t mention Galloway! 5 (53.05) ‘Population Matters’: don’t blame the people; blame capital

1 (0.00) Batley and Spen: never ‘make or break’ for Starmer 2 (13.50) Workers Party of Britain: never an alternative 3 (25.30) Climate change: protest not enough 4 (39.05) Motor industry: boost in UK 5 (43.25) China: SWP and ‘state capitalism’

1 (0.00) Batley and Spen by-election: George Galloway’s ‘strategic vision’ and ours 2 (20.25) The ‘Labour’ Campaign for ‘Free Speech’? 3 (35.30) Black Sea provocation 4 (37.20) Hungary and gay rights 5 (39.00) Communist Party of China – 100 years of contradiction

Mike Macnair speaks on bourgeois law, campus culture wars, toppling statues, freedom of the press and no-platforming.

Chris Knight reviews his book "Blood relations: menstruation and the origins of culture" 30 years on.

1 (0.00) G7, Biden and John McDonnell’s ‘socialism’ 2 (7.05) Covid and the ‘wonders of organisation’ 3 (12.15) Covid and ‘dark plots’ 4 (16.20) UFOs: holding up a mirror 5 (20.40) Israel: steady drift to right 6 (35.35) Iran’s ‘elections’ 7 (39.30) Labour’s bogus ‘anti-Semitism training’ 8 (46.50) Starmer’s ‘fundamental change’: Blairism mark two

Hillel Ticktin addresses the May 30 Online Communist Forum

1 (0.00) UK elections – ‘long Brexit’ 2 (27.30) Scotland – no Catalonia here! 3 (35.30) Elections, class and the left

1 (0.00) Football – unity in opposites 2 (48.00) Sleaze – unlikely to cost the Tories May elections 3 (51.35) ‘Unite for Freedom’ demo – anti-Covid measures still very much needed 4 (1.03.00) Extinction Rebellion trial – solidarity verdicts

1 (0.00) Monarchy death: everything must stop 2 (15.05) Local elections: vote Labour (but ...) 3 (17.55) Scotland: ‘safe in SNP hands’ 4 (13.55) Ireland: divisions from Good Friday agreement 5 (29.10) Sexism in schools 6 (30.45) Iran: Israeli provocations 7 (33.35) Cuba: where next after Raúl? 8 (38.30) Covid: ‘social murder’

1 (0.00) ‘Ethnic disparities’ report: class, not race 2 (36.05) Blasphemy: religious rights, not impositions 3 (50.20) David Cameron and ‘normal’ corruption 4 (59.15) Iran deal: ‘three rooms’ 5 (60.50) TV: fascists in the monarchy

1 (0.00) Scotland: disproportional representation and a constitutional crisis 2 (27.10) Covid-19: capitalism and greed 3 (34.55) UN anti-racism day: siding with the liberal bourgeoisie 4 (40.30) Police Bill: demonstrations and police riots 5 (47.10) Suspension of teacher: blasphemy and free speech 6 (54.35) China and the Uyghurs: tit-for-tat big-power politics

1 (0.00) Scotland: SNP troubles - poll blip? 2 (17.20) Free speech – put principle first 3 (21.20) Saudi Arabia – US facing both ways 4 (27.35) Shamima Begum – right to citizenship 5 (30.00) Nuclear power – inherently dangerous

1 (0.00) Donald Trump: the US Bonaparte? 2 (35.10) Economic stagnation and the danger for the working class 3 (39.55) Catalonia: don’t jump to conclusions 4 (42.10) Labour ‘Antisemitism Advisory Board’: Zionist judge and jury 5 (48.45) Energy: Fukushima and the problem of nuclear power 6 (54.25) Free speech: no ifs, no buts

1 (0.00) USA: looking back at January 6 2 (16.20) The Trans-Pacific Partnership after Trump and Brexit 3 (19.30) Covid vaccine wars 4 (30.25) China: where is it heading?

1 (0.00) Brexit - the crunch 2 (8.40) Labour - the end as a site for struggle? 3 (27.00) Covid vaccines - the market will deliver? 4 (38.00) China - a rival to the US hegemon?

1 (0.00) Sunak’s statement: making the working class pay. 2 (8.35) The pandemic and Tory divisions 3 (19.30) Labour witch-hunt: stay clear of the courts 4 (35.50) Brexit and fishing: it might be just symbolic, but ... 5 (42.10) USA: expect civil unrest 6 (45.25) Iran assassination: establishing Trump’s legacy

1. (0.00) What to expect from a Biden presidency 2. (36.55) Labour: will the witch-hunt be stepped up? 3. (42.20) RMT: Mick Cash’s resignation following defeat at conference 4. (47.35) Chris Williamson joins Tusc 5. (48.15) Spy cops: state infiltration of the left too 6. (56.05) EHRC: Latest appointment says it all

1 (0.00) Covid-19: devastation and shambles 2 (9.30) Brexit and the coming downturn: Johnson’s clever poker tactics? 3 (16.50) USA: it’s the working class that will pay 4 (32.40) Labour NEC elections: vote for the principled left 5 (37.10) Scotland: the right to self-determination and the need for independent working class politics 6 (52.15) Our culture: the importance of genuine debate

1 (0.00) Covid and the role of accident 2 (28.25) Promoting the right and undermining the left 3 (41.35) Brexit and the demonisation of migrants 4 (46.00) Labour NEC – vote against the witch-hunt

1. (0.00) Covid-19 shambles 2. (14.15) Supreme court: Trump plays another election card 3. (25.45) Belarus: no illusions 4. (28.30) Russia: terrorising opponents 5. (32.15) Labour: Starmer’s ‘constructive opposition’ and principle

1. Brexit 2. US Supreme Court 3. Covid-19 4. Labour

1 (0.00) California fires: global solution, not transitional demands 2 (10.00) Martial law: for or against Trump? 3 (14.40) Brexit: UK break-up in the agenda 4 (24.25) Covid contradictions: facing both ways 5 (27.20) State terror: not confined to Russia 6 (30.20) Middle East and imperialism: our rights and the weakness of the left 7 (39.05) Labour’s false left 8 (48.30) Tusc: let’s have another go...

1. (0.00) Labour Representation Committee – left of the establishment 2. (2.00) Suckers and losers: US elections and the military 3. (7.10) Covid-19: growth of irrationality 4. (19.50) Extinction Rebellion and ‘freedom of the press’ 5. (29.10) Scotland: democratic rights and Marxist principles

1. (0.00) Civil service shambles – covering up incompetence 2. (5.20) Covid ‘denialism’ – two sides 3. (7.55) The Proms: anti-slavery and pro-empire? 4. (20.15) Trump contradictions 5. (21.30) Japan – capital comes first 6. (27.45) Belarus – no illusions in either side 7. (31.00) Greece v Turkey 8. (34.10) China and modern weaponry 9. (39.05) LLA conference: the position of Labour Party Marxists