Communist Forum

1. (0.00) Migration: ‘Something must be done’! 2. (14.25) Racism: don’t ever mention the ‘N word’! 3. (22.25) Lebanon explosion: the anarchy of global shipping in a chaotic state 4. (36.15) Covid-19 and the disempowerment of workers 5. (40.20) The Spanish king and genuine republicanism

1 (0.00) Pompeo’s speech: end of rapprochement with China 2 (13.10) Russia’s ‘Star Wars’ 3 (14.05) Federal agents on the streets: ‘strong man’ up for re-election 4 (22.10) Turkey: Hagia Sophia and Erdoğan’s assertiveness 5 (27.20) Labour’s ‘whistleblowers’: Starmer demonstrates his loyalty to the establishment 6 (31.00) Tusc: reviving the pathetic 7 (32.25) Wiley and ‘Black Hebrew Israelites’

1 (0.00) Covid-19: denialism and reality 2 (10.50) Iran attack: promoting Israel 3 (17.40) Turkey: Islamism or secularism? 4 (26.25) BLM: US racism

1. (0.00) RLB: playing the Zionists’ game 2. (28.45) Israeli annexation – waiting for the Donald 3. (39.50) Asylum-seekers – inhuman detention 4. (42.10) Social distancing and class privilege 5. (43.30) Covid-19: how will it turn out for Trump? 6. (46.10) Post-Covid Keynesianism 7. (48.00) Ireland’s coalition 8. (49.25) Justin Welby and the real Jesus

1. (0.00) SWP and Black Lives Matter 2. (1.10) Statue wars 3. (3.25) Race, class and Covid-19 4. (19.05) Government bungling –contact tracing app 5. (20.30) Trump, in competence and rebellion 6. (28.45) India v China: a question of geopolitics 7. (32.00) Israeli annexation: Zionist split 8. (40.15) Abolish the police

1. Covid-19: the 40,000 landmark in Britain 2. (17.25) Black Lives Matter USA: two approaches 3. (26.40) Social media and free speech 4. (30.40) Black Lives Matter: Britain too 5. (36.45) Black Lives Matter: identity politics 6. (46.15) Black Lives Matter: white privilege? 7. (56.20) Israel: Zionists opposed to annexation

1. (0.00) Covid-19: left-right polarisation 2. (14.20) Newspaper circulation: going downhill, but ... 3. (18.50) Hong Kong: China’s poisoned chalice? 4. (30.05) Israel: Netanyahu’s ‘Get out of jail’ card. 5. (35.20) Labour: politics of the witch-hunt.

1. Covid-19: ‘chaotic disaster’ 2. (7.30) Netanyahu: making use of Covid-19 3. (11.00) Labour: why the witch-hunt is continuing 4. (15.05) SWP: in another world 5. (17.10) Transitional programme: where’s the democracy? 6. (23.50) VE Day: two different world wars

1. Covid-19 and the imperial pushback 2. (13mins, 50) Labour, ‘anti-Semitism’ and Israel 3. (29mins) Sex scandals, home and away 4. (36mins) A ‘global ceasefire and Stop the War’s popular front.

1. (0:00) Covid-19: dysfunction and inequality 2. (7.45) Steve Hedley suspended: playing to the ‘We are all united’ gallery 3. (13.45) Labour: expect another purge 4. (21.30) Labour Left Alliance: don’t give up the fight Our apologies for the bad sound quality this week.

1. Covid-19 USA 2. (4.00) Covid-19 UK 3. (7.50) Covid-19 international 4. (10.40) Covid-19 – Chinese model? 5. (11.15) Economic downturn – expect the worse 6. (13.15) Covid-19 and xenophobia 7. (15.00) Covid-19 and mutual aid 8. (16.00) Covid-19 - ‘All in it together’? 9. (17.20) Communist Party of the European Union 10. (21.00) Labour elections 11. (23.15) Elections and communist strategy

Today we have a remote session, fully dedicated to the corona pandemic, the government response and the tasks for the left. 1. Covid-19 and our response 2. (24.00) CWU dispute: Royal Mail must retreat. 3. (25.20) Socialism: the natural answer

1. Coronavirus: ‘herd immunity’ or real protection? 2. (33.30) USA: Bernie or bust? 3. (43.45) Russian referendum – will Putin do better than Cameron? 4. (44.40) Russia-Saudi oil wars

1. Coronavirus – accelerating the downturn 2. (10.35) Syria – chaos rules 3. (16.50) Saudi Arabia – trying to secure the royal future 4. (20.20) Unite the Union – promoting a rightwing alternative 5. (24.00) US Democrats – the left learning the lessons 6. (35.00) International Women’s Day – what about the ‘working’? 7. (47.10) Labour – end of Corbynism? 8. (50.50) Monarchy stupidity 9. (52.05) CPG...

1. The Tories, chancellor and courts 2. (7.28) Immigration and the hypocrisy of the Morning Star 3. (11.55) BBC bias and the licence fee 4. (14.30) Labour and Zionism 5. (21.40) US president – election or crowning session? 6. (29.50) Ireland – Sinn Féin and establishment contradictions

1. Brexit and frictional trade 2. ( 11.10) Huawei and US hegemony 3. (18.00) Coronavirus – minimising the threat 4. (22.40) Tusc – alive and unwell! 5. (25.25) Australia – what about prevention? 6. (27.15) Palestine – surrender of the century? 7. (31.20) Anti-Israel =anti-Jew? 8. (42.30) Production for the sake of production

A panel meeting of the Hands of the People of Iran campaign on Sunday 12 January with speakers Yassamine Mather and Moshé Machover. Timecodes: 0:00:00 - Introduction 0:00:51 - Yassamine Mather 00:22:58 - Moshé Machover 00:57:55 - Discussion 01:46:42 - Moshé Machover 01:54:23 - Yassamine Mather HOPI website: http://hopoi.org/

Today we have an extended interview with Yassamine Mather, chair of the Hands of the People of Iran campaign about the recent developments concerning a possible war with Iran. Mind that this interview was intended for a Dutch audience, despite that we hope it is useful for you as well.

0.00 - General election results – how did it happen? 9.00 - It was Brexit and anti-Semitism what done it. 11.45 - Brexit – ‘if only’ 15.00 - Success of the smears 24.35 - Labour manifesto – not even reformist 28.25 - Lib Dems and DUP - ally with the Tories at your own risk 35.10 - Tory government – expect the worse 40.05 - End of the working class? 45.05 - A Labour government before anything? 59.0...