Communist Forum

Kevin Bean and Anne McShane address the May 15th Online Communist Forum on the result of the Stormont elections in the Six Counties as well as the wider constitutional crisis, the state of the left north and south of the border, and the prospects for Irish unification. This talk is follows on from a recent article by comrades Kevin Bean and Anne McShane in the Weekly Worker: https://weeklyworker.c...

Mike Macnair introduces his recent 'Imperialism and the state' series of Weekly Worker articles to the CPGB's May 8th Online Communist Forum. Mike's four-part supplement series is essential background reading for this talk: (Part I) - https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1387/supplement-imperialism-and-the-state-part-i/ (Part II) - https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1388/supplement-imperialism-and-the...

1 Ukraine: a 10-year war or a Putin cover story to end it?! 2 (22.15) Virgin Islands: corrupt tax haven 3 (29.55) Local elections: advance of Starmer’s ‘second 11’ and the shambolic left 4 (36.40) Northern Ireland assembly elections: Sinn Féin victory? 5 (40.45) Musk’s €44bn Twitter takeover: just for profit? 6 (50.45) Chernobyl anniversary: future of nuclear energy? 7 (56.00) Russian oil and gas,...

Lawrence Parker, author of 'The Kick Inside - Revolutionary Opposition in the CPGB, 1945-1991' (2012), addresses the CPGB's Online Communist Forum on the 90th anniversary of the Kinder Scout mass trespass. Comrade Parker Has also written an accompanying article to this talk in the Weekly Worker: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1392/forgive-us-our-trespasses/ Organised by CPGB: https://communistp...

1 Ukraine war, fanaticism and corruption. 2 (14.00) Nato: racism or geostrategic politics? 3 (20.35) Ukraine Solidarity and the left 4 (29.55) French elections: no vote for either bourgeois candidate 5 (40.05) Rwanda, refugees and open borders 6 (45.15) Iran deal – what deal? 7 (46.05) China and Covid

1 Ukraine: phase two of the proxy war 2 (36.40) Rishi Sunak: personal interests and ambitions 3 (43.40) France: don’t expect a Le Pen victory 4 (47.25) UK turn to nuclear energy

1 Ukraine: end of phase one 2 (20.35) SWP and Ukraine 3 (38.10) Cost of living: where the left goes wrong 4 (48.25) France: Macron re-election expected 5 (49.35) Argentina and the left 6 (54.40) Covid: state irresponsibility 7 (57.45) Labour purge: AWL irony

Mike Taber addresses the March 27th Online Communist Forum. Taber has edited and prepared a number of books related to the history of revolutionary and working-class movements. His latest book (Under the Socialist Banner: Resolutions of the Second International, 1889-1912) is the first English-language collection ever assembled of all the resolutions adopted by congresses of the Second Internation...

1 Nato and China 2 (1.10) Ukraine: peace talks determined on the field of battle 3 (13.15) Ukraine: university clampdown on free speech 4 (19.10) Is Johnson now safe as Tory leader? 5 (21.55) Irony of Johnson’s Saudi trip 6 (26.20) Ukraine and Unison: contradictory motions 7 (28.25) P&O and union rights 8 (32.55) Iran: new deal on the cards? 9 (37.05) Tusc and Galloway’s WPB

Online Communist Forum - 13-03-2022 by CPGB-PCC

Mike Macnair addresses the March 6th Online Communist Forum. Don’t forget to tune in to our upcoming OCFs live, you can find out more on our websites events page: https://communistparty.co.uk/category/events/ For more from the CPGB or to get involved, visit our website: https://communistparty.co.uk/ You can also read our weekly publication, the Weekly Worker, online at: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/

In this week's OCF we have an extra long issue wholly dedicated to the war in Ukraine.

Yassamine Mather addresses the February 20th Online Communist Forum. Don’t forget to tune in to our upcoming OCFs live, you can find out more on our websites events page: https://communistparty.co.uk/category/events/ For more from the CPGB or to get involved, visit our website: https://communistparty.co.uk/ You can also read our weekly publication, the Weekly Worker, online at: https://weeklyworke...

***The views in this video do not necessarily represent the views of either organisation*** Opening to a debate between Daniel Lazare and Mike Macnair at the February 13th Online Communist Forum. Don’t forget to tune in to our upcoming OCFs live, you can find out more on our websites events page: https://communistparty.co.uk/category... For more from the CPGB or to get involved, visit our website:...

Online Communist Forum - 6-2-2022 by CPGB-PCC

Kevin Bean addresses the January 30th Online Communist Forum on the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry. This talk follows on from comrade Bean’s article in Weekly Worker 1380: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1380/sheer-unadulterated-murder/

Debate between Tony Greenstein and Jack Conrad.

1 (0.00) Trump’s attempted coup one year on 2 (17.30) The standing army and the right to bear arms 3 (21.35) Chile: don’t expect another Pinochet 4 (29.55) Maxwell trial: wider questions posed 5 (41.50) January 1 temperature: climate change and the working class 6 (47.20) James Webb space telescope: endless frontier?

Jack Conrad, member of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee and author of ‘Fantastic Reality’ (2012), addressed the December 19th OCF on the life of Jesus and the evolution of the ‘Jesus Party’ inside and outside of Judea, as well as the development of modern Judaism and Christianity in this period. Jack Conrad argues that religion should not be dismissed as mere false consciousness, religions r...

1 (0.00) Covid hypocrisy: ‘Do as we say, not as we do’. 2 (14.20) Liquidation of LAW: where next for the Labour left? 3 (30.20) The continuing ‘war on drugs’ and our response 4 (39.10) Trump’s attempted coup: more details come to light. 5 (46.10) The USSR and the left’s ossification 6 (58.05) BDS: a question of solidarity

1 (0.00) Labour reshuffle: More pro-establishment gestures 2 (16.50) Which way for the Labour left post-LAW? 3 (27.05) Down with the fascist right, but no to state bans 4 (42.55) JCPA: US hypocrisy on display 5 (52.05) SWP and China: hint of contradiction 6 (59.15) SWP and Covid: not just about profit

Dr. Mohsen Shahmanesh, expert in HIV epidemiologist who has previously written for the Weekly Worker, looks at a number of pandemics through human history and analyses their social causes and effects.

1 (0.00) Labour: delusions of the left 2 (17.05) Covid: mistrust of governments v collective responsibility 3 (27.35) ‘migrant crisis’ and the crimes of imperialism 4 (41.00) Ongoing threat to democracy

Mike Macnair, regular contributor to the Weekly Worker and author of Revolutionary Strategy (2009), addressed the November 14th OCF on the history and nature of constitutions of minority class rule and the proletarian constitution of the future. A supplementary article based on this talk was also published in the Weekly Worker: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1372/in-modern-times/

1 (0.00) Cop26 and climate change: working class parties needed 2 (16.20) Climate change: Greta Thunberg not the answer 3 (23.55) USA: Biden’s triumph and what lies ahead 4 (30.40) Freedom of speech: rational debate needed 5 (41.35) Tory sleaze fiasco 6 (46.55) Greens adopt IHRA ‘definition’ 7 (52.50) Weekly Worker letters: the party question