Communist Forum

1 Cost of living crisis: historically unprecedented 2 (31.45) FBI raid on Trump: aiding Biden 3 (44.25) Ukraine: international outcome of the proxy war

1 Hot summer of strikes 2 (43.49) China, Taiwan and US imperialism 3 (52.30) Ukraine: lessons for the left

Online Communist Forum - 31-7-2022 by CPGB-PCC

Lydia Apolinar addresses the July 24 Online Communist Forum on the uses and misuses of Shariati during the Iranian Revolution and after. You can find Lydia's background article to this talk here: https://cosmonautmag.com/2019/11/ali-shariati-ideologue-of-the-iranian-revolution/ Organised by CPGB (www.communistparty.co.uk) and Labour Party Marxists www.labourpartymarxists.org.uk). For further infor...

1 The rise and fall of Boris Johnson 2 (26.20) Leadership election: Tory v Labour 3 (45.50) Ukraine: balance of forces 4 (57.15) Sri Lanka: role of the left

1 Ukraine and the long, grinding war 2 (14.52) China and the east: a new Nato equivalent? 3 (18.27) Scotland: the politics behind a second referendum 4 (35.02) Labour’s ‘identity crisis’ 5 (43.10) Another left ‘broad party’? 6 (48.33) Gay Pride and the left

Ben Lewis addresses the June 26th Online Communist Forum on the little explored paper Die Gleichheit, its role in the women's movement in Germany and the Second International as well as its legacy for communists today. Comrade Lewis has written a number of articles for the Weekly Worker (https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/authors/ben-lewis/) and has authored several books (https://communistparty.co...

1 Ukraine war and the global order 2 (13.15) Rail strike and working class power 3 (20.30) Tories and Labour: a new balance between two pro-capitalist parties? 4 (30.00) Trump’s attempted coup in context 5 (34.20) French elections: where next for the left? 6 (37.25) CPB and its YCL: expect a split

1 Jubilee: the monarchy and the left 2 (22.40) ‘Future of Britain’: another ‘third party’? 3 (32.20) Ukraine and the left: back to the days of Solidarnosc? 4 (53.05) Global warming: new dark age

Moshé Machover addresses the May 29 Online Communist Forum. References and links from Moshé's talk: - 'Israel and the Messiah’s ass' (https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1157/israel-and-the-messiahs-ass/) - 'Messianic Zionism: The Ass and the Red Heifer' (https://monthlyreview.org/2020/02/01/messianic-zionism/?v=79cba1185463) - 'How Israel Uses Radical Islam to Justify the Occupation' (https://www.h...

1 ‘Partygate’: end of the scandal? 2 (4.35) RMT strike and union rights 3 (19.25) Australia: don’t expect fundamental change 4 (23.25) Libel trial: how interesting! 5 (27.40) Northern Ireland protocol and international relations 6 (34.00) SPEW congress: where’s the open debate? 7 (43.50) Ukraine and UIS hegemony 8 (50.05) Ukraine and the left 9 (54.30) Ukraine: whose ‘defensive’ war?

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:...