Communist Forum: Recent Episodes
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A podcast to broadcast the reports of the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain!
Why workers' organisations need simple clear rules. Or: Meeting procedures, the DSA, Roberts Rules, Citrine and all that crap.WIth Mike Macnair. 2 August 2026
Political report of the Provisional Central Committee.Andy Burnham's cabinet - Unite elections - Nature of the Labour Party - Iran - Wildfires in Europe. 26 July 2026
Political report from the Provisional Central Committee. Jack Conrad. 19 July 2026- Andy Burnham's coronation- Palestine demonstration- Upcoming US midterm elections- War on Iran- Free speech and the left
Political report from Jack Conrad featuring analysis of Andy Burnham's return to Westminster after the Makerfield by-election. 21 June 2026
260614 Political report - Jack Conrad. Iran war - Yassamine Mather. 14JUN26 by CPGB-PCC
Jack Conrad report on the May 7 elections in Scotland and Wales. And local government elections in England.
Mike Macnair: Claudia Webbe and her historically ignorant attempt to use dead Marxists to silence living Marxists. 3 May 2026
Political report of the Provisional Central Committee. Jack Conrad and Yassamine Mather. 26 April 2026
Political report from Jack Conrad. Update on the war against Iran from Yassamine Mather.
CPGB Political Report with Jack Conrad 5 April 2026- Iran war- Ukraine war- Convictions of Ben Jamal and Chris Nineham- Artemis II mission to Moon
CPGB political report with Jack Conrad (general politics) and Yassamine Mather (Iran). 29 March 2026
CPGB political report with Jack Conrad and Yassamine Mather for the Provisional Central Committee
US-Israel war on Iran. Report from Jack Conrad and Yassamine Mather. CPGB Provisional Central Committee. 8 March 2026
Part II - Gorton and Denton byelection and the politics of the Green Party. Jack Conrad. 1 March 2026
Part I: Iran under attack. Yassamine Mather. 1 March 2026The CPGB Communist Forum is in three parts for Sunday 1 March 2026
Political report of the Provisional Central Committee.1 Monarchy v platonic republicanism? Failings of the left2 Ukraine and US key strategic aim: defeat Russia-China challenge to hegemony3 Supreme Court judgement: change in US politics?4 US attack on Iran? Expect no defence from rival power against hegemon5 Cuba: not a 'socialist model'6 No to separatism in Scotland7 Gorton and Denton: vote Labour in by-election8 Sparts: stupidity or cynicism?
Report on the 4th general conference of the Revolutionary Communist Organisation (Australia) which saw them change their name to Communist Unity and saw the Spartacists join as a faction. David Pessarine. Full discussion included
Political report of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee. Jack Conrad.- Starmer, Mandelson and Epstein
Political report of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee. Jack Conrad. 25 January 2026
Yassamine Mather reports on developments in Iran. With discussion and summary. 11 January 2026
Political report of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee. Jack Conrad on Venezuela. 4 January 2026
Political report of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee with Jack Conrad. 14 December 2025- Venezuela- NATO and Conscription- SWP central committee
Political Report delivered by Jack Conrad on the Your Party conference last weekend (29-30 November). 7 December 2025
Political report of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee. Jack Conrad. 23 November 2025
Political report of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee. Delivered by Jack Conrad. 16 November 20251 Labour unpopularity: multiple possibilities 2 Reinstatements to Labour: driven by need to 'scupper YP' 3 Trump and the BBC: example of total US dominance under current president 4 'Blame the migrants': appalling proposals directed against refugees 5 YP: 'conference' or tame rally? 6 Excellent meeting of Socialist Unity Platform: aim to win YP majority
Marc Mulholland: Potatoes in a sack? The Irish peasantry and class struggle. 9 November 2025
Political report of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee. Delivered by Jack Conrad. 02NOV25
Nick from the Marxist Unity Group (MUG) of the Democratic Socialists of America reports on recent 'No Kings' demonstrations in the United States.
Political Report of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee. Jack Conrad. 19 October 2025
Trans liberation. A debate between Mike M from CPGB and Jose P from Spartacists Britain.Mike speaks first until about 28 minute mark.
The UK - along with Canada, France, Australia - has recognised the State of Palestine.Israeli Marxist Mosche Machover discusses its significance.
Political Report of the Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of Great Britain, with Jack Conrad.- Trump's second state visit to Britain- Palestine statehood at the UN- Small boat arrivals in England- Russian incursion into Estonian airspace- Your Party farrago
Your Party debate: Sortition or Delegate democracy?Jack Conrad and Max Shanly sum-up the debate
What way forward for the democracy of the Jeremy Corbyn Party - Your Party?Max Shanly, who has advocated sortition, debates the CPGB's Jack Conrad, who has argued for a democratic delegates conference.Opening Remarks - Tina (0.00 to 2.29)Max Shanly (2.29 to 19.16)Jack Conrad (19.20 to 33.15)Max Shanly replies (34.21 to 38.45)
Revmira of the Marxist Unity Group (USA) reports on the recent Democratic Socialists of America convention held in Chicago.Includes Q&A
Political report of the Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of Great Britain. Delivered by Jack Conrad.
CU25 Session #28 (07AUG25)The transition from capitalism to communism. Jack Conrad CPGB
CU25 Session #27 (07AUG25)Health-care and social-care work. With mental health nurse, Ian Spencer.
CU25 Session #26 (06AUG25)Culture against climate catastrophe. Bill McGuire and Tam Dean Burn
CU25 Session #25 (06AUG25)The climate crisis and eco-socialist futures. Professor Emeritus Bill McGuire
CU25 Session #23 part 2 (06AUG25)Communism and trans liberation. Part 2Roxy Hall, Revolutionary Communist Organisation (Australia)
CU25 Session #23 (06AUG25)Communism and trans liberation. Part 1.Mike Macnair, Communist Party of Great Britain
CU25 Session #22 (05AUG25)Cultural event: Radical PantomimeChris Knight, Radical Anthropology Group
CU25 #21 (05AUG25)Historical visions of communism.Chris Knight and Camilla Power from the Radical Anthropology Group
CU25 Session #17 (04AUG25)The experience of our international allies- Splinter Suidman (Communist Platform, The Netherlands)- Anne McShane (Ireland)
CU25 Session #16 (04AUG25)Communists and the Corbyn-Sultana party- Archie Woodrow (Marxist Unity Caucus, RS21)- Tina Becker (Why Marx?)
CU25 Session #15 (04AUG25)The difference between socialism and communism. Peter Kennedy
CU25 Session #14. (03AUG25)How to build a health communist culture.- Cat Rylance (Prometheus)- Mike Macnair (CPGB)- Archie Woodrow (Marxist Unity Caucus, RS21)
CU25 Session #13. 03AUG25Anti-imperialism and the Middle East.Moshe Machover and Yassamine Mather
CU25 Session #13. 03AUG25How do we take the project of a communist party forward?Joe Carman, Marxist Unity Caucus, RS21Cat Rylance, Prometheus editorial board
CU25 Session #11. (2 August 2025)Walter Benjamin's 'Angel of History', with Esther Leslie and Tam Dean Burn.
CU25 Session #10. (2 August 2025)The transition to fully automated communism and the role of abundance. Ted Reese
CU25 Session #9. (2 August 2025)Envisioning the communist future. Nick Wrack (Talking about Socialism)
CU25 Session #8 (2 August 2025)David Broder of the far right's use of 'workerist' identity politics and its roots in labourism.
CU 25 Session 6. 1 August 2025Debate on nationalism, anti-colonial struggles and communist strategy.- Archie Woodrow. Marxist Unity Caucus, RS21- Ed Potts. Talking About Socialism- Yassamine Mather. CPGB
CU 25. Session 7. 1 August 2025Bertolt Brecht's 'The Exception and the Rule'. With Esther Leslie and Tam Dean Burn
CU25 Session 5. 1 August 2025Dr Marc Mulholland on class analysis and social transformation
CU25 Session 4. 1 August 2025The world economy with Trump in the White House. Speaker: Michael Roberst
Communist University. Session 1. 31 July 2025. Forging Communist UnityJack Conrad from the CPGB gives his perspectives on the Forging Communist Unity project.
Communist University 2025. Session 1. 31 July 2025Cat Rylance from the Prometheus Editorial Board gives her assessment of the Forging Communist Unity project.
Welcome to Communist University 2025 by comrade Tina. Hosted by Prometheus Editorial Board and the Communist Party of Great Britain.
Political report from the Communist Party of Great Britain Provisional Central Committee, with Jack Conrad.1 (0.30) Israel's use of 'aid' for its genocide and - despite the parliamenary motion - Britain's complicity2 (9.15) The Knesset's successful annexation motion and the forced eviction of Palestinians3 (35.35) Three cheers to Socialist Worker for its column on the establishment's 'political neutrality' - and hypocrisy4 (43.55) New Corbyn party: opportunity for Marxist organisation
Political report from the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain, delivered by Jack Conrad
Wars in the Middle East - the global context. With Mohsen Shahmanesh (former Editor of Iran Bulletin) and Yassamine Mather.
Political report from the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Delivered by Jack Conrad.
Political report of the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain. 29 June 20251 USA and Israel-Iran war: not the tail wagging the dog2 (15.40) Illustration of US strength, not weakness3 (22.00) Trump's good few weeks4 (26.20) Good result for Democratic Socialists-backed candidate in NYC mayoral primary5 (35.15) Starmer's latest 'climbdown'6 (40.45) Kneecap and Bob Vylan: '"line was crossed" at Glastonbury! What about complicity with genocide?7 (44.10) TAS withdrawal from Forging Communist Unity
Trump bombs Iran: Why we must defend the peoples of Iran. Political report of the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Israeli Marxist Moshe Machover and Iranian Marxist Yassamine Mather on the Israeli military attack on Iran
The ongoing genocide in Gaza and the complicity of the UK and US governments. Political report of the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain, delivered by Jack Conrad.
Mike Macnair from the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britatin discusses the transition period from the working class winning power to communism, and why it will take time.
Political report of the Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of Great Britain. Delivered by Jack Conrad. 18 May 20251 Israel's 'Operation Gideon's chariots': aiming for "total occupation"2 (11.00) May 17 demo: organisers' lack of connection with actual socialism3 (28.00) Donald Trump and the 'freedom zone'4 (31.45) Counter-demo: Zionists celebrating Nakba5 (41.05) Genocide: predicated on original ethnic cleansing6 (48.00) Starmer's 'island of strangers' statement driven by neoliberalism
Ed Griffiths reports on recent local elections in England in which Reform UK outperformed the Tories and Labour and the far left performed as usual, without making much impact.
Political report of the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain delivered by Jack Conrad. 4 May 2025
Political report from the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Delivered by Jack Conrad. 27 April 2025
Mike Macnair gives his judgement on the Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of ‘woman’20th April 2025
Discussion of the 'Trump phenomenon' or 'Trump 2.0' and what it means for the working class and the fight for socialism.Matt and Ben from the Marxist Unity Group (USA). With two questions from the audience and replies.
1 Le Pen: SWP celebrates bourgeois liberals' use of courts to defend their interests2 (18.20) Trump's tariffs: attempt at global subordination to US3 (33.00) SWP's negative Darwinian selection process4 (47.30) Climate change "on track to destroy capitalism", complains insurance chief
Political report from the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Jack Conrad speaks on:1 Trump's third term? - Greenland and a 'greater America'2 (10.55) Houthi proxies and US threats3 (16.15) 'Signalgate' farce4 (20.05) Reeves spring statement: continuing with more cuts5 (27.40) SWP: rejection of the role of election work
Political Report of the Provisional Central Committee - CPGB1 Zionist colonisation: the reality of the Israeli onslaught2 (25.20) Tusc: keeping out the 'naughty people'3 (38.30) Turkey: counting on the non-intervention of US imperialism4 (46.15) Rachel Reeves' upping of the 'warfare' budget: some on the left concur!
• Trump's tariff wars and the shape of the financial order• 34mins: The Panglossian pro-Russian and pro-Ukranian left• 38mins: Israel/Palestine• 44mins: Abolition of NHS England
Yassamine Mather explores the legacy of the Pahlavi dynasty in Iran on the 100th anniversary of Reza Shah Pahlavi declaring himself King of Persia.
Jack Conrad provides an update on discussions towards communist unity between the CPGB, Talking about Socialism (TAS), and the pro-Party faction in Prometheus.
Political report from the Provisional Central Committee focuses on the fallout from the meeting between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump in the White House Oval Office.
1 Ukraine consternation: US intentions re Europe2 (11.10) Trump, 'the king'3 (13.00) Israeli bodies: subsequent propaganda4 (14.50) Forging Communist Unity programme: agree or accept?
Roxy Hall from the Revolutionary Communist Organisation (Australia) on Marxism and Trans Liberation
Mike Macnair from the CPGB Provisional Central Committee on Marxism and Trans Liberation
Political report from the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Jack Conrad. 2 February 2025
1 Ukraine stalemate: NATO boots on the ground?2 (28.40) Assisted dying: global political question3 (40.25) Farming: defend small farmers against big capital4 (48.50) Cop29: increased climate threat under Trump5 (51.55) ICC arrest warrants: symbolic blow to Israel
1 Justin Welby and the Church of England: representative of the establishment's nation-state2 (21.30) Trump's appointees: collection of lackeys and oddballs3 (36.50) Ukraine: enforced peace deal?4 (43.30) Foreign policy unpredictability, but opposition to China the key
1 Trump's election: what to expect2 (30.40) Middle East: great danger3 (35.40) Ukraine: supporting the war in a more aggressive way4 (46.50) 'Drill, baby, drill': speeding up climate change5 (49.40) Era of global instability: where is the left?
1 Ukraine 'victory plan': a Nato war on Russia?2 (21.35) Ukraine and the US presidential elections3 (32.20) Ukraine, US and Europe4 (35.20) Middle East: assassination of Sinwar - a blow against Hamas?5 (47.35) Lammy in China: 'century of humiliation'5 (51.15) SWP: problems with the 'broad front' anti-racism policy
1 Global warming: nearing the tipping point2 (13.50) Israel and Ukraine: increased danger of nuclear war3 (42.20) USA: democracy endangered not only by Trump4 (48.00) Death of Alex Salmond: separatism and left idiocy5 (57.45) Comrades Tom May and Kevin Bean: sadly missed
1 Rightwing riots and the demonisation of migrants.2 (24:15) Ukraine: Zelensky's gamble on a Trump victory?3 (35.10) Biden and Gaza: symbolic landmark and the polio risk4 (48.00) Free speech clampdown: not just the Tories!
1 US presidential elections: don't expect much change if Harris wins2 (19.05) BBC propaganda for Democrats3 (22.50) Trump's likely changes4 (33.20) Ukraine: still dominated by US global aims5 (46.40) Venezuela and RCP fantasy6 (54.55) Police brutality7 (57.00) Fascist demo and left response to immigration8 (60.35) 'Overtourism': sold a dream9 (62.45) Trans rights and our minimum programme
1 France: original popular front and its government2 (25.15) Reaction to latest popular front3 (39.10) This time around following French election results4 (49.50) USA: Trump assassination attempt; and threat from the state
1 Biden/Trump - whatever next?2 (10.00) UK elections: competing anti-migrant reactionaries3 (19.40) Moving right across the board4 (30.20) Polls and the left5 (35.00) France: as in the UK, rightward shift6 (44.50) Netanyahu's top war aim: a Greater Israel7 (56.40) Starvation and genocide8 (59.45) Iran: regime unchallenged
1 Election campaign: Tory disaster2 (10.30) Farage on Ukraine: media outcry3 (16.45) Lebanon: Israel's second front?4 (18.10) France: bourgeois deal with National Rally?5 (20.35) Workers Party: highly critical support
1 Biden 'plan for Gaza': more concerned about presidential election 2 (16.35) Starmer and Palestine: keeping in line with the US3 (18.45) General election: Labour and the left4 (30.40) Tories and Reform UK: where next?5 (39.20) International move to the right6 (53.55) South Africa: SACP has totally abandoned working class principles6 (57.10) Ukraine: breakthrough nowhere in sight
1 General election: Tories' disastrous start2 (13.20) National service: desperate stuff!3 (24.00) Migration and small boats: workers' organisation needed4 (26.40) Other election issues5 (35.05) Vote left if you can; make demands on Labour left candidates6 (50.45) Sparts: 'frustrating'7 (56.05) Gaza: ICC and ICJ reactions8 (57.50) Ukraine: still a proxy US war?9 (61.20) Climate: beyond human endurance
1 London demonstration: further clampdown on the cards2 (8.25) Israeli split: permanent occupation of Gaza?3 (20.40) Steve Freeman's delusional 'solution'4 (34.55) Ukraine: military incompetence5 (43.20) Corbyn: where is the anti-Starmer movement?6 (49.30) Starmer: 'ocean apart' from the Tories?7 (52.30) SWP: new internal procedure?
General election 2024 and communist perspectives - discussion and debate between the Spartacist League and the CPGB
1 Gaza: 'sympathy' and hypocrisy2 (19.22) Labour resignations and 'bullying'3 (23.32) Thames Water: wreckage from the failure of privatisation4 (28.47) Global warming: dismal capitalist failure5 (34.22) 'Anti-hate legislation': defend free speech6 (40.07) Anti-Semitism and CPB: joining in pro-Zionist propaganda
1 US and Israel: Biden under pressure2 (18.20) UK general election and the Tories3 (19.50) Stabbing of Iranian broadcaster - by whom?4 (22.40) Gaza: famine, disease and death5 (26.15) DUP resignation: expect unionist splintering to continue6 (37.10) Ukraine: the wider picture7 (53.45) Reply to Netherlands comrade: programmatic details essential
1 Gove and 'extremism': Tories' anti-Muslim agenda revealed.2 (29.06) Hester's attack on Abbott: good or bad for Tories?3 (39.16) McDonnell on Abbott: what about the others?4 (43.46) More Tory trouble.5 (45.41) Middleton nonsense: begin with scepticism.6 (58.36) Gaza: US complicity and duplicity.
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2024, Mike Taber and Daria Dyakonova speak about their new book 'The Communist Women’s Movement 1920‑22, Proceedings, Resolutions and Reports'. Introduction by Anne McShane
1 Ukraine: World War I plus drones2 (28.41) USA: state action to stop Trump second presidency?3 (33.51) Increased arms spending and social-imperialists4 (41.36) Gaza: Israel plans mass expulsions5 (47.410) 'Islamic threat' and false anti-Semitism claims6 (55.01) Lee Anderson and Reform UK7 (56.56) George Galloway: SWP hypocrisy8 (65.11) Let's debate the Sparts
1 Gaza demo in London: nonsense claims2 (7.19) Gaza, Israel and Egypt: sorting through the contradictions3 (13.09) Gaza and UK opinion: massive gulf with political class4 (19.59) Gaza: Scottish Labour resolution - ceasefire now!5 (21.09) Labour witch-hunt continues.6 (24.44) But what about Starmer, the ex-Trotskyist?7 (28.44) Political trends in the UK: bourgeois backing for Labour?8 (35.49) Ukraine: situation on second anniversary of the war9 (44.49) Putin, Russian contradictions and Navalny10 (50.19) US interests: what next? The collapse of the centre and move to the right in the USA?
1 Gaza: horrendous outcome expected2 (29.20) Israel/Palestine: our solution3 (35.25) David Miller: demand free speech4 (41.05) AMOC: action needed beyond capitalist limits5 (54.40) Putin interview: contrast to usual imbecility6 (62.40) US elections: Trump on course for second term
1 US/UK attacks on Yemen, Syria and Iraq: unintended consequences?2 (10.05) Joint declaration: delegitimising Israeli assault.3 (21.00) Thousands still on the streets4 (25.00) Suspended MP: don't oppose genocide!5 (30.50) Anti-Zionism still equals anti-Semitism6 (37.40) Israel planning mass expulsions?7 (41.55) Long-term solution: minimum and maximum programmes clearly related8 (54.35) United Ireland in our grasp? Delusional
1 Are we in a 'pre-war world'?2 (34.20) 'Citizens Army' and the left3 (42.40) Israel, ICJ and UNRWA4 (49.40) Holocaust memorial day and anti-Semitism smears5 (57.50) Trump verdict - still on track to win
1 Palestine: huge demonstrations continue2 (9.45) Houthis: serving their own interests, not those of Iran3 (28.00) Middle East: left illusions4 (33.25) Confusions: minimum or maximum5 (36.15) Taiwan: what about the 'communists'?6 (43.15) Ecuador and the 'drug war'7 (47.55) Post office and the postmaster scandal
- Gaza: 'Pacification' and the possibility of regional conflict2. (17.00) Israel's motives: politics, not gas and oil reserves3. (32.30) South Africa charging Israel with genocide in the Hague 4. (35.30) 'The Telegraph', Tabytha Shapps and the redefinition of 'anti-Semitism'5. (43.30) The Communist Party of Britain's softness on Zionism 6. (54.30) Police crackdown on those speaking out against genocide7. (59.30) Rishi Sunak's polling8. (60.10) Response to Andrew Northall on factionalism
- Gaza and ethnic cleansing2. (09:40) The problems involved in equating Israel and Hamas3. (16:30) The Morning Star's confusion over the March Against Anti-Semitism4. (29:35) Sunak and Meloni: much in common5. (36:00) Elections in the Public and Commercial Services Union6. (40:52) Thoughts on classifying the Soviet Union and its collapse
- Gaza: shredding crocodile tears2. (10.00) Propaganda war and ;legal creep3. (44.45) Rwanda: Tory crisis4. (48.20) Anti-union laws: learn the lessons from the past5. (55.10) MAS: picking up flotsam and jetsam
- Netherlands: another 'traffic light coalition'?2. (10.35) Argentina: election of an 'anarcho-capitalist'3. (13.15) USA: Trump still the candidate to beat4. (14.35) Genuine democracy is central5. (24.30) Gaza: falsification of 'anti-Semitism' to boost Israeli propaganda6. (47.35) Newham council by-election: left independent defeats Labour7. (54.35) Net migration: 'slap in the face'8. (57.55) Polemic - our tradition
- Tories: rescuing the sinking ship?2. (27.00) Nigel Farage comeback?3. (34.40) Labour: Starmer still set to win next election4. (47.55) Gaza: effective genocide5 (54.15) Terrorism: the Marxist position
- The Enormous pro-Palestine demo in London 2. (17:51) Arrests at the Demo3. (26.01) A Critique of the SWP and the ‘River to the Sea’ Slogan4. (47.08) The Hottest year on Record and COP 285. (52.41) Socialist Appeal’s ‘Communist Turn’
1 Israel/Palestine: 'inch by inch'2 (14.45) Middle East repercussions3 (23.45) The UN and western establishment4 (35.25) Labour and Israel5 (43.15) Palestine and free speech6 (53.20) Where next?7 (56.55) Trump re-election?8 (57.55) SNP programmatic crisis
1 By-elections: a very likely Labour government2 (8:15) Israel/Palestine: 'terrorism' and propaganda3 (26:15) Ukraine: the 'forgotten war'
1 Aims of Hamas and Israel2 (13.45) Reactionary response to protests3 (18.45) Where next in the conflict?4 (35.20) SWP nonsense5 (42.20) Hamas: support and politics6 (47.25) Left response: working class solution needed.7 (60.15) Australia referendum8 (61.00) Russia?Ukraine9 (61.45) Prepare for the most rightwing ever Labour government
1 Ukraine: continued stalemate2 (17.15) US presidency: Trump victory?3 (29.00) Tory conference: Sunak's idiocy4 (41.40) Labour conference: preparing for a Starmer government
1 Climate: Sunak's U-turn2 (19.40) Demography crisis: prioritise social needs3 (30.50) Ukraine: continuing stalemate4 (38.20) Russell Brand: celebrity culture of abuse5 (45.45) Comrade Downing's misunderstandings
1 Trump vs Biden - then what?2 (13.05) TUC congress: positive and negative3 (25.40) Continued anti-left campaign4 (33.45) Labour left confusion5 (37,55) Russia/North Korea: response to US hegemony6 (43.20) Iran protests: symbol of the veil7 (45.20) Russell Brand: entertainment and power8 (50.00) HS2: railway madness9 (53.30) 'Anti-Semitism': false accusations exposed10 (55.50) Misunderstanding Jack Conrad
Fifty years since the overthrow of Salvador Allende’s Popular Unity government in Chile. Speaker: Mike Macnair
1 Ukraine: ongoing stalemate 2 (12.55) Biden's visit to Vietnam and US anti-China strategy 3 (20.50) Current strikes: purely defensive action 4 (28.20) Party finances: bourgeois support for Starmer's Labour 5 (33.30) Chile: 50th anniversary of anti-Allende coup 6 (39.20) Proud Boys and Trump: follow-on from US constitutional crisis 7 (44.20) Scotland: a pro-EU SNP and an SWP popular front
1 Trump charged: constitutional crisis? 2 (14.45) Sunak's pledges: NHS shambles 3 (34.45) Climate chaos 4 (40.40) Ukraine stalemate 5 (46.50) Transform: worthless popular front
1 Climate change: quantity and quality 2 (15.00) By-elections: most conservative ever Labour government on the cards 3 (34.05) Ukraine: fragility of the regime 4 (47.35) Spain: march of the right 5 (53.35) Israel: crucial vote
1 Israel: colonial-settler expansionism 2 (13.55) BDS: SCG disgrace 3 (16.20) Israel-Palestine: regional solution essential 4 (30.00) Ukraine: Russia's damp-squib offensive 5 (42.40) Climate change: huge global disruption 6 (51.00) Scotland drug laws: legality essential everywhere 7 (58.10) The left and the police: people's militia needed 8 (59.30) Migration: 'small boat problem' will remain
1 Ukraine: war of attrition 2 (13.45) Boris Johnson: still a 'somebody' 3 (20.10) Iran/Israel: don't count on 'peace' 4 (25.10) China: USA timing things carefully 5 (28.40) Abortion: a woman's right to choose 6 (31.45) Migration: principled response needed 7 (38.50) Tories: BDS equals 'anti-Semitism' 8 (43.10) Strike wave: resisting pay cuts
1 Climate change: why 1.5 degrees matters2 (19.00) Ukraine: 'armchair general' scepticism3 (33.20) Turkish and Greek elections: what about the working class?4 (40.00) Northern Ireland: Sinn Fein advances at unionist expense5 (47.10) National Conservatives and 'cultural Marxism'6 (62.20) Degas sculpture: judge by artistic quality
1 Jeremy Corbyn: pro-establishment campaign continues.2 (8.35) SNP v Labour: anti-Toryism.3 (14.55) SWP: elections v strikes4 (25.55) US decline: significance of Trumpism5 (34.10) War on drugs6 (42.45) Elon Musk and artificial intelligence: moral panic7 (50.55) Teachers: right not to be overworked8 (56.35) Slave trade: reparations diversion
1 Climate change: IPCC's 'runaway train syndrome'2 (14.45) Banking crisis: which way out?3 (23.20) Ukraine stalemate: we need revolutionary defeatism4 (28.50) French pensions: retirement and our demands5 (34.25) Strikes: political strategy needed6 (39.55) Met report: institutional racism and the nature of the police7 (47.55) Teachers and Ofsted bureaucrats
1 Saudi-Iran deal: 'great-power' as well as regional crisis2 (14.45) Small boats and asylum-seekers: for free movement and workers' organisation3 (31.30) Gary Lineker: not just 1930s Germany4 (42.15) Strikes: syndicalism or principled political unity?5 (48.55) PCC statement: free speech, not 'safe spaces'
Comrade Kevin Bean addresses the March 5th Online Communist ForumKevin's talk follows on from his recent article in the Weekly Worker: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1432/sunaks-brexit-deal/Organised by CPGB (www.communistparty.co.uk) and Labour Party Marxists (www.labourpartymarxists.org.uk)
1 Proxy war in Ukraine and China's '12-point plan'.2 (18.05) London demonstration: 'Peace' or 'Arm Ukraine'!3 (27.15) Northern Ireland protocol: divisions within establishment4 (30.35) Scotland: the culture war and SNP divisions
1 Sturgeon's resignation: end of an era for SNP?2 (15.20) Starmer's move against Corbyn: aimed at remaining Labour left3 (36.45) Anti-jury moves: in the interests of the establishment4 (42.55) Ukraine, Russia and Iran: danger of wider war5 (48.20) Northern Ireland protocol: making Brexit work6 (50.30) Trans rights and trouble on the left: need for free expression
Comrade Moshé Machover addresses the January 5th Online Communist ForumMoshé Machover, born in Tel Aviv in 1936, is a mathematician and socialist activist who has been active in and written extensively on Middle-Eastern politics. You can read his articles in the weekly worker here: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/authors/moshe-machover/Organised by CPGB (www.communistparty.co.uk) and Labour Party Marxists (www.labourpartymarxists.org.uk)
1 Tanks for Ukraine: significant impact on Germany2 (27.50) Israel/Palestine: regional solution needed3 (37.25) Transgender controversy: opportunity for the Tories to do down the SNP4 (45.05) Strikes: principled strategy needed5 (49.10) Tories, the rich and tax evasion6 (53.10) Labour: remember the central question - the need for a mass Communist Party
1 Tanks and Ukraine: red line crossed2 (13.40) Gender recognition culture war: attempt to do down SNP3 (27.20) Abolish the police - and then what?4 (37.10) Tory self-serving 'careless mistakes' v workers' discontent
Jack Conrad addresses the December 18th Online Communist Forum on the subject of Jesus as an apocalyptic revolutionary.Comrade Conrad has written extensively on Marxism and Religion in the weekly Worker (https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/authors/jack-conrad/) and in his 2012 book 'Fantastic Reality' (https://communistparty.co.uk/resources/library/jack-conrad/)Organised by CPGB (https://communistparty.co.uk/) and Labour Party Marxists (http://labourpartymarxists.org.uk/)
THE VIEWS IN THIS VIDEO ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THOSE OF THE CPGBTony Greenstein addresses the December 11 Online Communist forum with a talk on his new book 'Zionism during the holocaust: the weaponisation of memory in the service of state and nation'.Comrade Tony has written many articles for the Weekly Worker on the subject of Israel, Zionism, and much more. You can find his pieces here: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/authors/tony-greenstein/Organised by CPGB (https://communistparty.co.uk/) and Labour Party Marxists (http://labourpartymarxists.org.uk/)
1 Covid: China's 'failed' policy?2 (21.20) Ukraine: war of position3 (40.45) Scotland: self-determination and working class unity4 (46.20) South Africa: Ramaphosa's 'state capture'5 (49.50) Iran: concessions and divisions
Following the latest round of elections in Israel, Moshé Machover assesses the new state of play in Israeli politics at the November 27 Online Communist Forum.Comrade Machover is a regular writer on zionism and the Middle East for the Weekly Worker. You can find his articles here: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/authors/moshe-machover/Organised by CPGB (https://communistparty.co.uk/) and Labour Party Marxists (http://labourpartymarxists.org.uk/)
1 COP27: Utterly inadequate 2 (7.00) Middle East: all Iran's fault? 3 (13.45) Ukraine: Russia and NATO - success or failure? 4 (30.35) Strikes: principled politics needed 5 (40.10) World Cup: Qatar and hypocrisy
Daniel Lazare addresses the November 13th Online Communist Forum on the results of the 2022 US midterm elections and gives his assessment. For more coverage of US politics, see comrade Lazrae's articles in the Weekly Worker: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/authors/daniel-lazare/ Organised by CPGB (www.communistparty.co.uk) and Labour Party Marxists (www.labourpartymarxists.org.uk)
"David Broder addresses the November 6th Online Communist Forum on the history of Italian 'post-fascism', the election of Giorgia Meloni and the 'anti-fascism' of the left."
1 Sunak - 'man of the markets' 2 (19.05) Northern Ireland - sectarian logjam 3 (25.20) COP27 - trigger points 4 (39.00) Ukraine - bloody stalemate?
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Yassamine Mather adresses the October 16th Online Communist Forum on the ongoing protest movement in Iran. Comrade Mather is a Middle East expert and regularly writes for the Weekly Worker (https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/authors/yassamine-mather/) Organised by CPGB and Labour Party Marxists. For more from the CPGB or to attend future OCFs, check out our website: https://communistparty.co.uk/
1 Ukraine: absurd claims in the struggle for US hegemony 2 (33.10) Tories: MPs rebelling to save their careers 3 (40.25) Labour: Sir Keir’s safe pair of hands 4 (44.30) Iran: mass rebellion against the regime 5 (49.55) Brazil: victory for the neoliberal ‘left’?
Kevin Bean reports on the 2022 Labour Party conference. This talk follows from his article, 'Political wing of capitalist class', in Weekly Worker 1412 (https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1412/political-wing-of-capitalist-class/) Organised by CPGB and Labour Party Marxists. For further information, email Stan Keable at Secretary@labourpartymarxists.org.uk For more from the CPGB or to attend future OCFs, check out our website: https://communistparty.co.uk/
1 Mini-budget: Keynesian stimuli for the bourgeoisie 2 (17.50) Labour conference: triangulation with the Tories 3 (18.55) Labour conference: monarchism and ‘two-partyism’ 4 (26.00) Labour conference: The left and the witch-hunt 5 (32.25) Ukraine, Russia and imperialism 6 (42.20) Iran: reaction to police murder
1 Monarchy – for and against 2 (12.50) Monarchy – left’s dismal understanding of its role 3 (35.40) Monarchy – where next? 4 (45.50) China – what is it nature? 5 (58.40) Europe – left in turmoil 6 (62.30) Ukraine – total victory?
1 Monarchy: where does Elizabeth II fit in the overall picture? 2 (18.35) Monarchy: where next? 3 (30.35) Monarch: what about the left? 4 (36.15) Liz Truss: expect the worse at home and abroad 5 (49.50) Ukraine: heading for a Kremlin crisis?
Moshé Machover introduces his new book, 'How Labor Powers the Global Economy: A Labor Theory of Capitalism', co‑authored with Emmanuel D Farjoun and David Zachariah. Organised by CPGB and Labour Party Marxists. For further information, email Stan Keable at Secretary@labourpartymarxists.org.uk For more from the CPGB or to attend future OCFs, check out our website: https://communistparty.co.uk/
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
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/
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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.uk/resources/library/ben-lewis/). He is currently heading the 'Marxism Translated' project (https://marxismtranslated.com/) that aims to first-time translations of classical texts of German Marxism. Organised jointly by the Communist Party of Great Britain and Labour Party Marxists. For more from the CPGB or to get involved, visit our website: https://communistparty.co.uk/
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.haaretz.com/opinion/2022-04-24/ty-article-opinion/.premium/how-israel-uses-radical-islam-to-justify-the-occupation/00000180-6563-db2f-a1c0-ef6fd89e0000) - 'Religion, Not Nationalism or Real Estate, Is to Blame in Israel' (https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2022-04-26/ty-article-opinion/religion-not-nationalism-or-real-estate-is-to-blame-in-israel/00000180-66ae-d030-a3cc-7eaf4a310000)
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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.co.uk/worker/1395/crisis-in-permanence/
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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-state-part-ii/ (Part III) - https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1390/supplement-imperialism-and-the-state-part-iii/ (Part IV) - https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1391/supplement-imperialism-and-the-state-part-iv/
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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, and global power 8 (56.15) May Day means workers’ unity!
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/
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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 International in its Marxist years. 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/
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
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/
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://weeklyworker.co.uk/
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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: https://communistparty.co.uk/ You can also read our weekly publication, the Weekly Worker, online at: https://weeklyworker.co.uk/
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/
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 reflect the ideas of the societies which created them and their history also reflects the changes in those societies. You can download or buy Jacks book on religion from the digital library on the CPGB website: https://communistparty.co.uk/resources/library/jack-conrad/ A video of this talk is available to watch on the CPGB YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOkaFWQNpCTrQfT65UszE4A
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
Lars T. Lih, who has previously written for the Weekly Worker and is author of the infamous Lenin Rediscovered: 'What is to be Done?' in Context (published in paperback by Haymarket in 2008), addressed the October 31st OCF on his concept of ‘agreementism’ in Russia between the February and October Revolutions of 1917.
1 (0.00) Cop26: expect nothing much 2 (16.25) Covid: disastrous inaction 3 (22.15) ‘No offence’ equals censorship 4 (32.45) USA: Steve Bannon and January 6 5 (38.50) China: hypersonic hype 6 (45.30) Turkey: embassy crisis 7 (47.40) Assange:@ free him now 8 (48.40) Labour: left putrification
1 (0.00) Insulate Britain: counterproductive methods 2 (6.45) Climate change: civilisation breakdown? 3 (15.05) Killing of David Amess: underlying realities 4 (21.00) Brexit and Ireland: ongoing contradictions 5 (27.00) Afghanistan: no peace in sight 6 (30.15) CPB protocol: Lenin would have been excluded
1 (0.00) UK’s ‘biodiversity’: no surprise 2 (7.00) USA: Trump’s continuing legacy 3 (13.25) China: cold war continues 4 (23.40) Lebanon: latest ‘failed state’ 5 (25.20) UKL’s pending energy crisis 6 (30.05) Sport: Saudi and Dubai aristocrats
1 (0.00) Labour conference: Starmer safe as leader – for now 2 (12.00) USA: instability continues post-Trump 3 (19.30) Dealing with China: ‘war socialism’ and ‘climate socialism’ combined?
1 (0.00) UN, climate change and COP26: expect ‘hot air’ 2 (24.10) Aukus: new anti-China pact 3 (32.30) China: contradictions and divisions 4 (35.20) ‘Levelling up’ fiasco and rail shambles 5 (38.25) Russia and gas: ‘perfect storm’ 6 (40.10) Taliban split? Where next for Afghanistan? 7 (43.10) Monarchy farce 8 (50.35) Labour conference: Starmer’s next steps and ongoing struggle
1 (0.00) Al Qa’eda: the story of 9/11 2 (34.40) Peru, ‘people’s war’ and genuine socialism 3 (51.40) Labour: a reliable second eleven or a working class party?
1 (0.00) Afghanistan: what next? 2 (23.30) German elections: red-green-red coalition? 3 (31.45) Tax the rich? 4 (35.00) Real anti-Semitism and its various forms 5 (40.35) Trade unionism (and its limits) 6 (43.55) Texas anti-abortionists and working class independence 7 (46.55) The politics of climate change 8 (53.40) China: ‘turning back to socialism’?
1 (0.00) Afghanistan: the humiliating collapse and what it tells us 2 (44.50) Unite union election and Labour 3 (55.10) Labour Against the Witchhunt: weaknesses of ‘official left’ thinking
1 (0.00) Afghanistan: strategic regroupment? 2 (23.35) Climate change: capitalism and pseudo-solutions 3 (39.50) Labour: Stamer’s ‘safe pair of hands’
1 (0.00) Climate change: a paradigm shift? 2 (33.30) Tories: an advisory board with ‘no influence’? 3 (39.50) Cash-strapped Labour 4 (52.15) SWP internal discipline: two opposite and equally unprincipled approaches 5 (60.30) SPEW: silence is significant
1 (0.00) Space race - extravagant waste 2 (9.50) Dominic Cummings: fuss about nothing 3 (11.40) Pegasus: imperialism and spyware 4 (22.45) Iranian strikes and their significance 5 (28.50) Covid and the response: ‘attack on liberty’? 6 (39.00) Labour purge: demonstrating Starmer’s reliability to capital 7 (50.50) Youth: naturally anti-capitalist
Ruben Markarian is a socialist Iranian activist, member of Rahe Kargar (Organisation of Revolutionary Workers of Iran).
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
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
- (0.00) What to expect from a Biden presidency
- (36.55) Labour: will the witch-hunt be stepped up?
- (42.20) RMT: Mick Cash’s resignation following defeat at conference
- (47.35) Chris Williamson joins Tusc
- (48.15) Spy cops: state infiltration of the left too
- (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
- (0.00) Covid-19 shambles
- (14.15) Supreme court: Trump plays another election card
- (25.45) Belarus: no illusions
- (28.30) Russia: terrorising opponents
- (32.15) Labour: Starmer’s ‘constructive opposition’ and principle
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! 9 (53.15) Unison elections: left divisions 10 (57.15) GMB: institutionalised sexism and bureaucracy
- (0.00) Labour Representation Committee – left of the establishment
- (2.00) Suckers and losers: US elections and the military
- (7.10) Covid-19: growth of irrationality
- (19.50) Extinction Rebellion and ‘freedom of the press’
- (29.10) Scotland: democratic rights and Marxist principles
- (0.00) Civil service shambles – covering up incompetence
- (5.20) Covid ‘denialism’ – two sides
- (7.55) The Proms: anti-slavery and pro-empire?
- (20.15) Trump contradictions
- (21.30) Japan – capital comes first
- (27.45) Belarus – no illusions in either side
- (31.00) Greece v Turkey
- (34.10) China and modern weaponry
- (39.05) LLA conference: the position of Labour Party Marxists
- (0.00) Migration: ‘Something must be done’!
- (14.25) Racism: don’t ever mention the ‘N word’!
- (22.25) Lebanon explosion: the anarchy of global shipping in a chaotic state
- (36.15) Covid-19 and the disempowerment of workers
- (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
- (0.00) RLB: playing the Zionists’ game
- (28.45) Israeli annexation – waiting for the Donald
- (39.50) Asylum-seekers – inhuman detention
- (42.10) Social distancing and class privilege
- (43.30) Covid-19: how will it turn out for Trump?
- (46.10) Post-Covid Keynesianism
- (48.00) Ireland’s coalition
- (49.25) Justin Welby and the real Jesus
- (0.00) SWP and Black Lives Matter
- (1.10) Statue wars
- (3.25) Race, class and Covid-19
- (19.05) Government bungling –contact tracing app
- (20.30) Trump, in competence and rebellion
- (28.45) India v China: a question of geopolitics
- (32.00) Israeli annexation: Zionist split
- (40.15) Abolish the police
- Covid-19: the 40,000 landmark in Britain
- (17.25) Black Lives Matter USA: two approaches
- (26.40) Social media and free speech
- (30.40) Black Lives Matter: Britain too
- (36.45) Black Lives Matter: identity politics
- (46.15) Black Lives Matter: white privilege?
- (56.20) Israel: Zionists opposed to annexation
- (0.00) Covid-19: left-right polarisation
- (14.20) Newspaper circulation: going downhill, but ...
- (18.50) Hong Kong: China’s poisoned chalice?
- (30.05) Israel: Netanyahu’s ‘Get out of jail’ card.
- (35.20) Labour: politics of the witch-hunt.
- Covid-19: ‘chaotic disaster’
- (7.30) Netanyahu: making use of Covid-19
- (11.00) Labour: why the witch-hunt is continuing
- (15.05) SWP: in another world
- (17.10) Transitional programme: where’s the democracy?
- (23.50) VE Day: two different world wars
- Covid-19 and the imperial pushback
- (13mins, 50) Labour, ‘anti-Semitism’ and Israel
- (29mins) Sex scandals, home and away
- (36mins) A ‘global ceasefire and Stop the War’s popular front.
- (0:00) Covid-19: dysfunction and inequality
- (7.45) Steve Hedley suspended: playing to the ‘We are all united’ gallery
- (13.45) Labour: expect another purge
- (21.30) Labour Left Alliance: don’t give up the fight
Our apologies for the bad sound quality this week.
- Covid-19 USA
- (4.00) Covid-19 UK
- (7.50) Covid-19 international
- (10.40) Covid-19 – Chinese model?
- (11.15) Economic downturn – expect the worse
- (13.15) Covid-19 and xenophobia
- (15.00) Covid-19 and mutual aid
- (16.00) Covid-19 - ‘All in it together’?
- (17.20) Communist Party of the European Union
- (21.00) Labour elections
- (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
- Coronavirus: ‘herd immunity’ or real protection?
- (33.30) USA: Bernie or bust?
- (43.45) Russian referendum – will Putin do better than Cameron?
- (44.40) Russia-Saudi oil wars
- Coronavirus – accelerating the downturn
- (10.35) Syria – chaos rules
- (16.50) Saudi Arabia – trying to secure the royal future
- (20.20) Unite the Union – promoting a rightwing alternative
- (24.00) US Democrats – the left learning the lessons
- (35.00) International Women’s Day – what about the ‘working’?
- (47.10) Labour – end of Corbynism?
- (50.50) Monarchy stupidity
- (52.05) CPGB – differences of shade
- The Tories, chancellor and courts
- (7.28) Immigration and the hypocrisy of the Morning Star
- (11.55) BBC bias and the licence fee
- (14.30) Labour and Zionism
- (21.40) US president – election or crowning session?
- (29.50) Ireland – Sinn Féin and establishment contradictions
- Brexit and frictional trade
- ( 11.10) Huawei and US hegemony
- (18.00) Coronavirus – minimising the threat
- (22.40) Tusc – alive and unwell!
- (25.25) Australia – what about prevention?
- (27.15) Palestine – surrender of the century?
- (31.20) Anti-Israel =anti-Jew?
- (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? 59.00 - Expect a new Labour purge 1.01.20 - Labour leader - who are the likely candidates? 1.04.00 - SWP demo – talk about dumb 1.05.00 - Principled left – what is our position? 1.07.15 - Scotland – crisis looming