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Communist Forum260301 Part I - Iran under attack. Yassamine Mather. 01MAR26Part I: Iran under attack. Yassamine Mather. 1 March 2026
The CPGB Communist Forum is in three parts for Sunday 1 March 2026
2026-03-0322 minCommunist Forum260222 Political Report - CPGB PCC - Jack Conrad - 22FEB26Political report of the Provisional Central Committee.
1 Monarchy v platonic republicanism? Failings of the left
2 Ukraine and US key strategic aim: defeat Russia-China challenge to hegemony
3 Supreme Court judgement: change in US politics?
4 US attack on Iran? Expect no defence from rival power against hegemon
5 Cuba: not a 'socialist model'
6 No to separatism in Scotland
7 Gorton and Denton: vote Labour in by-election
8 Sparts: stupidity or cynicism?
2026-02-241h 03Communist Forum260208 Jack Conrad. Political Report. Starmer-Mandelson-Epstein. 08FEB26Political report of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee. Jack Conrad.
- Starmer, Mandelson and Epstein
2026-02-091h 04Communist Forum260125 Political Report of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee. Jack Conrad. 25JAN26Political report of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee. Jack Conrad. 25 January 2026
2026-01-261h 03Communist Forum260111 PCC Political Report. Jack Conrad. 11JAN26PCC Political Report. Jack Conrad. 11 January 2026
2026-01-1126 minCommunist Forum260104 PCC Report - Venezuela - Jack Conrad. 04JAN26Political report of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee. Jack Conrad on Venezuela. 4 January 2026
2026-01-051h 09Communist Forum251214 PCC Political Report with Jack Conrad. 14DEC25Political report of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee with Jack Conrad. 14 December 2025
- Venezuela
- NATO and Conscription
- SWP central committee
2025-12-151h 01Communist Forum251123 PCC Political Report. Jack Conrad. 23NOV25Political report of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee. Jack Conrad. 23 November 2025
2025-11-2448 minCommunist Forum251116 Political Report. PCC. Jack Conrad. 16NOV25Political report of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee. Delivered by Jack Conrad. 16 November 2025
1 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
2025-11-171h 05Communist Forum251102 PCC Political Report with Jack Conrad. 02NOV25Political report of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee. Delivered by Jack Conrad. 02NOV25
2025-11-0359 minCommunist Forum251019 PCC Political Report. Jack Conrad. 19OCT25Political Report of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee. Jack Conrad. 19 October 2025
2025-10-201h 00Communist Forum251012 DEBATE on trans liberation. Mike from CPGB and Jose from Spartacists Britain. 12OCT25Trans liberation. A debate between Mike M from CPGB and Jose P from Spartacists Britain.
Mike speaks first until about 28 minute mark.
2025-10-1249 minCommunist Forum251005 PCC political report. Jack Conrad. 06OCT25Political report of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee. Jack Conrad. 05OCT25
2025-10-0650 minCommunist Forum250921 PCC Political Report with Jack Conrad 21SEP25Political 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
2025-09-211h 00Communist Forum250831 Your Party - the way ahead. Max Shanly debates Jack Conrad. 310825What 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)
2025-08-3139 minCommunist Forum250817 Political Report. PCC. Jack Conrad 17AUG25Political report of the Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of Great Britain. Delivered by Jack Conrad.
2025-08-1746 min
Communist Forum250807 CU25 #28. The transition from capitalism to communism. Jack ConradCU25 Session #28 (07AUG25)
The transition from capitalism to communism. Jack Conrad CPGB
2025-08-1052 minCommunist Forum250806 CU25 #23 part 1 Mike Macnair CPGB - Communism and trans liberationCU25 Session #23 (06AUG25)
Communism and trans liberation. Part 1.
Mike Macnair, Communist Party of Great Britain
2025-08-1029 minCommunist Forum250803 CU25 #14 How to build a healthy communist cultureCU25 Session #14. (03AUG25)
How to build a health communist culture.
- Cat Rylance (Prometheus)
- Mike Macnair (CPGB)
- Archie Woodrow (Marxist Unity Caucus, RS21)
2025-08-0846 minCommunist Forum250801 CU 25. Nationalism, anti-colonial struggles and communist strategyCU 25 Session 6. 1 August 2025
Debate on nationalism, anti-colonial struggles and communist strategy.
- Archie Woodrow. Marxist Unity Caucus, RS21
- Ed Potts. Talking About Socialism
- Yassamine Mather. CPGB
2025-08-071h 00
Communist Forum250731 Forging Communist Unity - Jack ConradCommunist University. Session 1. 31 July 2025. Forging Communist Unity
Jack Conrad from the CPGB gives his perspectives on the Forging Communist Unity project.
2025-08-0727 minCommunist Forum250727 Political Report - PCC - Jack Conrad 27JUL25Political 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 complicity
2 (9.15) The Knesset's successful annexation motion and the forced eviction of Palestinians
3 (35.35) Three cheers to Socialist Worker for its column on the establishment's 'political neutrality' - and hypocrisy
4 (43.55) New Corbyn party: opportunity for Marxist organisation
2025-07-2851 minCommunist Forum250720 PCC Political Report with Jack Conrad 20JUL25Political report from the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain, delivered by Jack Conrad
2025-07-201h 03Communist Forum250706 PCC Political Report - Jack Conrad 06JUL25Political report from the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Delivered by Jack Conrad.
2025-07-0653 minCommunist Forum250629 PCC political report - Jack Conrad - 29JUN25Political report of the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain. 29 June 2025
1 USA and Israel-Iran war: not the tail wagging the dog
2 (15.40) Illustration of US strength, not weakness
3 (22.00) Trump's good few weeks
4 (26.20) Good result for Democratic Socialists-backed candidate in NYC mayoral primary
5 (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
2025-06-3056 minCommunist Forum250608 Party and programme - lessons of Bolshevism - Jack Conrad 08JUN25250608 Party and programme - lessons of Bolshevism - Jack Conrad 08JUN25 by CPGB-PCC
2025-06-0959 minCommunist Forum250601 PCC Political Report - Jack Conrad - 01JUN25The 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.
2025-06-0256 minCommunist Forum250518 Political Report PCC - Jack Conrad - 18MAY25Political report of the Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of Great Britain. Delivered by Jack Conrad. 18 May 2025
1 Israel's 'Operation Gideon's chariots': aiming for "total occupation"
2 (11.00) May 17 demo: organisers' lack of connection with actual socialism
3 (28.00) Donald Trump and the 'freedom zone'
4 (31.45) Counter-demo: Zionists celebrating Nakba
5 (41.05) Genocide: predicated on original ethnic cleansing
6 (48.00) Starmer's 'island of strangers' statement driven by neoliberalism
2025-05-1857 minCommunist Forum250504 Political Report PCC - Jack Conrad 04MAY25Political report of the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain delivered by Jack Conrad. 4 May 2025
2025-05-041h 02Communist Forum250427 PCC Political Report - Jack Conrad - 27APR25Political report from the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Delivered by Jack Conrad. 27 April 2025
2025-04-281h 04Communist Forum250406 Political Report of the PCC - Jack Conrad - 06APR251 Le Pen: SWP celebrates bourgeois liberals' use of courts to defend their interests
2 (18.20) Trump's tariffs: attempt at global subordination to US
3 (33.00) SWP's negative Darwinian selection process
4 (47.30) Climate change "on track to destroy capitalism", complains insurance chief
2025-04-0756 min
Communist Forum250330 PCC Political Report - Jack Conrad - 30MAR25Political 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 threats
3 (16.15) 'Signalgate' farce
4 (20.05) Reeves spring statement: continuing with more cuts
5 (27.40) SWP: rejection of the role of election work
2025-03-3137 minCommunist Forum250323 Political Report PCC - Jack Conrad - 23MAR25Political Report of the Provisional Central Committee - CPGB
1 Zionist colonisation: the reality of the Israeli onslaught
2 (25.20) Tusc: keeping out the 'naughty people'
3 (38.30) Turkey: counting on the non-intervention of US imperialism
4 (46.15) Rachel Reeves' upping of the 'warfare' budget: some on the left concur!
2025-03-2454 minCommunist Forum250316 PCC Political Report - Jack Conrad• 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
2025-03-1749 minCommunist Forum250309 PCC political report -Jack Conrad - 09MAR25Trump. Reform split. Jack Conrad with the PCC political report. 9 March 2025
2025-03-1019 minCommunist Forum250302 Forging Communist Unity - update - Jack Conrad - 02MAR25Jack Conrad provides an update on discussions towards communist unity between the CPGB, Talking about Socialism (TAS), and the pro-Party faction in Prometheus.
2025-03-0315 minCommunist Forum250302 PCC Political Report - Jack Conrad - 02MAR25Political 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.
2025-03-0341 minCommunist Forum250216 Roxy Hall - Trans Liberation - Communist Forum 16FEB25Roxy Hall from the Revolutionary Communist Organisation (Australia) on Marxism and Trans Liberation
2025-02-1721 minCommunist Forum250216 Mike Macnair - Trans Liberation - Communist Forum 16FEB25Mike Macnair from the CPGB Provisional Central Committee on Marxism and Trans Liberation
2025-02-1732 minCommunist Forum2025-02-09 Communist Forum - Mike Macnair - Forging Communist Unity2025-02-09 Communist Forum - Mike Macnair - Forging Communist Unity by CPGB-PCC
2025-02-1008 minCommunist Forum2025-02-25 Communist Forum - Jack Conrad PCC political report2025-02-25 Communist Forum - Jack Conrad PCC political report by CPGB-PCC
2025-02-1044 minCommunist ForumCommunist Forum - 2-2-25 - Jack Conrad political reportPolitical report from the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Jack Conrad. 2 February 2025
2025-02-0322 minCommunist ForumCommunist Forum 2-2-25 - Yassamine Mather on DeepSeek AICommunist Forum 2-2-25 - Yassamine Mather on DeepSeek AI by CPGB-PCC
2025-02-0332 min
2024-12-0930 minCommunist ForumOCF 1-12-24 Ian Spencer: Marxism and PsychoanalysisOCF 1-12-24 Ian Spencer: Marxism and Psychoanalysis by CPGB-PCC
2024-12-0958 minCommunist ForumOCF Syria Yassamine Mather on the Fall of AssadOCF Syria Yassamine Mather on the Fall of Assad by CPGB-PCC
2024-12-0915 min
Communist ForumOCF 24-11-241 Ukraine stalemate: NATO boots on the ground?
2 (28.40) Assisted dying: global political question
3 (40.25) Farming: defend small farmers against big capital
4 (48.50) Cop29: increased climate threat under Trump
5 (51.55) ICC arrest warrants: symbolic blow to Israel
2024-11-2555 minCommunist ForumOCF 17-11-241 Justin Welby and the Church of England: representative of the establishment's nation-state
2 (21.30) Trump's appointees: collection of lackeys and oddballs
3 (36.50) Ukraine: enforced peace deal?
4 (43.30) Foreign policy unpredictability, but opposition to China the key
2024-11-1850 minCommunist ForumOCF 10-11-241 Trump's election: what to expect
2 (30.40) Middle East: great danger
3 (35.40) Ukraine: supporting the war in a more aggressive way
4 (46.50) 'Drill, baby, drill': speeding up climate change
5 (49.40) Era of global instability: where is the left?
2024-11-1152 min2024-10-2853 minCommunist ForumOCF 20-10-241 Ukraine 'victory plan': a Nato war on Russia?
2 (21.35) Ukraine and the US presidential elections
3 (32.20) Ukraine, US and Europe
4 (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
2024-10-211h 02Communist ForumOCF 13-10-241 Global warming: nearing the tipping point
2 (13.50) Israel and Ukraine: increased danger of nuclear war
3 (42.20) USA: democracy endangered not only by Trump
4 (48.00) Death of Alex Salmond: separatism and left idiocy
5 (57.45) Comrades Tom May and Kevin Bean: sadly missed
2024-10-141h 02Communist ForumMoshé Machover: What's really behind the war in the Middle East?Moshé Machover: What's really behind the war in the Middle East? by CPGB-PCC
2024-10-0745 min
Communist ForumOCF 18-08-20241 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 risk
4 (48.00) Free speech clampdown: not just the Tories!
2024-08-2055 minCommunist ForumOCF 28-7-241 US presidential elections: don't expect much change if Harris wins
2 (19.05) BBC propaganda for Democrats
3 (22.50) Trump's likely changes
4 (33.20) Ukraine: still dominated by US global aims
5 (46.40) Venezuela and RCP fantasy
6 (54.55) Police brutality
7 (57.00) Fascist demo and left response to immigration
8 (60.35) 'Overtourism': sold a dream
9 (62.45) Trans rights and our minimum programme
2024-07-301h 062024-07-231h 00Communist ForumOCF 14-7-241 France: original popular front and its government
2 (25.15) Reaction to latest popular front
3 (39.10) This time around following French election results
4 (49.50) USA: Trump assassination attempt; and threat from the state
2024-07-151h 42Communist ForumOCF 7-7-24: The UK General Election 2024OCF 7-7-24: The UK General Election 2024 by CPGB-PCC
2024-07-0857 minCommunist ForumSima Asvadi - Thinking through Artificial IntelligenceSima Asvadi - Thinking through Artificial Intelligence by CPGB-PCC
2024-06-1038 min2024-05-1352 minCommunist ForumOCF Debate With The Spartacist LeagueGeneral election 2024 and communist perspectives - discussion and debate between the Spartacist League and the CPGB
2024-05-0735 min2024-05-011h 002024-04-161h 032024-03-2656 min
Communist ForumCU Spring 2024: Yassamine Mather - Iran and its ProxiesCU Spring 2024: Yassamine Mather - Iran and its Proxies by CPGB-PCC
2024-03-0458 min
Communist ForumCU Spring 2024: Marc Mulholland - Revolutionary DefeatismCU Spring 2024: Marc Mulholland - Revolutionary Defeatism by CPGB-PCC
2024-03-041h 08
Communist ForumCU Spring 2024: Moshe Machover - Two-State, One-State DelusionsCU Spring 2024: Moshe Machover - Two-State, One-State Delusions by CPGB-PCC
2024-03-0449 min
Communist ForumCU Spring 2024: Mike Macnair - History of British ImperialismCU Spring 2024: Mike Macnair - History of British Imperialism by CPGB-PCC
2024-03-0454 min
Communist ForumCU Spring 2014: Jack Conrad - Marxism and Just WarsCU Spring 2014: Jack Conrad - Marxism and Just Wars by CPGB-PCC
2024-03-041h 05
Communist ForumMike Macnair: Communist unity and its refuseniksMike Macnair: Communist unity and its refuseniks by CPGB-PCC
2024-01-2537 min
2023-12-0331 min
Communist Forum25 years of the Good Friday Agreement25 years of the Good Friday Agreement by CPGB-PCC
2023-04-131h 00
Communist ForumOnline Communist Forum - 12-3-20231 Saudi-Iran deal: 'great-power' as well as regional crisis
2 (14.45) Small boats and asylum-seekers: for free movement and workers' organisation
3 (31.30) Gary Lineker: not just 1930s Germany
4 (42.15) Strikes: syndicalism or principled political unity?
5 (48.55) PCC statement: free speech, not 'safe spaces'
2023-03-1858 min
Communist ForumKevin Bean - Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal and its strategic considerationsComrade Kevin Bean addresses the March 5th Online Communist Forum
Kevin'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)
2023-03-0648 min
Communist ForumMoshé Machover - Israel-Palestine: Current events in historical perspectiveComrade Moshé Machover addresses the January 5th Online Communist Forum
Moshé 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)
2023-02-0953 min
2023-01-1159 min
Communist ForumJack Conrad - Jesus: Man-God or Apocalyptic RevolutionaryJack 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/)
2022-12-2458 min
Communist Forum[Book Launch] Tony Greenstein - Zionism During The HolocaustTHE VIEWS IN THIS VIDEO ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THOSE OF THE CPGB
Tony 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/)
2022-12-2147 min
Communist ForumMoshé Machover - The return of Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s structural shift to the far rightFollowing 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/)
2022-11-301h 07
Communist ForumDaniel Lazare - US Midterms And The Bursting Of Trump’s BubbleDaniel 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)
2022-11-1527 min
Communist ForumOnline Communist Forum - 23-10-2022Organised by CPGB: communistparty.co.uk and Labour Party Marxists: www.labourpartymarxists.org.uk
For further information, email Stan Keable at Secretary@labourpartymarxists.org.uk
2022-10-231h 06
Communist ForumYassamine Mather - Protests in Iran shake the regime but what are the prospects for radical change?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/
2022-10-1747 min
Communist ForumKevin Bean - Labour conference 2022: assessed and dissectedKevin 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/
2022-10-0656 min
The ProgressiveMoshé Machover - How Labour Powers The Global Economy Podcast: Communist ForumEpisode: Moshé Machover - How Labour Powers The Global EconomyPub date: 2022-09-11Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationMoshé 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/The...
2022-09-2156 min
Communist ForumMoshé Machover - How Labour Powers The Global EconomyMoshé 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/
2022-09-1256 min
2022-08-0756 min
Communist ForumLydia Apolinar - Ali Shariati Ideologue Of The Iranian RevolutionLydia 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 information, email Stan Keable at Secretary@labourpartymarxists.org.uk
For more from the CPGB or to attend future OCFs, check out our events page: https://communistparty.co.uk/category/events/
2022-07-3026 min
Communist ForumBen Lewis - Some new translations of Die Gleichheit, the German Marxist women’s paperBen 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...
2022-07-0254 min
Communist ForumMoshé Machover - Messianic Zionist Colonialism Israel And The Middle EastMoshé 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)
For more from the...
2022-05-301h 11
Communist ForumKevin Bean And Anne McShane - Northern Ireland Elections Crisis In PermanenceKevin 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/
Organised by CPGB (https://communistparty.co.uk/) and Labour Party Marxists (http://labourpartymarxists.org.uk/)
For further information, email Stan Keable at Secretary@labourpartymarxists.org.uk
2022-05-1855 min
Communist ForumMike Macnair - Imperialism and the stateMike 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/
Organised by CPGB (https://communistparty.co.uk/) and Labour Party Marxists (http://labourpartymarxists.org.uk/)
For further information, email Stan Keable at Secretary@labourpartymarxists.org.uk
2022-05-101h 05
Communist ForumLawrence Parker - Kinder Scout Mass Trespass 90 Years On Communist History And Official MythsLawrence 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://communistparty.co.uk/ and Labour Party Marxists: http://labourpartymarxists.org.uk/
For further information, email Stan Keable at Secretary@labourpartymarxists.org.uk
Previous OCF can be found on our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOkaFWQNpCTrQfT65UszE4A
2022-04-2858 min
Communist ForumMike Taber - Debates In The Second InternationalMike 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/
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2022-03-3040 min2022-03-141h 04
Communist ForumMike Macnair - 50 Years Since Nixon In ChinaMike Macnair addresses the March 6th Online Communist Forum.
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2022-03-081h 01
Communist ForumYassamine Mather - Artificial Intelligence And The Revolution In WarfareYassamine Mather addresses the February 20th Online Communist Forum.
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2022-02-2538 min
Communist Forum(Debate Opening) Daniel Lazare And Mike Macnair - BDS - For And Against***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.
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2022-02-1456 min2022-02-1057 min
Communist ForumJack Conrad - Jesus A Man Of His TimesJack 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.
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2021-12-2055 min
Communist ForumLondon Communist Forum - 8 March 20201. 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) CPGB – differences of shade
2020-03-0853 min