A Faded Empire Strikes Back
Jul 18 2019- Details
- Category: Global
US statesman Dean Acheson famously remarked that “Great Britain had lost an Empire and had yet to find a role.”
Apparently though, Great Britain has managed to recover rights to Hong Kong and, according to multiple Tory politicians and even the ‘progressive’ media, the UK has rediscovered a role as a guarantor of freedom and democracy there, just in time for the final round of the Tory leadership election.
Hong Kong opposition and the Trump administration
Jul 18 2019- Details
- Category: Global
One of the traditional weaknesses of the British left has been its inconsistent responses to international crises. This becomes particularly acute when British imperialism is itself strategically involved and the pressures of public opinion shaped by the establishment media are felt most heavily.
Hong Kong and the politics of extradition
Jul 18 2019- Details
- Category: Global
Over the past few weeks hundreds of thousands in Hong Kong have protested against the proposed introduction of a global extradition bill. The largely peaceful demonstrations filled the front pages and the airwaves of the Western corporate media.
Countdown to Brexit?
Jun 24 2019- Details
- Category: Britain
Articles by Robert Griffiths, General Secretary of the Communist Party from various sources including the Morning Star and China.org.cn, dating back to June 2017 to May 2019. Featured articles include "Britain's future doesn't have to be governered by EU rules and diktats", "We need a People's Brexit, not a bogus Brexit" and "Neither Farage nor Brussels", plus many more.
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Communists warn of 'real and escalating' war danger
Jun 23 2019- Details
- Category: Global
The Communist Party of Britain has warned that the danger of a military strike against Iran and a new war in the Middle East has not disappeared. In a statement issued today (Sunday, June 23), General Secretary Robert Griffiths said:
'The US and British military build-up in the region is real and escalating, replicating what happened before the disastrous bombing and invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Communist election campaigners hit the streets
Jun 23 2019- Details
- Category: Britain
Communist Party campaigners hit the streets in the Rhondda Ward of Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) County Borough Council at the weekend.
Briefing note on allegations that China is holding millions of Uighurs in concentration camps
Jun 21 2019- Details
- Category: Global
Over the last year, allegations that China is interning large numbers of Muslim citizens of Xinjiang province in internment camps have been given enormous media prominence. Reports cite “the UN” as a source for claims that up to a million people could be interned in these camps, a claim repeatedly made by US officials, while US Defence Department Asia chief Randall Schriver has stated that the total could be “closer to three million citizens”.
Communists say Labour can defeat anti-Brexit sabotage
Jun 17 2019- Details
- Category: Britain
'The Tories and the ruling class interests they represent have one overriding objective - to prevent a left-led Labour government coming to office in a Britain unfettered by the pro-big business rules of the EU Single Market', Liz Payne told the Communist Party's executive committee at the weekend.
'General election and Labour victory now urgent' say Communists
Jun 06 2019- Details
- Category: Britain
The labour movement must unite on a credible, principled basis if it is not to throw away the prospect of winning a Labour government, Britain's Communists have warned.
Carol Stavris told the Communist Party's political committee on Wednesday evening (June 5) that powerful forces in British society were determined to prevent the election of a left government led by Jeremy Corbyn.
Communists call for a return to class politics
May 27 2019- Details
- Category: Britain
The EU election results confirm that Britain's political crisis continues to deepen. For the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, their first choice as the party of government is now divided, discredited and demoralised. The Tories appear incapable of delivering the semi-Brexit that might have resolved the crisis, while keeping Britain bound by the big business 'freedoms' of the EU Single Market.
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