included here are some of the responses received in response to the Communist Party's Open Letter issued in January 2012. Others will be posted as permission is obtained to publish them.
CP issues 'AN OPEN LETTER TO WORKERS, TRADE UNIONISTS AND SOCIALISTS FROM THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF BRITAIN' . Includes the statement of CP's in Europe "For maximum opposition to EU treaties".
Communist trade unionists met in London for a weekend school to discuss the economy, Britain and the EU and the union struggle against cuts to public services and to defend pensions. In a second day session, members met in a broad range of Advisories and Commissions to analyse CP policy and the state of the workers' movement by industry and sector.
ROBERT GRIFFITHS considers the labour movement's prospects in 2012 - ADVANCE IN UNITY NOT RETREAT IN DISARRAY
Where stands Britain's labour movement at the beginning of 2012?