Communist Forum

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/

Organised by CPGB (https://communistparty.co.uk/) and Labour Party Marxists (http://labourpartymarxists.org.uk/)

For further information, email Stan Keable at [email protected]

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/

Organised by CPGB (https://communistparty.co.uk/) and Labour Party Marxists (http://labourpartymarxists.org.uk/)

For further information, email Stan Keable at [email protected]

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/

Organised by CPGB: https://communistparty.co.uk/ and Labour Party Marxists: http://labourpartymarxists.org.uk/

For further information, email Stan Keable at [email protected]

Previous OCF can be found on our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOkaFWQNpCTrQfT65UszE4A

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