Communist Forum

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/

Debate between Tony Greenstein and Jack Conrad.

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