Communist Forum

Today we have a remote session, fully dedicated to the corona pandemic, the government response and the tasks for the left.

1. Covid-19 and our response

2. (24.00) CWU dispute: Royal Mail must retreat.

3. (25.20) Socialism: the natural answer

1. Coronavirus: ‘herd immunity’ or real protection?

2. (33.30) USA: Bernie or bust?

3. (43.45) Russian referendum – will Putin do better than Cameron?

4. (44.40) Russia-Saudi oil wars

1. 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

1. The Tories, chancellor and courts

2. (7.28) Immigration and the hypocrisy of the Morning Star

3. (11.55) BBC bias and the licence fee

4. (14.30) Labour and Zionism

5. (21.40) US president – election or crowning session?

6. (29.50) Ireland – Sinn Féin and establishment contradictions

1. Brexit and frictional trade

2. ( 11.10) Huawei and US hegemony

3. (18.00) Coronavirus – minimising the threat

4. (22.40) Tusc – alive and unwell!

5. (25.25) Australia – what about prevention?

6. (27.15) Palestine – surrender of the century?

7. (31.20) Anti-Israel =anti-Jew?

8. (42.30) Production for the sake of production

A panel meeting of the Hands of the People of Iran campaign on Sunday 12 January with speakers Yassamine Mather and Moshé Machover.

Timecodes:

0:00:00 - Introduction

0:00:51 - Yassamine Mather

00:22:58 - Moshé Machover

00:57:55 - Discussion

01:46:42 - Moshé Machover

01:54:23 - Yassamine Mather

HOPI website: http://hopoi.org/

Today we have an extended interview with Yassamine Mather, chair of the Hands of the People of Iran campaign about the recent developments concerning a possible war with Iran. Mind that this interview was intended for a Dutch audience, despite that we hope it is useful for you as well.

0.00 - General election results – how did it happen?

9.00 - It was Brexit and anti-Semitism what done it.

11.45 - Brexit – ‘if only’

15.00 - Success of the smears

24.35 - Labour manifesto – not even reformist

28.25 - Lib Dems and DUP - ally with the Tories at your own risk

35.10 - Tory government – expect the worse

40.05 - End of the working class?

45.05 - A Labour government before anything?

59.00 - Expect a new Labour purge

1.01.20 - Labour leader - who are the likely candidates?

1.04.00 - SWP demo – talk about dumb

1.05.00 - Principled left – what is our position?

1.07.15 - Scotland – crisis looming