Camp for climate action
Speakers, debates, and skill sharing. Kingsnorth, Kent. Organised by Climate Camp 08: www.climatecamp.org.uk
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REVOCAMP 2008
International summer camp for revolutionary youth in Liberec, Czech Republic. Organised by the REVOLUTION youth & student group. More info
Solidarity with students in Iran
Another Worker's Liberty front is born: unwilling (or unable) to fight for their own politics within Stop the War and HOPI, the AWL have to set up their own solidarity group. School of Oriental and African Studies (Euston, Russell Square or Goodge Street tube), Thornaugh Street, London We are calling a meeting in London on 26 July ...
London Communist Forum
Sundays 17.00 : Diorama Arts Centre, 25B Vyner Street, London E2 (10min Bethnal Green tube; 15min Hackney Central). Study topic, plus weekly political report from Provisional Central Committee. July 20 : Redrafting the CPGB Draft programme: Section 4.3 - ‘Character of the revolution: economic measures’. July 27 : CMP monthly meeting August 3 : Study topic: Hal Draper ...
Videos from CU North 2008
Iran and imperialism Yassamine Mather from Hands Off The People Of Iran speaks on Iran and imperialism at Communist University North on May 3 2008. What is the Marxist programme? A debate between Mike Macnair of the Communist Party of Great Britain and Mark Hoskisson of Permanent Revolution. Mike opens the discussion and is then followed by Mark. ...
The shattering left
The current issue of the Weekly Worker, paper of the CPGB, features reports on several left conferences which have taken place recently: Rightist politics and wishful thinking The Socialist Party-sponsored Campaign for a New Workers' Party is just about treading water, writes Peter Manson. But that does not stop the SP from claiming that the fight for a ...
Principled approach to anti-war work
Hopi's two day school reflects its resonance in the working class. CS member Chris Strafford reports Over the weekend of June 14-15 Hands Off the People of Iran held a successful school, with around 70 people attending some or all of the sessions. All the openings were recorded and will soon be available on the Hopi ...
Left should not celebrate
The Lisbon Treaty has hit the buffers after rejection by the Irish electorate. CS member James Turley outlines an internationalist approach to the European Union The European bourgeoisie is reeling after the decisive rejection of the Treaty of Lisbon, a putative replacement for the scuppered EU constitution, by the Irish electorate. And, of course, the left ...
‘Green’ taxes hit the buffers
A planned hike in fuel duty has run into trouble, with lorry drivers protesting. CS member James Turley argues that communists must take the issues seriously On Tuesday May 27, several major roads in England and Wales were paralysed by long queues of lorries. The M4 and the A40 in particular were severely obstructed. Estimates for ...
Train drivers affiliate to HOPI
Delegates to the conference of ASLEF, the train driver's union, voted overwhelmingly this morning to affiliate to Hands Off the People of Iran. This is great news after last week's affiliation by civil servant's union PCS, and shows once again that HOPI's opposition to both war and the Iranian regime is far from 'too complicated' ...
Two Iranian students imprisoned
Press release from Hands Off the People of Iran PO Box 54631, London N16 8YE, T: 07950 416 922 (Mark Fischer) W: http://www.hopoi.org/, E: office@hopoi.info Immediate release Parsa Kermanian and Alireza Heydari imprisoned for 12 months for "making propaganda against the Islamic system" On Tuesday May 20, Parsa Kermanian (Kermanjian) and Alireza Heydari - students at the Islamic Azad ...
Iran- Viva la Resistencia!
Compilation video of the Iranian workers taking to the streets in their fight against theocracy.
‘Class struggle’ in Berlin
From the website of Revolution About 8,000 school students left their classes on May 22 and demonstrated through the center of Berlin to the school administration building. The protest was directed against classes being cancelled, the lack of teachers, and also against Germany’s three-tiered school system which discriminates against the poor and immigrants. The strike, the ...