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Manchester CS: Communists in the French Resistance (Voice files)

Posted on November 25th 2009 | No comments
Explaining the resistance

Explaining the resistance
‘Communists in the French Resistance’ Part 1
‘Communists in the French Resistance’ Part 2
Matthew Cobb communist and author of ‘Resistance: The French Fight Against the Nazi’s’ spoke on the role of communists in the movement to expel the Nazi occupiers and overthrow the colloborationist government under Marshall Petain. He gave comrades an account of the [...]

What is the ‘united front’?

Posted on April 23rd 2009 | No comments
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Both on the student left and the more generally, the ‘united front’ is often used as a way of justifying this or that opportunistic turn. We hear it constantly from the Socialist Workers’ Party when it discusses setting up and doing work around campaigns like Unite Against Fascism (which in reality are more like popular [...]

Debating the Marxist programme – videos from Communist University North

Posted on June 5th 2008 | No comments

These four sections of video were recorded at Communist University North which took part at Sheffield University in May 2008. The event was jointly organised by Communist Students and the CPGB. The session was entitled ‘What is the Marxist programme?’ and was a debate between Mike Macnair of the Communist Party of Great Britain and [...]