Communist Party of Great Britain

• May 3 and the CPGB March 8 2007
  The forthcoming elections will feature a number of left Labour and socialist candidates and slates, writes Peter Manson. On what basis should we decide who deserves our support?
• Left decline and May 3 elections March 1 2007
  Last weekend’s CPGB aggregate debated our approach to the forthcoming elections, the Hands Off the People of Iran campaign and the redrafting of our Draft programme. Mary Godwin reports
• Debating perspectives January 18 2007
  The first aggregate of CPGB members of 2007 debated party tasks and prospects for the year ahead, the Hands Off the People of Iran campaign and party finances. Mary Godwin reports
• Communist Students conference debates way forward December 14 2006
  At the founding conference of Communist Students in Sheffield on Saturday December 9, some 20 comrades, most of them not members of the CPGB, were present. Ted North reports
• Marxist position on war December 7 2006
  Mary Godwin reports on the December 2-3 CPGB school on 'War and Revolution'
• Members vote to redraft CPGB ‘Draft programme’.Campaign for a Marxist Party agrees fusion talks November 9 2006
  Mary Godwin reports on the November aggregate of CPGB members
• A lesson in Stalinism October 5 2006
  Members of the Socialist Workers Party tried to throw CPGB students out of a public meeting. Dave Isaacson reports
• A good beginning September 28 2006
  Ted North explains what Communist Students, the newly established national organisation sponsored by the CPGB, has been up to
• Signing up September 21 2006
  Dave Isaacson reports about Communist Students' first activities
• Launch of Communist Students September 14 2006
  Mary Godwin reports from the September 9 aggregate of CPGB members. On the agenda: student politics, our perspectives for the coming period and leadership elections
• Scientific socialism, not ‘follow my leader’ August 31 2006
  Mary Godwin reports from the Communist University, which took place from August 12-19 in south London
• Ireland debate continues June 1 2006
  Mary Godwin reports from the May 28 CPGB members’ aggregate
• Security, control and principled debate February 2 2006
  Does our paper’s fight for transparency in the workers’ movement play games with “people’s lives and livelihoods”? A letter from Mike Davies, a member of the left nationalist group, Cymru Goch, makes that charge. Mark Fischer replies
• Being in Respect and going through the SWP December 15 2005
  Mary Godwin reports from the latest CPGB members' aggregate, which saw lively debates on Respect, the finances of the organisation and Ireland
• Back your weekly! December 8 2005
  If the Weekly Worker is to continue playing its vital role, we urgently need to increase our regular income, says Mark Fischer

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• Three activists November 17 2005
  The CPGB and its national organiser Mark Fischer featured prominently in a BBC4 about the protests against the G8 summit in July 2005. Catherin Mason reports
• Communists tell it as it is November 10 2005
  We fight not for some halfway house, for diplomatic peace or for a federal non-aggression pact, writes Ian Mahoney. We fight for principled unity
• Fight for Marxist principle in Respect September 29 2005
  Mary Godwin reports from the latest CPGB members' aggregate, which saw discussions on Respect, Communist University and Northern Ireland
• A week of debates and renewal September 1 2005
  Mary Godwin reports from this year's Communist University, which took place from August 13 - 20 in south London
  • Highly recommended
    A first time attendee gives his impressions of this year's Communist University
• Debating the dynamics of Respect June 9 2005
  Mary Godwin reports from the latest CPGB members' aggregate, which discussed the Summer Offensive and the liquidationist trajectory of the SWP leadership
• Global capital, Europe and workers’ unity April 21 2005
  Peter Manson reports on the April 16 joint CPGB-TKP school on ‘Europe: prospects and challenges’
• Half a million hits April 21 2005
  Mary Godwin outlines the issues at the April CPGB aggregate
• Communists and alliances February 24 2005
  Mary Godwin reports on the February 19-20 CPGB weekend school
• Opposing the US-UK occupation and drawing class lines December 16 2004
  Cameron Richards reports on the latest aggregate of CPGB members which discussed our attitude to Resepct candidates in the forthcoming general election
• Mary Godwin reports on the December 7 2003 CPGB members' meeting which discussed the organisation's attitude to the Respect - Unity Coalition and debated the expulsion of comrade John Pearson - December 11 2003
  • Respect - fight for party
  • Refusal to abide by CPGB rules
  • Collapsing democratic centralism The following statement was issued by John Pearson before his expulsion. Despite his fulsome apologies he makes clear his intention to continue voting against CPGB positions. He would do so either when he claimed not to have received “prior notice” or under cover of a mandate from Stockport Socialist Alliance
• No rights without responsibilities December 4 2003
  Jack Conrad believes there can be no compromise with CPGB member John Pearson's breaches of Party discipline
• 500 October 16 2003
  Jack Conrad marks an important milestone with the 500th edition of the Weekly Worker
• Left crisis and sober thinking Setpember 18 2003
  Mary Godwin reports on the debates of the weekend meeting of Communist Party members
• In defence of democratic centralism September 3 2003
  Jack Conrad responds to the debate sparked by a previous 'Party notes' column
• Democratic centralism unites and directs August 21 2003
  Jack Conrad continues the debate on revolutionary organisation following discussion at the CPGB's Communist University
• Weapon, not notice board June 24 2003
  The Weekly Worker is not a sounding board for jaded leftists, writes Jack Conrad
• Not one millimetre May 29 2003
  The Communist Party’s 19th Summer Offensive fundraising drive is launched on June 1 and runs until the end of July. The SO acts as an annual boost to the health of our organisation
  • Summer Offensive fact file
• Summer offensive May 22 2003
  Jack Conrad anticipates this year's fundraising event
• Partyist project continues May 15 2003
  Mary Godwin reports on discussion at the Communist Party's weekend members' aggregate
• End of Gulf War II and our tasks April 17 2003
  Mary Godwin reports on the weekend meeting of Communist Party members and supporters
• Move into action March 20 2003
  Mary Godwin reports on the debates of last weekend's Communist Party's members' meeting
• Covering fire January 30 2003
  The joint Communist Party-Alliance for Workers’ Liberty school took place on Saturday January 25. At least, we think it did … writes Mark Fischer
• Welcome political fluidity January 30 2003
  CPGB members met to discuss the imminent war on Iraq at the January 26 aggregate
• Airing differences December 12 2003
  Martyn Hudson reports on the recent day school for CPGB members and supporters in the North East
• CPGB aggregate: Perspectives for advance November 28 2002
  Communist Party members met to discuss the firefighters’ strike, Europe, The Socialist Alliance and Party organisation. Mary Godwin reports on the deliberations
• Peacefully if we can October 17 2002
  Mary Godwin reports on the recent CPGB day school on the nature of socialist revolution
• Gossip sheet or new Iskra? August 29 2002
  Every serious revolutionary regards the Weekly Worker as required reading - as shown by our subscriptions, sales and web hits. And yet a common attack from opponents on the left is that it is nothing but a ‘gossip sheet’. Editor Peter Manson dissected this and other such attacks at the CPGB’s Communist University earlier this month. This is an edited version of his speech
• Controversy and clarification August 22 2002
  Mary Godwin gives an overview of this year's Communist University
• The fight for unity in action August 22 2002
  Mark Fischer opened an important discussion on democratic centralism at this year’s Communist University. This is an edited version of his speech
• For genuine democratic centralism July 11 2002
  John Pearson of Manchester CPGB believes mistakes were made in redrafting our 'What we fight for' statement. He explains why
• Euros and reformulations June 27 2002
  An aggregate of CPGB members was held in London on June 23. Mary Godwin reports on the debates
• Updating what we fight for June 27 2002
  Redrafting the Weekly Worker’s ‘What we fight for’ column is long overdue, argues Jack Conrad. As the reader can see, at last it has been done
• Confident of our ideas May 30 2002
  Martyn Hudson reports on the CPGB's successful school, 'Rebuilding working class politics'
• CPGB aggregate: Ongoing debate May 16 2002
  Communist Party members met at the weekend. Mary Godwin reports on their deliberations
• Solution from below
  Theses on Israel-Palestine passed at the CPGB aggregate of May 11 2002
• CPGB public forum: Whither France? May 2 2002
  Mary Godwin reports on the recent debate between Peter manson of the CPGB, Alan Thornett of Socialist Outlook and Francois Rouleau of Lutte Ouvriere
• Party aggregate: Israel-Palestine May 2 2002
  Draft theses submitted to the May 11 2002 CPGB membership aggregate by Darrell Goodliffe and Jack Conrad
• CPGB aggregate: Debating perspectives February 28 2002
  Mary Godwin reports on the recent meeting of Communist Party members
• Party notes: Perspectives 2002 January 24 2002
  National organiser surveys the state of the Party
• A Communist morality January 10 2002
  In the last of three articles Michael Malkin argues that our ethics must be based on the needs of the class struggle