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THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN - VIVE LA REVOLUTION - over one million people are on the streets of Paris today protesting President Macrons Pension Reform Bill, which he undemocratically passed through parliament without a vote.
“DEATH OF THE QUEEN - Elizabeth Windsor has died leaving the kingdom she ruled over poorer, with greater disparities in wealth and income, obscene profiteering and tax evasion (which her monarchy knows lots about) and with it's aggressive imperialist activities in....
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Today 1918, the hammer and sickle emblem was created - one of the main symbols of the USSR and the Communist movement.
It’s creator Yevgeny Kamzolkin, said of its creation, “I decided to experiment with a number of different options, before deciding upon the peasants being…
NOT A WORD FROM EU, BRITAIN OR NATO - the US and Ukraine voted against banning neo-Nazism now Ukrainian President Zelensky, has suspended eleven opposition parties. In the meantime the supposed democratic West continues to supply arms without condemnation or talk of peace.
Interesting take Owen. Difficult to see how a GRR statement, gay rights and abortion rights in the Soviet Union are linked. Is there anything else you want to unburden yourself of? The CP and ALL its members as a matter of record,
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Hold on a minute Billy. This discussion is about Britain and the rights of women and men and trans people and about the Communist Party in the debate. If it was about communism being ‘anti gay’ you would have to drop quite a few of your best songs.
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@Broughton68
You know that the Communist Party of the Soviet Union persecuted homosexuals, right? Their record on treatment of the LGBTQ+ community is dreadful.
Concern has been expressed about a tweet issued by 'For Women Scotland' on 22 June 2024 and re-tweeted by J.K. Rowling. The tweet reproduces an unofficial summary of Communist Party policy, namely that:
"We [the CP] oppose all forms of conversion therapy applied to lesbian and
REMEMBERING SOCRATES ✊🏼🇧🇷⚽️
Brazil's legendary footballer, socialist, philosopher and activist who became the voice of the people.
During Socrates' time at Corinthians, he co-founded the Corinthians Democracy Movement, in opposition to the then-ruling military government.
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LEAVE LENIN OUT OF THIS! - a statue of Vladimir Lenin was vandalised yesterday in Freemont USA.
So we thought we would give you a friendly reminder not to confuse Lenin or communism with the ongoing capitalist conflict taking place in Ukraine.
A SEA OF RED SWEEPS THE STREETS OF COLOMBO - as thousands demonstrate against government cuts. Organised by the Communist Party of Sri Lanka. The Party has seen a surge in membership in recent months.
Retired British civil servant Melita Norwood, now an 87-year-old grandmother living in Bexleyheath, is outed as a KGB spy who, in the 1950s, sold a number of atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
She admits to it and says that she is proud of what she did.
US & THEM - The vast gap in wealth between ourselves and the British royals is growing by the year, and the cost of living crisis is only adding to it. No longer is Britain's economy able to fund the royal's Employment Support Allowance.
#AbolishTheMonarchy
The Communist Party of Britain expresses solidarity with the Palestinian people at this time of an escalation of resistance to the criminal occupation of Palestinian land by the state of Israel.
The events occurring this weekend are the entirely predictable response of a people
LEPA RADIC ✊💐🚩
On what would have been her birthday, we salute the Young Yugoslav Partisan and Communist who was executed at the age of 17 for shooting at the Nazis during WW2.
The Germans offered her a way out of execution by revealing her…
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(which legalised abortion and homosexuality long before this country) isn't serious or honest. READ THE STATEMENT PLEASE, before passing judgement.
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WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE! a rallying call for workers to unite to defeat capitalism and achieve victory in the class conflict. Young communists in the West of England shine a light on the unwelcome class divisions that perpetuate because of the existence of the monarchy.
Tomorrow will mark the centenary of the passing of Comrade Lenin - one of humankind’s greatest thinkers and leaders.
Lenin’s decisive role forged the international communist movement and opened a new era in human history, the era of international proletarian revolution.
Read
In memory of those brutally murdered during the Indonesian Anti-Communist Purge 1965-66.
Over 1 million people died at the hands of the Indonesian Army, facilitated and encouraged by the imperialist powers.
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Woody Guthrie was a communist for example. We made a statement. It said this amongst things. We uphold the labour movement tradition of robust but honest debate. In this case, referring to the Soviet Union....
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Today 1967, marks the end of a revolutionary and the beginning of his legacy as an icon for Marxist-Leninists throughout the world.
Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara and his comrades were captured by the US-backed Bolivian forces. Soon after his capture the populist....
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YOU CAN’T LICK THAT - what a wonderful tribute to our sister party, the Communist Party of Spain
@elpce
.
To mark the centenary of the party, much to the ire of the traditional reactionary Right,
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“WE’RE HERE! EVEN IF MACRON DOESN'T LIKE IT!” - protesters have stormed BlackRock’s office in Paris over pension reforms. BlackRock was the focus of union action because the $10 trillion asset manager is active in the private pension fund industry.
WARNING PARODY ACCOUNT - Unlike Zelensky who has banned all opposition parties and is quite partial to locking up young communists without a fair trial, Nelson Mandela believed in freedom of speech and saw communism as the greatest cause in the history of mankind.
The Communist Party of Britain is deeply saddened to hear of the loss of Comrade Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary of our sister party in India
@cpimspeak
.
Comrade Yechury had made many trips to Britain, visiting our Congress and meeting with comrades, to deepen ties between
Today 18 March 1871, the people of Paris raised the red flag in defiance of both the French tricolour flying over Versailles and the German flag hoisted over the many forts occupied by the Prussians.
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Stop War - Start the peace
The Political Committee of the Communist Party of Britain issued the following statement on February 25 2022:
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Today marks the 64th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. On this day in 1959, Fidel Castro and his revolutionary army succeeded in overthrowing the Batista dictatorship, leading Cuba on the path to socialism.
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Today’s barely veiled call for the return of conscription by the British Army’s Chief of the General Staff, Patrick Sanders, must be a warning to all those fighting for peace in Britain
#Conscription
It’s not enough for the ruling class that we squander billions of our money
Sign the petition to Rename “London” “Sterlingrad” if England win the euros.
To honour Raheem Sterling and the success of the England team since they adopted Marxism 😉🏴
COMMANDANT ERNESTO “CHE” GUEVARA -
Today, 14 June, marks what would have been Che’s 94th birthday. The Marxist revolutionary went on to become a major figure of the Cuban revolution.
“The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.” (Guevara)
represented by a sickle and the workers by the hammer. I made a number of sketches experimenting with arrangement and decided that the most powerful expression was a sickle crossed over a hammer. It seemed to me that such an arrangement, was profound with revolutionary meaning.”
REST IN POWER ✊💐
Today in 1924, 98 years ago Vladimir Iilyrich Lenin, founder of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics passed away aged 53.
We salute his great contributions to the global revolutionary cause and express our determination to…(1/2)
RED REVOLUTION - the Bolsheviks were led by Lenin. His ideas of strategy and tactics of revolutionary struggle, his deep grasp of Marxism and his bravery at decisive turns were a major and driving force behind revolutionary change.
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SOLIDARITY WITH OUR FRENCH COMRADES - today see’s a day of national strikes across France in protest against the government's plan to raise the pension age from 62 to 64.
The real wealth creators have brought the EU member country to a standstill. ✊🇫🇷🚩
Today marks the anniversary of the passing of revolutionary leader & thinker Ernesto Che Guevara.
In his life and since his death, Che has been an inspiration to the working and oppressed peoples of the world - a symbol of struggle and socialism.
¡Hasta la victoria siempre!
COMMUNIST PARTY MESSAGE TO CHINA CONGRESS
Comrade Xi Jinping
General Secretary
Communist Party of China
Dear Comrades,
The Communist Party of Britain sends its greetings and solidarity to the Communist Party of China on the occasion of your Party’s 20th....
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DEMOCRACY SHATTERED IN UKRAINE - Today, The Eighth Administrative Court of Appeal has banned the activity of the Communist Party of Ukraine. Its property, party funds, and structural entities have been transferred to the ownership of the state.
REST IN POWER
ERNESTO “CHE” GUEVARA✊🏼🇨🇺🇦🇷
14 June 1928 - 9 October 1967
“I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves.”
WOMEN AND CLASS - women have always fought for their long-denied rights; we hope to inspire a new and inclusive socialist feminist theory and practice that will motivate a new generation of women activists and revitalise the fight for women’s liberation.
FIND OUT WHAT WE SAY - not what Guardian columnists tell you we say…or J K Rowling for that matter.
FREE FOR A WEEK, our party programme ‘Britain’s Road to Socialism’.
RED SALUTE ✊🏻💐
Today 1912, comrade Erich Honecker was born.
A lifelong communist who was imprisoned by the Nazis during World War 2 for his political beliefs and later led Germany on the path to socialism as leader of the German Democratic Republic,
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SPECTRES OF FASCISM HAUNTS US ALL - in 2021 the two predictable countries, ‘The USA and Ukraine’ voted against the UN Resolution condemning Nazism.
This year, 52 countries including Germany, Italy and Austria have voted against it.
The glorification of Nazism is upon us all.
REST IN POWER ✊🚩
Today in 1924, 99 years ago today Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the founder and architect of the The Soviet Union passed away aged 53.
We salute his contributions to the global revolutionary cause and express our determination to...
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full flow including a proxy war in Europe.
The failures of the monarchy as an institution are knitted into its very fabric and it has played a role in empire and class rule and as an active agent of the capitalist class.
For this reason it is an obstacle to progress....
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As we enter June, the Communist Party sends solidarity to LGBT people everywhere for Pride Month 🏳️🌈
We salute and remember those, including Communist Party and YCL members, who have played their part in the struggle for LGBT equality and liberation throughout the years.
While
REST IN POWER ✊💐
Today we remember Ernst Thalmann.
A devoted revolutionary and committed Marxist-Leninist, he was executed in the Buchenwald concentration camp on the personal orders of Adolph Hitler on this day 18 August 1944.
Ruhe an der Macht, Kamerad 🚩
A RED SALUTE TO MARX ✊📕🚩
On 14 March, Karl Marx died. We continue to mark his contribution, best described at his graveside by his lifelong collaborator Engels,
“…Marx was before all else a revolutionist. His real mission in life was to contribute, in one way or…
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Today marks the 65th anniversary of the victory of the Cuban Revolution 🇨🇺
Despite constant aggression and cruel blockade by the USA, the Cuban revolution has made stunning achievements for its people and around the world in health care, education, the arts and humanitarianism.
UNITED AGAINST FASCISM AND WAR - across the globe today, despite rubbishing by commentators (who have never fought in such a war) and exclusion from ‘official government functions,
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The Communist Party sends fraternal greetings to the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP) and the people of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
We congratulate you on 78 years of Independence.
Independence Day provides your nation a time to celebrate its independence and freedom.
and a society of equals, which we call socialism.
Although their voice will be silenced over the coming days, in time the many millions of working-class people who want to see a Republic will come clear.
The Communist Party - in its programme ‘Britain’s Road to....
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A red salute to our comrades in Freemont USA who cleaned the vandalised Lenin statue.
The presence of the sculpture has evoked a wide range of responses as was intended when purchased. Socialists support art as expressive freedom and a means of preserving and remembering history.
We send solidarity and congratulations to the
#NouveauFrontPopulaire
and our comrades in the French Communist Party
@PCF
for their victory in the
#FrenchElections
and the defeat of Le Pen and the far right.
Capitalism breeds fascism.
Working people can defeat it.
‘THE PEOPLE ARE UP, VICTORY IS WITHIN OUR REACH!’ - Fabien Roussel
PCF Statement: The French Communist Party calls on the government to take into account this new day of mobilisation, strikes and to withdraw its text.
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1975, “CP Assistant General Secretary George Matthews made a decisive intervention in that year's party congress, tipping the balance in favour of a resolution opposing discrimination against gay and lesbian people. When this was followed by further executive committee...
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@Broughton68
You need to check your history books again, Sunshine. The law that Stalin introduced, Article 121, was only repealed following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Socialism’ asserts Popular sovereignty of the people and their elected representatives in parliaments, governments and mass movements. This requires the abolition of all powers and institutions relating to the monarchy,
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We are socialist republicans through and through, and unapologetically so. We shed no tears for Lizzie, and we pass no congratulations to Charles.
Long live the workers of the world, down with the monarchy! For a socialist republic now! 🚩
A VERY BRITISH COUP - the haste to anoint a new King, even before the Queen is buried, has all the makings of an establishment coup. There was no pause to allow the people to discuss whether they wanted another hereditary habitually tax-avoiding billionaire to lord it....
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HANDSHAKE OF FRIENDSHIP AND SOLIDARITY - our members met with Fatih Macoglu, the first communist to be elected as a provisional Mayor of Turkey. Macoglu introduced a system of free transportation; drastically cut water bills and bread prices; and established farming....
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The Communist Party of Britain adds its voice to demands that the Kononovich brothers be released. The two brothers were arrested by the Security Service of Ukraine who charge the two with being “propagandists” aiming to “destabilise” the internal situation in Ukraine.
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THE PAST IS NEVER DEAD - 100 YEARS OF THE USSR
Today marks the birth of the USSR led by Vladimir Lenin. Built on the principles of Marxist Leninism to achieve a classless stateless society free from bourgeois oppression.
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THE MASSACRE OF MELILLA MUST NOT BE FORGOTTEN -
This has been the first attempt of mass entry in Melilla since the Spanish government has changed its policy on Western Sahara in March.
Once again, migrant workers are those who pay in this conflict of interests…
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The attacks in Rotherham, Middlesbrough and elsewhere show that the left and the trade union movement cannot sit on the sidelines or trust the police to protect refugees, Muslims or black communities.
We must all protect our communities and take back our streets together.
The Communist Party completely condemns British and US attacks against
#Yemen
.
We and our allies had previously warned of the active danger of the further escalation of
#Israel
’s genocide against
#Palestine
into a wider regional imperialist conflict.
The Tories and Biden claim
IF YOU SEE ONE, RIP IT DOWN - authorities should act swiftly against such anti-worker posters. We need unity between people. Because the first picture below is just a short goose-step from the second.
RED SALUTE TO KARL MARX - on his 204th birthday ✊🏼🚩
Let us absorb his revolutionary insight and direction to steer humankind out of global capitalism’s bottomless pit of misery and existential crisis.
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