“Tory under-investment and privatisation have undermined our NHS, and led to one of the worst death rates in the world”, says Communist Party general secretary Robert Griffiths.
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“There should be no doubt anymore about who does the vital work upon which our whole society depends - the workers who staff our medical, caring and public services; the workers who produce and distribute our food, medicines and other essential supplies;
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the workers by hand and brain who develop and sustain the very infrastructure of a modern economy.
In order to meet the challenges of this and future deadly pandemics,
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we cannot rely on multinational corporations to produce the hospital and protective equipment, the medicines, the track-and-trace systems and the vaccines that will be so desperately needed - they should be nationalised and made to serve the public good.
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We will emerge from this crisis, albeit with scores of thousands of dead in England, Scotland and Wales and millions more around the world.
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But even before then, we must fight to protect every job. And we must campaign against Tory government plans to make us - the people, the real wealth creators past and present - pay the bills for this crisis.
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Violence against women and femicide have been long-standing issues in Turkey, but recent years have seen a substantial increase.
On 21st Jul, 27-yr old uni student Pınar Gültekin was murdered by her ex-boyfriend, becoming another victim of Turkey’s wave of femicides. Missing for 6 days, she was found strangled to death for refusing to reconcile with her former partner.
PHONES RINGING RED - this weekend, communists across Britain are speaking to supporters and activists to reinforce a message of resistance and unity to face-down the drive “to marginalise socialists and left-wing ideas in the Labour Party and the wider labour movement.” (1/5)
In a statement Friday morning, the CP urged, “socialists and the Labour-affiliated trade unions must unite in solidarity with Corbyn, demand his reinstatement and fight to reverse the drive to marginalise the left in the Labour Party.” (2/5)
Says Communist Party general secretary Robert Griffiths, “Our members will be explaining that a stronger Communist Party - which is now rapidly growing in membership and locality - is crucial to the fight-back. " (3/5)
The Communist Party has released the following statement about the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn from the Labour Party today (October 30 2020):
The suspension of Jeremy Corbyn from the Labour Party on the flimsiest of pretexts is not only a baseless attack on a longstanding fighter in words and deeds against all forms of racism, including anti-Semitism.
It is also the latest step in a longer and bigger drive to marginalise socialists and left-wing ideas in the Labour Party and the wider labour movement.
JEREMY CORBYN’S suspension from @UKLabour is a declaration of war by the leadership against all socialists.
It throws down the gauntlet to the entire left to rally in defence of the leader who brought socialism back as a major force in British politics. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/e/jere…
As a lawyer, @Keir_Starmer is well aware that this is a travesty of justice more akin to the proceedings of a witch hunt than any semblance of due process.
He does not care, because the decision to suspend his predecessor is not motivated by Corbyn’s response to the EHRC’s report. It rests on the calculation that the new leadership is now strong enough to expunge the left’s influence from the party altogether.
PEOPLE'S SECURITY VITAL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID, COMMUNISTS INSIST - the Communist Party has called for urgent action to guarantee employment, income, housing and food security in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic.
'Millions of workers are facing cuts in hours or lay-offs and redundancies', the party's Trade Union Organiser Andy Bain reported at its Political Committee on Wednesday evening.
'Unemployment is set to rise to at least 10 per cent by the end of this year on present projections, unless the Tory government takes the necessary steps to break the circuit of infection with public support', he added.
Joint statement from the Anti-Racist/Anti-Fascist Commission and @ycl_britain. Read thread 📜👇
In order to fully recognise the problems of racism in Britain and its continued imperialist role, it is absolutely necessary that Britain confronts its racist and imperialist past.
History is not neutral. Having statues dedicated to those who benefited from slavery in Britain's public spaces, effectively legitimises their status and by extension the slave trade and racial oppression.
We fully support the demands that statues of slavers and racists be pulled down and hidden away.