Memorial meeting for Comrade Godfrey Cremer

On 12 May comrades, family and friends packed Saklatvala Hall in Southall to overflowing to pay tribute to the life of a very special man. This remembrance for Comrade Godfrey, a founder member of the CPGB-ML and a life-long revolutionary fighter, brought together those from all walks of life who had been touched and inspired … [Read more…]

Greece at the crossroads

Addressing public sector workers striking in defence of their pension rights on 10 May, the general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, Bob Crow, told the assembled throng: “We should be taking action across Britain today, not just PCS, UCU and the other unions, but everyone taking action. We should … [Read more…]

The Battle of Khalkhin Gol

On the 73rd anniversary of the defeat of Japanese fascism by the Red Army in this battle on the Mongolian border. Bourgeois, social-democratic and Trotskyist writers (fabricators would be a more descriptive word) of history always portray the non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union as a deal that was built on a ‘betrayal’ … [Read more…]

Godfrey Andries Cremer: 11 May 1943 – 26 March 2012

It is with the greatest of sadness that CPGB-ML and Lalkar announce the death of one of their staunchest comrades in the early hours of 26 March from pancreatic cancer and further complications arising therefrom.  Although he was diagnosed as suffering from this lethal disease only in February, it was already in a very advanced … [Read more…]

Poem: Frederick Engels

Most don’t bother coming next and get the silver, Or being the second highest mountain in the world.But that was not the style of Frederick Engels, He held Marx’s flag aloft, proud and unfurled.When the brightest star is shining in the heavens, You would think a darker piece of sky was worth a try.But not … [Read more…]

Godfrey Andries Cremer: Some of the many messages of  condolences received from organisations and individuals across the world

ORGANISATIONSThe Embassy of the Democratic Peoples Republic of KoreaDear Comrades of CPGB-MLI express the profound deepest condolences to the bereaved family and comrades for the loss of our dear precious and irreplaceable comrade, Godfrey.Comrade Godfrey was a genuine comrade for the Korean People and his revolutionary spirits and his contributions to the communist movement of Britain … [Read more…]

In celebration of the centenary of Comrade Kim Il Sung’s birth

At a CPGB-ML day school Ambassador Hyon Hak-bong spoke of the current situation, participants studied the writings of Kim Il Sung and rebutted media lies against the DPRKTo celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great leader of the Korean revolution, Comrade Kim Il Sung, the CPGB-ML held a one-day party school on … [Read more…]

Support Palestinian Prisoners’ Mass Hunger Strike

On 17 April 2012, Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons launched a mass hunger strike demanding an end to administrative detention, isolation and other punitive measures taken against Palestinian prisoners including the denial of family visits and access to university education.Approximately 1,200 Palestinian prisoners from all factions began an open hunger strike on 17 April, with the … [Read more…]

Poem for Godfrey

We thought that Godfrey’d gone awayAlthough we’d begged him please to stay“There’s so much work, death’s not your fateWithout your help the load’s too great!”How will we print the papers and leaflets?How will we know the place to meet?Who will support us when we’re down?Who’ll make sure we’ve got what we need?Who will correct us … [Read more…]

Abu Qatada: a tale of injustice

The job of this paper is not to promote any religion – most of them have the funds and expertise to do that for themselves. When, however, a religion is attacked and demonised in order to create a smokescreen for imperialist brigandage around the world under the flag of ‘war on terror’; when this attack … [Read more…]