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The Israeli massacre aboard the Mavi Marmara rather than deterring people has galvanised more to support actions to break the siege of Gaza. Just as the economic stranglehold Israel has maintained on the people of Gaza for the last 4 years in an attempt to undermine support for Hamas has failed, so too has its … [Read more…]

Scale of the catastropheOn 20 April BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig, based in the Gulf of Mexico, exploded, killing eleven personnel and unleashing vast quantities of oil into the Atlantic.  BP’s own fictitious estimates of the quantities involved suggested a relatively minor leak, amounting to some 42,000 gallons a day; by early May even BP’s … [Read more…]

Background – the siege Since June 2007, Gaza has been under siege and subjected to a land, air and sea blockade.  The 1.5 million inhabitants of this, the most crowded place in the world, have been the target of collective punishment by the Israeli Zionist state, with the full backing of imperialism, in particular US … [Read more…]

Under the exemplary leadership of Comrade Ho Chi Minh and the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Vietnamese people threw out the invading army of the world’s most powerful and dominant imperialist country – the United States – and vanquished their puppet South Vietnamese administration.  It was 35 years ago, in April 1975, that the world … [Read more…]

The murderous assault launched against the Palestinians of Gaza in January 2009, the courageous spirit of resistance exhibited by those under attack, and the failure of the aggressors to achieve their desired aim of driving a wedge between the people and their chosen Hamas leadership, together had the effect of bringing into sharp focus a … [Read more…]

The following is a letter sent by the CPGB-ML to the Memorial Meeting for Joan Hinton held in China on 18 June 2010.  Michael Crook, shown in front of Comrade Joan’s picture, with his mother, Isabel Crook, delivered the Party’s message at the meeting.CPGB-ML MessageThe Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) and Hands off China! … [Read more…]

Southall’s Saklatvala Hall was the scene for a lively and spirited public meeting organised by the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) in solidarity with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on Saturday 12 June 2010.The meeting welcomed the participation, for the first time since 1966, of the DPRK in the football World Cup, which … [Read more…]

Statement issued 18 June by CPGB-MLWith the release, on 15 June 2010, of the report by the Saville Inquiry into the events of Bloody Sunday in Derry on 30 January 1972, the British state has finally been forced to admit what the Irish people, and people throughout the world, have known for the last 38 … [Read more…]

The Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) (CPGB-ML) and friends met on the evening of 8 May at Saklatvala Hall to pay tribute to the memory of its late honorary President, cde Jack, and other members of the Shapiro family.  This was not a mournful meeting but a celebration of the lives of outstanding communists.  … [Read more…]

IntroductionThe question of the attitude that communists should adopt towards the Labour Party has been, and continues to be, of crucial importance for the development of a truly revolutionary proletarian movement in Britain.  While important all the time, this question assumes particular importance in the run-up to, and during, elections.  The general election held on … [Read more…]