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 The Timesof 31 December 1999 reports the case of a retired miner who froze to death because he could not afford the pay for electricity to heat his house – a one-bedroomed bungalow in Scotland. William Gallagher was only 64, but could not survive the Christmas cold. His wife had in desperation gone to the … [Read more…]

 The memory of the great revolutionary Comrade Shapurji Saklatvala was celebrated on the 11th of December last year with the opening of a new hall in Southall, West London, in his name. The Saklatvala Hall opened with an evening of speeches, songs, good food and festivities in honour of the work and spirit that Comrade … [Read more…]

 The following leaflet was prepared for a T&GWU Conference on the Sky Chef dispute held in Hammersmith on 20 November. Stewards attempted to prevent SLP comrades from handing out this leaflet! On the first anniversary of their struggle against unjust and unlawful sacking, the Ealing Acton and Shepherds Bush Constituency Socialist Labour Party congratulates the Skychef … [Read more…]

 As the capitalist restoration in the former USSR wreaks havoc on the lives of the Russian masses, the latter, quite correctly, look back with nostalgia and fond memory to the glorious achievements of socialism under the leadership of Stalin. Even the revisionists of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), and its leadership, are … [Read more…]

On behalf of the CC of the Communist Party [ KPML(r)] in Sweden, we send your Congress our comradely greetings.It is with great interest and expectations that we have followed the birth and development of the SLP in Britain. A genuinely proletarian party to organise the working class is more needed now than ever, in … [Read more…]

Before the Chinese revolution Tibet was a feudal medieval relic. Even by the standards of pre-revolutionary China, Tibet was backward politically, economically and socially.The backwardness was such that even the wheel was not in use in Tibet. There was no plumbing, even in the houses of the rich, and in 1957 Alan Winnington noted“the question … [Read more…]

 David Morgan reports on an appeal from Turkish revolutionaries not to forget the recent massacre of prisoners in Ankara Comrades in Turkey are calling for our support following the massacre and savage repression of detained revolutionaries in Ankara’s Ulucanlar Central Prison at the end of September.Ten inmates were killed outright and many more were brutally attacked … [Read more…]

 Indian Workers Association (GB), Lalkar and CSLP Ealing Southall send their sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Comrade Basawa Singh Johal, who passed away following treatment for cancer. His untimely death has left his family and friends stunned. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather, a wonderful friend and a good comrade. … [Read more…]

Marxism and the Emancipation of WomenBook Launch: Saturday, 26 February 4 p.m.Saklatvala Hall, Dominion Road, SouthallMain Speaker: Ella Rule[Editor of the new book, Chair of SLP Women’s Section]Cultural Programme: Workers Music Association SingersJoin us in launching this new and important publicationHosted by Ealing Southall Constituency Socialist Labour Party,[Chair: Harpal Brar, Secretary: Iris Cremer, Treasurer: Jagdev … [Read more…]

 This article is based on, and a slightly detailed version of, the speech made by Harpal Brar at a public meeting on November 20th, 1999 in Leicester, to mark the 82nd Anniversary of the Great Socialist October Revolution. The meeting was organised by the Committee to Celebrate the October Revolution with the full support of … [Read more…]