No return to the EU!
False rhetoric about Britain and the EU abounds ahead of the UK/EU summit meeting on 20 November. And Burnham continues with attempts to de-legitimise the Leave vote.
What can and should workers do about these threats to our class? Come along and join the discussion.
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Unity Not Devolution
The new prime minister says he aims to devolve more power to regions. He also wants Britain to rejoin the EU.
Devolution in whatever guise aims to break up Britain, letting multinational corporations operate more freely – as would membership of the EU.
Workers need a united independent Britain coupled with industrial self-reliance if we are to provide for our needs. How do workers turn the government away from its course of breaking up Britain?
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Did Brexit really happen?
It is ten years since the referendum which saw the British people vote to leave the European Union.
But the EU continues to have a hold over Britain, aided by those who want to re-join.
Is Britain truly independent? Many would be forgiven for wondering if Brexit ever happened!
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War in the Middle East: a British working class response
War in the Middle East underlines the reality that the USA is no friend of the British working class. But our country is entangled with the US and that needs to change.
Britain can be far more self-reliant. To make that happen, the British working class must take charge.
How can we bring that about?
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How to stop the slow slide back into the EU
Bit by bit, but with minimal fanfare, the government is taking Britain back under the rule of the European Union and its European Court.
It has to be stopped. But how?
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Britain’s economy: we need a new direction!
Finance must become the servant of productive industry for the country and not an end in itself.
British workers have two choices: continue as we are, or strike out in a new direction.
Come and discuss our new pamphlet and the ideas it sets out. Email info@cpbml.org.uk for an invitation.
What does it mean to be British?
The ruling class continues to denigrate the referendum votes for the unity of Britain in 2014 and for exit from the EU in 2016. Their distaste for British workers exercising their political power is evident, even in such a small thing as defiantly flying flags.
To be British is simple – you live and work here, nowhere else. But the existence of an independent nation can’t be taken for granted. And it doesn’t matter if it’s the EU or USA trying to dominate our lives: both should be opposed.
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The British working class and its trade unions
For better or worse, there’s nothing like British trade unions, set up by workers, not by employer, government or church.
The working class created them to survive. Without them capitalism would have starved and worked us to death.
But defence is not enough. If we don’t remove the attackers, they keep coming back. British workers want change, but they still expect someone else to do it for them. That must change.
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Industry, the foundation of sovereignty
This meeting asserts the vital importance of industry, the basis of every advanced manufacturing nation, the core of British independence, the foundation of our sovereignty.
Across the country, thanks to the Scunthorpe workers’ heroic efforts, people are increasingly aware of steel’s crucial role in our industries and infrastructure. We need steel - the heart of our industry - for a secure future.
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British Workers: Strength in Unity
Unity between workers is our main strength – we have a common class interest and the ability to make progress when we act together.
But everywhere that unity is under threat. At work, by employers who constantly exploit weakness and lack of cohesion. And across Britain, by a government and ruling class who want to break Britain up into regions and tie us to the USA or again to the EU.
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Why industry matters
The current government has overseen the closure of the last British coal fired power station, the closure of blast furnaces at Tata Steel and a death for the development of a coal mine in Cumbria.
They are against British industry, skills and jobs. We need industry if we are to meet the needs of the people of this country.
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Mass immigration – war on the working class
Capitalism encourages mass immigration as a strategy to keep wages low, deskill jobs and weaken working class unity.
Net migration to Britain in 2023 was 685,000, equivalent to the population of Sheffield. How should British workers respond?
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Net zero and climate change
The rush to decarbonise should not be an opportunity for capitalist profit and making workers pay through lower living standards and the loss of industry.
How should Britain’s workers respond to the many complex facets of climate change and net zero?
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Reject the election trap, prepare for struggle!
Workers looking for change will not find it from the general election. Whatever the result, the tasks for our class will be the same.
Workers are the only force for progress: accept that challenge and prepare to fight for it.
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Food security: capitalism's neglect, workers' priority
The production and supply of safe, nutritious and affordable food is all our concern. Capitalism has no plan or vision to feed the people. How can workers in agriculture and elsewhere put this right?
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Materials: basis for independence
New skills for modern jobs are needed so Britain can become as technologically independent as possible. We also need new ways of using materials.
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Assert the right to strike
Capitalism’s response to the successful workers’ action in health and rail is to make such action illegal. The right to strike can only be asserted in practice, not won in argument, or legislated for in parliament.
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Modern transport: for workers, for industry
Transport binds a nation, moving people and goods around. Our infrastructure needs modernising. What can workers do about this?
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Keep Britain out of NATO’s war
NATO is escalating its aggressive potential. The world becomes a more dangerous place. How should the British working-class respond?
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Energy: our future
Energy is an essential for human survival, for industry. Yet capitalism inflates prices for industrial and home users, and refuses to plan for reliable energy for Britain's future. So workers must. What should such a plan be?
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What should be the working class response to the ongoing financial collapse?
Britain Out of NATO!
Discuss why Britain should leave NATO – and why staying out of international military conflicts is good for workers everywhere.
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Don’t divide Britain: unity not devolution
Discuss why attempts to break up the unity of Britain – through both separatism and regionalism – are an attack on the working class.
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Is Brexit done?
Six years after the vote to leave the European Union, is the United Kingdom really free of its clutches? How much EU control remains, and can we trust government to see the vote through?
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Energy independence
With energy bills soaring and permanent uncertainty about supply, Britain's increasing energy dependence on imported fuel and carbon-free electricity is proving costly and dangerous. What’s the way forward?
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The state of the trade union movement
Pay fights are breaking out across the country, but are our unions up to the challenges facing workers in Britain? Are they strong enough, or clear enough? And if not, what is to be done?
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Why Britain should leave NATO
Why Britain should leave NATO
Brexit was a necessary step, but membership of NATO nurtures delusions of imperialist grandeur and props up US imperialism. It is time to leave.
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The future of the rail industry
The government is driving an agenda of service cuts even as passenger numbers recover from the Covid-19 slump. How will rail workers and rail users defend services?
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What is working-class democracy?
What is working-class democracy?
Parliamentary democracy is not fit for purpose. It does not represent people or serve their needs. What's the alternative?
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Down with imperialist war!
Russia must withdraw immediately from Ukraine, and NATO must stop its warmongering!
No to imperialist war! Come and discuss the implications for the British working class.
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