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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Keep land for food
The prime purpose of agriculture should be to feed the people. Instead, the government’s targets for agriculture are about everything except food.
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Discussion meeting (via Zoom): What is the working class?
The working class is changing. But does that mean the fundamentals of class have changed?
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Discussion meeting (via Zoom): A working class needs modern industry
Can a working class without real employment create progress? What’s the future for Britain without viable industry?
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Discussion meeting (via Zoom): Energy security for independence
What would it take for Britain to have energy security – to be sure that whatever the (reasonably foreseeable) circumstances industry, services and the people could have the energy they need? Is it essential, whatever the cost?
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Discussion meeting (via Zoom): Global Britain - a green light for aggression?
Global Britain is the government’s new watchword. It’s meant to present a shift in policy from commitment to the EU – but is it simply handing the direction of foreign policy over to the US, and making the world a less safe place?
Discussion meeting (via Zoom): Freedom of speech, and why it matters
Why is open discussion so vital to progress? Is it under threat, and if so from where? Who is trying to shut down discussion of the issues that matter to Britain? You’re welcome to take part or just listen in. Email info@cpbml.org.uk for an invitation and a link to the discussion.
