Britain and the world
Barack Obama is not the first US president to lecture Britain about its place in the world. But he certainly chose a bizarre way to threaten the people of this country.
EU referendum
EU referendum
A vote for a future
We have said that the fight to ditch the EU is the “decisive confrontation” facing the working class this year. During the referendum campaign, the battle lines have been drawn ever more sharply.
Vote to Leave the EU!
Vote to Leave the EU!
Thursday 2 June 2016 19:30
CPBML Public Meeting, Thursday 2 June, 7.30pm
Brockway Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
With the referendum only weeks away, the people of Britain are making up their minds. At stake is our future as a sovereign industrial nation.
Come and discuss how. All welcome.
EU: no answer to unemployment
15 April 2016
Unemployment is endemic to capitalism and to all capitalist states. It remains high within the EU; remaining in will not change that.
Manchester meeting discusses why workers should vote to leave
13 April 2016
A meeting in Manchester on the referendum provided friends and colleagues with an opportunity to find out more about the nature of the EU and the reasons why workers should vote to leave.
Grassroots Out Glasgow rally
Grassroots Out Glasgow rally
Thursday 7 April 2016 19:00 to 21:00
7 April 2016, 7 pm
Hunter Halls, University of Glasgow,
University Avenue, Glasgow G128 QQ
With speakers Nigel Farage MEP, Dr Liam Fox, Peter Bone MP, Eddie McGuire (trade unionist), Mike Gold (CAEF), David Coburn and Brendan Chilton with more to be announced.
German rail takes over Northern services
2 April 2016
Rail union RMT members hoisted the German flag over Newcastle Central station on 1 April, the day that German state railway operator Deutsche Bahn took over Northern rail services.
Housing at the mercy of speculators and the EU
25 March 2016
The government is running down social housing intending to prime the market for foreign takeover. Fearing that Britain may exit the EU, speculators are already leaping into the property scrum.
In or Out of the European Union: What's best for workers
In or Out of the European Union: What's best for workers
Saturday 2 April 2016 12:00
Public debate organised by Clydebank Trades Union Council
Saturday 2 April, 12 pm to 3 pm
HUB community centre, 405 Kilbowie Road, Clydebank G81 2TX
Farmers march for a future
23 March 2016
Farmers from all over the UK marched to Downing Street on Wednesday 23 March to demand a future for British farming.
Manchester meeting: The EU - Why Workers Should Vote to Leave
Manchester meeting: The EU - Why Workers Should Vote to Leave
Thursday 7 April 2016 19:00 to 20:30
CPBML Public Meeting, Thursday 7 April, 7.00 pm
Friends’ Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS
Loss of sovereignty, privatisation, TTIP, attacks on wages, threats to peace – the EU has been a disaster for British workers.
Trade gap with EU widens
14 March 2016
The latest round of trade figures issued last week dramatically underlined the reality behind Britain’s unequal trade with the European Union.
Newcastle Grassroots Out meeting welcomes trade union speaker
14 March 2016
Well over 1,000 people packed the Tyne Theatre and Opera House to attend the first Newcastle meeting of Grassroots Out.
Glasgow meeting discusses why to leave EU
14 March 2016
A CPBML meeting in Glasgow on why trade unionists should vote to leave the EU drew a diverse and enthusiastic audience ready to contribute their own ideas.
Out of the EU! Rebuild Britain!
Out of the EU! Rebuild Britain!
Sunday 1 May 2016 19:30 to Monday 2 May 2016 18:30
Join us to celebrate May Day. We have meetings on 1 May in Leeds and London, and on 2 May in Edinburgh.
Click here for details.
Out of the EU! New referendum pamphlet
2 March 2016
The CPBML has just published a new 8-page pamphlet outlining why a vote to leave the EU is vital in the June referendum.
No help for anti-EU ministers, says Cabinet Secretary
26 February 2016
Downing Street has imposed rules to prevent civil servants and special advisers from assisting ministers campaigning for Britain to leave the EU.
Are we witnessing the strange death of the European Union?
26 February 2016
Referendums all over the place, borders going up. Is the EU starting to collapse?
Why trade unionists should vote to leave
One of the big lies of the European Union is that it is somehow good for workers. In fact, the EU is attacking the basis of all progress at work – effective collective bargaining…
CPBML launches Leave! page
23 February 2016
The CPBML today announced a new web resource, cpbml.org.uk/leave – a dedicated page laying out the arguments for a Leave vote in the referendum set for 23 June.
A future for Britain
On 23 June workers can use the referendum to strike the most important blow against capitalism in Britain in 70 years – voting to leave.
Vote to leave, trade unionists urged
14 February 2016
Trade unionists have every reason to vote to leave the EU – despite of the view of the TUC and a number of their member unions. This was the theme of a lively meeting held by the CPBML at Conway Hall in London on 11 February.
It shouldn't be if Britain leaves the EU, but when
Even before an actual day was set for the EU referendum, the mongers of doom are predicting disaster if Britain leaves. Yet the opposite is true…
EU referendum: first moves
13 September 2015
A referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU will happen by the end of 2017. There’s no chance of the EU restoring powers to Britain beforehand and no prospect of a revised treaty.
RMT to campaign against EU in referendum
29 June 2015
Transport union RMT yesterday at its Annual General Meeting in Newcastle to campaign against continued membership of the EU in the promised referendum.
Yes to Britain, no to the EU
This Party is for the union of England, Scotland and Wales in Britain. We are against separatism, because for a part of the British working class to leave Britain is not independence but secession, splitting. We are for Britain’s unity. We are also for Ireland’s unity.
The facts about what leaving the EU would mean
The EU is an organisation that was formed, and is run, by the employing class for itself. We are for the interests of the working class in Britain.
SNP seeks EU referendum veto
30 October 2014
Having failed to deliver Scotland bound and gagged into the hands of the European Union through the “independence” referendum, the Scottish National Party is now trying to ensure that the whole of Britain will be locked forever in to the Brussels embrace.
Eurobriefs: The latest from Brussels
Britain’s largest union backs referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union…Euro-election turnout lower than first thought…Government report into free movement of labour