Hong Kong: Stop imitating the EU!
4 July 2020
The British government is acting like the EU in its attempt to exert control over Hong Kong – an irony that seems to escape it.
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EU vs the environment
The European Union poses as the protector of the environment – despite a disastrous record…
European Union - Fake news? Really?
Take a look at the latest publication from the European Union’s External Action Service (EEAS). It indicts China and Russia for spreading fake news, including “claims that the EU is disintegrating in the face of COVID-19”.
Fake news? They're having a laugh
2 April 2020
Looking for light relief in this grim situation? Then take a look at the latest publication from the European Union’s External Action Service.
Agriculture: the great opportunity
While the EU is desperately trying to find the money to prop up its ailing and corrupt Common Agricultural Policy, Britain can plan for a productive future…
The Making of a Nation - new leaflet from the CPBML
10 February 2020
If there is a second Scottish referendum, will Scots vote for global capitalism, or for independence through the unity of the British working class? A new leaflet explores the issues.
Labour: a corpse in need of burial, not resuscitation
10 January 2020
The Labour Party is a walking corpse. And unless the established trade unions change tack, they will follow it to irrelevance. The time is ripe for de-coupling trade unions from the Labour Party.
Welsh seafarers call for jobs, training and a future
10 January 2020
Maritime and transport union RMT demonstrated outside the Welsh Parliament this week on a dark, cold and wet evening as part of its campaign for the future of British seafaring.
The weakness at the heart of the EU
The referendum vote in 2016 continues to dominate politics not just in Britain but also in Brussels. The EU’s expansionist plans have been brought to a juddering halt. Time, then, to step up the pressure……
A 'more perfect' union?
The ambitions of the eurocrats couldn’t be clearer. They want to move as swiftly as possible to a unified European state…
An independent Britain - it's only rational
Not only is it impossible for the EU to mimic the socialist processes needed to develop a country, it is designed precisely to prevent that.
The truth about the Irish economic 'miracle'
3 December 2019
A new pamphlet shows how the Irish government uses a financial flag of convenience to undermine the tax bases of other EU nations, notably Britain, France and Germany.
No sovereignty without defence
Just five days after the referendum – with furious denials from the Remain campaign that the EU was planning a European army – the EU announced its new Global Strategy and began to create new military structures.
Every empire needs an army – especially the EU
Brexit is about far more than trade and who makes our laws. It is also about who we owe loyalty to, who controls our defence and to whom our military owe allegiance. Inside the EU, that allegiance is above all to the EU…
The EU empire's surge towards a European army
The EU empire's surge towards a European army
Tuesday 19 November 2019 19:30 to 21:00
LONDON Tuesday 19 November, 7.30 pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Every proper empire needs an army, and the EU certainly wants to become an empire – and entangle us in it as well. Come and discuss. All welcome. Free entry.
Independence and trade
What’s so good about free trade agreements? They make the rich richer, workers poorer, and they rob countries of the ability to plan…
Made in Britain?
It’s a funny old world when you can look at a 100 per cent British wool men’s suit in Marks and Spencer and discover that it has been manufactured in Cambodia.
Austrian unions celebrate victory over Mercosur free trade
23 September 2019
Austrian trade unions are claiming victory after the Austrian parliament rejected the planned free trade agreement between the EU and the Mercosur group of countries.
Cancel Dutch ScotRail contract, says RMT
21 September 2019
With anger growing at the service failures Abellio ScotRail, members and supporters of the RMT union marched through Glasgow to the company HQ and on to the Scottish Government offices .
How the EU attacks the right to strike
In the last issue, we looked at how workers pay the price of the European Union. In this article, we focus on how the EU has restricted unions’ ability to defend wages and conditions…
EU federalists appointed
Ursula von der Leyen, the outgoing German defence minister, has been appointed the new European Commission President, a choice confirmed after she won the votes of 52 per cent of the members of the European Parliament.
Restrict air strikes, says EU
In June 2017 the European Commission issued an official communication and an accompanying staff working document calling for member states to implement restrictions on the right to strike in air traffic control.
British independence: essential for our future
British independence: essential for our future
Thursday 24 October 2019 19:30 to 21:00
MANCHESTER Thursday 24 October, 7.30 pm
Upstairs, The Britons Protection, 50 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester M1 5LE
Without real independence, Britain will always be at the mercy of the forces of globalisation. Come and discuss. All welcome.
Next steps in Britain’s fight for freedom
Next steps in Britain’s fight for freedom
Monday 14 October 2019 19:30 to 21:00
LONDON Monday 14 October, 7.30 pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
This meeting, two weeks before Britain’s latest planned departure from the EU, will be an ideal opportunity to discuss the struggle to come. All welcome.
Apart from the flag, what's British about the Stena Impero?
30 July 2019
The seized bulk carrier Stena Impero is owned by a Swedish company and operated by a crew none of whom are British. So why the British flag?
European Commission looks once more at water privatisation
30 July 2019
Forced to exclude water from its “concessions" Directive, the Commission is set to announce a review this autumn of the effect of excluding water from the internal market.
Federalists in charge as new EU leaders are named
19 July 2019
A fanatical supporter of a United States of Europe and ardent advocate of a European Army has been appointed as the new President of the European Commission.
Open financial war between EU and Switzerland
1 July 2019
Switzerland and the European Union have begun open financial war as the EU tries to force the country to sign a new agreement covering all aspects of the country’s relations with the bloc.
Workers pay the price of the European Union
It’s become a mantra, endlessly repeated by Remainer unions: “Workers must not pay the price of Brexit.” What price would that be? And how about acknowledging the price of staying in the EU?
Britain voted Brexit - again
27 May 2019
The working class has told the pro-EU ruling class to carry out our 2016 instruction to leave the EU through the vote in the EU elections. It was a failure to have to take part; the Brititsh people will have to take control to enforce the decision.