Having failed to persuade the people that Britain can exist without industry, the government has been forced to make concessions. Even the sanctity of net zero is coming into question…
25 June 2025
An alternative defence review challenges assumptions about the necessity of increasing militarisation. Jobs in defence are not the answer to industrial decline.
8 May 2025
A proposed security pact with the EU to be signed at the EU summit on 19 May will subordinate Britain’s defence interests to those of the EU. The Labour government calls this a “reset” in relations with the EU, but it’s far more extensive, and damaging.
24 April 2025
The British steel industry in Britain remains at risk despite saving the Scunthorpe steel plant from immediate closure. But more action is needed to secure the industry’s future.
Industry, the foundation of sovereignty
Wednesday 9 July 2025, 7.30 pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
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.
Come and discuss. All welcome. Free entry.
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.
Come and discuss. Email info@cpbml.org.uk for an invitation.
4 April 2025
The closure of the last two steel blast furnaces in Britain happened at the end of March. This is a disastrous development for British industry and all workers given the fundamental importance of steel.
Britain, its workers and industry are intimately connected. But a future for both nation and class depends on getting a grip on the undermining of industry.
Data centres are an interesting case – a fairly recent development, certainly at scale. They control and support large sectors of the economy.
Britain has been the preferred hunting ground for US multinationals buying up businesses abroad, leading to a serious loss of independence.
25 February 2025
Steel is a vital product, yet the future of the industry in Britain is continually threatened. Recent moves by the government are an opportunity to change that, as long as it addresses energy costs.
Look behind the fine façade of the Just Transition Commission, and all you find are false promises, lack of transparency, indifference, and inaction by governments ducking their responsibilities…
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.
Come and discuss. Email info@cpbml.org.uk for an invitation.
On Saturday 3 August workers marched past the Grangemouth oil and gas refinery, near Falkirk, Scotland. This was a further boost to their campaign to save their jobs at the site.
28 April 2024
Steel workers in Wales and the East Midlands highlight the importance of steel to industrial sovereignty.
6 March 2024
The promise of massive investment in battery production for electric vehicles has yet to materialise in Britain. But it looks as if Tata are now committed to a plant in Somerset.
24 January 2024
Tata Steel is cutting jobs at Port Talbot steelworks, driven by net zero. That will damage the steel industry and the wider economy.
1 December 2023
Plans to shut Scotland’s only oil refinery threaten skilled jobs and Britain’s industrial base.
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?
Come and discuss. Email info@cpbml.org.uk for an invitation
28 September 2023
Unite has launched a campaign to highlight the decline in Britain’s steel industry, with a plan for its future, including the demand that public contracts are obliged to use British steel.
28 September 2023
The government claims it has rescued Tata Steel, but the deal threatens the existence of Port Talbot, Britain’s largest steel works. Thousands of skilled jobs are at risk.
Freed from the EU, Britain’s economy can – and must – avoid the perils of globalism. But globalisation is not an aberration… it is the logical development of capitalism...
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?
Come and discuss. Email info@cpbml.org.uk for an invitation
16 February 2023
British manufacturers use over a trillion chips a year. There is a chronic shortage, but the governemt has no strategy to deal with the crisis.
29 November 2022
The government has failed to protect Newport Wafer Fab, Britain’s biggest silicon chip maker, putting a vital part of our technological infrastructure at risk.
Part detective story, part hymn to the power of chemistry, this novel from Fiona Erskine also describes how an industrial powerhouse declined and fell…
The CPBML has published the political statement from its 19th congress, held last November. It concentrates on the challenges for the working class…
17 January 2022
Political statement from the Communist Party of Britain Marxist-Leninist, 19th Congress, November 2021.
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?
Email info@cpbml.org.uk for an invitation.
25 August 2021
Post-war Britain was beset by problems. For the majority of people, life was hard and difficult. The 1951 Festival of Britain was an antidote, looking to the future. It was immensely enjoyed and appreciated by the millions who attended.
