Who we are and what we do
Welcome to the Communist Party of Great Britain! We are a revolutionary political organisation that fights to create in Britain a genuine mass Communist Party cohered around a genuine communist programme, and for communist leadership of the workers movement in Britain, Europe and internationally. Our goal is to overthrow capitalism and build a communist society free from the exploitation and oppression that characterise all class societies.
Below is an overview of our main activities and organisations we support.
The Weekly Worker
As a polemical platform, the Weekly Worker features debate on and between the far left.
Communist University
The school for the thinking left. This is our annual event in August where the “Weekly Worker goes live” for a week, with speakers from all kinds of backgrounds and lively discussion and disagreements from the audience.
Labour Party Marxists
Independent marxists fighting to transform the Labour Party into an instrument for working class advance and international socialism.
Hands off the People of Iran
Hands Off the People of Iran campaigns for the lifting of sanctions and against threats of war. At the same time it practises solidarity with socialist, democratic movements fighting Iran’s theocratic regime.
Communist Forum
Listen to our podcast, Communist Forum, at our soundcloud page.
Latest News
New YouTube video: Andrew Bonnell – The Mental World of the Pre-1914 SPD
Australian historian Andrew Bonnell speaks at the Sunday 22 November 2020 Online Communist Forum to introduce his newly published study, ‘Red Banners, Books and Beer Mugs: The Mental World of German Social Democrats, 1863-1914’. The hardback is available to buy on Amazon and an affordable paperback version will be published by Haymarket Books in Autumn Read more about New YouTube video: Andrew Bonnell – The Mental World of the Pre-1914 SPD[…]
Special OCF: ‘Ireland’s conservative revolution’
Sunday December 6 5pm Speaker: Marc Mulholland Coming soon: ‘The revolutionary Jesus’ Sunday December 20 5pm Speaker: Jack Conrad January 8 – 10: Winter Communist University Please email office@cpgb.org.uk for the Zoom links. For more events by the CPGB, check out our events page here
Report on the November 15th joint meeting of CPGB and Labour Party Marxists
Originally published in WW1324 19.11.2020 which can be found here Our strategic orientation The meeting of CPGB and LPM comrades, which took place online on November 15, focused on two recent key events: the US elections; and the failure of Jeremy Corbyn and the official Labour left. The first item was introduced by comrade Mike Read more about Report on the November 15th joint meeting of CPGB and Labour Party Marxists[…]
New YouTube video: The US Elections and the crisis in the Democratic Socialists of America
In the run-up to the US Presidential Elections, American comrades Parker McQueeny and Jonah Martell of Cosmonaut Magazine addressed an Online Communist Forum co-organised by the CPGB and Labour Party Marxists For more videos from the CPGB, check out our YouTube page here And don’t forget to tune in to all our upcoming events live, you Read more about New YouTube video: The US Elections and the crisis in the Democratic Socialists of America[…]
New YouTube video: Lars T Lih – The Bolshevik Path to Power
On the 103rd anniversary of the Russian Revolution, historian Lars T Lih outlines how the underlying strategic unity of the Bolsheviks marked them out as an organisation in 1917, allowing them to set the revolutionary agenda and take power in October For more videos from the CPGB, check out our YouTube page here And don’t Read more about New YouTube video: Lars T Lih – The Bolshevik Path to Power[…]
Winter Communist University
In the weekend from 8 to 10 January 2021 we will be hosting our first winter university. The event will happen online due to covid-19 restrictions. For a list of sessions, Speakers and times visit the Communist University Website joining details will be available shortly. To register your interest, email office@cpgb.org.uk Organised by CPGB: www.cpgb.org.uk; Read more about Winter Communist University[…]
First English translation: Zinoviev’s Halle speech
‘World revolution and the Third International’ Grigory Zinoviev’s speech to the pivotal Halle Congress of the Independent Social Democratic party of Germany on October 20 1920. To commemorate the centenary of Zinoviev’s speech we publish it in English online for the first time thanks to Ben Lewis. You can also find his corresponding Weekly Worker Read more about First English translation: Zinoviev’s Halle speech[…]
Report on the September 6 joint aggregate of CPGB and Labour Party Marxists
Originally published in WW1314 10.09.2020 which can be found here In close-quarter combat The September 6 joint aggregate of CPGB and Labour Party Marxists comrades discussed two items: first, the Labour Left Alliance and secondly the prospects for resuming printing the Weekly Worker in the near future. Clive Dean of LPM opened on the LLA’s August 22 Read more about Report on the September 6 joint aggregate of CPGB and Labour Party Marxists[…]
Online success
Despite the lockdown, reports Daniel Harvey, Communist University featured fascinating debates and a vigorous exchange of views This year’s Communist University had a different feel to it, thanks to it being hosted entirely online instead of at our usual venue in south London. The booking there had to be cancelled because of the ongoing pandemic, Read more about Online success[…]