Once the bustling heart of Christian pilgrimage, Bethlehem now faces shuttered hotels, empty streets and a shrinking Christian community, while Israel’s assault on Gaza and the tightening grip of occupation destroy hopes of peace at the birthplace of Christ, writes Father GEOFF BOTTOMS
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Communist Party congress: taking the road to socialism
On November 6-7, the Communist Party of Britain will be holding the 56th congress since its foundation in 1920. General Secretary ROBERT GRIFFITHS sets the scene for pre-congress discussion
The Communist Party proposes a left-wing programme of the key demands that challenge state-monopoly capitalism, supported by an anti-monopolies convention as the basis for a mass movement
After years hidden away, Oldham’s memorial to six local volunteers who died fighting fascism in the Spanish civil war has been restored to public view, marking both a victory for campaigners and a renewed tribute to the town’s proud International Brigade heritage, says ROB HARGREAVES
The June 2025 attacks on Iran have heightened the risk of a wider war, exposed the fiction of a rules-based international order and left ordinary Iranians trapped between external aggression and internal repression, says the Committee for Defence of Iranian People’s Rights
While pretending to seek peace, Europe is heading toward a collision course with Russia – using security guarantees, troop deployments, expropriation and censorship as tools, writes SEVIM DAGDELEN
A WWI hero, renowned ornithologist, medical doctor, trade union organiser and founder member of the Communist Party of Great Britain all rolled in one. MAT COWARD tells the story of a life so improbable it was once dismissed as fiction
The long-term effects of chemical weapons such as Agent Orange mean that the impact of war lasts well beyond a ceasefire
THIS autumn’s Congress will analyse the national and international situation since the previous one in 2017; set out the party’s strategic and tactical objectives for the coming period; and elect a new executive committee to lead its work accordingly.
The outgoing CP executive has now issued its resolutions for debate up to and during the 56th congress. The domestic resolution begins with an assessment of the game-changing 2019 general election.
The chief causes of Labour's defeat were, firstly, the party’s disastrous change of policy from respecting the EU referendum result to one of obstructing Brexit and proposing a second referendum; and secondly, the slanderous ruling-class character assassination of Jeremy Corbyn, aided and abetted by a substantial section of the Parliamentary Labour Party.
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