What’s New Updates Archive
January 2008
25 January 2008: Added to the CPGB Documents Section:
The British Road to Socialism (1958) This revised edition of The British Road to Socialism (first adopted in 1952) was printed in February 1958 after long, widespread discussion throughout the Communist Party. A Commission to prepare this revised draft was set up in 1956. It was submitted to the Party Congress in 1957, together with over 1,500 amendments from Party organisations; after the main principles had been decided by the Congress, the draft was remitted to the Executive Committee for a new text to be prepared and finalised after again consulting Party organisations. It was adopted by the Executive Committee of the Communist Party in January 1958.
23 January 2008: Added to the Communist Unity Convention Subject Archive:
Lenin’s Fraternal Message to the Communist Unity Convention (1920) Lenin’s letter of encouragement to the Communist Unity Convention in which he criticizes Sylvia Pankhurst for refusing to collaborate in the amalgamation of the British Socialist Party, Socialist Labour Party and others into one Communist Party. He also expresses his support for participation in Parliament and of adhesion to the Labour Party on condition of free and independent Communist activity.
23 January 2008: Added to the The Communist Index:
Lenin Thanks
Workers’ International Relief Committee (1922)
20 January 2008: Added to the J. T. Murphy Archive:
An Astonishing Speech:
Zinoviev Attacks the Russian C.P. Central Committee (1927) A short
communication from Murphy in Moscow saying that Zinoviev had levied an
unprecedented attack against the CPSU’s Central Committee at a
public meeting to celebrate “Press Day.”
Lenin’s Widow
(1927) A short report from Murphy in Moscow saying that Krupskaya has
broken with the Left Opposition.
How to Fight the War
Danger: Comintern Executive Meets in Moscow (1927) A short report
of the agenda of the upcoming Sixth Congress of the Comintern.
Tomsky’s Appeal to
Workers: Anglo-Russian Questions That Are Being Asked (1927) An
update on discussions between Tomsky and the British Trade Union
General Council concerning the Anglo-Russian Committee.
Malicious Rumours:
Russians Do NOT Wish to Break Up Anglo-Russian Committee (1927)
Murphy denies rumours that the Soviet trade unions are intent on
breaking up the Anglo-Russian Committee.
Communists in China:
May Leave the Wuhan Government (1927) An update from Murphy
announcing that Bukharin has called on Chinese Communists to leave the
Nationalist Government of the Kuomintang because it has outlived its
role as the organising-center of the revolution.
Miners’ Helpers
Attacked: Disgraceful Outburst of I.F.T.U. Leader (1927) Soviet
trade unions repond to the International Federation of Trade Union
(Amsterdam) assertion that the Russians gave £1,000,000 to striking
British miners for propaganda purposes only.
Bauer’s Pacifism:
Communist International’s Manifesto (1927)
Menshevik Trial: Light
Sentences for Anti-Soviet Plotters (1927) brief report on the
sentences of Georgian Mensheviks tried and convicted of counter
revolutionary activities.
“Sacco-Vanzettis”
Everywhere: Dramatic Scenes in Moscow at Funeral Hour (1927)
Murphy reports from Moscow on happenings in Russia following the
execution of Sacco and Vanzetti in America.
A First Meeting With
Comrade Lenin (1928) Murphy briefly recounts his first meeting
with Lenin.
MacDonald—The
Christian Tory (1928) Murphy criticizes MacDonald’s opposition to disarmament and argues that only a workers’ revolutionary State can ever be the custodian of real disarmament and the instrument for ending all war.
The Communist Party and
the “Bloody” Revolution (1928) Murphy addresses charges that Communists advocate violent revolution. He says that Communists want Social Revolution, but the blood question is up to the capitalists.
Labour Completes Flight
to Liberalism (1928) Murphy argues that the Labour Party’s 1928 platform is inspired, not by the demands of the ever-intensifying class war, but by the policy of “social peace” and class collaboration.
Co-Ops. and Empire: The
Shame of a Great Working-Class Movement (1928) Murphy argues that the current co-operative movement is in the service of Imperialism and needs to have relations, trading and political, with independent co-operative movements of the colonial countries, help them to develop on the basis of independent movements and assist them in the struggle of national liberation.
12 January 2008: Added to the J. T. Murphy Archive:
Labour’s “Peace” Policy (1934)
12 January 2008: Added to the R. Page Arnot Archive:
The British Trade Union Congress (1936) A summary and analysis of the 1936 Trade Union Congress meeting in September 1936. According to Arnot, the main issues discussed were the events in Spain, unity and unemployment. He argues that, despite the Reformist leadership, the campaign for unity in the fight against war and fascism is gathering strength among the masses.
12 January 2008: Added to the Harry Pollitt Archive:
In Memoriam—Comrade Shapurji Saklatvala (1936) A tribute to the life and work of Shapurji Saklatvala.
7 January 2008: Added to the William Gallacher Archive:
Marxism and the Working Class
(1943) Opening with a brief introduction on Gallacher’s political maturation, Marxism and the Working Class provides an overview of the fundamentals and historical development of Marxism; its revelvance to the working class; and a defence of the Soviet Union.
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