Parallel Perspectives
DEAR
COMRADES
August 2010
Dear Comrades,
This is my spot to politically vent a little—ok, a lot—as well as
a section to post letters from other socialist individuals & organizations. The opinions I express here do not represent the views of other people associated with Parallel Perspectives.
Regards,
JEFarrow
Previous
Postings:
Dear Comrades #1 [April 2008] California budget woes; Red Army in Afghanistan; Humans unwilling to modify their behavior.
Dear Comrades #2 [May 2008] Treacherous Arab Oligarchy; Capitalists & the Environment.
Dear Comrades #3 [August – December 2008] Stimulus package; Animal Rights Terrorists; Castro praises Russian Orthodox Church.
Dear Comrades #4 [March -
April 2009] More bailout (for the Capitalists); The Disarming Myth of the
Liberal Bourgeoisie.
Dear Comrades #5 [July - August 2009] California draconian budget cuts—and more on the way; Anti-religious views; Michelle Obama vs. Laura Bush.
Dear Comrades #6 [November – December 2009] Karma or Complicity? Mission to Mars: Fasten your seat belts?
Dear Comrades #7 [March –
April 2010] Reactionaries in The Occult; School children join demonstrations
over education cuts; Tech industry warns that Obama
administration seeks to kill free websites.]
Dear Comrades
#8 [May – August 2009] Civil War in America? Whose NWO (New World Order)?
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8/23/10
Dear friends, supporters and members of Hands Off the People
of Iran,
Will you be able to come to our solidarity cricket match
against the Labour Representation Committee this Sunday (August 29) in East
London’s Victoria Park? Start of play is 12 noon.
It should be a great day with a barbeque, buffet, drinks, a
raffle and good company. Bring chairs or throws to make yourself comfortable. In
the evening we will move on to a social in Hackney Wick, which is ten minutes
walk away. For more info on the venue, a map and all other relevant information,
please visit www.hopivslrc2010.wordpress.com
For
the second time, a team made up of supporters and members of Hopi will take on the
LRC, with the aim of raising £1,500 for the charity Workers Fund Iran, which
raises much-needed funds for Iranians affected by the worsening economic
conditions. In the face of an enormous political and economic crisis, a new
round of UN sanctions and war threats, they are suffering more than ever (workersfund.org).
This
is why it is absolutely vital that the workers’ movement in this country
organises material and ideological solidarity with workers’, women’s and
students’ struggles in Iran – they are our natural allies and a true beacon of
hope for genuine democracy and freedom.
For
a report of last year’s event, see http://hopivslrc09.wordpress.com/scorecard-and-reports-from-the-match.
Here’s the film John McDonnell MP made about the event: http://www.johnmcdonnell.org.uk/2009/08/lrc-versus-hopi-cricket-match-sequence.html
We
are calling on your help to make this day as successful as possible.
Can you:
*
Get your union branch/campaign/organisation to sponsor the
event and cover some of the numerous costs involved in organising the
events? Get in touch and we will send you a model motion
* Donate
prizes to our raffle?
* If
you can’t come along, can you make a direct donation to Workers Fund
Iran? https://www.charitychoice.co.uk/donation.asp?ref=154051
*
Help out on the day? There is a load of work to do on the day itself,
and the more people we have to help the better.
*
Promote the event in mailouts or on your blogs?
*
Take some leaflets to hand out locally?
Please
get in touch with us to offer your help, show solidarity or find out more about
what should be an excellent event for an excellent cause!
Get in touch with Ben by emailing ben@hopoi.info
or calling 07792 282 830.
Hands Off the People of Iran
www.hopoi.org
office@hopoi.info
8/23/10
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On
August 21, 1940 the great revolutionary fighter, theoretician, and martyr,
Leon Trotsky, died of the wounds inflicted in a brutal attack by a Stalinist
agent. To mark the 70th anniversary of his assassination we want
to bring to the attention of our readers some of the material we published
on our website about the life, work and ideas of Trotsky.
8/14/10
Workers
Power Class Struggle News
ISSUE #89
14 August 2010
Workers Power Weekly launched
REVOLUTION – socialist youth group launches new website
Unite
leader betrays fightback
March to stop the EDL – drive them off the streets of Bradford
Hunger
strike at Campsfield house
Power
loom workers strike victory in Pakistan
Flooding kills 1,500 across Pakistan
Sri Lanka rally held for missing journalist
STOP
PRESS!
Workers
Power Weekly launched
WP brings you a
new weekly newsletter
In number 1, issued 14 August 2010:
• UNITE LEADER BETRAYS FIGHTBACK
• AIR STRIKE!
• CAMPAIGN FOR STUDENT STRIKE IN BRITAIN
• PAKISTANI SOCIALISTS RAISE MONEY FOR FLOOD VICTIMS
• AND MORE!
Read here <http://www.workerspower.com/index.php?id=222,0,0,1,0,0>
REVOLUTION
– socialist youth group launches new website
For youth news,
culture, video, graphics – including a televised debate with the national
organiser of Liberal Youth
Visit it here <http://www.worldrevolution.org.uk>
UK
NEWS
Unite
leader betrays fightback
BAA workers are
showing how to fight the Tory cuts which are being pushed through – with
their impressive “yes” result for strike action this week. But the leader of
their union takes a different approach – he is sitting on his hands.
Read more <http://www.workerspower.com/index.php?id=222,2481,0,0,1,0>
March
to stop the EDL – drive them off the streets of Bradford
The threat of the
EDL in Bradford is causing a debate amongst anti-fascists in Britain. But there
is a way to stop them. This analysis covers the left, the antifascist movement,
and the mobilisation for Bradford on 28 August
Read more <http://www.workerspower.com/index.php?id=47,2474,0,0,1,0>
Hunger
strike at Campsfield house
Refugees
imprisoned at a detention centre in Oxford have gone on hunger strike to
protest at the poor conditions there
Read more <http://www.workerspower.com/index.php?id=47,2469,0,0,1,0>
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Power
loom workers strike victory in Pakistan
A huge strike by
power loom workers in Pakistan has seen them win a 17 per cent pay increase.
Read more <http://www.fifthinternational.org/content/power-loom-workers-strike-victory-pakistan>
Flooding
kills 1,500 across Pakistan
Over 1,500 people
have died and a further 14 million people affected by the worst flooding
Pakistan has seen in 80 years.
Read more <http://www.fifthinternational.org/content/flooding-kills-1500-across-pakistan>
Sri
Lanka rally held for missing journalist
PD Saranapala
reports from the last battle for media freedom in Sri Lanka
Read more <http://www.fifthinternational.org/content/sri-lanka-rally-held-missing-journalist-eknaligoda>
For more go to http://www.workerspower.com
and http://www.fifthinternational.org
and http://www.worldrevolution.org.uk
8/12/10
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8/06/10
BCM Box 928, London WC1N 3XX
t: +44 (0)20 7254 8444 or +44 (0)7950 416 922
e: office@cpgb.org.uk
w: http://www.cpgb.org.uk/
Dear Comrade Jeff,
Please find below the latest edition
of Notes for Action, an information bulletin for Associate Members,
sympathisers and friends of the Communist Party of Great Britain. This NfA has
been compiled by Ben Lewis and Tina Becker. If you can supply information for
future editions of NfA, please email office@cpgb.org.uk
In solidarity,
BL & TB
In this issue:
1) This Saturday August 7: Communist
University
2) Summer Offensive Update and
Celebration Meal: Friday August 13, 19.00
3) Solidarity Cricket: August 29,
Victoria Park E9
1) 1) Communist
University
Arguably
the high point of our annual work, our Communist University in South London
will yet again see a jam-packed week of potentially fascinating political
openings and discussions covering a huge range of topics from the decline of
capitalism, permanent revolution and the April Theses, to Ancient Greek
democracy.
Speakers
include Lars T Lih, Hillel Ticktin, Chris Knight, Marc Mulholland and Yassamine
Mather. Click here to see a full timetable: http://cpgb.wordpress.com/category/timetable/
This year,
CU runs from Saturday August 7 to Saturday August 14 in our usual venue:
Raymont Hall, 63 Wickham Road, New Cross, London SE4. Cost: £200 solidarity,
£160 normal, £120 no income.
There are
only a couple of residential places available, so if you want to stay overnight
then please book your place as soon as possible via PayPal: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5528729
You can
also turn up to individual sessions and pay per day or per session. If you want
to read up on the background to some of the sessions then there is a specific
reading list (http://cpgb.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/reading-list-for-cu/).
Comrades
not attending CU might find that the next few weeks could have some rather
lonely moments. After the hard work of Communist University in the depths of
South London, our comrades take a few weeks of well-earned rest to recharge
their batteries before the new political year kicks off again.
This means
– sorry comrades! – no Weekly Worker landing on your doorstep until Friday
August 19. For those of you genuinely concerned about cold turkey in this
period, we feel your pain! We will do our utmost to ensure that you get through
this period by uploading the CU presentations onto our Vimeo website
(www.vimeo.com/cpgb).
2) Summer Offensive Update and
Celebration Meal: August 13
Comrades
will be pleased to hear that this year’s SO - our 26th - has gone
rather well and our total continues to increase at a steady pace. With a couple
of weeks to go we are at a solid £15,257 - chasing a target of £25,000.
We are
confident that with comrades’ continued help and money collected from food and
drink sold at this year’s CU, we can reach our target and possibly even go
beyond it.
Please do
not forget to keep those cheques, Pay Pal donations, books order and
subscriptions coming in over the next couple of weeks. Just because we won’t be
in contact doesn’t mean we do not depend on the money coming in!
We also want
to extend an invitation to our supporters and friends to join us on Friday
August 13, the last evening of Communist University, where we mark the end of
the SO with a meal, speeches and prizes for the best contributors. The meal
begins at 19.00 in Raymont Hall and costs £25/ (£50 solidarity; £10 unwaged)
Please
send all cheques/sub forms/standing order forms to: CPGB, BCM Box 928, London
WC1N 3XX
3) Solidarity Cricket, Victoria
Park, August 29
Late
August will see the second annual clash of Hands Off the People of Iran and the
Labour Representation Committee in a solidarity cricket match for Workers Fund
Iran (www.workersfund.org). Last year raised over £1500 and the organisers are
confident that this can be done again. The LRC, captained by John McDonnell MP,
will be out to avenge their narrow defeat of last year.
The mood
in the Hopi camp is one of quiet confidence, with captain John Sidwell
(Communist Students) being able to field a largely unchanged side from last
year.
Whatever
your thoughts on cricket, you certainly don’t have to be CLR James to enjoy
this great day and raise a lot of good money for our brothers and sisters in
Iran. We do hope that our supporters can get involved in work on the bar and
the barbeque, raise donations to cover costs and, of course, cheer Hopi to
another victory against the Labourites! Just like last year, there will be much
dancing and drinking well into the night. And it is a Bank Holiday the
following day - so no excuses!
For more
information on the event, go to hopivslrc2010.wordpress.com
or get in touch with Ben on 07792282830.
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in the subject box.
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