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Britain’s Road to Socialism adapted to audiobook
As interest in the Communist Party of Britain grows, for the first time it will release its political programme as a free audiobook online, featuring working-class voices from across the nation, reports MARK BLACKLOCK
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A UNIQUE production bringing the Communist Party’s programme to a wider audience in audiobook form will be launched at the TUC Congress in Brighton on October 20, reflecting a growing fascination with the party’s ideas.
An indicator of the surge in interest in British communism today is that the political programme Britain’s Road to Socialism (BRS) has had to be reprinted five times since the latest edition came out just two years ago.
Its publisher, the Communist Party of Britain (CPB), has seen membership grow significantly — with a corresponding increase in demand for BRS — as people search for an alternative pathway towards achieving a better society.
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