The overwhelming defeat of the Tories must be our top priority at the local elections General secretary of the Communist Party of Britain ROBERT GRIFFITHS explains why his party argues for an overall Labour victory to put the workers’ movement in a better position to fight for real socialist politics
Monday 11th Sep 2023 Developing strategy and direction on the left ROBERT GRIFFITHS looks ahead to the Communist Party of Britain’s forthcoming congress
Friday 18th Aug 2023 ‘Our modernisation brings hope to the young’ ROBERT GRIFFITHS concludes his report on the international delegation of Communist parties to China, discussing the concept of modernisation and the status of women with his hosts
Saturday 12th Aug 2023 China: meeting trade unionists and party members, young and old In his third report on the delegation of Western communists, ROBERT GRIFFITHS describes discussions on Chinese union activism, working hours and productivity, and the emerging new cold war
Thursday 10th Aug 2023 How technology-led governance works in modern China In the second of four articles, ROBERT GRIFFITHS reports on the recent international delegation of Western communist parties to China
Saturday 05th Aug 2023 SPECIAL REPORT On the path of China’s modernisation Recently, ROBERT GRIFFITHS led an international delegation to China at the invitation of the Communist Party of China. Here is the first of four reports
Friday 28th Apr 2023 Europe – where now after Brexit? Communist Party general secretary ROBERT GRIFFITHS asks what are the outstanding questions three years on from Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union
Wednesday 15th Feb 2023 Ruthless, dishonest and corrupt Before a single bomb landed, the background to the 2003 invasion of Iraq was a reflection of the utter immorality and hypocrisy of the British ruling class, explains ROBERT GRIFFITHS
Wednesday 04th Jan 2023 Modern Cuba: economic reform and opening-up meets grassroots democracy In the second half of his report, ROBERT GRIFFITHS looks at the newly increased role of trade and investment and the enduring socialist character of Cuba’s international relations, social model, attitude to religion, trade unions and elections
Monday 02nd Jan 2023 Meeting the current generation of revolutionary Cubans ROBERT GRIFFITHS recently visited Cuba as a guest of the country’s ruling Communist Party. In the first of two reports, he looks at the country's Covid successes, economic challenges and impressive education system
Thursday 08th Dec 2022 Report Venezuela: why the rift between its communists and the Maduro government? Britain's Communist Party leader ROBERT GRIFFITHS reports back from his recent visit to the Latin American country