Here you can read news from the CPBML about the progress and challenges of working class control in the fight for real independence for Britain, and follow links to other pieces with valuable information. Please email us with information about meetings or useful links.
Out! And now for real independence
Every empire needs an army – especially the EU
Brexit is about far more than trade and who makes our laws. It is also about who we owe loyalty to, who controls our defence and to whom our military owe allegiance. Inside the EU, that allegiance is above all to the EU…
Next steps on the road to independence
Despite the chaos in Parliament, fundamentally nothing has changed. We still haven’t left, and the opposition has become ever more hysterical – and coldly calculating…
Economy: Post-Brexit boom
A new study suggests that Britain will achieve a science and technology boom over the next two decades.
The EU empire's surge towards a European army
The EU empire's surge towards a European army
Tuesday 19 November 2019 19:30 to 21:00
LONDON Tuesday 19 November, 7.30 pm
Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Every proper empire needs an army, and the EU certainly wants to become an empire – and entangle us in it as well. Come and discuss. All welcome. Free entry.
Only one option
Brexit undecided. All options are in the air. But for the people of Britain, those who live and work here, there is only one that works – no deal.
No good guarantees from the EU
We can sit back and trust any state dedicated to the pursuit of profit to guarantee our rights at work and in the environment – least of all the would-be superstate the EU.
Brexiteers commemorate Peterloo
Protesters marked the bicentenary of the Peterloo Massacre with a marchin Manchester on 19 October calling for democracy to be upheld and the EU referendum result implemented.
It's not a deal. It's a trap. Reject it.
19 October 2019
The prime minister says “Let’s get Brexit done” but the deal he is bringing before Parliament is not Brexit.
March for Democracy
March for Democracy
Saturday 19 October 2019 11:30
Manchester 19 October 2019
Assemble 11.30 am, Victoria Street, nr Manchester Cathedral.
#Brexit. Honour Peterloo martyrs’ memory. We demand our democratic vote be respected.
Organised by Leavers of Greater Manchester.
Independence and trade
What’s so good about free trade agreements? They make the rich richer, workers poorer, and they rob countries of the ability to plan…
Made in Britain?
It’s a funny old world when you can look at a 100 per cent British wool men’s suit in Marks and Spencer and discover that it has been manufactured in Cambodia.
Collectivism and trade unions - the future?
Workers magazine talks to young person just starting out as a union rep for Unite in a large, prestigious manufacturing company based in Britain but with facilities in more than 50 countries.
Austrian unions celebrate victory over Mercosur free trade
23 September 2019
Austrian trade unions are claiming victory after the Austrian parliament rejected the planned free trade agreement between the EU and the Mercosur group of countries.
Just binning the backstop will not be Brexit
22 September 2019
Eight major pro-Brexit groups without party affiliation have launched a joint initiative in defence of a clean Brexit.
Cancel Dutch ScotRail contract, says RMT
21 September 2019
With anger growing at the service failures Abellio ScotRail, members and supporters of the RMT union marched through Glasgow to the company HQ and on to the Scottish Government offices .
RMT union member "no platformed" for supporting Brexit
1 September 2019
A pro-Brexit RMT activist has been “no-platformed” by two prominent journalists, who are among the darlings of so-called "left" EU supporters.
How the EU attacks the right to strike
In the last issue, we looked at how workers pay the price of the European Union. In this article, we focus on how the EU has restricted unions’ ability to defend wages and conditions…
EU federalists appointed
Ursula von der Leyen, the outgoing German defence minister, has been appointed the new European Commission President, a choice confirmed after she won the votes of 52 per cent of the members of the European Parliament.
Restrict air strikes, says EU
In June 2017 the European Commission issued an official communication and an accompanying staff working document calling for member states to implement restrictions on the right to strike in air traffic control.
Take real control [updated]
Britain stands at a crossroads. Either we leave the European Union on 31 October, or an anti-democratic majority in parliament will find some way to force through their objective of overriding the June 2016 referendum.
May's agreement: four reasons for No Deal
Yes, the backstop matters. But the Withdrawal Agreement and its accompanying Political Declaration have the surrender of sovereignty built into every aspect…
Fishermen reject Defra panic
Fishermen are furious about a leaked government memo saying it might be unable to enforce our fishing rights once we leave the EU.
Why Marxists back Brexit
Marxists want to live in an independent country for the same reason as everybody else: because no one can be free in a country where the laws are made outside that country.
Irish farmers protest
7 August 2019
Beef farmers in Ireland have held a series of protests calling on their government and the EU for support.
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