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What’s in store for the Communist Party’s 56th congress?
ROBERT GRIFFITHS surveys the top subjects up for debate, including the drive to a new cold war, developments in the Middle East, Africa and the Americas, the working-class response to Covid — and more
The 56th Congress of the CPB will be its biggest in decades due to the rapid growth of the party in the last three years
Washington’s lawless behaviour towards countries in the region it considers its ‘back yard’ should be condemned by all law-abiding people, says LUKE DANIELS
In part I of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY takes a look at the early days of organising government workers
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
The shadow lord chancellor has recently made a name for himself as an rabid hater of immigration – but there are exceptions to every rule, says SOLOMON HUGHES
Plaid Cymru’s front-bench spokesman on health and social services MABON AP GWYNFOR, in a two-part series, analyses the Caerphilly by-election and the wider political scene in Wales ahead of the 2026 Senedd election
THE Communist Party of Britain begins its 56th Congress today in a world in turmoil.
More than 140 delegates will gather at the party’s headquarters in Ruskin House, Croydon, to analyse, debate and propose responses to the challenges facing humanity.
This will be the biggest such congress in decades, reflecting a membership increase of two-thirds since the last one three years ago.
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