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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
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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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