When the launch of YourParty was announced it was met by widespread enthusiasm. 800,000 expressed an interest. Since then, the dead-hand of bureaucracy, political and organisational incompetence, compounded by disputes between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana over money and membership, with threats of legal action, have almost squeezed the life Continue Reading
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Zoom Discussion: 29 Sept – What sort of public ownership do we need?
What sort of public ownership do we need? How much, how wide and how would it be run? Monday 29 September at 7:30. Register here. This will be the second in series of discussions focussing on the socialist policies that are needed in YourParty. Is there an alternative to the capitalist Continue Reading
YourParty? Whose Party? – Invitation to an in-person discussion
The mess in YourParty and how to deal with it. Organised jointly by Stockport Socialists for YourParty & Talking About Socialism…from a Marxist point of view Saturday 27 September 2025 10:30am-1pm Friends’ Meeting House 6 Mount St, Manchester M2 5NS 800,000 signed up enthusiastically to YourParty. Branches are being Continue Reading
YourParty: Grassroots Democracy over Bureaucratic Splits
A statement from Talking About Socialism…from a Marxist point of view Your Party is in great danger of falling at the first hurdle. The huge initial support for a new left party is under threat of being squandered entirely. This is not solely the fault of any one faction or Continue Reading
New series of TAS… Zoom discussions starts 15 September 2025
New series of TAS… Zoom discussions Make sure you use the new link A new series of our fortnightly Zoom discussions starts this coming Monday 15 September 2025, after a short break. All meetings begin at 7:30pm and end at 9pm. The new series focuses on questions of socialist policy and Continue Reading
TAS withdraws from Forging Communist Unity process
The following resolution was passed by members of ‘Talking About Socialism…from a Marxist point of view’ on Monday 23 June 2025. “This meeting believes that there is no prospect of achieving any worthwhile or meaningful unity with the CPGB from the current FCU process and therefore agrees to withdraw from Continue Reading
Prometheus Unity Faction submission to FCU on 7 March 2025
This untitled document was sent by email by the Prometheus Unity Faction to the other participants in the Forging Communist Unity (the CPGB & TAS) process on 7 March 2025. The title here has been given to it by the editors. It is published here because reference is made to Continue Reading
TAS pauses participation in FCU until 6 July
The following letter, which is self-explanatory, was sent to the Forging Communist Unity (FCU) participants today. TAS letter to the comrades of the Prometheus Unity Faction & CPGB Dear Comrades, TAS has decided to pause its involvement in the Forging Communist Unity process talks until 6 July 2025 so that Continue Reading
TAS contribution to the Forging Communist Unity process – 23 February
Talking About Socialism…from a Marxist point of view
Forging Communist Unity
As our readers will know, Talking About Socialism…from a Marxist point of view has made it a central aim of or activity to create, with others, the basis of a new, mass, democratic communist I party. On Saturday 14 December 2024, Edmund Potts and Nick Wrack participated on behalf of Continue Reading