By now, many people across the Marxist left know about the Forging Communist Unity (FCU) process, which involves the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), the Unity Faction of the Editorial Board of the Prometheus online journal (PUF) and Talking About Socialism…from a Marxist point of view (TAS). However, as Continue Reading
Forging Communist Unity
FCU – dealing with differences
The parties to the Forging Communist Unity (FCU) project met for an hour and a half via video link on Sunday 30 March 2025*. The FCU project is to discuss the possibility of fusing three small groups – the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), Talking About Socialism…from a Marxist point Continue Reading
What’s in a name? Our red banner of Communist Unity
Talking About Socialism…from a Marxist point of view is currently engaged in a series of discussion with the CPGB and a section of the Prometheus Editorial Board, with a view to seeking fusion into one organisation. The process has been called Forging Communist Unity (FCU). While the discussions are going Continue Reading
Forging Communist Unity in-person – report
The first in-person meeting of the Forging Communist Unity process took place in London yesterday, Saturday 8 March 2025. There was a full day of serious and productive discussion which identified substantial political agreement on the fundamentals. This clearly bodes well for the process as a whole, even though it Continue Reading
Update on Forging Communist Unity discussions
On Sunday 23 February Nick Wrack and Ed Potts of the TAS steering group attended the latest discussion in the Forging Communist Unity process. Representing their organisations at the discussion were Jack Conrad & Mike Macnair of the CPGB-PCC, and Cat Rylance & Sam Turner of the Prometheus unity faction. Continue Reading
Developing a suitable programme for communist unity
This is an article written by Ed Potts, to complement the agreed TAS submission to the Forging Communist Unity meeting on 23 February. It elaborates some arguments about the purpose, form and content of a programme, and then begins to explore some areas of apparent disagreement on the nature of 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