The first meeting to be organised in central Manchester in support of the call for the new YourParty was held at Friends Meeting House, a traditional place for left wing events, on Tuesday 20 August 2025. Although it was not stated on the promotional material the meeting was organised and Continue Reading
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Forwards not backwards
For some considerable time discussions about the formation of a new left-wing party have been taking place behind closed doors – in the shadows, not in the light of day. However, in a Trade Union and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) Zoom meeting on the 21 July 2025, called under the title Continue Reading
Why Communist Unity?
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
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
Two years of TAS
It’s almost two years since we started our fortnightly Zoom discussions under the title “Talking About Socialism…from a Marxist point of view”. Our first meeting was on 20 March 2023. The TAS website carried its first article on 29 August 2022. Our aim was to develop an ongoing discussion about socialism Continue Reading
Why a new Corbynite party is not the answer – with or without Corbyn.
While small groups of communists are seeking ways to forge greater unity and create the basis for a new, mass, democratic communist party, an array of former Labour Party prominent left-wing figures & activists are looking to create a new leftish, reformist, social democratic party in the image of Jeremy Continue Reading
Live Stream of TAS meeting: Why we need a new Socialist/Communist Party
On Saturday 16 November TAS will be holding an in-person meeting in central Manchester, from 11am – 5pm, to discuss “Why we need a new Socialist/Communist Party. If you’re interested in attending then email us at info@talkingaboutsocialism.org or call Nick Wrack on 07812 063 409. We hope to Live Stream Continue Reading
Trump returns – socialists need their own party
Donald Trump has decisively won the 2024 US Presidential election. Needing to win only 270 votes in the Electoral College, he has won 312, to 226 for Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris. His victory was overwhelming. He won the national aggregate popular vote by 74.6 million (50.5%) to 70.9 million Continue Reading