South West Speaking Tour

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United We Stand

The People's Charter - Not just an anti-cuts campaign

Recently the People's Charter was described to me as "the CPB's anti-cuts campaign".

The People's Charter is not an anti-cuts movement. Yes, if adopted, it would mean that none of the government's cuts would be enacted. But more than that, it is a document for the future. It is a set of policies and demands that lay the groundwork for the building of socialism in this country.

As for the CPB reference, I hand over to John Hendy QC

Taken from the Morning Star 17/05/2011

Planned Economy: Practicality and approach

Over 100 years ago, Western countries moved from traditional economics to laissez faire economics. They moved from a Feudal System into the Modern Capitalist System. The capitalist system promotes free trade, fiscal policy, floating exchange rates and privatisation of state enterprise.

The Working class are subjected to low wages and poor working conditions being maintained because “…the costs of production of labour consist of precisely the quantity of means of subsistence necessary to enable the worker to continue working, and to prevent the working class from dying out” Friederich Engels.  Privatisation of state enterprise including: the selling off of the transport sector meaning mass redundancies and decline to the extent of transport network, the selling off of lifeline services such as the NHS to private corporation and the list goes on. The privatisation of these services will mean the poor and the vulnerable will suffer the cost of paying for treatment and the destruction of their social liberty and mobility.

Launch

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