----- Original Message ----- From: SolidNet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 8:37 PM Subject: CP of Britain, British Communists Warn over Global Economic Crisis http://www.soldinet.org News, documents and calls for action from communist and workers’ parties. The items are the responsibility of the authors. Join the mailing list: info/subscribe/unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] . =================================================================== CP of Britain, British Communists Warn over Global Economic Crisis ----------------------------------------------------------------- From: RedNet, Wed, 25 Apr 2001 http://www.communist-party.org.uk , mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================================== Communist Party of Britain, 15/04/2000 Unit F11, Cape House, 787 Commercial Road, London, E14 7HG. Tel: (44) 207 517 9722 Fax: (44) 207 517 9733. BRITISH COMMUNISTS WARN OVER GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS Communists declared at the weekend that the recent round of high-tech job losses reflected a a world-wide crisis of overproduction. Communist Party of Britain Membership Organiser Martin Levy warned that this would have a knock-on effect through many sectors of the economy. "As always, capitalism will use this crisis to attempt to drive down wage costs", he told the Party's Political Committee. "That is the reality of both the American Free Trade Area conference in Quebec and the recent EU Stockholm summit.," Mr Levy argued. "The whole purpose of the Single European Currency is to ensure that profits are maintained on the backs of the workers," he added. The crisis also increased the danger of war, with the new US administration "aggressively supporting the interests of US-based transnational corporations and intervening politically, economically and militarily world-wide". The Party condemned the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and expressed its solidarity with the people and government of China over the recent US spy-plane incident. Mr Levy said that the cost of the foot-and-mouth crisis "has been enormous, in terms of animals slaughtered, risks to public health and damage to the tourist industry. "The NFU must not be allowed to hold the country to ransom - vaccination must start now," he insisted. The Party reiterated its strategic approach of supporting the return of a Labour government in the General Election, while standing Communist Party candidates itself to promote the perspective of labour movement unity around alternative left policies. The Committee pointed to the risk of disillusionment among trade unionists if their leaders supported Labour uncritically. The Party called on the labour movement to decide what it wants to demand from the government, and take practical steps to achieve it. Published in the Morning Star newspaper Monday 23 April *End* _______________________________________________ Marxist-Leninist-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/marxist-leninist-list
