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		<title>Next national meeting of the ComPlat: 14th September</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2014 16:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The suggested agenda (to be ratified by meeting) is: Anti-Semitism Israel-Palestine .12:00pm, Sunday 14th September Calthorpe Arms, 252 Grays Inn Road, London WC1 All Communist Platform members and supporters welcome. There will be assistance with fares for those who need it. View Larger Map]]></description>
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		<title>The Bolsheviks’ success and the ‘revolutionary’ fear of electoralism</title>
		<link>http://communistplatform.org.uk/the-bolsheviks-success-and-the-revolutionary-fear-of-electoralism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ContentsEssential keyPolitical actionNotesElements within Left Unity have argued against &#8216;electoralism&#8217;, with the implication that standing in elections necessarily means becoming corrupted by the establishment; LU should instead focus all its energies on bread-and-butter campaigning if it is not to fall into a reformist approach. This economistic attitude to elections and the state is the polar&#8230;<a href="http://communistplatform.org.uk/the-bolsheviks-success-and-the-revolutionary-fear-of-electoralism/">Read more <span class="screen-reader-text">The Bolsheviks’ success and the ‘revolutionary’ fear of electoralism</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Transparency and the right to criticise</title>
		<link>http://communistplatform.org.uk/transparency-and-the-right-to-criticise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2014 15:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two more articles by ComPlat supporters in recent weeks on the necessity of transparency and open debate to any meaningful and lasting unity; In &#8216;Confidentiality is a bosses’ tool&#8217;, Paul Demarty argues vigorously against the Left Unity Dispute Committee&#8217;s decision to conduct disputes in private: http://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1016/confidentiality-is-a-bosses-tool/ &#8216;Bolshevism was not a safe space for opportunism'; Mark&#8230;<a href="http://communistplatform.org.uk/transparency-and-the-right-to-criticise/">Read more <span class="screen-reader-text">Transparency and the right to criticise</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Defend free speech in Left Unity!</title>
		<link>http://communistplatform.org.uk/defend-free-speech-in-left-unity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ContentsFree speech: The permitted shades of greyLeft Unity: Freedom to criticise must be defendedLeft Unity: A matter of political health‘Speaking bitterness’ and Left UnityAfter reporting on attempts to censure one member of Manchester LU, Complat supporter Laurie McCauley has been suspended from the branch, on the basis of spurious complaints about &#8216;privacy&#8217; of branch matters.&#8230;<a href="http://communistplatform.org.uk/defend-free-speech-in-left-unity/">Read more <span class="screen-reader-text">Defend free speech in Left Unity!</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>First meeting of LU&#8217;s elected leadership</title>
		<link>http://communistplatform.org.uk/first-meeting-of-lus-elected-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2014 14:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ComPlat supporter Yassamine Mather, who was elected onto Left Unity&#8217;s leadership body, the National Council in the recent internal elections, reports on the group&#8217;s first meeting in the Weekly Worker: http://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1014/leadership-meets-at-last/]]></description>
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		<title>Report of May 31 Communist Platform national meeting</title>
		<link>http://communistplatform.org.uk/report-of-may-31-communist-platform-national-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2014 16:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the May 22nd local &#38; European elections, the main topic of discussion at the national meeting of the Communist Platform on May 31st was electoral strategy and tactics. ComPlat supporter Peter Manson reports, in &#8216;Dispelling delusions of easy success&#8217; over at the Weekly Worker site: http://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1013/dispelling-delusions-of-easy-success/]]></description>
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		<title>May 22 election results&#8230; and high jinx in LU Scotland</title>
		<link>http://communistplatform.org.uk/may-22-election-results-and-high-jinx-in-lu-scotland/</link>
		<comments>http://communistplatform.org.uk/may-22-election-results-and-high-jinx-in-lu-scotland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2014 14:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ComPlat supporter Peter Manson on the results garnered by Left Unity and other left groups in the May 22 local elections: http://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1012/may-22-results-once-again-a-sorry-joke/ And Sarah McDonald reports on the failed, bureaucratic attempt by elements of LU in Scotland to impose support for a &#8216;Yes&#8217; in the upcoming independence referendum: http://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1012/scotland-nothing-progressive-about-nationalism/]]></description>
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		<title>Nuts, sledgehammers, and &#8216;safe spaces&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://communistplatform.org.uk/nuts-sledgehammers-and-safe-spaces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2014 14:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though there are real problems to be tackled in terms of ensuring accessibility and fair treatment for members of oppressed groups, the proposed &#8216;safe spaces&#8217; policy is over-elaborate, non-transparent, and open to abuse. So argues ComPlat supporter Mike Macnair in the article below, in which he also proposes an alternative code of conduct: http://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1012/left-unity-safe-spaces-are-not-liberating/]]></description>
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		<title>National meeting of the Communist Platform May 31st</title>
		<link>http://communistplatform.org.uk/national-meeting-of-the-communist-platform-may-31st/</link>
		<comments>http://communistplatform.org.uk/national-meeting-of-the-communist-platform-may-31st/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2014 15:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At this meeting the main items of discussion will be: &#8211; Left Unity&#8217;s electoral strategy, introduced by Yassamine Mather &#8211; This month&#8217;s national and EU elections, introduced by Mike Macnair Saturday May 31st, 12:30pm Calthorpe Arms, 252 Grays Inn Road, London WC1 All CP members and supporters welcome. View Larger Map]]></description>
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		<title>Report on Manchester LU, &amp; the Gerry Adams controversy</title>
		<link>http://communistplatform.org.uk/report-on-manchester-lu-the-gerry-adams-controversy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2014 14:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The current issue of the Weekly Worker carries two articles concerning Left Unity. In the first, ComPlat supporter Laurie McCauley reports on worrying developments in the Manchester branch, where a motion of censure has been brought against one comrade, for comments on the internal email list expressing polite disagreement with other members: http://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1010/left-unity-what-safe-spaces-lead-to/ In other&#8230;<a href="http://communistplatform.org.uk/report-on-manchester-lu-the-gerry-adams-controversy/">Read more <span class="screen-reader-text">Report on Manchester LU, &#38; the Gerry Adams controversy</span></a>]]></description>
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