Here you can read news from the CPBML about the progress and challenges of working class control in the fight for real independence for Britain, and follow links to other pieces with valuable information. Please email us with information about meetings or useful links.
Out! And now for real independence
Grassroots Out Glasgow rally
Grassroots Out Glasgow rally
Thursday 7 April 2016 19:00 to 21:00
7 April 2016, 7 pm
Hunter Halls, University of Glasgow,
University Avenue, Glasgow G128 QQ
With speakers Nigel Farage MEP, Dr Liam Fox, Peter Bone MP, Eddie McGuire (trade unionist), Mike Gold (CAEF), David Coburn and Brendan Chilton with more to be announced.
EU drives record balance of payments deficit
2 April 2016
The UK’s overall balance of payments – now known as the current account deficit – deteriorated sharply last year, thanks to a phenomenal deficit with EU countries.
German rail takes over Northern services
2 April 2016
Rail union RMT members hoisted the German flag over Newcastle Central station on 1 April, the day that German state railway operator Deutsche Bahn took over Northern rail services.
Migration statistics in turmoil
31 March 2016
One set of official statistics suggests that around 1.6 million EU citizens came to Britain between 2006 and 2014 – but another set suggests the figure could be a million higher.
Housing at the mercy of speculators and the EU
25 March 2016
The government is running down social housing intending to prime the market for foreign takeover. Fearing that Britain may exit the EU, speculators are already leaping into the property scrum.
In or Out of the European Union: What's best for workers
In or Out of the European Union: What's best for workers
Saturday 2 April 2016 12:00
Public debate organised by Clydebank Trades Union Council
Saturday 2 April, 12 pm to 3 pm
HUB community centre, 405 Kilbowie Road, Clydebank G81 2TX
Farmers march for a future
23 March 2016
Farmers from all over the UK marched to Downing Street on Wednesday 23 March to demand a future for British farming.
Manchester meeting: The EU - Why Workers Should Vote to Leave
Manchester meeting: The EU - Why Workers Should Vote to Leave
Thursday 7 April 2016 19:00 to 20:30
CPBML Public Meeting, Thursday 7 April, 7.00 pm
Friends’ Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS
Loss of sovereignty, privatisation, TTIP, attacks on wages, threats to peace – the EU has been a disaster for British workers.
Trade gap with EU widens
14 March 2016
The latest round of trade figures issued last week dramatically underlined the reality behind Britain’s unequal trade with the European Union.
Newcastle Grassroots Out meeting welcomes trade union speaker
14 March 2016
Well over 1,000 people packed the Tyne Theatre and Opera House to attend the first Newcastle meeting of Grassroots Out.
Glasgow meeting discusses why to leave EU
14 March 2016
A CPBML meeting in Glasgow on why trade unionists should vote to leave the EU drew a diverse and enthusiastic audience ready to contribute their own ideas.
Dutch to vote on EU-Ukraine agreement
3 March 2016
Referendums are becoming contagious. On 16 April the Netherlands will vote on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement – and could scupper it for good.
Out of the EU! Rebuild Britain!
Out of the EU! Rebuild Britain!
Sunday 1 May 2016 19:30 to Monday 2 May 2016 18:30
Join us to celebrate May Day. We have meetings on 1 May in Leeds and London, and on 2 May in Edinburgh.
Click here for details.
Out of the EU! New referendum pamphlet
2 March 2016
The CPBML has just published a new 8-page pamphlet outlining why a vote to leave the EU is vital in the June referendum.
Our TTIP will help you, EU told ExxonMobil
27 February 2016
A document obtained by the Guardian newspaper exposes the reality of the secret Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations from the EU side.
No help for anti-EU ministers, says Cabinet Secretary
26 February 2016
Downing Street has imposed rules to prevent civil servants and special advisers from assisting ministers campaigning for Britain to leave the EU.
Government abandons steel
26 February 2016
Business Secretary Sajid Javid told a manufacturing conference this week that public funds wouldn't be used to rescue steel. He didn’t add that EU rules would prohibit it.
Are we witnessing the strange death of the European Union?
26 February 2016
Referendums all over the place, borders going up. Is the EU starting to collapse?
You thought TTIP was bad? Take a look at TiSA
The EU is preparing to hand over power to global corporations to say how we must trade in services – all services. And all in secret.
1: Take it or leave it
In theory, TiSA (and TTIP) can be stopped by just one member state saying no, or even by the European Parliament. It has to be approved by all 28 member state governments (the European Council) and, probably, by all 28 national parliaments.
2: An attack on developing countries
Until recently, international trade agreements were handled through the World Trade Organization. But because all countries participate equally in WTO negotiations, the leading imperialist nations (and the corporations which set their policy) haven’t had it all their own way.
Why trade unionists should vote to leave
One of the big lies of the European Union is that it is somehow good for workers. In fact, the EU is attacking the basis of all progress at work – effective collective bargaining…
No borders, no control
Free movement? In the EU it just means freedom for employers to lower pay and avoid training…
The benefits of immigration?
25 February 2016
A ten-year EU “regneration” project has contributed to Mansfield ranking as one of the poorest towns in Britain.
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