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Vol. 81/No. 17 May 1, 2017
UK: Communist League speaks to African church
Militant/Caroline Bellamy
MANCHESTER, England — Communist League candidate Peter Clifford, above,
speaking to 200 members of the congregation at the start of the Easter
service April 16 at the Église En Mission, a predominantly African
church in the Ardwick area here. A meat worker, Clifford is the party’s
candidate for mayor of Greater Manchester and for the parliamentary seat
in the Manchester Gorton constituency in the May 4 by-election.
Clifford’s presentation was translated into French for the many
participants from Congo.
Fidele Dasi Munsungu, this worker correspondent’s co-worker in an
electronics factory, took the initiative to get Clifford invited.
“Our platform is to strengthen all workers so we can build a movement to
replace capitalism, carry out a revolution like Cuban working people
did,” Clifford said. “The League campaigns to build solidarity and unity
among all workers, including by opposing all restrictions on jobs and
rights facing immigrant workers.”
After the service many participants stopped by a table set up by party
members in the lobby to check out the Militant, Pathfinder books and
learn about the work of the Communist League. Munsungu encouraged people
to talk with the League members.
“That was great, I want to join in,” one participant said. Two signed up
for subscriptions and got Are They Rich Because They’re Smart? by Jack
Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party in the United
States.
— CAROLINE BELLAMY
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