Saturday 4 October- Celebrate China's National Day -

[Disco_Destroyer]

- Celebrate China's National Day -

Saturday 4 October, 6.30-9.30pm
Saklatvala Hall, Dominion Road, Southall, Middlesex, UB2 5AA

SPEAKERS:
Jack Shapiro, Veteran friend of China
Kojo Amoo Gottfried, Former Ghanian ambassador to China
Harpal Brar, Chair, CPGB-ML; Editor, Lalkar
Keith Bennett, Expert in Asian politics
Avtar Jouhl, Indian Workers' Association (GB)
Taimur Rahman, CMKP (Pakistan)


Reasons to support China

Socialist and anti-imperialist states have always been subjected to slanders and accusations by the imperialist press and academia. The endless clamour about 'human rights abuses' is a tired old technique for deceiving people. As Malcolm X once said: "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing."

1. Life in China is better since the revolution

2.China is wiping out poverty

3. China supports developing countries

4. China is focussed on ecologically sustainable development

5. China is a socialist country

"We must uphold the viewpoint of historical materialism that it is the people who make history, remain committed to serving the people wholeheartedly and adhere to the mass line." - President Hu Jintao

For more details on these reasons, read the full text of Hands off China's leaflet: Reasons to support China


The Hands off China campaign was set up earlier this year in the light of the vitriolic and deceitful propaganda campaign being waged in the imperialist press against China, as well as the protracted campaign being waged by the US and its allies aimed at destabilising, weakening and encircling the country.

Ignorance and misinformation about China is widespread in Britain, even in the working-class movement; hence the need for an organisation that seeks to counter imperialist propaganda and set the record straight.

The aims of Hands off China are:

* To defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the People's Republic of China (PRC) against imperialism and its stooges.
* To support the 'One China' principle and the PRC's just stands on such issues of its vital national interest as Taiwan and Tibet.
* To refute hostile propaganda and misinformation of the capitalist media and others against the PRC.
* To uphold the great revolutionary traditions of the Chinese communists, working class and people.
* To support the achievements of the Chinese people in eliminating poverty and building a strong, powerful and modernised socialist country; as well as the PRC's contributions to realising a multi-polar and peaceful world and to the independent, anti-imperialist development of the countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America.
* To support Chinese workers, students and other members of the Chinese community in Britain in their struggles against racism and for their rights.

Hands off China is an initiative of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist Leninist).


More info:
Map for venue http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=Dominion+Road+Southall
Download meeting leaflet http://www.cpgb-ml.org/download/leaflets/chinadaymeet_20081004.pdf


READING:
Reasons to support China (leaflet issued by Hands off China campaign)
http://www.cpgb-ml.org/index.php?secName=leaflets&subName=display&leaf letId=48
Spirited rally launches Hands off China campaign (from Proletarian)
http://www.cpgb-ml.org/index.php?secName=proletarian&subName=display&a rt=419
China resolute in face of earthquake disaster (from Proletarian)
http://www.cpgb-ml.org/index.php?secName=proletarian&subName=display&a rt=400
Stop the War Coalition retracts reactionary Tibet statements (from Proletarian)
http://www.cpgb-ml.org/index.php?secName=proletarian&subName=display&a rt=396
Tibet: China frustrates imperialist sabotage (from Lalkar)
http://www.lalkar.org/issues/contents/may2008/tibet.php
About our guest speakers:
Celebration and social to honour Comrade Jack Shapiro (from Lalkar)
http://www.lalkar.org/issues/contents/sep2007/shapiro.php

Contact details:
email: info@handsoffchina.org
phone: 07825 815038

[Disco_Destroyer]

Shame I'm away, the rubbish about Chinese mobile Executions is as bad and unproven as the same claims against Iran!!

[TonyGosling]

China is extremely repressive of free thought and expression
moved to controversies

[gruts]

lol - what do you expect from a bunch of stalin-worshipping delusionists?

actually, it's amazing that there are still so many communist parties in the UK today....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Communist_parties_in_the_United_ Kingdom

even more if you count the trots....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Trotskyist_organisations_of_the_ United_Kingdom

I guess they still can't agree on who's gonna be the vanguard party to lead us all in the revolutionary class struggle that they learned about at university.