the contribution of the communist party

[Mark Jones]

James, you are obviously trapped inside a torc, ie inverted space-time domain.
You may meet some Vulcans in time. Perhaps you'll meet Bert Ramelson,
yelling at you from the far end of a wormhole, who knows. (Ramelson was
the CPGB's Industrial organiser; Britain's MI5 did not need bugs, so my
friend Jim Hillier says, because Bert, who was deaf, shouted out so loud
at Central Committee meetings that casual passers-by on King Street
could hear every word of the CPGB's industrial strategy).

I am not a very active defender of the memory of the CPGB, but this of
yours is a laughable travesty of how it was -- even by your own 
standards.

It is necessary to remember that in 1945 globalism wasn't a gleam in
anyone's eye and that people still had illusions about 'socialism in one
country'. That notion informed the strategy of every western communist
party and was its reason for existence. Once we began to understand the
relativism of the state, the notion of overthrowing it necessarily
palled. But in general the CPGB's record in opposing British colonialism
and fighting racism was exemplary. It is a slander to say anything else.
As for the name of the party, it was Great Britain because that does not
include Northern Ireland. Perhaps you would have prefered a more
monarchical formulation, CPUK for example? That would automatically
have included Ulster. What is your line on Ireland BTW? I have read
lots of your words on the subject and still have no idea.

I'm beginning to see what your problem is, Jimbo old lad: it's your
mother in law, yes? She was a communist! No wonder you turned out the
way you did.

As for the list of names you mention, mostly they
were cops, weren't they?

Mark