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Building School

Come to the Eastern District CP political day schoolGENERAL SECRETARY

ROBERT GRIFFITHS WRITES:

“This is the second Political School that the CP has held in the Eastern District. The need to further develop our communist cadres has become increasingly obvious as the Party has expanded its reach and activity, recruiting new members and establishing new centres of activity.

The Eastern District will play a key role in the party in 2014 in the No2EU campaign against austerity and to block UKIP and in building the People’s Assembly.

The School is an excellent opportunity for you to develop as a cadre and to bring with you, members of your branch and supporters, who want to become more active and develop politically.”

The Eastern District Communist Party Building School is a milestone event in 2014. We need cadres from every CP branch to attend. Active participation will help provide a springboard for Party activity across Britain at this critical time.

VenueDivinity School Lightfoot RoomSt John's CollegeCambridgeCB12 1TP

Detailed car and rail directions can be found here: http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/maps-directions

DatesThe School will be held on Saturday 25th January 10.30am - 4pm

How to get thereThe School is being held in the centre of Cambridge, accessible via main train stations throughout the East. Parking is expensive so please car share or use public transport.

AttendanceWe ask all members to attend and to consider bringing party supporters. Sessions will be open and of political and practical use to all activists.

What to expectGroup discussion and the chance to engage with leading activists in Communist Party, People’s Assembly and No2EU

Who can come along?We want every branch to be well represented. Start thinking of your team now.

Correspondence to eastern@communist-party.org.uk

WHAT TO EXPECT

How to organise more effectively in your locality

Party organisation & campaigning priorities

Discussion of the CP’s work in the labour movement

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E A S T E R N D I S T R I C T S C H O O L

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SATURDAY 25th January

BACKGROUND READING• John Foster on challenges to Marxism in 21st century• CP Handbook• No2EU pamphlet Exit Left• CP pamphlets on UKIP and The case for getting out of EUAll available via issuu.com/communist_party

Theme: Building the Communist Party and building labour movement

10.00am Registration - coffee

10.30am -11pmIntroduction and welcome: Chair: Peter Norfolk Eastern District CP ChairSpeaker: Robert Griffiths CP general secretary

Phil Katz - school organiser sets out day.

11am - 1230 Session One: Building the CP and winning the argument for SocialismChair: Emily Thompson-GoldingSession leader: Ben Stevenson Method: Open discussion based on John Foster article and section in handbook Party Life page 8-15.

1230 - 1pm LUNCH

1 - 2pm Session Two:CAMPAIGNS: The EU - Exit left! Chair: PAUL SIMON Session leader: BRIAN DENNY Organiser of No2EU - Yes to Workers’ Rights

2 - 3pm Session Three: Building the People's Assembly Against Austerity Chair: Steve Sweeney Speaker: David Peel Norfolk PA

3 - 4pmClosing Plenary Chair: Peter Norfolk/David GoodeSession leader: Robert Griffiths

The School will be followed at 4pm by the 2014 District Congress.

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