<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[the commune]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://thecommune.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[internationalcommunist]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://thecommune.wordpress.com/author/internationalcommunist/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[manchester class struggle forum, wednesday&nbsp;24th]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>The first Manchester Class Struggle Forum will host a discussion on the Labour Party and the upcoming General Election.</p>
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<p>We will discuss the 2010 general election and the position that communists should take towards bourgeois elections.<!--more--></p>
<p>The meeting takes place from 7pm on Wednesday 24th February at Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS. Email uncaptiveminds@gmail.com to express your interest or ask for more info – see the links for the suggested reading material for the meeting.</p>
<p><a href="http://libcom.org/library/labouring-vain">Labouring in Vain: A Critical History of the Labour Party &#8211; Subversion</a></p>
<p><a href="http://libcom.org/library/labouring-vain"></a><a href="http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1920/lwc/ch07.htm">Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder &#8211; Chapter 7 Should We Participate in Bourgeois Parliament</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.marxists.org/archive/gorter/1920/open-letter/ch03.htm">Open Letter to Comrade Lenin: Chapter 3 &#8211; Parliamentarism by Herman Gorter</a></p>
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