Communist University 2025
 July 31 – August 7, central London

This year’s event is co-organised by the CPGB, Talking About Socialism and the Prometheus journal. Our three organisations come from different political backgrounds and we often disagree, but we are united in our understanding that we urgently need to fight for a mass, democratic Communist Party. Join us to discuss the next steps!

  • How can we achieve unity without brushing disagreements under the carpet? Why do we insist on the right to form open factions? What is a good organisational culture?
  • Is here a difference between socialism and communism and why does that matter? How can we fight for meaningful international unity?
  • Of course, we will also discuss current geo-political developments like the world economy under Trump, the looming confrontation with China, the genocide in Palestine, the global rise of right-wing populism etc.

Participants this year include Rida Vaquas, Michael Roberts, Cat Rylance, Marc Mulholland, Yassamine Mather, Moshé Machover, Roxy Hall, David Broder, Tam Dean Burn, Nick Wrack, Chris Knight, Anne McShane, Mike Macnair, Ed Potts, Jack Conrad, comrades from the Marxist Unity Group (USA), Revolutionary Communist Organisation (Australia), the Communist Platform (Netherlands) and many more.

We will share details of the venue with all confirmed participants. Get in touch if you want to find out more or have ideas/suggestions for sessions: office@cpgb.org.uk

Cost: Whole week’s attendance, including accommodation: £250 (£150 unwaged)
First/final weekend, including one night’s accommodation: £60 (£30)
Full day: £10 (£5). Single session: £5 (£3)

You can reserve your place by sending a £30 deposit to Communist Party of Great Britain, Co-operative Bank
Sort code: 089299, Account no: 65109991,
IBAN: GB33 CPBK089299 65109991,
BIC: CPBK GB22
Please make sure to reference ‘CU 2025’ and send us an email: office@cpgb.org.uk

What is Communist University?

CU is different from the run-of-the-mill schools put on by other left groups, in that plenty of time is allocated to contributions from the floor. Controversial debate is positively welcomed and, needless to say, there are no one-minute time limits. Moreover, critical thinking is encouraged. This year, many of the sessions will look at the  issues and possible disagreements that have come up in the communist fusion process – this is your chance to play an active role in the process. On top of that, there is the possibility to spend the entire week in our accommodations where you’ll share in camaraderie.

If you want to have an idea of the wide array of subjects discussed at CU? You’re in luck! You can view our extensive video archive, covering our schools since 2008, over at our video archive.