Ben Stevenson
Ben Stevenson was in 2006 the Secretary of the Young Communist League of Britain.
- I grew up in Handsworth – a vibrant, diverse and working class inner city area of Birmingham – I went to Heathfield Primary, King Edwards VI Aston schools and Cadbury College. Although I’d always been interested in politics and I joined the Young Communist League of Britain in 2001, I first become really active in politics through the anti-war movement in Birmingham helping to organise the massive school students walkouts in the run up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
- I moved to Croydon in 2005 when I started working for the Communist Party of Britain as National Secretary. I’m currently single and come from a big political family. One of my earliest political influences was my granddad who was a stalwart of the NUM and the Communist party. Most of my family – including my parents – are trade unionists and are either Communists or solidly on the left of the Labour party but I’ve always been encouraged from a young age to think for myself.[1]
Socialist singers
Annie Banham, March 16 Wolverhampton, United Kingdom ·
Another great night singing at the end of Yes!Yes!UCS! this time at Newhampton Arts Centre in Wolverhampton.
With Patricia Stevens, Jane Scott, Heather Davison, Jayne Baggett, Daniel Keeler, Tim Martin, Ilona McCulloch, Maria Hughes, Linda Hisgett, Ben Stevenson.
CPB
Ben Stevenson is a leading member of the Communist Party of Britain.
Croydon communist
Communist candidates
In 2015 Communist Party of Britain candidates were Mollie Stevenson in Newcastle upon Tyne East, Steve Andrew in Sheffield Central, Laura-Jane Rossington in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, Andy Chaffer in Birmingham Hodge Hill, Gerry Sables in North Devon, Zoe Hennessy in Glasgow North West, Ben Stevenson in Croydon North and Robert Griffiths in Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney.[2]
Comrades
The Morning Star June 16 2016.
Morning Star staff donating boxes of shirts 4 the Convoy to Calais #J18C2C People's Assembly Unite the union Care4Calais.
— with James Tweedie, Calvin Tucker, Jon Schwochert, Ben Stevenson, Steve Sweeney , Ben Chacko.
Morning Star strikers
The Morning Star May 13, 2016. Workers at the Morning Star newspaper staged an unofficial strike today in open defiance of the Tory government’s Trade Union Act!
— with Kadeem Simmonds, Jack White, Ben Stevenson, Lamiat Sabin, Moshfiqur Noor, James Rodie, Jon Schwochert.
Charlotte Hughes in support.
Communist internationalism
Communist Party of Britain attendance was organised for the International Meetings of Communist and Workers Parties in Ecuador in 2014 (Nick Wright), Turkey in 2015 (Liz Payne and John Foster) and Vietnam in 2016 (Robert Griffiths). The Party was represented at the following international events: PSUC Congress, Catalonia 2015 (Leo Impett), AKEL Congress, Cyprus 2015 (Ben Stevenson), DKP rally at Rosa Luxemburg Conference, Germany 2016 (addressed by Robert Griffiths) PCF Congress, France 2016 (Robert Griffiths), Avante! Festivals, Portugal (Steve Johnson and Nigel Green 2015 and 2016, and Robert Griffiths in 2016 who addressed a meeting on Brexit), Portuguese Communist Party Conference on EU, Portugal 2016 (addressed by Liz Payne), Unsere Zeit, Germany 2016 (Ben Stevenson and Keith Barlow) and l'Humanite 2015 (Ben Chacko and Ben Stevenson).[3]
Party manual
Authors of the 2013 Communist Party of Britain manual were Richard Bagley, Martin Graham, Robert Griffiths, David Grove, Chris Guiton, Phil Katz, James Rodie, Ben Stevenson and Lynne Walsh.
21st Century Marxism
21st Century Marxism was convened by the Communist Party of Britain 21st and 22nd July 2012, Bishopsgate Institute London.
"How to use social media" with Pierre Marshall, Ben Stevenson.[4]
PERMANENT PEOPLES’ TRIBUNAL
In 2007 Ben Stevenson, Raphael Ross, Paul Davies, all of the Young Communist League of Britain siged a statement supporting the PERMANENT PEOPLES’ TRIBUNAL Second Session on the PHILIPPINES The Hague, the Netherlands, March 21-25, 2007.[5]
Midlands Communist University
May 27 2007:
- Avtar Siddique Association of Indian Communists, Indian Workers Association
- Robert Griffiths Communist Party of Britain
- Harsev Bains Association of Indian Communists, Indian Workers Association
- Navid Shomali Tudeh Party
- Nick Lowles Searchlight
- Bill Greenshields Communist Party of Britain
- Graham Stevenson Communist Party of Britain
- Dyal Bagri Association of Indian Communists, Indian Workers Association
- Carol Turner CND
- Andrew Murray Stop the War Coalition
- Rob Miller Cuba Solidarity Campaign
- Ben Stevenson Young Communist League of Britain
- Andy Goodall Venezuela Solidarity Campaign
- Joginder Bains Association of Indian Communists, Indian Workers Association
- Joanne Stevenson Young Communist League of Britain
2014 CPB Executive Committee
Andy Bain, Ben Chacko, Andy Chaffer, Tony Conway, John Foster, Pauline Fraser, Alex Gordon, Moz Greenshields, Bill Greenshields, Robert Griffiths, Tim Gulliver, Anita Halpin, Zoe Hennessy, Steve Johnson, Bernadette Keaveney, Thomas Kirby, Eleanor Lakew, Martin Levy, Peter Middleman, Tommy Morrison, Mark O'Neill, Liz Payne, Ben Stevenson, Graham Stevenson, Joanne Stevenson, Ruth Styles, Anita Wright, Nick Wright.[6]
CPB executive committee
In 2008 the Communist Party of Britain executive committee consisted of Carol Turner, Ivan Beavis, Geoff Bottoms, Mary Davis, John Foster, Pauline Fraser, Bill Greenshields, Robert Griffiths, Anita Halpin, Kevin Halpin, John Haylett, Joel Heyes, Steve Johnson, Carolyn Jones, Martin Levy, Gawain Little, Alan MacKinnon, Emily Mann, Tommy Morrison, Andrew Murray, Rick Newnham, Ben Stevenson, Graham Stevenson, Carol Turner and Anita Wright.[7]