The Weekly Worker, published by the so-called "Communist Party of Great Britain" group, generally focuses its coverage obsessively on the activities of the far left. That fact is well known, and proudly defended by the CPGB. When the Weekly Worker does report on events in the class struggle, it is almost always through the lens of the left's involvement, or at least heavily peppered with references to the left.

The Weekly Worker's reports on the Vestas struggle [1] (here [2] and here [3]) therefore make interesting reading.

Even if one ignores the various minor semi-errors, the reports come across as journalism in the bad sense of the term, reporting from a distance by people who have clearly had no involvement in the fight at Vestas, and moreover have no feel for such struggles. That is not surprising: the CPGB is well known to disdain activity in workplaces and in the workers' movement as "economistic" (except when done by its one or two trade unionists, who it allows to free-lance with no real relation to the rest of the organisation).

What is more striking is that the coverage makes no reference whatsoever to the role of the left.

Again, that could be a matter of ignorance, of not really knowing what is going on. But it could also be because articles written in the normal Weekly Worker manner would be forced to recognise the extensive role of Workers' Climate Action [4], in which Workers' Liberty members play an important part. (For more on WCA and AWL members' role in initiating the Vestas struggle see here [5] on this website and here [6] in the Guardian.)

This is classic CPGB - promoting themselves as incredibly principled and consistent, but actually switching and bending in the most crudely opportunistic fashion for organisational advantage.

What a crap organisation.