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{{Infobox politician|name=Harpal Brar|political_party=[[CPGB-ML]]|image=14913370281 678c9e814a c.jpg|birth_date=5 October 1939|birth_place=Muktsar, Punjab Province, [[British India]]|death_date=25 January 2025 (aged 85)|death_place=Mohali, Punjab, [[India]]}} | |||
'''Harpal Brar''' (October 5, 1939 – January 25, 2025) was an [[India|Indian]] and [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] [[communist]] politician, writer and businessman. He was the founder and chairman of the [[Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist)]] (CPGB-ML), a role he stepped down from in 2018. | |||
Brar | Born in [[Muktsar]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj (1868–1947)|British India]], Brar lived and worked in Britain since 1962, first as a student, then as a lecturer in law at [[University of Westminster|Harrow College of Higher Education]] (later merged into the renamed [[University of Westminster]]), and later in the textile business. Brar owned buildings in West London which he used for CPGB-ML party activity, and he part-owned an internet shop called "Madeleine Trehearne and Harpal Brar" which sells shawls. | ||
Brar was the editor of the [[left-wing]] political newspaper ''[[Lalkar]]'', the former journal of the [[Indian Workers' Association]]. Brar wrote multiple books on subjects such as [[communism]], Indian [[republicanism]], [[imperialism]], [[anti-Zionism]], [[anti-colonialism]], and the [[British General Strike]]. He was also a co-founder of the [[Hands Off China (Campaign)|Hands off China campaign]]. | |||
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Harpal Brar | |
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| Born | 5 October 1939 Muktsar, Punjab Province, British India |
| Died | 25 January 2025 (aged 85) Mohali, Punjab, India |
| Political party | CPGB-ML |
Harpal Brar (October 5, 1939 – January 25, 2025) was an Indian and British communist politician, writer and businessman. He was the founder and chairman of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist) (CPGB-ML), a role he stepped down from in 2018.
Born in Muktsar, Punjab, British India, Brar lived and worked in Britain since 1962, first as a student, then as a lecturer in law at Harrow College of Higher Education (later merged into the renamed University of Westminster), and later in the textile business. Brar owned buildings in West London which he used for CPGB-ML party activity, and he part-owned an internet shop called "Madeleine Trehearne and Harpal Brar" which sells shawls.
Brar was the editor of the left-wing political newspaper Lalkar, the former journal of the Indian Workers' Association. Brar wrote multiple books on subjects such as communism, Indian republicanism, imperialism, anti-Zionism, anti-colonialism, and the British General Strike. He was also a co-founder of the Hands off China campaign.
Views on China[edit | edit source]
On 19 July 2008, Harpal Brar was one of the people who founded the Hands off China campaign, dedicated to defending the People's Republic of China and to defending "China's sovereignty and territorial integrity" and "the country's just stance on issues of its vital national interest such as Taiwan and Tibet."[1]
Works[2][edit | edit source]
- Inquilab Zindabad, India's Liberation Struggle (2014)
- Revisionism and the Demise of the USSR
- The 1926 British General Strike
- Nato's Predatory War Against Yugoslavia
- Imperialism and War
- Imperialism – the Eve of the Social Revolution of the Proletariat
- Chimurenga! The Liberation Struggle in Zimbabwe
- Imperialism – Decadent, Parasitic, Moribund Capitalism
- Bourgeois Nationalism or Proletarian Internationalism?
- Perestroika: The Complete Collapse of Revisionism (1992)
- Trotskyism or Leninism? (1993)
- Social Democracy: The Enemy Within (1995)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Britain's Communist Party launches "Hands-Off-China" campaign" (2008-07-20). Xinhua. Archived from the original on 2016-01-14.
- ↑ https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1045109.Harpal_Brar