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词条 Robert Griffiths (politician)
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Elections contested

  4. Selected publications

  5. References

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}}Robert David Griffiths (born 21 April 1952) is the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Britain. He was elected by the CPB's Executive Committee in January 1998, in place of Mike Hicks.[2][3]

Early life

Griffiths was born in Cardiff and grew up in the suburb of Llanrumney, where he attended Bryn Hafod primary school. Afterwards he attended Cardiff High School,[4] and later went to the University of Bath to study economics. While at university he competed in boxing tournaments.[5]

Career

He joined Plaid Cymru in 1973, after being impressed by Emrys Roberts' campaign in the Merthyr Tydfil by-election.[6] The following year in 1974, he began to work for Plaid Cymru as a parliamentary research officer. He stayed in the post until December 1979; it was a difficult year for the party, which had faced defeat in the Welsh devolution referendum and the loss of Gwynfor Evans' seat in the general election. With a reduced presence in Westminster the party had no need of a large parliamentary staff and Griffiths was made redundant.

In July 1979 he collaborated with Gareth Miles to publish Socialism for the Welsh People,[7][8] a pamphlet which was critical of Plaid Cymru for its "opportunism"[9] and alleged subservience to the British state. The pamphlet called for the creation of a Welsh Socialist Republican Movement,[10] which was founded by Griffiths, Miles and others in January 1980.[8] Griffiths served as the organisation's secretary and wrote for its magazine 'the Arrow' ({{lang-cy|Y Saeth}}).[11]

During George Galloway's attempt to be selected as the Labour candidate for Rhondda in the 1983 general election, Griffiths brought him along to events and introduced him to local people.[12] However, Galloway failed to win the selection, and instead Allan Rogers stood as the Labour candidate. Rogers became the seat's MP.

The {{abbr|WSRM|Welsh Socialist Republican Movement}} was investigated by the police in relation to a bombing campaign and several of its members were arrested, including Robert Griffiths.[13] However when the case was brought to trial in November 1983, Griffiths was found innocent of all charges.[14][15] Partly as a result of these events, the Welsh Socialist Republican Movement dissolved. Griffiths joined the Communist Party of Great Britain shortly afterwards.[16]

He has also previously served as Welsh president of the AUEW-TASS union.[17]

Griffiths was a speaker at the first Communist University in Wales, and he speaks regularly at national events of the Communist Party of Britain. He has also taken part in debates at the Oxford Union,[18][19][20] Cambridge Union Society[21][22] and Manchester Debating Union.[23]

In February 2013, Griffiths was among those who gave their support to the People's Assembly in a letter published by The Guardian newspaper.[24] He continues to be an active supporter of the People's Assembly nationally and is also active in his local People's Assembly in Cardiff.

In 2016, Griffiths was unveiled as the chair of the Left Leave campaign for the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union. The group is a coalition of political parties and organisations such as the Communist Party of Britain, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers and the Respect Party.

Elections contested

European Parliament

In the 1994 election, he stood on behalf of the Communist Party in the single-member South Wales Central constituency, winning 1,073 votes or 0.6% of the total. Later on, in the 2009 and 2014 elections, he stood as part of the No2EU electoral list in the multi-member Wales constituency.[25][26]

UK Parliament elections

All these elections were contested on behalf of the Communist Party.

ElectionConstituencyVotes%
1997 Pontypridd 178[27] 0.4
2001 Newport East[17] 173[28] 0.6
2005 Pontypridd 233[29] 0.6
2010 Cardiff South & Penarth 196[30] 0.4
2012 Cardiff South & Penarth[31] 213[32] 1.1
2015 Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney 186[33] 0.6
Local elections

In 2008, he stood for the Splott ward of Cardiff council, winning 127 votes, or 3.4% of the total.[34]

Selected publications

  • {{cite book|title=Socialism for the Welsh People|trans-title=Sosialaeth i'r Cymry|year=1979|publisher=Y Faner Goch|location=Cardiff|asin=B0018TWNI4|oclc=656712405|url=https://welshsocialistrepublicanism.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/1979-socialism-for-welsh.pdf}}
  • {{cite book|title=Turning to London: Labour’s Attitude to Wales 1898-1956|year=c. 1980|publisher=Y Faner Goch|location=Abertridwr|oclc=940163761|url=https://welshsocialistrepublicanism.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/turning-to-london.pdf}}
  • {{cite book|title=S.O. Davies – a socialist faith|publisher=Gomer|location=Llandysul|ol=3242844M|isbn=0850888875|year=1983}}
  • {{cite book|title=Was Gramsci a Eurocommunist?|publisher=Cardiff Marxist Forum|year=1985|url=http://communist-party.org.uk/images/stories/pdf/education/WasGramsciEuro.pdf}}
  • {{cite book|title=Streic! Streic! Streic!|publisher=Gwasg Taf|ol=4826101W|isbn=0948469021|year=1986}}
  • {{cite book|title=Driven by ideals – a history of ASLEF|asin=B001C72MGU|year=2005}}
  • {{cite book|title=Killing no murder: South Wales and the Great Railway Strike of 1911|publisher=Manifesto Press|isbn=978190746401-0|year=2009}}
  • {{cite book|title=Which Road for China?|isbn=9781908315076|year=2011}}
  • {{cite book|title=Britain Needs Public Ownership|publisher=Morning Star|year=2012}}
  • {{cite book|title=Granite and Honey|publisher=Manifesto Press|isbn=9781907464096|year=2012}}
  • {{cite book|title=The EU, Brexit and class politics|publisher=Communist Party of Britain|date=February 2018}}

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Robert David Griffiths|url=https://yournextmp.com/person/5685|work=YourNextMP|year=2015}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=The Political Situation in Britain|url=http://www.newworker.org/polit.htm|work=New Worker|publisher=New Communist Party of Britain|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213185534/http://www.newworker.org/polit.htm|archivedate=13 February 2012 |date=April 1988}}
3. ^{{cite web|last=Clement|first=Barrie|title='Star' strike marks Marx anniversary|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/star-strike-marks-marx-anniversary-1146245.html|publisher=the Independent|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104074017/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/star-strike-marks-marx-anniversary-1146245.html|archivedate=4 November 2012|date=22 February 1988}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=For a people's MP|url=http://www.electionleaflets.org/leaflets/full/c84cc2c52ef6c3abbe21d65a6d66ac71/|work=Election Leaflets|location=Cardiff|date=17 April 2010}}
5. ^{{cite podcast |url=https://soundcloud.com/desolationradio/a-communist-christmas-in-conversation-with-rob-griffiths |title=A Communist Christmas: In Conversation with Rob Griffiths |website=Soundcloud |publisher=Desolation Radio |date=Jan 2018 |time=1:45 }}
6. ^{{cite podcast |url=https://soundcloud.com/desolationradio/a-communist-christmas-in-conversation-with-rob-griffiths |title=A Communist Christmas: In Conversation with Rob Griffiths |website=Soundcloud |publisher=Desolation Radio |date=Jan 2018 |time=22:18 }}
7. ^{{cite web|author=Madyn|title=Sosialaeth i'r Cymry|url=http://gweriniaethygweithiwr.blogspot.co.uk/2006/08/sosialaeth-ir-cymry.html|work=Gweriniaeth y Gweithiwr|accessdate=28 November 2013|language=Welsh}}
8. ^1 {{cite book|last=Ellis|first=Peter|title=the Celtic revolution: a study in anti-imperialism|publisher=Y Lolfa|location=Talybont, Ceredigion|isbn=9780862430962|pages=93–95|date=1985|ol=1812565W}}
9. ^{{cite book|last1=Osmond|first1=John|title=Police conspiracy?|date=June 1984|publisher=Y Lolfa|location=Talybont, Ceredigion|isbn=0862430771|page=27|chapter=Chapter 2|quote=What characteristics other than compromise, cowardice, vacillation, gradualism and opportunism could we expect from a Party whose leadership and many of its most influential members are petty-bourgeois, non-conformist and pacifist?}}
10. ^{{cite web|last=Mann|first=Steve|title=Review of Gareth Miles and Robert Griffiths' Socialism for the Welsh People|url=http://www.angelfire.com/alt/ceri_evans/other_material/socialism_welsh_people_review.htm|work=Socialist Challenge|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625230452/http://www.angelfire.com/alt/ceri_evans/other_material/socialism_welsh_people_review.htm|archivedate=25 June 2013|date=April 1980}}
11. ^{{cite AV media |date=24 September 2014 |title=Tim Richards WSRM / Cymru Goch |medium=video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKYShk5lkL0 |minutes=3}}
12. ^{{cite AV media |date=30 March 2015 |title=George Galloway speaking at Merthyr Tydfil |medium=video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3TCpW0RrIQ&t=2m22s |minutes=2}}
13. ^{{cite book|last1=Osmond|first1=John|title=Police conspiracy?|date=June 1984|publisher=Y Lolfa|location=Talybont, Ceredigion|isbn=0862430771}}
14. ^{{cite magazine |author= |title=Latest Welsh political trial |url=https://welshsocialistrepublicanism.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/1984-carn-44.pdf |magazine=CARN |publisher=Celtic League |issue = 44 |date=Winter 1984 |page=9 }}
15. ^{{cite magazine |author= |title=Statements by Defendants |url= http://repwblic.informe.com/1983-wsrm-trial-wccpl-defendants-statements-dt146.html |magazine=Y Faner Goch |issue = 14 |date=Winter 1983-84 }}
16. ^{{cite web|last1=Jenkins|first1=Mike|title=The Legacy of Cymru Goch|url=http://www.mikejenkins.net/mikes-blog/the-legacy-of-cymru-goch|date=7 August 2012}}
17. ^1 {{cite web|last=Dominic|first=MacAskill|title=the Communist Party Election Site|url=http://welshcommunists.co.uk/election2001.htm|publisher=Welsh Communist Party|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120182326/http://welshcommunists.co.uk/election2001.htm|archivedate=20 November 2008}}
18. ^{{cite AV media |date=1 March 2013 |title=Don't dream the American Dream |medium=video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugYIylxsL_g |publisher=Oxford Union}}
19. ^{{cite web |title=Oxford Union debate rejects the American Dream|url=https://21centurymanifesto.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/oxford-union-debate-rejects-the-american-dream/|work=21centurymanifesto|date=24 January 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024103442/http://21centurymanifesto.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/oxford-union-debate-rejects-the-american-dream/|archivedate=24 October 2013}}
20. ^{{cite AV media |date=28 November 2013 |title=Socialism does work |medium=video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUzJYG50IT8 |publisher=Oxford Union}}
21. ^{{cite AV media |date=4 October 2012 |title=This House Believes Capitalism Has Failed |medium=video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiLX68-Ywa8 |publisher=Cambridge Union Society}}
22. ^{{cite web|title=Cambridge Union debate|url=http://www.cambridge.communist-party.info/latest-news/cambridgeuniondebate|work=Cambridge Communists|date=9 October 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015023204/http://www.cambridge.communist-party.info/latest-news/cambridgeuniondebate|archivedate=15 October 2013}}
23. ^{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=Millia|title=Never take financial advice from someone who has less money than you|url=http://manchester.tab.co.uk/2013/10/11/this-house-believes-that-capitalism-has-failed/|work=the Tab Manchester|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015143748/http://manchester.tab.co.uk/2013/10/11/this-house-believes-that-capitalism-has-failed/|archivedate=15 October 2013|date=11 October 2013}}
24. ^{{cite news|title=People's Assembly Against Austerity opening letter|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/feb/05/people-assembly-against-austerity|newspaper=the Guardian|date=5 February 2013|page=33}}
25. ^{{cite web|last=Parry-Jones|first=Bryn|title=Election for the European Parliament electoral region of Wales|url=http://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/objview.asp?object_id=4498|publisher=Pembrokeshire County Council|format=PDF|date=7 June 2009}}
26. ^{{cite web|last=Parry-Jones|first=Bryn|title=Election for the European Parliament electoral region of Wales|url=http://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/objview.asp?object_id=9850|publisher=Pembrokeshire County Council|format=PDF|date=25 May 2014}}
27. ^{{cite web|title=Pontypridd|work=General Election result, May 1997|last=Kimber|first=Richard|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/552.htm|archiveurl=https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20120308013759/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/552.htm|archivedate=8 March 2012|date=22 October 2012}}
28. ^{{cite web|title=Newport East|work=General Election result, June 2001|last=Kimber|first=Richard|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/561.htm|archiveurl=https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20120308014252/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/561.htm|archivedate=8 March 2012|date=22 October 2012}}
29. ^{{cite web|title=Results for Pontypridd|url=http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/uk-general-elections/2005-uk-general-election-results/pontypridd|publisher=the Electoral Commission}}
30. ^{{cite web|title=Results for Cardiff South and Penarth|url=http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/uk-general-elections/2010-uk-general-election-results/cardiff-south-and-penarth|publisher=the Electoral Commission}}
31. ^{{cite web|title=Communists to contest Cardiff South and Penarth by-election|url=http://www.welshcommunists.org/index.php?id=463&PHPSESSID=57a99728792a5cfbf6bc6fdfb0e3700c|publisher=Welsh Communist Party|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801044509/http://www.welshcommunists.org/index.php?id=463&PHPSESSID=21f6e08dd989178423a3a4acae25afd6|archivedate=1 August 2012|date=23 July 2012}}
32. ^{{cite web|title=Cardiff South and Penarth, 2012|last=Keane|first=Kristofer|url=http://www.welshelections.org.uk/wales/wby/cardiffsouthpenarth.php}}
33. ^{{cite web|title=Election results for Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney|url=http://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=69&RPID=1309017|publisher=Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council|date=8 May 2015}}
34. ^{{cite web|last=Teale|first=Andrew|title=Y Sblot|url=http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2008/406/|work=Local Elections 2008|publisher=Local Elections Archive Project|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513094954/http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2008/406/|archivedate=13 May 2012}}
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