Following the results of the local elections in England and the devolved parliaments in Scotland and Wales, Keith Bennett has called has called for all working class, popular and democratic forces work to form a united front – “whether in organizational form or de facto, but most likely combining elements of both, including with regard to local circumstances and possibilities.”

Speaking at the 39th annual dinner of Third World Solidarity, an organisation committed to promoting justice, peace, democracy, and international cooperation, Institute Patron Keith Bennett stated that the organization “definitely has resilience and staying power”, and surveyed its history and current significance.

“Whether in the 1960s and 70s or today, ‘Chinamaxxing’, looking to China as a reference point and inspiration, and for answers to some of the greatest and most existential questions facing humanity, was not wrong then. And it is not wrong now.” Keith Bennett, speaking on a Webinar organised by Friends of China.