Who we are?

The Communist Forum of Shetland or Communist Cairdin o Shaetlan (CCS) in Shetlandic language, is a political party, and carries forward the programme and objectives of the British Communists as founded in 1920, and of Shetlandish autonomists as founded in 1980.

Its aim is an " autonomist Shetland Islands within a Socialist Britain in which the means of production, distribution and exchange will be socially owned and used in a planned way for the benefit of all".

Shetlandish Communists has its own website for the construction of the future Communist Party of Shetland. You can visit our website.

The Communist Forum of Shetland´s Committee is responsible for developing policy specific to Shetland. It campaigns in Shetland for the wider objectives of the party as set out in its programme Shetland’s Road to Socialism. Our party calls for greater powers autonomy of economic and industrial intervention for the Shetlandish Asembly as a way of strengthening the hand of working people in Shetland and across Britain. A current statement of this position can be found in our web page.

Why You Should be a Communist in Shetland Islands

"Since its formation in 2002, Communist Forum of Shetland has insisted that working people can build a new type of society and a better world. "
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What We Stand For

Communism did not start with Karl Marx, or with the Russian Revolution of 1917.

In Britain, a rich historical seam of communist ideas dates back to the Middle Ages and beyond. The desire for a future based on peace, cooperation, community and common, wealth has long inspired the peoples of England, Scotland and Wales.
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Shetlandish Communists
The Party has local branches in Lerwick, Scalloway, Boddam, Belmont, Sandness, Easter Skeld, Brough, Brae, Voe, Funzie, Burrafirth, and in Orkney.

The Party seeks to involve members in working collectively where they live, where they work or in areas of interest. The party has members active in trade unions, tenants associations and community councils, the pensioners movement, the women’s movement, the peace movement, anti-racist and solidarity organisations and campaigns to defend democracy.

The Central Committee of the CCS is elected by a Congress every two years. Our President is the comrade Charles Engels. Jim Bramble is Marxist Education organiser and Elinor McDonnald has responsibility for cadre development and youth.

The Party understands that members will to do more or less depending on their other responsibilities at particular points in their lives. If you wish to join or have further information write to us at the address below or email us.