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Bloc Party is currently touring across 2 countries and has 4 upcoming concerts.

Their next tour date is at Worthy Farm in Pilton, after that they'll be at The Telegraph Building in Belfast.

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What makes a perfect gig? In my humble opinion there is a lot of factors to this answer. Firstly you need a good band with good songs, a good venue, a very good sound quality and a good audience. Bingo! The Bloc Party gig at the Alexandra Palace have all this elements. Everything was singing along and jumping. Also hugging. Yes I said “bugging”. It’s was like a religious experience. A night I will never forget.

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I finicking loved the concert, from beginning to the very end. The openers, Middle Kids, were also pretty good, even though they didn't play a lot. About Bloc Party I am just speechless. They are just awesome. This concert is on my top 3, doubtlessly.

It's been a while and the line up has changed a little but they came out fighting.

For what was essentialy their home town concert they gave it all and bought in the mellower tracks to allow the sweat to dry and Matt to get the drinks in!

The big tunes kept coming though and as a band they are solid and dependable with awesome sound and awesome show.

Being at the Roundhouse also helped as the venue is awesome, but the sound can be lost if you're right at the front hanging over the barrier.

Will be looking to get tickets earlier next time!

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Paramore announce 2023 North American tour with Bloc Party and Foals

Genesis Owusu and The Linda Lindas will also play select dates of the tour, behind the trio's upcoming album 'This Is Why'

Paramore have announced details of a huge 2023 North American tour, with Bloc Party and Foals in support – see the dates below and buy tickets here .

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The band, who recently returned to the stage for the first time in four years for an intimate US run which continues into November , will release new album ‘This Is Why’ in February.

After taking the album on a UK and Ireland headline tour (also with Bloc Party) in April, the band will return to the States and Canada from late May, with the new tour running through until early August.

Alongside Bloc Party and Foals, support on select dates of the tour will come from Genesis Owusu and The Linda Lindas .

Tickets for the new tour will go on sale next Friday (November 11) at 10am local time, with registration for a pre-sale available here until November 7 at midnight. You can buy your Paramore tickets here .

See the full list of Paramore’s upcoming tour dates – including the new North American shows for 2023 – below.

NOVEMBER 2022 7 – Toronto, ON, History 9 – Chicago, IL, The Chicago Theatre 11 – Cincinnati, OH, The Andrew J Brady Music Center 13 – New York, NY, Beacon Theatre 15 – Atlanta, GA, The Tabernacle 16 – St. Augustine, FL, St. Augustine Amphitheatre 19 – Mexico City, Corona Capital Festival

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APRIL 2023 13 – Dublin, 3Arena 15 – Cardiff, International Arena 17 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro 18 – Manchester, AO Arena 20 – London, O2 Arena 22 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena 

MAY 2023 23 – Charlotte, NC, Spectrum Center (with Bloc Party and Genesis Owusu) 25 – Atlanta, GA, State Farm Arena (with Bloc Party and Genesis Owusu) 27 – Atlantic City, NJ, Adjacent Festival 30 – New York, NY, Madison Square Garden (with Bloc Party and Genesis Owusu)

JUNE 2023 2 – Washington, DC, Capital One Arena (with Bloc Party and Genesis Owusu) 4 – Cleveland, OH, Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse (with Bloc Party and Genesis Owusu) 5 – Indianapolis, IN, Gainbridge Fieldhouse (with Bloc Party and Genesis Owusu) 7 – Detroit, MI, Little Caesars Arena (with Bloc Party and Genesis Owusu) 8 – Toronto, ON, Scotiabank Arena (with Bloc Party and Genesis Owusu) 10 – Columbus, OH, Schottenstein Arena (with Bloc Party and Genesis Owusu) 11 – Pittsburgh, PA, PPG Paint Arena (with Bloc Party and Genesis Owusu) 13 – Orlando, FL, Amway Center (with Bloc Party and Genesis Owusu) 14 – Hollywood, FL, Hard Rock Live (with Bloc Party and Genesis Owusu)

JULY 2023 6 – New Orleans, LA, Smoothie King Center (with Foals and The Linda Lindas) 8 – Fort Worth, TX, Dickies Arena (with Foals and The Linda Lindas) 9 – Austin, TX, Moody Center (with Foals and The Linda Lindas) 11 – Houston, TX, Toyota Center (with Foals and The Linda Lindas) 13 – Denver, CO, Ball Arena (with Foals and The Linda Lindas) 16 – San Diego, CA, Viejas Arena (with Foals) 19 – Los Angeles, CA, Kia Forum (with Foals) 22 – San Francisco, CA, Chase Center (with Foals) 24 – Seattle, WA, Climate Pledge Arena (with Foals and The Linda Lindas) 25 – Portland, OR, Veterans Memorial Coliseum (with Foals and The Linda Lindas) 27 – Salt Lake City, UT, Vivint Arena (with Foals and The Linda Lindas) 29 – Tulsa, OK, BOK Center (with Foals and The Linda Lindas) 30 – St Louis, MO, Enterprise Center (with Foals and The Linda Lindas)

AUGUST 2023 2 – St. Paul, MN, Xcel Energy Center (with Foals and The Linda Lindas)

Over the summer, Paramore vocalist frontwoman Hayley Williams spoke about how Bloc Party had influenced the forthcoming ‘This Is Why’ .

“From day one, Bloc Party was the number one reference because there was such an urgency to their sound that was different to the fast punk or the pop punk or the like, loud wall of sound emo bands that were happening in the early 2000s,” she explained.

“They had their own thing and it was so unique and so dynamic, and it really stuck with us. And I’m really really thankful for this band, I’m so thankful that they’re back, they’re playing shows they’re putting out great songs, and it just makes me feel even more excited to get back out into the world, and maybe cross paths with the band that has been a huge part of our story from day one.”

In the same interview, Williams also praised future touring partners Foals’ growth over the years. “I really respect this band’s journey and how they continue to evolve. I think it takes a lot of guts too,” she said.

“I think of every time we’ve gone home to write a new album, or we have an album in the can but haven’t presented it to the world, it’s a really scary feeling. It can be nerve-wracking to present yourself in a new way and essentially, grow in front of the world. Any time a band re-emerges with a new picture, a new frame of mind, I think it’s courageous and cool and I’m really enjoying their evolution.”

This week, Paramore brought ‘This Is Why’ to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon   for the song’s TV debut.

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Bloc Party to mark 20 years with huge gig at London's Crystal Palace Park for 2024

6 December 2023, 10:34 | Updated: 6 December 2023, 17:20

By Jenny Mensah

Kele Okereke and co will play their biggest show to date, treating fans to their Silent Alarm album as well as their greatest hits. Find out how to buy tickets.

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Bloc Party are to celebrate their 20th anniversary with a huge homecoming date.

The indie rockers - led by Kele Okereke - will play London's Crystal Palace Park on Sunday 7th July 2024 - marking their biggest show to date.

The milestone date will see the band perform Silent Alarm and their greatest hits at the outdoor gig, with special guests in The Hives , Friendly Fires , The Mysterines and Connie Constance.

Tickets go on sale on Friday 8th December from 10am.

Frontman Kele Okereke said of the news: “We've been having so much fun playing shows over the past year, so it makes sense to do something special for old and new fans, celebrating twenty years of Bloc Party. We heard from a lot of people that they couldn't get tickets for the Silent Alarm gigs, so a one-off summer party playing that and the bangers feels like the right thing to do.”

Find out everything we know about the date so far and how to buy tickets below.

What is Bloc Party's Crystal Palace date?

Bloc Party will play a career-defining gig at Crystal Palace Park on Sunday 7th July 2024.

Who's supporting Bloc Party at Crystal Palace Park?

Support comes from electrifying Swedish outfit The Hives , indie dance trio Friendly Fires , Merseyside four-piece The Mysterines and singer-songwriter Connie Constance .

How to buy tickets:

• Tickets for Bloc Party's gig will go on general sale on Friday 8th December from 10am GMT from www.ticketmaster.co.uk
• Fans can sign up to the mailing list at blocparty.com to get tickets in the pre-sale on Thursday 7th December.

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Alongside the milestone gig 2024 will see Bloc Party re-releasing a large selection of rare songs, deep cuts and fan favourites to streaming services, offering their complete catalogue to fans for the very first time.

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Paramore Announce 2023 North American Tour With Bloc Party, Foals + More

Paramore have announced an extensive 2023 North American tour with special guests Block Party, Foals, Genesis Owusu and The Linda Lindas providing support on select dates.

Earlier this year, the scene favorites roared back with the vibrant new single " This Is Why ," the title track off their new record that comes out on Feb. 10. Building momentum, the group returned to the stage for the first time since 2018 and just this week Paramore even hit the set of  The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for a live performance of their latest track.

Plans for next year are even bigger with a 27-date headlining tour stretching from May 23 through Aug. 2.

Tickets for the general public will go on sale on Nov. 11 at 10AM local time at Paramore's website  and a portion of ticket sales will be donated to Support + Feed and REVERB.

Pre-sale registration through Ticketmaster's Verified Fan platform  now through Nov. 7 at 11:59ET and Verified Fan tickets are able to be purchased as early as Nob. 10 at 10AM local time. American Express Card Members will also have an opportunity to score tickets from Nov. 9 at 10AM through Nov. 10 at 7:30AM local time.

View the complete list of tour dates below. Check listings carefully regarding the special guests.

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May 23 – Charlotte, N.C. @ Spectrum Center*× May 25 – Atlanta, Ga. @ State Farm Arena*× May 27 – Atlantic City, N.J. @ Adjacent Festival! May 30 – New York, N.Y. @ Madison Square Garden*× June 02 – Washington, D.C. @ Capital One Arena*× June 04 – Cleveland, Ohio @ Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse*× June 05 – Indianapolis, Ind. @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse*× June 07 – Detroit, Mich. @ Little Caesars Arena*× June 08 – Toronto, Ontario @ Scotiabank Arena*× June 10 – Columbus, Ohio @ Schottenstein Center*× June 11 – Pittsburgh, Pa. @ PPG Paint Arena*× June 13 – Orlando, Fla. @ Amway Center*× June 14 – Hollywood, Fla. @ Hard Rock Live*× July 06 – New Orleans, La. @ Smoothie King Center+° July 08 – Fort Worth, Texas @ Dickies Arena+° July 09 – Austin, Texas @ Moody Center+° July 11 – Houston, Texas @ Toyota Center+° July 13 – Denver, Colo. @ Ball Arena+° July 16 – San Diego, Calif. @ Viejas Arena+ July 19 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Kia Forum+ July 22 – San Francisco, Calif. @ Chase Center+ July 24 – Seattle, Wash. @ Climate Pledge Arena+° July 25 – Portland, Ore. @ Veterans Memorial Coliseum+° July 27 – Salt Lake City, Utah @ Vivint Arena+° July 29 – Tulsa, Okla. @ BOK Center+° July 30 – St Louis, Mo. @ Enterprise Center+° Aug. 02 – St. Paul, Minn. @ Xcel Energy Center+°

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It seems that fans of Melbourne’s Closure In Moscow just can’t get enough. Days after wrapping up their Supreme Turbo Facilitator Tour (selling out all but one of the shows) the popular five piece have announced their Singularity Tour featuring headline dates in all capital cities.

The tour marks the beginning of what plans to be a super massive travel cycle for Closure In Moscow as they head across to the U.S on the Warped Tour playing all 44 shows.

Support on the tour is from good buddies, Secrets In Scale. Tickets for all shows are on sale now.

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Thursday 27th May Mona Vale Hotel, Sydney 18+ Tix: www.moshtix.com.au/closureinmoscow

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Saturday 29th May The Civic Hotel, Perth 18+ Tix: www.moshtix.com.au/closureinmoscow

Sunday 30th May YMCA HQ, Perth U18 2pm 5pm Tix: www.moshtix.com.au/closureinmoscow

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Sunday 6th June Phoenix YouthCentre, Melbourne U18 2pm -6pm Tix: www.moshtix.com.au/closureinmoscow

Thursday 10th June The Fort, Brisbane U18 6pm 9pm Tix: www.moshtix.com.au/closureinmoscow

Friday 11th June The Zoo, Brisbane, 18+ Tix: www.moshtix.com.au/closureinmoscow, http://zoo.oztix.com.au

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MOSCOW — The final tally in Moscow's city council election, closely watched as a foretaste of the political battles ahead in parliamentary elections in 2007 and the 2008 election to choose a successor to President Vladimir Putin, confirmed the expected victory of United Russia, the pro-Kremlin party that controls the federal Parliament and has been sweeping local elections across the country.

Moscow's City Election Commission, reporting final results Monday, said that United Russia got 47.25 percent in the party list vote and swept all 15 direct district elections, giving it 28 of the council's 35 seats.

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation won 16.75 percent of the vote, gaining four seats, and the liberal bloc running under the Yabloko party banner won 11.11 percent, or three seats. It just crossed the 10 percent threshold required for a party to be represented in the council.

The vote would have held few surprises if not for the Supreme Court's decision Friday to remove the nationalist Rodina party from the ballot for airing what the court ruled was a racist television campaign commercial targeting illegal migrant workers. That decision helped the Communist Party win its biggest vote in Moscow in years.

Dmitry Rogozin, the leader of Rodina, or Motherland, predicted that the Communists would gain votes that would have gone to his party.

On Monday, Russia's Election Commission said the number of invalid ballots exceeded 6 percent, much higher than in previous elections. This occurred in part because many supporters of Rodina invalidated their ballots by trying to write in the name of their party, officials said.

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Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who has built a powerful base of support in Moscow with his populist policies, has said repeatedly that he will step down when his term ends in 2007. But he has also wanted to ensure that his successor remains loyal to Luzhkov's business and political allies.

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22 leaders from Chirag Paswan's party resign, say will back INDIA bloc

In a major blow to chirag paswan's lok janshakti party, 22 leaders from the party resigned after they expressed their displeasure over not getting lok sabha poll tickets. they said they will support the opposition india bloc..

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Twenty-two leaders from Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) have resigned after they objected to not getting tickets for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, dealing a major blow to the party days after it sealed a pre-poll alliance with the BJP.

The leaders claimed that Chirag Paswan "sold all Lok Sabha tickets" and said they would now support the Opposition INDIA bloc, news agency ANI reported.

Among those who stepped down include former minister Renu Kushwaha, former MLA and LJP's national general secretary Satish Kumar, state organisation secretary Ravindra Singh, state general secretary Rajesh Dangi and party leaders Ajay Kushwaha and Sanjay Singh.

Renu Kushwaha lashed out at Chirag Paswan for giving tickets to "outsiders", according to ANI.

"Tickets should be given to the party workers instead of people from outside. Tickets were given to outsiders, which meant that competent and hardworking people were not getting their due. Do we belong to the labour class that we will work for you and make you a leader," Kushwaha said.

Satish Kumar said the rebel LJP leaders will now back the INDIA bloc in the Lok Sabha polls. He accused Chirag Paswan of betraying the people of Bihar.

"When such important elections are coming up, the LJP chief has given tickets to such people that the party workers are stunned. The people who used to raise slogans 'Hail Chirag Paswan', day and night and hoped for a 'new Bihar' have been betrayed. Their aspirations have been crushed," he said.

"Now to save the country, we will now support the INDIA bloc," he said.

Voicing similar sentiments, Ravindra Singh alleged that Chirag Paswan "sold the tickets".

"Chirag Paswan has played an emotional game with the people of Bihar. When he got five seats due to our hard work, he sold all those tickets. People of Bihar will give him an answer," he said.

On March 18, the BJP sealed a seat-sharing alliance with the LJP and Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United). According to the deal, the LJP will contest five of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar -- Vaishali, Hajipur, Samastipur, Khagaria and Jamui.

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ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY The Communist International was the successor to the group of parties associated with the Left Wing of the Zimmerwald Conventions. First and foremost, of course, was the Russian Communist Party (bolsheviks)—the organization which had seized the reins of the Russian empire in November of 1917 and was in the midst of consolidating its position in a bloody civil war. To a great extent, the establishment of the Comintern was a manifestation of the Russian desire for a final solution to its civil war through world revolution. Representatives of revolutionary parties and trends from around the globe were sought for participation in the new international organization.   1. Founding Congress—Moscow—March 2-6, 1919. The Founding Congress was attended by 34 delegates with decisive vote and 18 with consultative vote . A stenographic report of the Founding Congress of the Comintern was published in German in 1921 and in Russian translation that same year. An English translation of the Gerrman original was published by Pathfinder Press in 1987. [ Various speeches of the Founding Congress may be viewed here as html documents. ] The First Congress did not elect an Executive Committee; it was to consist of delegates from the Communist Parties of Russia, Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Balkan Federation, Switzerrland, and Scandinavia. The Communist Labor Party of America applied for Comintern membership on September 21, 1919. The Communist Party of America applied for Comintern membership on November 24, 1919. The Socialist Party of America applied for Comintern membership on March 12, 1920.   Conference —Amsterdam, Netherlands—February 10-17, 1920. The February 1920 conference was attended by 16 delegates, including representatives of the Communist Parties of Russia (by mandate), Germany, America (CPA International Secretary Louis C. 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[ This material may be viewed here as an html document. ] In light of the hasty decision to convene the Founding Congress of the Comintern, with its list of delegates determined as much as anything by accidents of geography, in a certain sense the “Second Congress” of the Communist International should be regarded as the first. The Communist Party of America dispatched two representatives to Moscow to serve as its delegates at the 2nd Congress (Louis C. Fraina and Alexander Stoklitsky) prior to the Bridgman Unity Convention of May 1920. The majority of the members of the old CPA refused to join the United Communist Party of America at this time, resulting in the continued existence of two communist organizations in America. After the conclusion of the Unity Convention, UCP member Edward Lindgren ["Flynn"] was sent to Moscow to serve as a Comintern Congress delegate, joining three other members of the former Communist Labor Party of America already there: former CLP International Delegates John Reed and Alexander Bilan, as well as Eadmonn MacAlpine. Lindgren brought news of the Unity Convention and the group decided to press for Comintern ratification of the new party by unseating the CPA delegation. No information on the Unity Convention and continued split had arrived from the old CPA, however, and the Credentials Commissionm, reluctant to make a ruling on the basis of incomplete information, upheld the mandates of Fraina and Stoklitsky. This decision, ratified by a 19-9 vote on the floor of the Congress, recognized the UCP as the majority party in America and accorded its delegates 6 votes, while the old CPA was regarded as the minority party and allocated 4 votes. [See the stenographic report of the brief debate on this matter, Lindgren speaking for the UCP and Fraina for the old CPA.] The Second Congress approved the “21 Conditions” for admission to the Communist International. The Second Congress elected an Executive Committee for the first time. It consisted of delegates from Russia (5 members, 6 candidates), Germany (1 member, 1 candidate), France, Great Britainm The United States (2 delegates—Reed of the UCP and Nicholas Hourwich [Gurvich; “Andrew"] of the Communist Party of America), Italy (1 member, 1 candidate) Czechoslovakia, Austria, Scandinavia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, the Far East, the Near East, Finland, Poland, Holland (2 delegates), Latvia (1 candidate), Hungary, Georgia, Java, and a Youth representative. This group in turn elected a small bureau consisting of Zinoviev, Bukharin, and Kobetsky (Russia); Runniansky (Hungary); and Meyer (Germany). The small bureau was later enlarged to include Kun (Hungary), Rosmer (France), Koenen, and Radek (Russia).   First Congress of Peoples of the East—Baku—September 1-8, 1920. A stenographic report of the First Congress of Peoples of the East was published in Russian in 1920. An English translation was published in Moscow in 1922 and a German translation that same year. A new English translation was made by Brian Pearce and published in London by Hammersmith Books in 1970. [ This stenographic report is available here as an html document. ]   4. 3rd World Congress—Moscow—June 22 - August 12, 1921. A stenographic report of the 3rd Congress of the Comintern was published in German in Hamburg in 1921 and in Russian translation in 1922. An abridged report of the proceedings in English was published in London by the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1921. The Third Congress did not directly elect an Executive Committee, but decided that the 4 parties with 40 votes at the Congress should send two delegates and the 14 countries with 20 to 20 votes should send one delegate. The first American delegate dispatched to Moscow as a representative to the ECCI was Oscar Tyverovsky ["Baldwin"]. This body was subsequently “enlarged” in 1921-22; 15 new Communist Parties were allotted delegates with consultative votes and other parties were allowed a second vote. The United States was allotted two representatives by the time of the 4th Congress: Ludwig E. Katterfeld ["Carr"]—who replaced Tyverovsky—and James P. Cannon ["Cook"]. The ECCI elected a presidium consisting of Zinoviev, Radek, and Bukharin (Russia); Heckert (Germany); Souvarine (France); Genanri (Italy); Kun (Hungary); and Humbert-Droz (Switzerland). A three member Secretariat consisting of Kuusinen (Finland), Rakosi (Hungary), and Humbert-Droz handled day-to-day organizational details. Although not originally intended as such, the formal gatherings of the “enlarged” Executive Committee of the Comintern rapidly came to supplant the more cumbersome and logistically difficult World Congresses of that body. With communications between Moscow and the rest of the world still shaky in this period, the doubling of representation at the gathering allowed the dispatch of half the delegates home again to directly relate the decisions of the gathering to their repsective national parties. American Delegates to the 3rd Congress included Max Bedacht.   First Congress of Toilers of the Far East—Moscow and Petrograd —Jan. 21 - Feb. 2, 1922. This gathering was attended by delegates from China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and the peoples of Siberia.   It was not the Third Congress but rather the 1st Enlarged Plenum which actively advanced the slogan of the “United Front”—the call for the gathering itself, made in January 1922, took the form of an open manifesto to the workers of the world entitled “ For the United Front of the Proletariat. "   5. 1st Enlarged Plenum of the ECCI—Moscow—Feb. 21 - March 4, 1922. The First Enlarged Plenum of the Executive Committee of the Communist International was attended by 105 delegates from 36 sections. The Plenum considered the theses on the United Front, a proposal from the Vienna Union for a joint conference of the executives of the three Internationals, the war danger, communist work in the trade unions, and the situation in the French and British Communist Parties. The Plenum elected a new Presidium, consisting of Zinoviev, Radek, and Bukharin (Russia); Brandler (Germany); Souvarine (France); Terracini (Italy); Keribich (Czechoslovakia); and Katterfeld (USA). Candidates were Genrik Valetskii (Russia) and Otto Kuusinen (Finland). Max Bedacht also was present as a delegate of the American Communist movement.   6. 2nd Enlarged Plenum of the ECCI—Moscow—June 7-11, 1922. The Second Enlarged Plenum of the Executive Committee of the Comintern was attended by 41 delegates from 17 countries with voting powers, and 9 additional delegates with voice but no vote. In addition, there were 4 representatives of the Red International of Trade Unions and 4 representatives of the Communist Youth International with votes. Another account states that there were a total of 60 delegates in attendance. A great deal of time was spent by the plenum discussing the affairs of the Communist Party of France. The Second Enlarged Plenum of the Executive Committee of the Communist International replaced Terracini, Keibich, and Katterfeld with Gramsci (Italy), Smeral (Czechoslovakia), and Jordanov. Candidate members were Cannon ["Cook"] (USA) and Kuusinen (Finland). By the time of the 4th Congress, the ECCI was run by a 5 person Secretariat consisting of Kuusinen (Finland), Kon, Eberlein (Germany), Rakosi (Hungary), and Minkin.   7. 4th World Congress—Petrograd and Moscow—November 5 - December 5, 1922. A stenographic report of the 4th Congress of the Comintern was published in German in Hamburg in 1923 and in Russian translation that same year. A much-abridged report of the proceedings was published in London by the Communist Party of Great Britain circa 1923. The body opened at a meeting held in Petrograd on Nov. 5 before moving to Moscow for its subsequent meetings. The 4th Congress was attended by a total of 393 delegates, including representatives of 58 Communist Parties. Some 340 of these delegates were given both voice and vote, 48 (including the Americans, members of a “sympathetic” rather than fully-affiliate party, the WPA) were allowed voice but not vote, and 5 were admitted as guests. The Workers Party of America sent three delegates, including Max Bedacht (who reported on the gathering to the Central Executive Committee of the WPA ) and Alexander Trachtenberg. Also present was Alfred S. Edwards ("Sullivan"), a hardline member of the party's left. The 4th Congress appointed an American Commission to study the situation and develop policy for the Communist Party of America. This commission consisted of Radek, Bukharin, Kuusinen, and Losovsky (replaced by Melnichansky) from Russia; Valetskii and Domski (Poland); Katayama (Japan); Kurela (Finland); Raavenstein (Holland); Eberlein (Germany); Lackie (England); Kobler (Czechoslovakia); Gamelon (France); Assaria (Italy); McLean (Ireland); and McDonald (Canada). This American Commission rebuked Edwards for an attack he launched on the political line of The Worker , The gathering heard a keynote report by V.I. Lenin entitled “Five Years of the Russian Revolution and the Prospects of the World Revolution." The 4th Congress changed the structure of the Executive Committee of the Comintern. No longer would ECCI members be selected by member parties and responsible to those parties; henceforth the 25 members of the ECCI would be elected by one congress and be responsible for carrying out the decisions of that congress. These members of ECCI would be responsible only to the next congress. The 4th Congress elected en bloc a slate for the ECCI nominated by the Congress' Presidium.   8. 3rd Enlarged Plenum of the ECCI—Moscow—June 12-23, 1923. A stenographic protocol of the 3rd Enlarged Plenum was published in German in Hamburg in 1923. Israel Amter attended the sessions of the 3rd Enlarged Plenum as the delegate of the Workers Party of America. He prepared an extensive report on the results of the gathering which was published in the party press in all languages in August 1923.   9. 5th World Congress—Moscow—June 17 - July 8, 1924. The 5th World Congress of the Communist international was attended by 406 delegates from 41 countries, of whom 324 were delegates with full voting rights. As the historian E.H. Carr has noted: "By far the most important event occurring within the orbit of the Cominteren between its Fourth and Fifth Congresses was the failure of the attempted German revolution of October 1923. The Fifth Congress could hardly fail to reflect the widening gap between the one party which had a victorious revolution to its credit and the parties which had failed, or had not even made the attempt. * * * The German failure of October 1923 proved the general need for a leadership in foreign communist parties more amenable to Russian example and guidance." [fn. E.H. Carr, A History of Soviet Russia, (London: Macmillan, 1964) v. 7, pp. 70, 95.] The failure of the German revolution was blamed on the “Brandlerite” leadership of the KPD and was used as cause for the removal of the current leadership and replacement with a new group hailing from the party's Left. At the same time, in Britain a Labour government came to power for the first time and accorded Soviet Russia with de jure recognition. As a result, the center of gravity of the international movement quickly shifted from Germany to England. [fn. E.H. Carr, A History of Soviet Russia, (London: Macmillan, 1964) v. 7, pg. 72.] A stenographic report of the 5th Congress was published in German in 2 volumes in 1924. A Russian translation was published in Moscow in 1925. A much-abridged report of the proceedings in English was published by the Communist Party of Great Britain circa 1925.   10. 4th Enlarged Plenum of the ECCI—Moscow—June 12 and July 12-13, 1924. The 4th Plenum of the Enlarged ECCI met for one day prior to the 5th World Congress and for two days after it ended. The July sessions dealt with matters referred to ECCI by the 5th Congress: reports for the Italian Commission by Manuilsky, for the Swedish Commission by Thaelmann, on behalf of the Bulgarian Commission, a resolution on Poland. The plenum also established a Negro Commission, including representatives of the British, French, and Belgian parties, to organize propaganda among the black population.     11. 5th Enlarged Plenum of the ECCI—Moscow—March 21 - April 6, 1925. A stenographic protocol of the 5th Enlarged Plenum was published in German in Hamburg in 1925. The American delegates to the 5th Enlarged Plenum of ECCI included William Z. Foster ["Dorsey"], James P. Cannon, and John Williamson (YWL) for the majority; C.E. Ruthenberg ["Sanborn"], Jay Lovestone ["Powers"], and John Pepper for the minority. Cannon and Pepper were appointed to the Political Commission of the plenum, while Foster and Ruthenberg were appointed to the Commission on Trade Union Unity. Foster and Lovestone were also appointed to the Peasant Commission. The main report was delivered by Grigorii Zinoviev, which set the line on the “partial stabilization” of capitalism and advanced the slogan of “Bolshevization” of communist parties. James P. Cannon delivered a speech on the problems of Bolshevization of the American party and the question of a Labor Party in America on March 30, 1925. The 5th Plenum had an American Commission, chaired by Otto Kuusinen with Jules Humbert-Droz its secretary.   12. 6th Enlarged Plenum of the ECCI—Moscow—Feb. 17 - March 15, 1926. The 6th Enlarged Plenum of the ECCI met for the first time at 8 pm in the Andreev Hall of the Kremlin, the former throne room of the Tsar. A stenographic protocol of the 6th Enlarged Plenum was published in German in Hamburg in 1926. Extensive excerpts of the proceedings were published in English in the pages of International Press Correspondence, beginning with the March 4, 1926 issue. The welcoming speech to the gathering was made by Chairman of the Comintern Grigorii Zinoviev, after which the credentials committee reported that 23 of the 43 members of ECCI were present (all with decisive vote), as were 14 of 27 candidate members (5 serving as substitutes with decisive vote, the other 9 with consultative vote). In addition, another 93 delegates representing 32 parties were present— 49 with decisive and 44 with consultative votes. In total, then, at the start of the plenum there were 77 delegates with decisive and 53 delegates with consultative vote. The body unanimously elected predetermined slates to membership of the various commissions. The Political Commission was headed by Zinoviev and included representatives of the parties of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belorussia, Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Estonia, Finland, France, Holland, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Yugoslavia, and the Young Communist League. Other commissions included the Trade Union Commission (Monmousseau, Secretary); Eastern Commision (Roy, Secretary); British Commission (Braun, Secretary); French Commission (Manuilsky, Secretary); American Commission (Robson, Secretary) and including Bukharin, Katayama, Kun, Kuusinen, Manuilsky, Stalin, Zetkin, and Zinoviev, among others; and a Scandinavian Commission (Remmele, Secretary). A massive Keynote Report on the Activies of the ECCI was delivered over three sessions starting on Saturday, Feb. 20, 1926, by President of the Comintern Grigorii Zinoviev. In his speech, Zinoviev reaffirmed the idea of the “temporary stabilization of capitalism.” A dual “perspective” was advocated, whereby the move to a new revolutionary period might be either fast (for example, in 2 years) or slow (in 10 years). Regardless, Zinoviev stated, “our diagnosis is the same as before: the death of capitalism, dictatorship of the proletariat within a comparatively short time!” Zinoviev more than once emphasized the importance of the 3rd Congress of the Comintern (1921) over that of the 4th (1922) and 5th (1924), strongly advocating the continuance of the slogan “To the Masses!” and the unceasing utilization of “United Front tactics.” The goal, Zinoviev states, is to win the support of a majority of the working class to the leadership of the Communist Party—something that was as yet unobtained. With regards to the United States, Zinoviev called America “but one of the links of world capitalsm as a whole (although the strongest link)” and calls it “the promised land of reformism.” He sees a trend among the nations of Europe towards the “Americanization” of the labor movement, attempts to strip the trade unions of their radical political perspective and to reduce them to negotiating devices for purely monetary objectives. Zinoviev criticized both “Ultra-Left” (anti-United Front) and “Right” (Social Democratic) opposition movements within the Communist Parties, and is critical of the misapplication of United Front tactics by erstwhile well-meaning supporters of the Comintern general line. He advocated increased “self-reliance and independence” among the parties of the Comintern, while acknowledging situations in which the CI must “dissolve some CC” and “appoint another in its place” due to “situations when this can not be helped."   13. 7th Enlarged Plenum of the ECCI—Moscow—Nov. 22 - Dec. 16, 1926. A stenographic protocol of the 7th Enlarged Plenum was published in German in Hamburg in 1927. A Russian translation was published in two volumes in Moscow that same year. Extensive extracts of the proceedings appeared in English translation in the pages of International Press Correspondence, starting with the Dec. 1, 1926 issue. The Enlarged Plenum was chaired by Nikolai Bukharin, who delivered the main report at the November 23 session, “The World Situation and the Tasks of the Comintern." At the 17th Session, the morning of December 7, Iosef Stalin delivered a report “On Inner-Party Questions of the CPSU,” a speech which was published in English in the Jan. 6, 1927 issue of Inprecorr . The material was not published again in English until 1954, when it appeared under the title “Once More on the Social-Democratic Deviation in Our Party” in volume 9 of Stalin's Works .   World Congress Against Colonial Oppression and Imperialism—Brussels —Feb. 10 -XX, 1927. The World Congress Against Colonia Oppression and Imperialism was attended by 152 delegates from 37 countries. A German language official protocol was published in Berlin in 1927. This Congress was organized by the Third International as a “united front” organization attempting to unite the working class of various tendencies around a common program. The body approved a resolution moved jointly by the British, Indian, and Chinese delegations on the duties of the working class of the countries of the advanced, imperialist world against the national liberation movements of the less developed, colonial nations. The Congress also issued a manifesto, “To All Oppressed Peoples and Classes." On the report of Willi Münzenberg, General Secretary of International Workers' Relief, an international organization called The League Against Imperialism and Colonial Oppression and For National Independence was established.   14. 8th Enlarged Plenum of the ECCI—Moscow—May 18-30, 1927.   15. 9th Enlarged Plenum of the ECCI—Moscow—Feb. 9-25, 1928. The 9th Enlarged plenum opened on Feb. 9, 1928, with 44 voting delegates and 48 non-voting delegates from 27 countries in attendance. An article in Pravda published shortly before the Plenum convened declared that the masses were moving to the left while international Social Democracy was shifting rightward. The Comintern was to intensify its struggle against the Social Democrats in this new Third Period of revolutionary upsurge.   16. 6th World Congress—Moscow—July 17 - September 1, 1928. A stenographic report of the 5th Congress was published in German in 4 volumes in Hamburg in 1928. A Russian translation was published in Moscow in 1929. A substantial extract of the proceedings in English was published in book form by International Press Correspondence, circa 1928.   17. 10th Enlarged Plenum of the ECCI—Moscow—July 3-19, 1929. A stenographic protocol of the 10th Enlarged Plenum was published in Russian circa 1929. The plenum was attended by 36 delegates with voting rights and 72 delegates with voice but no vote.   Enlarged Presidium of ECCI—Moscow—February XX-XX, 1930. The Presidium of ECCI met in enlarged session in February of 1930. On Feb. 25, 1930, V.M. Molotov delivered an extensive report to the gathering, later published as a pamphlet under the title The New Phase in the Soviet Union.   First International Conference of Negro Workers—Hamburg, Germany —July 7-8, 1930. The First International Conference of Negro Workers was held in Hamburg, Germany from July 7-8, 1930. The gathering was attended by 17 delegates and 3 fraternal delegates, from 7 different countries and was formally called by “the International Trade Union Committee of Negro Workers,” an offshoot of the Profintern. The Provisional Executive Committee responsible for convening the conference was headed by James W. Ford of the National Committee of the Trade Union Unity League (USA) and included M. Ali (France), M.E. Burns (England), Mary Burroughs (USA), Otto Hall (USA), Johnstone Kenyatta (Kenya), Isaac Munsey (USA), George Padmore (USA), Lucas Prentice (USA), Henry Rosemond (Haiti), and W. Thibedi (South Africa). The Conference elected the following Executive Committee: Secretary: James W. Ford (USA); Members: I. Hawkins (USA), Garan Kouyatté (Dakar, Africa), Frank Macaulay (Nigeria), Helen McClain (USA), Albert Nzulu (South Africa), George Padmore (USA). E. Reid (Jamaica), E.F. Small (Gambia). Alternate: M. Kotani (South Africa). The main report was delivered to the Conference by James W. Ford. Other reports were delivered by George Padmore ("Economic Struggles and Tasks of the Negro Workers"), William Wilson ("The Struggle Against Forced Labor and Poll Tax"), and Frank Macaulay ("The War Danger and its Significance to the Nego Masses.") The gathering adopted a series of resolutions on black workers and the labor movement, the struggle against forced labor, in opposition to the British Labour goverrnment, on black workers and the war danger, against lynching, and in favor of international solidarity of the black working class.   18. 11th Enlarged Plenum of the ECCI—Moscow—March 25 - April 13, 1931. A stenographic protocol of the 10th Enlarged Plenum was published in Russian in 1932. The proceeding was chaired by Dmitrii Manuilsky.   The American Delegate to the 11th Enlarged Plenum of ECCI was Earl Browder. He spoke at the gathering, stating that President Franklin Roosevelt was leading America on “the Fascist path."   19. 12th Enlarged Plenum of the ECCI—Moscow—Aug. 27 - Sept. 15, 1932. The 12th Enlarged Plenum of the Executive Committee of the Communist International was attended by 38 voting delegates and 136 with voice but no vote. The 12th Plenum was opened by Ernst Thälmann. The main reports were delivered by Otto Kuusinen ("The International Situation and the Taskts of the Parties"), Thälmann ("The Lessons of Economic Strikes and the Struggle of the Unemployed"), and Dmitrii Manuilsky (on Socialist Construction in the USSR).   20. 13th Enlarged Plenum of the ECCI—Moscow—Nov. 28 - December 12, 1933. This was the final Enlarged Plenary session of the ECCI and was attended by representatives of 72 sections of the Comintern. A protocol of the 13th Enlarged Plenum was published in Russian in 1934. The English language translations of the theses and main reports of the gathering were collected in an American volume entitled Theses, Reports, Speeches of the Thirteenth Plenum of the Executive Committee of the Communist International: Held in Moscow, December 1933 . A similar book was issued in Great Britain. The American delegate to the 13th Plenum was Earl Browder. The 13th Enlarged Plenum was opened by Wilhelm Pieck. The body heard a keynote report by Otto Kuusinen entitled “Fascism, the Danger of War, and the Tasks of the Communist Parties” and additional reports on various national parties by Pieck (Germany), Pollitt (Great Britain), Ohano (Japan), and China (Wan Ming and Kang Sin). Additional speeches were made by Piatnitsky ("The Communist Parties in the Fight for the Masses") and Knorin ("Fascism, Social-Democracy, and the Communists.") The 13th Plenum also carried out supplementary elections to the Presidium of ECCI and adopted a set of theses based upon the reports delivered. “All decisions were adopted by the Plenum unanimously,” it was proudly reported.   21. 7th World Congress—Moscow—July 25 - August 20, 1935.     sources: E.H. Carr: A History of Soviet Russia (in 14 vol.). (Macmillan, 1950-1978). E.H. Carr: Twilight of the Comintern . (Pantheon, 1982). Jane Degras (ed.): The Communist International (in 3 vol.). (Oxford University Press). A.I. Sobolev et al.: Outline History of the Communist International . (Progress Publishers, 1971).   Comintern Download Page Comintern Officials Page Return to Document Downloads Page Page Return to Early American Marxism Home Page

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Trump says Arizona abortion ban went too far

Here’s more from Donald Trump ’s comments to reporters while at a campaign event in Atlanta after the Arizona state supreme court’s ruling upholding a 1864 abortion law.

Asked if Arizona’s ruling went too far, Trump replied:

Yeah, they did. That will be straightened out. As you know, it’s all about state’s rights. It will be straightened out. I’m sure the governor and everybody else are going to bring it back into reason and that it will be taken care of, I think, very quickly.

Q: "Did Arizona go too far?" Former President Trump: "Yeah, they did. That'll be straightened out. As you know it's all about state's rights. It'll be straightened out. I'm sure that the governor and everybody else are going bring it back to within reason..." pic.twitter.com/Dc9qluxemc — CSPAN (@cspan) April 10, 2024

Biden 'considering' dropping prosecution of Julian Assange

Joe Biden said he is considering a request from Australia to end the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Asked about the request as he hosted the Japanese prime minister, Fumio Kishida, Biden replied:

We’re considering it.

Assange, an Australian citizen, faces 18 charges over WikiLeaks’ publication of classified documents, largely the result of a leak by the former US army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning.

Assange, 52, has been fighting US extradition efforts from the UK’s Belmarsh prison, where he has been since 2019 for skipping bail during a separate legal battle.

Donald Trump has told reporters he believes the Arizona supreme court went too far with its ruling, CNN’s Alayna Treene reports.

Trump, 2 days after saying abortion policy should be left to the states, tells reporters he thinks the Arizona Supreme Court went too far in their abortion ruling: “Yeah, they did, and that’ll be straightened out and as you know it’s all about states’ rights" — Alayna Treene (@alaynatreene) April 10, 2024

A closely watched measure of US inflation picked up in March, rising to an annual rate of 3.5%, the Department of Labor announced on Wednesday.

The consumer-price index (CPI) – which measures a broad range of goods and services – rose 0.4% from February, higher than the 0.3% expected. Core CPI, which removes the volatile food and energy categories, rose 0.4% from February in contrast to an expected 0.3%.

In a statement, Joe Biden said the report showed his administration has “more to do to lower costs for hardworking families”, adding:

Fighting inflation remains my top economic priority. We’re making progress: wages are rising faster than prices, incomes are higher than before the pandemic, and unemployment has remained below 4% for the longest stretch in 50 years. But we have more to do.

Mike Johnson and Marjorie Taylor Greene to meet today

The House speaker, Mike Johnson , is expected to meet with fellow Republican Congress member Marjorie Taylor Greene today, marking the first time the two have spoken since Greene filed a motion to vacate the speakership late last month.

Johnson and Greene were slated to speak last Friday, but that plan reportedly fell through. Asked about the upcoming meeting during a press conference alongside other House GOP leaders, Johnson described Greene as “a friend”, adding:

Marjorie and I don’t disagree, I don’t think, on any matter of philosophy. We’re both conservatives. But we do disagree sometimes on strategy and with regard to what we put on the floor and when and those things.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) says he will meet with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) — who filed a motion to vacate him as Speaker — later today: "I consider her a friend ... Marjorie is frustrated by the last set of appropriations bills ... And you know what? So am I." pic.twitter.com/isvdSihq2u — The Recount (@therecount) April 10, 2024

The meeting comes a day after Greene escalated her criticism against Johnson in a scathing memo to colleagues in which she accused him of a “complete and total surrender” to the Democrats’ agenda.

The far-right Florida Republican Matt Gaetz forced Kevin McCarthy out as House speaker last year “because he slept with a 17-year-old” and wanted a congressional ethics investigation to end, McCarthy charged on Tuesday.

“I’ll give you the truth why I’m not speaker,” McCarthy said , at an event at Georgetown University in Washington.

Because one person, a member of Congress, wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with a 17-year-old, an ethics complaint that started before I ever became speaker. And that’s illegal and I’m not gonna get in the middle of it. Now, did he do it or not? I don’t know. But ethics was looking at it. There’s other people in jail because of it. And he wanted me to influence it.

The House ethics investigation of allegations against Gaetz opened in 2021, when Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, was speaker. The House investigation was paused when Gaetz was investigated by the Department of Justice for sex trafficking, over allegations that he paid for sex and had sex with an underage woman. In December 2022, Joel Greenberg, a former Florida tax collector whose arrest led to the investigation of Gaetz, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for offences including sex trafficking a minor.

In February 2023, prosecutors said they would not issue charges. The House ethics investigation then restarted. Gaetz denies wrongdoing.

Donald Trump is learning the hard way that there is no middle ground on abortion inside the Republican party, NBC News’ Chuck Todd writes .

The former president is hoping that he can separate himself from the most restrictive positions on the issue, he says.

Ironically, Trump’s controversial position shouldn’t, in theory, be controversial in the GOP. Trump is simply espousing what the party said it supported for decades before the supreme court’s 2022 Dobbs decision: Leave it to the states. But abortion conservatives want to go further with a federal limit. As is now fairly clear, simply returning the decision over reproductive rights to the states wasn’t really the goal of the anti-abortion movement pre-Dobbs. The goal was to roll back access to abortion, in whatever expedient way they could find.

The Arizona abortion ban is even dividing Republican families, according to Politico Playbook.

Clint Bolick is one of the four Arizona supreme court justices who supported reinstating the 1864 law.

His wife, Arizona state senator Shawnna Bolick , who faces a tough re-election this year, repudiated the effect of the court decision, posting to social media on Tuesday:

Considering today’s Arizona Supreme Court ruling to uphold Arizona’s 1864 territorial abortion ban, it is time for my legislative colleagues to find common ground of common sense: the first step is to repeal the territorial law.

As a state legislator, I have worked on protecting all lives, especially the most vulnerable, from the earliest moments of life to protecting women's health by providing safe housing and a nurturing community for homeless pregnant women.  Considering today’s Arizona Supreme Court… pic.twitter.com/9kV9rmvuFP — Shawnna LM Bolick (@ShawnnaLMBolick) April 9, 2024

Kamala Harris to visit Arizona as part of reproductive freedoms tour

Kamala Harris will visit Arizona as part of her nationwide reproductive freedoms tour, just days after the state supreme court upheld a near-total abortion ban.

The vice-president will appear in Tucson on Friday, her office announced on Tuesday after the court decision, although her visit had reportedly already been scheduled.

The White House said Harris would highlight “extremists” in the state who were pushing for abortion bans during her visit.

Harris issued a statement following the Arizona ruling, laying the blame on Donald Trump for rolling “the clock to a time before women could vote”. Last month she said the former president had handpicked three members of the US supreme court “because he intended for them to overturn Roe … He intended for them to take your freedoms, and he brags about it.”

The Arizona Supreme Court ruling allows an 1864 abortion ban to go into effect. There are no exceptions for rape and incest, and it threatens doctors and nurses with prison time. It does not have to be this way. Congress must restore the protections of Roe. pic.twitter.com/JGdA7RNI2W — Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) April 9, 2024

Biden hails 'unbreakable' US-Japanese ties as he welcomes Kishida to White House

Joe Biden welcomed Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida , to the White House this morning as he hailed “unbreakable” US-Japanese ties and lauded the Japanese leader’s quick “courageous” opposition to Vladimir Putin’s full-fledged invasion of Ukraine and for improving relations with South Korea

“Ours is truly a global partnership. For that, Mr Prime Minister Kishida, I thank you,” Biden said.

Now our two countries are building a stronger defense partnership and a strong Indo-Pacific than ever before.

Kishida will address Congress on Thursday and join Biden and the president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr , for a meeting expected to focus on Beijing’s South China Sea incursions.

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