Anita E. Halpin is a British journalist and political activist.

Halpin is chair of the Communist Party of Britain

Communist Party of Britain

The Communist Party of Britain is a communist political party in Great Britain. Although founded in 1988 it traces its origins back to 1920 and the Communist Party of Great Britain, and claims the legacy of that party and its most influential members Harry Pollitt and John Gollan as its...

, honorary treasurer for the National Union of Journalists

National Union of Journalists

The National Union of Journalists is a trade union for journalists in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It was founded in 1907 and has 38,000 members. It is a member of the International Federation of Journalists .-Structure:...

 and a member of the Trade Union Congress General Council. She is married to CPB Industrial Organiser Kevin Halpin. Previously a long-time member of the Communist Party of Great Britain

Communist Party of Great Britain

The Communist Party of Great Britain was the largest communist party in Great Britain, although it never became a mass party like those in France and Italy. It existed from 1920 to 1991.-Formation:...

, she stood for election to the London Assembly

London Assembly

The London Assembly is an elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds majority, to amend the mayor's annual budget. The assembly was established in 2000 and is headquartered at City Hall on the south...

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Restitution of Paintings

In 2006 she inherited a painting, as the sole surviving heir to a Jewish German shoe factory owner, under contentious restitution laws concerning art looted by the Nazis. Berlin Street Scene by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th century art. He volunteered for army service in the First World War, but soon suffered a...

, which had hung in Berlin's Brücke Museum

Brücke Museum

The Brücke Museum in Berlin houses the world's largest collection of works by Die Brücke , an early 20th century expressionist movement.-Origins:...

, was sold at Christies auction house in New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

for £20.5million on 8 November 2006.

According to 'Pandora' in The Independent newspaper of 26 May 2008 she has donated the sum of £9,310 to her party.