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Just a quick post to mention that I'm posting again over at the Socialist Standard Past and Present blog. I'm too lazy to post individual links, so you'll just have to click on the link: Link: Socialist Standard Past and Present Blog
You are doing a grand job, Whenever there is a Scottish connection, the article is re-posted on our Socialist Courier blog.
Finally got my arse in gear and posted the final article in Bill Waters 1950s 'Backwaters of History' series. The last article was about the Tolpuddle Martyrs:Link: Backwaters of HistoryA very interesting series. I really wish there was something similar being serialized in the Standard today.
In its own feeble way our Socialist Courier blog has tried to describe many events and persons from Scottish labour history, trouble is that they are scattered around the archives of the blog and requires extensive use of the search facility.If we wished to, by collating and re-editing, we could easily produce a pamphlet of sorts from all the varied posts that the two branches could then publish. Or we could make just an online version. Either way, it would help to dispel the impression that the Socialist Party is a London/Home Counties organisation, that many believe it is.
More new old stuff on the blog. Something for everyone. Check it out at your leisure.Link: Socialist Standard Past and Present Blog
A review of Orwell's 1984 from 1949. More intriguing than insightful:http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/into-crystal-ball-1949.html
'Are we armchair socialists?'Great article from the September 1966 issue of the Socialist Standard by 'Ivan'.http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/are-we-armchair-socialists-1966.htmlOne of those articles every socialist should print out, laminate and wear around their neck on a chain for easy accessibility.
*Deep breath*A plethora of links of articles and book reviews from the Socialist Standard which have recently been uploaded to the Socialist Standard Past & Present Blog. All the kudos go to Rob S. and Graham T. for doing all the donkey work. August 1994 – The Peterloo Massacre (working class history)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-peterloo-massacre-1994.htmlMay 1973 – Out of Step – what is normality in capitalism? (outstanding article by Ivan)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/out-of-step-what-is-normality-in.htmlFebruary 1988 – 1968, the BBC and tabloid journalism (tv review)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/between-lines-1968-bbc-tabloid.htmlMarch 1989 – Additive eating (food adulteration)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/additive-eating-1989.htmlDecember 1990 – The demise of Thatcher (editorial)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-demise-of-thatcher-1990.htmlFebruary 1991 – Capitalism unleashes war (editorial on the First Gulf War)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/capitalism-unleashes-war-1991.htmlDecember 1979 – Blood on their hands (Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/blood-on-their-hands-1979.htmlAugust 1989 – Southern discomfort (film review)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/southern-discomfort-1989.htmlMarch 1992 – National Liberation (book review)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/national-liberation-1992.htmlMarch 1979 – Einstein and common sense (science)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/einstein-and-common-sense-1979.htmlNovember 1990 – Who needs money? (hazard a guess)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/who-needs-money-1990.htmlFebruary 1959 – Little Brother is watching you (the tentacles of the state)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/little-brother-is-watching-you-1959.htmlFebruary 1982 – Who will do the dangerous work? (I've got a sore back.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/who-will-do-dangerous-work-1982.htmlOctober 1987 – A culture of violence (murderous behaviour)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-culture-of-violence-1987.htmlDecember 1990 – The end of Fukuyama (The end of history guy)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-end-of-fukuyama-1990.htmlJanuary 1990 – Left Foot, Right Foot (Before there was Corbyn, there was Michael Foot.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/left-foot-right-foot-1990.htmlNovember 1973 – Day of Remembrance for what? (red poppies and emotional blackmail.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/day-of-remembrance-for-what-1973.htmlJuly 1986 – At all costs (World War One massacres)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/at-all-costs-1986.htmlApril 1965 – The Philanthropists (Tressell reviewed raggedly.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-philanthropists-1965.htmlMarch 1990 – After aparthied, what? (editorial)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/after-apartheid-what-1990.htmlJune 1979 – Livestock liberation (Mistreatment of animals . . . and humans)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/livestock-liberation-1979.htmlAugust 1973 – 'Dictatorship of the Proletariat': what did Karl Marx mean? (not a jackboot in sight.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/dictatorship-of-proletariat-what-did.htmlFebruary 1960 – What is morality? (Did I mention my bad back?)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/what-is-morality-1960.htmlNovember 1978 – Planning the road to nowhere (Hayek versus Keynes . . . the pay-per-view death-match)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/planning-road-to-nowhere-1978.htmlOctober 1986 – Socialism and Work (The right to rest my sore back.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/socialism-and-work-1986.htmlJune 1978 – Down coronation street (True soap opera fact: Stan Ogden was an International Brigader.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/down-coronation-street-1978.htmlJanuary 1995 – Let's all boldly go (One for the geeks.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/lets-all-boldly-go-1995.htmlAugust 1995 – Frederick Engels: A Lifetime's Sevice (manchester, so much to answer for)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/frederick-engels-lifetimes-service-1995.htmlOctober 1955 – Peace, Perfect Peace! (Simply dynamite.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/peace-perfect-peace-1955.htmlOctober 1990 – Is the Left finished? (Don't spoil it for your Facebook friend with their proudly displayed Corbyn profile pic.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/is-left-finished-1990.htmlSeptember 1976 – Amin, Africa and the World (Who backed Amin?)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/amin-africa-and-world-1976.htmlFebruary 1980 – Jesus Christ, Super Myth (The late, great L. E. Weidberg.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/jesus-christ-super-myth-1980.htmlJuly 1960 – Report on Mau Mau (Colonial violence.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/report-on-mau-mau-1960.htmlJanuary 1972 – From a Russian prison camp (Alexander Solzhenitzyn)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/from-russian-prison-camp-1972.html More to come in the fullness of time. Thanks again for the sterling work from Rob S. and Graham T.
Another batch hot out the oven:February 1963 – The Aucan Tribe (primitive communists in the twentieth century)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-aucas-1963.htmlSeptember 1989 – War, history and revolution (MCH and World War 2)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/war-history-and-revolution-1989.htmlMay 1977 – The roots of Roots (yep, I watched it as a kid, too)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-roots-of-roots-1977.htmlJanuary 1993 – The divorce of the decayed (The 1981 street party. Now, that was a party.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-divorce-of-decayed-1993.htmlMarch 1972 – The thirteen Derry dead (Cold, calculating murder.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-thirteen-derry-dead-1972.htmlFebruary 1980 – Russia's Afghan hound (The Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/russias-afghan-hound-1980.htmlMay 1975 – Vietnam, who has won? (Brought to you from a blogger wearing a T shirt made in Vietnam.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/vietnamwho-has-won-1975.htmlJune 1988 – Too old to work, too young to die (Living longer is unproductive in class society.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/too-old-to-work-too-young-to-die-1988.htmlJuly 1975 – The Class Struggle (They're winning.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-class-struggle-1975.htmlAugust 1985 – Hiroshima in the making (Anniversary article on a particular piece of barbarism from 'our side')http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/hiroshima-in-making-1985.htmlFebruary 1974 – Do you live in poverty? (The city and decade that brought you Lynne Ramsay's Ratcatcher)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/do-you-live-in-poverty-1974.htmlAugust 1985 – Labour and the atom bomb (What would Clem do? Bomb the bastards.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/labour-and-atom-bomb-1985.htmlSeptember 1992 – History, whose history? (a/k/a as 'whose consciousness? false consciousness')http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/historywhose-story-1992.htmlJanuary 1976 – Terrorism is not revolution? (Flares and flare guns.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/terrorism-is-not-revolution-1976.htmlJuly 1968 – The British Union of Fascists and anti-semitism (book review)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/buf-and-jews-1968.htmlDecember 1974 – The I.S stand for confusion (before the SWP you had the International Socialists)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/i-s-stand-for-confusion-1974.htmlAugust 1960 – Aneurin Bevan (before JezWeCan there were the Bevanites. It didn't end well.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/aneurin-bevan-1960.htmlJune 1981 – Brixton explodes (There was a riot going on . . .)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/brixton-explodes-1981.htmlFebruary 1979 – Castro's brand of capitalism (Not a che in sight)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/castros-brand-of-capitalism-1979.htmlDecember 1990 – Great men and greater nonsense (Einstein, Marx and the rest of us.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/great-men-and-greater-nonsense-1990.htmlApril 1986 – People's power? (The downfall of Marcos in the Philippines.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/peoples-power-1986.htmlApril 1986 – The lessons of the fall of Marcos (editorial)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/lessons-of-fall-of-marcos-1986.htmlOctober 1984 – Socialists and the police (editorial)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/socialists-and-police-1984.htmlMarch 1971 – Coming up for Orwell (The boot belongs to Barltrop, and the stamped upon face is Orwell's.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/coming-up-for-orwell-1971.htmlAugust 1958 – The execution of Imre Nagy (lead article)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-execution-of-imre-nagy-1958.htmlOctober 1948 – Food for thought (Before Bono, Chris Martin and Bob Geldof, there was Sir John Boyd Orr.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/food-for-thought-1948.html Major props to Rob Stafford for doing 95% of the work. The other 5% goes to Neil Diamond who brought me comfort whilst doing the proof-reading. What a voice! Brooklyn's finest.
A Gilmac article from 1954. One for the SPGB anoraks, 'Some notes on party history':http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/08/some-notes-on-party-history-1954.html
A couple of interesting pieces about Tolstoy from 1905. Not what you're expecting:Tolstoy on Socialismhttp://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/08/literary-curiosities-no-2-tolstoy-on.htmlTolstoy "Impossibilist"http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/08/tolstoy-impossibilist-1905.html
imposs1904 wrote:A Gilmac article from 1954. One for the SPGB anoraks, 'Some notes on party history':http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/08/some-notes-on-party-history-1954.htmlGilmac's follow up to this article. This one's primarily about the early days of the Socialist Standard:http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/08/some-notes-on-party-history-1954.html
An article by Moses Baritz on Frederick Engels in Manchester from the old Manchester Guardian that dates from 1934. Warning: this will only appeal to the anoraks amongst you:http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/09/engels-his-20-years-in-manchester-1934.html
Who are you calling an anorak?How many members can remember how much £1 1s. 7d is?
I'm the king of the anoraks . . . but I can't remember old money.Just added to the blog: Moses Baritz letter to the Manchester Guardian in 1933 on Engels in Manchester, which probably prompted the previously linked to article from Baritz that appeared in the Manchester Guardian the following year:http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/09/frederick-engels-in-manchester-his.htmlHat tip to 'Young Master Smeet' and 'ALB' for originally digging out both pieces from Baritz.
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