Socialist Standard Past & Present Blog
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Interesting editorial from the October 1914 issue of the Socialist Standard. I'm surprised it wasn't on the net before now:http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-inkslinger-brigade-1914.html
A good half-jokey piece from 1997:Link: The Right to Eat LandownersA reworking of the text of this article was used to leaflet a Countryside Alliance March a few years later. Talk about being a wannabe Daniel in a very real Lion's Den!
One for the anoraks. A debate from 1931 with one of the leading Communists of his day, Peter Kerrigan:Link: http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-socialist-party-v-communist-party.html
Those were the days…an audience of about 400Kerrigen went to Spain during the Civil War and became an "enforcer" for the International Brigadehttp://spartacus-educational.com/TUkerrigan.htm
Excellent artice on the early Labour Party from the June 1977 issue of the Socialist Standard. Especially good for anyone who any fuzzy feelings about the Labour Party back in the 'good old days':Link: The Labour Party is not, and has never been, a Socialist Party
OK, I can't be arsed at the mo' to list all the articles and reviews individually, but here's the link to the December 2015 posts to the Socialist Standard Past and Present blog. A rough guess is that over a hundred are new to the net:Link: December 2015 Socialist Standard Past and Present BlogSome excellent stuff in amongst all that stuff. Please check out the link, and think of subscribing to – or bookmarking – the blog. Plans are afoot for more bumper uploads for the coming 12 months.
1984 – The year of a 1001 articles on George Orwell, Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, that brilliant French midfield of Platini, Tigana, Giresse and Fernandez and those shitty Frankie Says T-shirts. Can you tell that I grew up watching the 'Rock and Roll Years' on BBC1 whilst eating my tea?With the aid of some nifty scanning software I've been able to up the productivity rate with regards to the Socialist Standard Past and Present Blog and, just for the sake of it, I've decided to focus on random years. First up is 1984, and if you click on the link below it will lead you to a selection of 12 reviews, articles and the obligatory obituary from January thru' December '84.Please read whilst listening to Rattlesnakes:Link: Socialist Standard 1984
Another couple of years done, where I've selected an article or a review from each month of the year. First up,Link: Socialist Standard 1971Articles and reviews include a couple of incredibly powerful pieces on Northern Ireland at the time of internment campaign by the British Govt against the Catholic population in Northern Ireland; a couple of pieces on the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Occupation; an historical overview of the Paris Commune; Monday Club racists; and conscientious objection during the first world war. Then,Link: Socialist Standard 1991Articles and reviews on – amongst other things – Yugoslavia; the disintegrating Soviet Union; wartime propaganda; and Marxism & Literature. Enjoy. Pass on the links and/or repost individual articles that take your fancy.
I guess this really should be posted in 'off topic' but I just stumbled across a website that suggests that an SPGBer – and his two SPGB sons – introduced modern tattooing to Scotland, and there's a website to prove it.I just posted a short obituary from the January 1948 Socialist Standard for a Comrade Prince Vallar of Glasgow Branch and, intrigued by the unusual name, I decided to reach for google. It only turns out that there's a small website dedicated to Prince Vallar and sons 60 plus years after his death, which makes the case for Prince popularising tattooing in Scotland. Click on the links for further info:Link: Socialist Standard obituaryLink: Prince Vallar tattoo artistLink: BBC Story
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