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First of all, thanks for responding to the above request for a year between 1910 and 1992. You're all real mensches.#SarcasmAs it's conference season back in blighty, a blast from your 1986 past:Link: Rogues, Liars and FoolsEnjoy!
The spelling in the original article has been retained.There's a strong chance that the author of this article, 'E.S', was in fact Adolph Kohn.
The SPGB twitter account words quoted in bold and italics:They said: "Outdated failing capitalism must be eradicated and replaced with socialism. "Forget about wanting to manage capitalism to make it nicer." The tweet was accompanied by a snap of Jeremy's face on former Tory PM Margaret Thatcher. The party argues that Mr Corbyn's definition of socialism isn't good enough, and they want a "class-free, state-free, money-free society with free access". The party also tweeted out an article written today which argued that "Jeremy Corbyn is a real threat to the working class, but they still haven't realised" and labelled the party "delusional" Not necessarily my choice of words, but there's nothing quoted that I could disagree with.
What's your problem with it? The words quoted, I mean. I think the corbyn as maggie photo is cheesy.
My guess is that – 'Paris' – was a one off pen name of a regular Socialist Standard writer. I remember reading somewhere that A. E. Jacomb, founder member, writer and printer of the Socialist Standard, would sometimes fill in gaps of the Standard under various pen names, when there wasn't enough material for that month's particular issue. It could be him, but the use of the name 'Paris' could also point towards F. C. Watts.
This split from the SDF would have been a big deal at the time as Harry Quelch – a leading member of the SDF – was their parliamentary candidate in Southampton in the 1906 General Election, winning 8% of the vote in what was at the time a two seat constituency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)#Elections_in_the_1900s More details on Quelch here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Quelch
It's not hyperbole on the part of Lobb to write of the branch holding " . . . huge meetings at West Green Corner." North London was Alex Anderson's territory and many people – supporters and opponents alike – considered Anderson one of the best political orators of his day. Tottenham Branch during this period had a membership of over 100 members, and even wider periphery of supporters.
More info on Ghent here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._J._Ghent
Cut and pasted from my blog:"A few snippets of info: Fred Leigh was a founder member of the SPGB, and lapsed from membership in January 1914. Paul Dumenil and A. Barker were also found founder members of the SPGB."
Comment cut and pasted from when I originally posted on the Socialist Standard Past and Present blog:A quick search on the internet doesn't reveal much about the magazine subjected to Jacomb's sarcasm but I'm guessing it was in some way connected to the Anti-Socialist Union. I really wish I could find that cartoon, though.
"In this connection a reward of £5 is offered—for particulars apply 27, York Road, Ilford." 27, York Road, Ilford was the address of the Branch Secretary of the local SPGB Romford Branch. I'm guessing they were hoping to deal with this matter themselves without involving the police.
