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I posted 'Man's degradation' on the blog back in August of last year:Link: 'Man's degradation'I didn't realise Rollings used a different name for articles posted in the Standard.I remember reading his review of The Monument (the unofficial history of the SPGB) which appeared in the now sadly defunct, New Society. I'd be happy to post that review on the blog if you have a copy of it knocking around.I'll scan in 'Charity begins at work' sometime tonight.
My good deed for the day.I just scanned in the article from the June 1986 Socialist Standard that ALB mentions above, and can be read at the link posted below. Btw, the Peter Rollings mentioned in the article was a longstanding associate of H. Walsby who was an ex-member of the SPGB – from the 30s – who continued to have a political and philosophical interest in the SPGB decades after he left the Party.LINK: Socialist Party under attack
Someone just mentioned on facebook that there was 500 in attendance at a DSA meeting in Brooklyn last night. I know some might say 'but that's Brooklyn' but I remember a few years back that they would be lucky to get 20-25 at a meeting in Brooklyn.Different times.
On the internet for the first time:Link: Excellent review by Robert Barltrop of Jack Mitchell's book on The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists.
On the internet for the first time. Link: Back in the day when 500 people would turn up for a debate on Marx's Labour Theory of Value.
I agree that members should be focussed on one forum or discussion list but the fact remains that at the time of writing there are more SPGB members participating on spintcom and spopen than there are on this forum. I wish that wasn't the case but there you go . . .
You should cross-post this report to SPOPEN.Kudos to Clifford and the others comrades involved in organising and attending this.
By the way, that obituary for Frank Offord in the Socialist Standard which mentions Offord putting his hand in his pocket was written by Jim D'Arcy.The old lady in Edinburgh was Agnes Hollingshead.
Sad to read about some of the older ex-comrades attitudes towards homosexuality because I just posted an excellent article from the January 1978 Socialist Standard on the net that exhibits an excellent understanding of the issue at hand:http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2016/09/politics-and-homosexual-liberation-1978.htmlAnybody know what happened to Paul Moody, the author of the article? He wrote a number of good articles for the Standard in the late 1970s.
On the 'net for the first time. Great article from the June 1980 issue of the Socialist Standard:Link: Socialist understanding is key
