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  • in reply to: Obituary: Peter Newell #119633
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    "Peter felt his union activities conflicted with his membership of the Party . . . "Could Kaz expand on this? I'm intrigued.

    in reply to: Sky The Pledge #119520
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    "Who are these non-entities?"Nice to see a High Court judge contributing to the discussion board.

    in reply to: Socialist Standard Past & Present Blog #98895
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    Oops. Cheers for the heads up.Corrected Link

    in reply to: Socialist Standard Past & Present Blog #98893
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    Interesting article by a Labour Lord – Fred Montague – who quit the Labour whip because of its reformism, that was reprinted in the February 1956 issue of the Socialist Standard:Link: Why I Quit

    in reply to: Socialist Standard Past & Present Blog #98892
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    Excellent Socialist Standard article from 1979 by Steve Coleman on the history of Labour Party reformism. One to bear in mind, what with the ongoing illusions invested in Corbyn and others:Link: Labour under illusions

    in reply to: 50 years of AWL – 2016 #119510
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    Christ I remember going to their 30 year event in 1996. I feel old.

    in reply to: Socialist Standard Past & Present Blog #98891
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    The Labour Party  ". . . is made up in the main of religious visionaries, taxation quacks, place-hunters, wind-bags, and would-be “statesmen"Cracking Socialist Standard editorial from 1923:Link: Labour's "Revolutionary" Leaders

    in reply to: Socialist Studies 25 years #118990
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    Special mention for the late J. Force of the SPGB Bristol Group who mentions in an obituary for another Bristol comrade that he was studying for holy orders before joining the SPGB:Link: August 1980 obituaryThat makes it 3-2. We're making a comeback!

    in reply to: Socialist Studies 25 years #118988
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    I thought we were supposed to be 'anglo-marxists' rather than 'anglican-marxists'?

    in reply to: Socialist Studies 25 years #118972
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    I see the latest issue of Socialist Studies just went online in the past week:Link: Issue 99I wonder if issue 100 will be a bumper issue?

    in reply to: Socialist Standard Past & Present Blog #98890
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    A new batch of old Socialist Standard articles, editorials and reviews on the internet for the first time. I'm too lazy to list them individually but they date from the 1977-1983 period, and number about 80 pieces in total:Link: New Socialist Standard articlesEnjoy. Feel free to pass them on and share them on other forums and via google, etc.

    in reply to: Socialist Standard Past & Present Blog #98889
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    A new batch of old articles, editorials and reviews from the Socialist Standard that are on the internet for the first time. This collection are from1984 and 1985:LINK: Socialist Standard 1984LINK: Socialist Standard 1985Both links were lead you to a series of pieces from both years.

    in reply to: McDonnell quotes Chairman Mao #115439
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    This has been doing the rounds on social media today:Link: New Statesman – Exclusive: John McDonnell named Lenin and Trotsky as his biggest influences in 2006

    in reply to: Trotskyists on Telly #118381
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    Not just the Labour Party. He was also on point about trade unions, as well.

    in reply to: Socialist Standard Past & Present Blog #98888
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    Must post a link a link to this excellent article from 1922:Link: On getting tiredEven back in 1922, people were talking and moaning about that 'final paragraph' that peppers each and every issue of the Socialist Standard. Be sure to also check out other articles by the same writer, W. T. Hopley. He really did have a nice style of writing:Link: W. T. HopleyThe link with open on 'On Getting Tired' but if you scroll down the page it will lead you to other articles by Hopley.

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