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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
Ross Wolfe. Ex-member of the Platypus Review group. Thorn in the side of Sebastian Budgen and Verso/ Historical Materialism.
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.
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
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
Vin, there is a greater likelihood of Party members who use SPOPEN answering your question. Unless they are lurking, the majority of Party members on both Spintcom and Spopen don't visit this forum.
I'm guessing the talks were held at Marchmont Street in Bloomsbury. That was where the old (expelled) Camden Branch held their meetings in the 80s.
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!
This has been on the cards since Corbyn was elected leader. I'm surprised it's taken them this long to even consider it.
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
Short review of a biography of Kautsky that appeared in the June 1988 issue of the Socialist Standard:http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/11/marxist-populariser-1988.html
Here's the links to an interesting three part series of articles by John Crump from the Socialist Standard in 1968, which, amongst other issues and individuals from that time, touches upon the SPGB's attitide towards Kautsky:http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2014/04/members-in-great-war.htmlhttp://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-socialist-party-and-second_10.htmlhttp://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-socialist-party-and-second_11.htmlAnd here's an interesting article by Harry Waite from the 1939, which is an appraisal of Kautsky's political life, following his death the previous year:http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2014/09/kautskys-work-for-socialism.html
