By Roger Silverman We are living through a period of existential crisis. The sudden outbreak of war in Israel/Palestine is only the latest in a
Category: Historical Archive
Cain O’Mahony presents a detailed account of a largely forgotten socialist uprising – airbrushed from history by both “the west” and the Stalinists. *** History
By Cain O’Mahony After Ramsay McDonald went to the King to form a new ‘National’ Government, over the heads of the big majority of the
By Cain O’Mahony It is a frustrating time for socialists in the Labour Party at present, given the lurch to the right by the party
The latest in a series of historical articles on WW2 by Andy Ford Eighty years ago, in October 1943, the imposing edifice of Italian fascism
By David Cartwright, Glasgow North West Labour Party and Andrew Ford, Unite union rep in the NHS Boris Campos, a doctor who is active in
Dave Putson (Unite Community – Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley), shares his thoughts on an account of historical struggles of working people, and on some modern issues
By John Pickard On June 23, 1894, the future King Edward VIII was born. On the same day, at the Albion Colliery, Pontypridd, South Wales,
1973: counter-revolution in Chile. Part THREE
By Roger Silverman [Editorial note: Fifty years ago this month, on September 11, 1973, a military coup took place in Chile, putting a committee (‘junta’)
Leon Sedov: a tribute
By Greg Oxley, Paris Leon Sedov, the son of Leon Trotsky, was a leading figure in the struggle to defend the authentic ideas of communism,