By Steve McKenzie (Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley Unite Community)[Photo Credit AP/Matt Dunham] In the Bulletin of the Left Opposition, November/December 1929, Leon Trotsky wrote, “The
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By Cain O’Mahony There has been shock amongst the political diaspora that senior Conservatives – a former Prime Minister, a Vice-Chair of the party, a
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The Miners’ Strike of 1984-5: a heroic struggle – a bitter defeat.
Ray Goodspeed provides an overview which sets the scene for the strike that became a defining experience for a generation of socialists and trade unionists.
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Lessons from the revolutionary history of the French working class: 1930s, part two
By Greg Oxley, La Riposte, France This is the second part of a two-part article by Greg Oxley, editor of the French marxist newspaper La
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Lessons from the revolutionary history of the French working class: 1930s, part one
By Greg Oxley, La Riposte, France This is the first part of a two-part article by Greg Oxley, editor of the French marxist newspaper La
Andy Ford (Warrington South Labour member) continues his occasional series on the Soviet military WW2 history. [Featured photo credit can be seen here] The Battle
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Socialist clarity or muddled compromise: CGT in France in 1935. The view of Trotsky – Part Two.
Part Two – Workers’ control, peasant farmers, the need for class struggle. This following text is the second part of a speech made to the
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Socialist clarity or muddled compromise: CGT in France in 1935 – the view of Trotsky
Part One – Nationalisation This following text is the first part of a speech made to the National Confederal Committee (NCC) of the CGT labour
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Trotsky’s “The New Course” – 1924: the beginnings of the Left Opposition.
By Ray Goodspeed (Leyton and Wanstead Labour member) This month is the centenary of the publication in 1924 of Lev (Leon) Trotsky’s The New Course,
Andy Ford (Warrington South Labour member) continues his occasional series of articles on the history of WW2 in the Soviet Union. ***** The Nazi siege
