Theory & History
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New pamphlet marks 100th anniversary of Red Clydeside and the Battle of George Square
“100 years ago tomorrow, on Friday the 31st of January 1919, tens of thousands of workers gathered in Glasgow’s George…
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Peterloo massacre: Excellent film exposes bloody nature of capitalism
By Kevin Parslow - Socialist Party England and Wales As the bicentenary of the Peterloo massacre approaches, acclaimed director-scriptwriter Mike…
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France 1968: when workers were on the brink of taking power
Clare Doyle, Committee for a Workers' International Much has changed in the half century since the revolutionary events of May…
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100 years since women won the vote
By Elanor Donne, from the current issue of the Socialist (England and Wales) It is 100 years since the first…
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Russia, October 1917: When workers took power
Hannah Sell, Socialist Party England and Wales deputy general secretary With monotonous predictability the centenary of the Russian revolution has…
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Russian Revolution: BBC dramatises John Reed’s classic, ‘Ten Days that Shook the World’
BBC radio four is broadcasting, this week, a dramatised version of John Reed’s classic book about the Russian Revolution, ‘Ten…
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Che Guevara 50 years on – revolutionary socialist and fighter
Fifty years after his death, the image of Che Guevara is familiar to most people. A fashion statement for some,…
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