Theory & History
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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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Marx’s Capital at 150: an unequalled analysis and critique of capitalism, still relevant today
Robin Clapp, Socialist Party England and Wales national committee The Daily Mail reacted with predictable hysteria when, in May 2017, John…
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1917 Russian Revolution: The July Days and battles with counterrevolution
Judy Beishon, Socialist Party executive committee Massive demonstrations involving nearly a million people erupted in Petrograd on 2-3 July 1917,…
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New book: How Blairism sank its claws into the Labour Party
From the new book "From Militant to the Socialist Party" by Peter Taaffe 2 May, as well as being in…
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Book Reviews: Trotsky and February 1917 – Preparing for revolution
Peter Taaffe, from the February 2017 issue of Socialism Today (monthly magazine of the Socialist Party – CWI England &…
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Russian Revolution centenary: Defending the legacy in a new era
Editorial from Socialism Today, Dec/Jan 2017 edition (the magazine of the Socialist Party England and Wales) The year 2017 marks…
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Russia 1917: When the working class took power into its own hands
Today, 7th November, (in the new style calendar) is the 99th anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution and the overthrow…
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Trotskyism’s rich history in Scotland
Ronnie Stevenson - Socialist Party Scotland and a supporter of Militant from 1975 The right wing of the Parliamentary Labour Party, aided…
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Ireland: 100th anniversary of Easter 1916 Rising
Cillian Gillespie, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) This weekend marks the centenary of the Easter 1916 Rising against British rule…
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