Theory & History
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World War 1: 100 years since the great slaughter
Tony Saunois, article originally published in special WWI edition of Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI in England…
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Book Review: Capital in the Twenty-First Century – by Thomas Piketty
Hannah Sell, Socialist Party England and Wales The poorest fifth of Britain’s households are among the most economically deprived in…
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China 1989: 25 years since the mass democracy movement
China’s dictatorship is haunted by the prospect of a new mass revolt Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info June 4th marks the 25th…
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Peter Hadden – an inspiring life for socialism
Niall Mulholland This obituary was written following the death of Peter Hadden on May 5th 2010. Peter Hadden was the Northern…
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40th anniversary of the founding of the Committee for a Workers’ International
Socialistworld.net Socialist Party Scotland is affiliated to the worldwide socialist organisation the Committee for a Workers’ International. To mark the 40th…
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The Poll Tax Rebellion
“Ye cannae beat her son, she’s faced doon Galtieri and beat the miners. She’s the iron lady” This was a…
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When Mass Campaigning Defeated the Poll Tax
A Residential School setting in West Linton in the Scottish Borders seems a weird place to start the story of…
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International Women’s Day – The miners’ strike changed women’s lives
This year is the 30th anniversary of the 1984-85 miners’ strike. An important feature of the strike was the involvement…
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The 1984/85 miners strike was a civil war without the guns
By Ronnie Stevenson The miner’s strike of 1984/5 has correctly been described as a civil war without guns. That description…
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95 years on: Red Clydeside and The Battle of George Square
An extract from the pamphlet Red Flag Over the Clyde written by Jim Cameron and produced by Scottish Militant Labour…
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