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Steve Jones continues his look back at the hidden history of the right wing within the Labour Party. In this second part, Steve examines the example of Reg Prentice’s deselection 1975, the split and formation of the SDP, and the role played by Neil Kinnock.
The right-wing media is full of stories about the “threat” of left-wing “entryism” inside the Labour Party. But the Labour right wing have themselves been well organised and financed – not just in recent years, but over many decades. In this article, Steve Jones looks at the murky history of the Labour right, and why they present a barrier to a socialist transformation of society.
With Jeremy Corbyn on course to win another landslide victory in the contest for the Labour leadership, the Party Establishment are preparing the ground for a split. Rob Sewell, editor of Socialist Appeal, looks back at the Labour split of 1931 to analyse the important lessons of Labour’s history for today’s tumultuous events.
The rise of the Corbyn movement – along with recent comments by Tom Watson about Trotskyists and “entryism” in the Labour Party – have resulted in a renewed interest in the mainstream media about the history of the Militant. We republish here (in two parts) an abridged article by Rob Sewell, editor of Socialist Appeal and former member of the Militant Editorial Board, who recounts the real history of the Militant.
The rise of the Corbyn movement – along with recent comments by Tom Watson about Trotskyists and “entryism” in the Labour Party – have resulted in a renewed interest in the mainstream media about the history of the Militant. We republish here (in two parts) an abridged article by Rob Sewell, editor of Socialist Appeal and former member of the Militant Editorial Board, who recounts the real history of the Militant.
In the final part in his series on World War One, Alan Woods looks at how the war was brought to an end by revolutionary upheavals across Europe, beginning with Russia in 1917 – a fact that has been buried under a mountain of myths, pacifist sentimentality, and lying patriotic propaganda.
The frontiers of the Arab world today are the product of a secret plan drawn in pencil on a map of the Levant in May 1916 in a deal struck between British and French imperialism at the height of the First World War. Worked out one hundred years ago, the Sykes-Picot agreement is now synonymous with imperial deceit, cynicism and treachery.
We continue here the latest part in Alan Woods’ series on World War One, in which Alan discusses the turning point in the war. Dialectics explains how, sooner or later, things can change into their opposite. The First World War is a very good example of this. In the first period of the war reaction was firmly in the saddle. But by 1917, the situation had been transformed.
On 17-18 July, 1936, General Franco began his military uprising in Morocco, a prelude to the fascist uprising throughout Spain. The workers responded in a spontaneous fashion. Rob Sewell and Alan Woods discuss the revolutionary events of the 1936 Spanish Civil War.
We resume publication of Alan Woods’ series looking at the horrors of the First World War – “The Great Slaughter”. In this part, Alan examines Under Fire: The Story of a Squad, a novel by Henri Barbusse written in 1916 about the brutal reality of the war for those soldiers who fought on the front lines.
Beginning on the 4th May, the 1926 General Strike shook the ruling class of Britain to its foundations. Lasting for nine days, the strike showed the enormous power and solidarity of the working class. James Kilby examines the lessons from the General Strike for today, as the crisis of capitalism deepens and the class struggle intensifies.
This Easter marks the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland, against British imperialist rule. The outstanding leader of that movement was James Connolly. To commemorate this anniversary, we republish here articles by Alan Woods and Ted Grant on the importance of this historic struggle.