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(April/May 1969 – December 1974)
No.36, April/May 1969
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Socialist Review Publishing Co Ltd, 36 Gilden Road, London NW5
Editorial Board:
COLIN BARKER
TONY CLIFF
CHRIS HARMAN (convenor)
RICHARD KUPER (reviews)
BOB LOOKER
PETER SEDGWICK
EDITORIAL:
SURVEY:
- Palestine: Guerrilla Organisations, by Ibrahim Ali
- Pakistan: Feb 14, by Nigel Harris
- France: Results and Prospects, by Lutte Ouvriere
- Detroit, by Martin Glaberman
- LSE: Lockout and After, by Martin Shaw
- Welfare: Pensions Plans, by Jim Kincaid
- Teachers, by Duncan Hallas
On Perspectives, by Tony Cliff
Ireland and the British Left, by Chris Gray & John Palmer
Prospects for British Capitalism, by Dave Purdy
Maginot Marxism: Mandel’s Economics (RA Mandel’s Marxist Economic Theory), by Michael Kidron
Lukacs as Literary Critic (RA Goethe and his Age), by Ian H. Birchall
REVIEWS:
- The French May ..., by Peter Sedgwick
- Morning Star, by Jim Higgins
- Foundation and Empire, by Nigel Harris
- Student Theory, by Stephen Marks
- Books Received
No.37, June/July 1969
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Socialist Review Publishing Co Ltd, 36 Gilden Road, London NW5
Editorial Board:
COLIN BARKER
TONY CLIFF
CHRIS HARMAN (convenor)
RICHARD KUPER (reviews)
BOB LOOKER
PETER SEDGWICK
EDITORIAL:
SURVEY:
- Incomes, by Jim Kincaid
- Workers’ Control Conference, by Raymond Challinor
- Ireland, by Sean Tracy
- Czechoslovakia, by Chris Harman
- Spain, by P. Catala
- GIs on the March, by Kim Moody
The Failure of the Italian Socialist Movement, by Andrew Sayers
- Introduction, by Tony Cliff
George Orwell – International Socialist? 1: The Development of Orwell’s Socialism, by Peter Sedgwick
Mandel’s Economics: Another View (RA Mandel’s Marxist Economic Theory), by Paul Mattick
REVIEWS:
- Ruling Ideas, by Chris Harman
- Road to Revolution, by Laurie Flynn
- Work, Clarity, Organisation, by Robin Fior
- Zimbabwe, by Basker Vashee
- Workers, Inc., by Colin Barker
- Williams & Co., by Martin Shaw
- Book Received
No.38/39, August/September 1969
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Socialist Review Publishing Co Ltd, 6 Cottons Gardens, London NW5
Editorial Board:
COLIN BARKER
TONY CLIFF
CHRIS HARMAN (convenor)
RICHARD KUPER (reviews)
BOB LOOKER
PETER SEDGWICK
Production:
JOHN FINN
JOYCE ROSSER
Special Issue: Fascism, Stalinism and the United Front, 1930-34 by Leon Trotsky
1930: Background
- The Turn in the Communist International and the German Situation, by Leon Trotsky
1931: Background
- Germany, Key to the International Situation, by Leon Trotsky
- What Next? by Leon Trotsky
1932: Background
- The Only Road, by Leon Trotsky
1932-3: Background
- What is National Socialism? by Leon Trotsky
No.40, October/November 1969
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 36 Gilden Road, London NW5
Editorial Board:
CHRIS HARMAN (convenor)
TONY CLIFF
PETER SEDGWICK
ANDREAS NAGLIATTI
STEVEN MARKS
RICHARD KUPER (reviews)
EDITORIAL:
SURVEY:
- ABM, by Michael Kidron
- Italy at the Crossroads, by Andrea Savonuzzi
- Poland, from a correspondent
- Teachers Organise, by Eric A. Porter
The American Working Class in Transition, by Kim Moody
Building the Leadership, by Duncan Hallas
The Origins of the Communist Party (RA The Revolutionary Movement in Britain 1900-1921 by Walter Kendall), by Jim Higgins
Agriculture, Peasants and Accumulation, by Nigel Harris
[_Correspondence:_]
- Workers’ Control Conference: A Letter, from Ken Coates
- Workers’ Control Conference: A Letter, from Tony Topham
- Workers’ Control Conference: A Reply, from Raymond Challinor
REVIEWS:
- Luddites, Chartists and Plug-Drawers, by Colin Barker
- Industrial Disputes, by Colin Barker
- The Miners’ Association & The Handloom Weavers, by George Patterson
No.41, December 1969/January 1970
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2
Editorial Board:
CHRIS HARMAN (convenor)
TONY CLIFF
PETER SEDGWICK
ANDREAS NAGLIATTI
STEVEN MARKS
RICHARD KUPER (reviews)
EDITORIAL:
SURVEY:
- China and the Russian Offensive, by Nigel Harris
- The Squatters, by Lionel Sims
Locating the American Crisis, by Joel Stein
Debate: The Revolutionary Role of the Peasants
Between East and West: Yugoslavia, by Andrew Sayers
The Inconsistencies of Ernest Mandel (RA The Inconsistencies of State Capitalism), by Chris Harman
REVIEW:
- The State of Society, by John Lea
No.42, February/March 1970
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 36 Gilden Road, London NW5
Editorial Board:
CHRIS HARMAN (convenor)
TONY CLIFF
PETER SEDGWICK
ANDREAS NAGLIATTI
RICHARD KUPER (reviews)
EDITORIAL:
SURVEY:
- After the Offensive, by Andrea Savonuzzi
- Divide and Rule? by Lutte Ouvriere
- New Openings, by Sozialistische Arbeitergruppe
Prospects for the Seventies
- The Stalinist States, by Chris Harman
- The Third World, by Nigel Harris
The Problem of Fascism (RA The Nature of Fascism ed. S.J. Woolf & Political Violence and Public Order by Robert Benewick), by Peter Sedgwick
REVIEWS:
- Decline and Fall, by Richard Kuper
- The Polish Spring, by Peter Sedgwick
- The Disease of Social Democracy, by Robert Looker
- Big Business, by Jock Young
- Paying the Piper, by Duncan Hallas
- Sociology versus Reality, by Colin Barker
- Indian Summer, by Nigel Harris
- Choose Your Weapons, by Colin Barker
No.43, April/May 1970
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2
Editor:
CHRIS HARMAN
Editorial Board:
IAN BIRCHALL
TONY CLIFF
NIGEL HARRIS
RICHARD KUPER (reviews)
ANDREAS NAGLIATTI
PETER SEDGWICK
EDITORIAL:
SURVEY:
- Northern Ireland: The New Orange Offensive, by Sean Treacy
- Sweden: The End of Apathy, by Sten Olofsson & Lise-Lotte Lindgren
- Trouble on the Metro, by Ian H. Birchall
- Russia: the Writers and Repression, by Ivan Ivanov
- The Guerrillas: Old and New
Two Views of an Electoral Strategy for the Left:
Life Under Labour:
- Law and Order, by Paul Foot
- Declining Regions and the Labour Movement, by Dave Peers
- Social Policy and the Labour Government, by Jim Kincaid
Leon Trotsky on Black Nationalism
- The Negro Question in America (Prinkipo, Turkey – February 28, 1933)
- Self-Determination for the American Negroes (Coyoacan, Mexico – April 4, 1939)
REVIEWS:
- Science and Socialism, by Ken Green
- Marxism and Art, by Ian H. Birchall
No.44, July/August 1970
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2
Editor:
CHRIS HARMAN
Editorial Board:
IAN BIRCHALL
TONY CLIFF
NIGEL HARRIS
RICHARD KUPER (reviews)
ANDREAS NAGLIATTI
SURVEY:
- The Two Crises of Richard Nixon: 1. The Wall Street Seizure
- The Two Crises of Richard Nixon: 2. The Cambodian Adventure
- The Pilkingtons Strike
- General Line-Up
- Russia: ‘Reforms’ and Reality
- After the Election, by Fred Lindop
Portrait of a Party: Background, Structure and Ideology of the PCC, by Hans Magnus Enzenberger
Marx & Engels on Women’s Liberation, by Hal Draper
The Origins of the Cold War (RA The Politics of War by Gabriel Kolko), by Ray Challinor
Letter from Readers:
Western Capitalism – the Latest Phase (RA Kidron’s Western Capitalism), by Duncan Hallas
REVIEWS:
- Art Against Ideology, by Granville Williams
- Ireland Divided ..., by Ray Burnett
- Capitalism Eastern Style, by Chris Harman
- DATA’s ASSETs, by Bernard Ross
- The Point Is To Change It 1, by Merfyn Jones
- The Point Is To Change It 2, by Hilary and Steven Rose
No.45, November/December 1970
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2
Editor:
CHRIS HARMAN
Editorial Board:
IAN BIRCHALL
TONY CLIFF
NIGEL HARRIS
RICHARD KUPER (reviews)
ANDREAS NAGLIATTI
EDITORIAL:
SURVEY:
The Minority Movement, by Jim Higgins
Sartre and the Myth of Practice, by Ian H. Birchall
Magdoff on Imperialism (RA The Age of Imperialism by Harry Magdoff), by Richard Kuper
REVIEWS:
- Doing Your Own Thing, by John Lea
- The Making of a Counter Culture, by Jock Young
No.46, February 1971
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2
Editor:
CHRIS HARMAN
Editorial Board:
IAN BIRCHALL
NIGEL HARRIS
RICHARD KUPER (reviews)
ANDREAS NAGLIATTI
EDITORIAL:
SURVEY:
- The Economy
- Bother on the Baltic, by Chris Harman
- SALT in the Wounds, by Mike Kidron
- Spain, by Anton Garcia
- Pakistan: the Elections, by a Pakistani correspondent
Taxing the Poor, by Jim Kincaid
Sartre and the Myth of Practice (Part 2), by Ian H. Birchall
Two Books by Lenin (Extract from Moscow Under Lenin), by Alfred Rosmer
Revolutionary Trade Unionism, by Jim Higgins
REVIEWS:
- The Economics of the Common Market, by Ian H. Birchall
- Victor Serge, by Granville Williams
- The Republic of Ireland, by Chris Gray
- Stalinism in Britain, by Duncan Hallas
- Armed Insurrection, by Ted Crawford
No.47, April/May 1971
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2
Editor:
CHRIS HARMAN
Editorial Board:
IAN BIRCHALL
NIGEL HARRIS
RICHARD KUPER (reviews)
ANDREAS NAGLIATTI
EDITORIAL:
SURVEY:
- Ireland, by Brian Trench
- Palestine, by Ibrahim Ali
- Chile, by Juan Iver
- Second Class Students, by Pete Glatter
Revolutionary Trade Unionism (Part 2): Dual Unionism in Britain, by Jim Higgins
Greece: Four Years After the Coup, by Nikos Syvriotis
Two Books by Lukacs:
- History and Class Consciousness, by Nigel Harris
- Lukacs’ Lenin, by Fred Hall
REVIEWS:
- Gramsci, by Duncan Hallas
- Precursor, by Anna Paczuska
- Distorted View, by Jill Branston
- Marxism and Sociology, by Lionel Sims
- Little Point, by Jim Pearse
- Slump, by Dave Peers
No.48, June/July 1971
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
CHRIS HARMAN
Editorial Board:
IAN BIRCHALL
NIGEL HARRIS
RICHARD KUPER (reviews)
ANDREAS NAGLIATTI
EDITORIAL:
SURVEY:
- The Rich, the Poor and the Budget, by Jim Kincaid
- The Black Panther Party Splits, by Laurie & Sy Landy
Special Asian Survey:
- South Asia in Crisis
- Ceylon, by Nigel Harris
- Bengal, by Mushkil Kader
- Chinese Policy, by Nigel Harris
The Trade Union Bureaucracy in Britain:
- The Rise of the Bureaucracy, by Ray Challinor
- The Years of Revolt, by Christopher Smith
- The General Strike, by Chris Harman
- Problems of the British Labour Movement (Extract 1926), by Leon Trotsky
- The Bureaucracy Today, by Tony Cliff
- Policy Statement on Industrial Work, IS
No.49, Autumn 1971
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
CHRIS HARMAN
Editorial Board:
FRANK CAMPBELL
TONY CLIFF
DUNCAN HALLAS
NIGEL HARRIS
JOHN PALMER
JIM HIGGINS
Reviews:
STEPHEN MARKS
SURVEY:
- World Economy, by John Palmer
- Ireland, by Brian Trench
- Sudan, by Ian Birchall
Special Feature Europe:
- The Common Market, by Chris Harman
1. Their Europe
2. Can They Unite?
3. The Attitude of the Left - Rejoinder to The Common Market, by Ian H. Birchall
- Class Struggle:
1. Italy, by Andrea Savonuzzi
2. Germany, by Volkhard Mosler & James Wickham
Education and Revolution, by Chanie Rosenberg
REVIEWS:
- Looking at Us, by Steve Marks
- Hue and Cry, by Chris Harman
- Revolution Without the Revolution, by Juan McIver
- Two Marx’s or One, by Colin Humphries
- Precursor, by Joyce Rosser
- Fuhrer’s Friend, by Bob Light
- The Bounced Czech, by Colin Humphries
- Books Received
No.50, January-March 1972
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editorial Board:
FRANK CAMPBELL
TONY CLIFF
DUNCAN HALLAS (Editor)
CHRIS HARMAN
NIGEL HARRIS
MICHAEL KIDRON (Deputy Editor)
JOHN PALMER
JIM HIGGINS
Reviews:
CHRIS HITCHENS
STEVEN MARKS
JOHN PHILLIPS
EDITORIAL:
SURVEY:
- Tory Attack on Housing, by Jim Kincaid
- Bangla Desh, by John Ashdown
- Financial Revolution, by Yana Mintoff
The Crucial Year: Victor Serge on Class and Party (Introduction to Year One of the Russian Revolution), by Peter Sedgwick
Work-ins, Sit-ins and Redundancy, by Roger Rosewall
The British Communist Party 1945-1964, by Ian Birchall
The British Road to Socialism: A Marxist Criticism, by John Ure
REVIEWS:
- Socialist Register 1971, by James Walker
- Against Self-Images of the Age, by Peter Binns
- The End of Inequality, by Christopher Hitchens
No.51, April-June 1972
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editorial Board:
FRANK CAMPBELL
TONY CLIFF
DUNCAN HALLAS (Editor)
CHRIS HARMAN
NIGEL HARRIS
MICHAEL KIDRON (Deputy Editor)
JOHN PALMER
JIM HIGGINS
Reviews:
CHRIS HITCHENS
STEVEN MARKS
JOHN PHILLIPS
SURVEY:
- Prospects for British Capitalism, by Hugo Radice
- Underground Press, by Dave Widgery
- Measured Day Work, Piecework and British Leyland, by Dave Lyddon
After 5 October 1968, by Eamonn McCann
The Programme of the Socialist Workers’ Movement, by SWM
The Gombeen Republic, by John Palmer
The Six Counties: A Factual Survey, by Paul Gerhardt
The Two Nations Fallacy, by Brian Trench
REVIEWS:
- Antonio Gramsci: Prison Notebooks, by Colin Humphreys
- Lenin’s Moscow, by Christopher Hitchens
- The Greening of America, by Michael Dillon
- The Thought of Karl Marx, by Fred Hall
- The Prisoner of Sex, by VC
- The Rediscovery of Black Nationalism, by Laurie Landy
- Shipwreck of a Generation, by Ian H. Birchall
- Workers’ Self Management in Algeria, by Christopher Hitchens
- Peasant War in the Twentieth Century, by Jairus Banaji
- Books Received
No.52, July-September 1972
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editorial Board:
FRANK CAMPBELL
TONY CLIFF
DUNCAN HALLAS (Editor)
CHRIS HARMAN
NIGEL HARRIS
MICHAEL KIDRON (Deputy Editor)
JOHN PALMER
JIM HIGGINS
Reviews:
CHRIS HITCHENS
STEVEN MARKS
JOHN PHILLIPS
EDITORIAL:
SURVEY:
- Hungary: Failure of Economic Reform, by Chris Harman
- The Human Cost of Productivity, by Laurie Flynn
Labour and the Parliamentary Road, by Raymond Challinor
From Marxist Circle to Agitation, by Tony Cliff
India: Capitalism and Revolution, by Nigel Harris
[_Correspondence:_]
- On the Bolsheviks and Workers’ Control, from M. Brinton
- Reply to above, by Chris Harman
Mayakovsky and Revolutionary Art, by Dave Widgery
REVIEWS
- The New Evangel, by Jaun Punto
- Marx and Mattick, by Steven Bolchover
- The Old Firm, by Paul Foot
- Guides to Action, by Fred Hall
- Chomsky’s Humanism, by Ian H. Birchall
- Freedom for Supermen, by Peter Glatter
- Books Received
No.53, October-December 1972
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editorial Board:
FRANK CAMPBELL
TONY CLIFF
DUNCAN HALLAS (Editor)
CHRIS HARMAN
NIGEL HARRIS
MICHAEL KIDRON (Deputy Editor)
JOHN PALMER
JIM HIGGINS
Reviews:
CHRIS HITCHENS
STEVEN MARKS
JOHN PHILLIPS
EDITORIAL:
SURVEY:
- The British Crisis, by N. James
- Chile: The Time for Decision, by J. Rios
- Sit-Ins: The Experience, [by Roger Rosewall]
- Greece: The Growing Crisis, by Socialist Revolution
Communist Industrial Policy in the 1920s, by Richard Hyman
The ‘Marxist’ Left in India, by Nigel Harris
Against the Stream: The Origins of the Fourth Internationalist Movement, by Duncan Hallas
REVIEWS:
- British Capitalism, Workers and the Profit Squeeze, by John Palmer
- Socialist Economics, by Duncan Hallas
- Revolution in Perspective, by Fred Hall
- Empiricism and its Evolution, by Mike McKenna
- Natalia Trotsky and the Fourth International, by Robert James
No.54, January 1973
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
DUNCAN HALLAS
Reviews:
COLIN BARKER
NOTES OF THE MONTH:
- Icy Weather
- Arise Sir Victor
- Can the TUC Deliver the Goods
- Another Goad – and the AUEW ‘Broad Left’
- US Arms for Chile’s Generals, by Chris Harman
- Ireland – the Gathering Storm, by Eamonn McCann
Letter to Readers, by the Editor
The Seaman’s Struggle, by Roger Rosewall
WR: World Revolution or Wistful Revisionism? by Tirril Harris
Russia in Crisis? by Chris Harman
Against the Stream: Some Recollections of a Revolutionary between the Wars, by Reg Groves
CONTROVERSY:
- Do We Support Reformist Demands? by Duncan Hallas
Inequality and the Freeze, by Jim Kincaid
The Anarchist Argument (RA Marx, Engels & Lenin: Anarchism and Anarcho-Syndicalism), by Nigel Harris
REVIEWS:
- Rosa Luxemburg, by Liz Nash
- Trotsky, by Robert James
- The Assassination of Trotsky, by Jim Higgins
- 1905, by David Shonfield
- Seedtime and Harvest, by Duncan Hallas
- Class and Society in Soviet Russia, by Colin Barker
- The Autobiography of Terence O’Neill, by Eamonn McCann
- Young Soviet Film Makers, by R. Muldoon
- Books Received
No.55, February 1973
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
DUNCAN HALLAS
Reviews:
COLIN BARKER
NOTES OF THE MONTH:
- Crisis: The Economy
- Crisis: The Government
- Crisis: The Labour Movement
- Vietnam: Myth and Reality, by Ian Birchall
- Left Turn in France? by Richard Kirkwood
The Seamen’s Struggle Part 2, by Roger Rosewall
Briefing: Equal Pay, by Margaret Renn
Striking Statistics, by Colin Barker
China Since Lin Piao, by Nigel Harris
A New Direction for the Brazilian Left, by Vic Richards
Against the Stream 2, by Reg Groves
The Breakdown Theory of Rosa Luxemburg (RA Imperialism and the Accumulation of Capital), by David Turner
Labour’s Income Policy (RA The National Board of Prices and Incomes by Joan Mitchell), by Roger Rosewall
REVIEWS:
- Seven Types, by Ian H. Birchall
- We Are Learning ..., by Ted Cantle
- One Side of the Halfpenny, by Graham Veitch
- Ambiguity: Si! by Ian H. Birchall
- In Brief, by Colin Barker
No.56, March 1973
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
DUNCAN HALLAS
Reviews:
COLIN BARKER
NOTES OF THE MONTH:
- The Election Bogey, [_by Duncan Hallas_]
- The Crunch at Fords, by Sabby Sagall
- Italy: Government and Fascists Work Together, by Andreas Savanuzzi
- Bangladesh, by Nigel Harris
Crisis on the Left: The LCDTU, by Jules Townsend
Crisis on the Left: ‘Fair Rents’ – The Experience, by Hugh Kerr
The Miners Since Nationalisation, by John Charlton
The Fire Last Time: France 1936, by Richard Kirkwood
CONTROVERSY:
- What is ‘Economism’? by Duncan Hallas
- Which Way for Student Revolutionaries? by Martin Shaw
- Letter on Socialist Party of Great Britain, from Adam Buick
- Reply, by Duncan Hallas
Against the Stream 3, by Reg Groves
REVIEWS:
- Let History Judge, by Chris Harman
- Incomes Policy and Inflation, by Helena Cobban
- White Eagle, Red Star, by Fred Hall
- The Socialist Register 1972, by James Walker
- The Right Divided, by Ian H. Birchall
- Preparing for Power, by Julian Harber
- In Brief, by Colin Barker
No.57, April 1973
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
DUNCAN HALLAS
Reviews:
COLIN BARKER
NOTES OF THE MONTH:
- Sell Out
- Sabotage
- The Prospect
- Two Conferences
- France: Lutte Ouvriere’s Success, by Richard Kirkwood
- South Africa, by Basker Vashee
- The Irish Elections, by Brian Trench
The AUEW: The 1972 Wages Struggle and the Left, by Roger Rosewall
The Miners: The Triumph of 1972 and the Way Ahead, by John Charlton
Briefing: On Prices
Italy: The Unions and Rank and File Power, by Mike Balfour
CONTROVERSY:
- Marxists and Reformist Demands, by Joan Smith
- What is Economism? by Dave Hughes & Dave Stocking
Against the Stream 4, by Reg Groves
REVIEWS:
- The Politics of Soviet Agriculture, by Chris Harman
- The Secret Army, by George Johnston
- From Labourism to Socialism, by Raymond Challinor
- The Motor Industry, by Roger Rosewell
- African Liberation Movements, by Alex Callinicos
- Modern Capitalism, by D.A. Turner
No.58, May 1973
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
DUNCAN HALLAS
Reviews:
COLIN BARKER
NOTES OF THE MONTH:
- Economic Prospects, by John Palmer
- After Phase Two
- No ‘Time to Change Course’
- A New Six County Regime?
The Communist Party and the Left, by Steve Jefferys
Lenin and the Revolutionary Party, by Tony Cliff
British Steel in Crisis, by Rob Clay & Chris Harman
Gaullism in Retrospect, by Ian Birchall
Against the Stream 5, by Reg Groves
Reforming the Labour Party? (RA Parliamentary Socialism by Ralph Miliband), by Duncan Hallas
REVIEWS:
- To Take Arms, by Brian Trench
- Women, Resistance and Revolution, by Anna Paczuska
- Understanding Brecht, by Terry Eagleton
- In Red and Black, by Colin Barker
- Russian Literature Under Lenin and Stalin, by Granville Williams
- In Brief, by Colin Barker
No.59, June 1973
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
DUNCAN HALLAS
Reviews:
COLIN BARKER
NOTES OF THE MONTH:
Decline of a Union: The Electricians, by George Russell
Perspectives for the Irish Left, by Brian Trench
Briefing: Wages and the Cost of Living, by D.A. Turner
Crisis in Southern Africa, by Basker Vashee
Against the Stream 6, by Reg Groves
REVIEWS:
- Incomes Policy and the Public Sector, by Bridget Mills
- Russian and Soviet Imperialism, by Keith Cash
- The Post-War History of the British Working Class, by James Hinton
- The New Unionism, by Pete Goodwin
- The Fellow-Travellers, by Alan Purkiss
- India and China, by Nigel Harris
- Karl Marx, by Bill Johnson
- Innishkillane, by Brian Trench
- The Young Lenin, by Tirril Harris
- From Rousseau to Lenin, by Peter Binns
- Aid and Liberation, by Jules Townsend
- Apple to the Core, by David Widgery
- What is Communist Anarchism? by John Molyneux
- Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, by Naseem Bajwa
- Bride of the Revolution, by Chanie Rosenberg
- The Last Resources, by John Lord
- In Brief, by Colin Barker
No.60, July 1973
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
DUNCAN HALLAS
Reviews:
COLIN BARKER
NOTES OF THE MONTH:
Councils of Action, by Chris Harman
The Meaning of the International Monetary Crisis, by John Ure
Why Did You Join the Party? by Robert James (Jim Higgins)
Economic Growth in India and China, by Nigel Harris
Fourth International in Decline: From Trotskyism to Pabloism 1944–1953, by Duncan Hallas
REVIEWS
- The Agony of the American Left, by John Hellebrand
- Solzhenitsyn, by Granville Williams
- Derelict Britain, by Bryan Rees
- Journals of Resistance, by George Gionis
- Frantz Fanon, by Ian H. Birchall
- The Militant Suffragettes, by Kathleen Ennis
- Banner Bright, by Colin Barker
- In Brief, by Colin Barker
No.61, August 1973 (Special Double Issue)
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Introduction, by Duncan Hallas
Imperialism, Highest Stage but One, by Michael Kidron
International Capitalism, by Michael Kidron
Permanent Revolution, by Tony Cliff
Index IS1 to IS53
Crisis in China, by Tony Cliff
The British Labour Movement, by Colin Barker
No.62, Mid-September 1973
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
CHRIS HARMAN
Reviews:
COLIN BARKER
NOTES OF THE MONTH:
- The TUC
- Hughie and Chrysler
- The Communist Party
- The Engineers Claim
- Why Jones and Scanlon Will Not Fight
- The Alternative
- Their Options
- Their Tactics
- Shrewsbury
Chile: End of the Parliamentary Road, by Ian Birchall & Chris Harman
On Terrorism, by Leon Trotsky
Communist Party in Decline 1964–1970, by Jules Townsend
REVIEWS
- The Absolute Bourgeois, by Martin Shaw
- Israel, the Arabs, and the Middle East, by Stuart Morgan
- Community Decay, by Valerie Clark
- Strategy for Revolution, by Chris George
- Poverty and Equality in Britain, by Brian Lund
- Chile: Reality and Prospects of Popular Unity, by Ian Roxborough
- Reflections on the Causes of Human Misery and upon Certain Proposals to Eliminate Them, by Colin Barker
- The UVF, by Brian Trench
- Antoine Bloye, by Ian Birchall
- John Strachey, by Reg Groves
- In Brief, by Colin Barker
No.63, Mid-October 1973
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
CHRIS HARMAN
Reviews:
COLIN BARKER
NOTES OF THE MONTH:
Hazards: The Hidden Toll at Work, by Pat Kinnersley
Immigrant Struggles in France, by Richard Kirkwood
The Parliamentary Roaders and the Chile Defeat
The Communist Party Today: 2. The Party in decline, by Chris Harman
REVIEWS
Political Writings of William Morris, by Ken Montague
Not by politics alone, by Tony Cliff
Working for Ford, by Colin Barker
Leon Trotsky on Britain, by Jules Townshend
James Connolly, by George Johnston
Britain in Balance, by John Palmer
The Story of the Blues, by Wally Preston
Political Power and Social Classes, by Martin Shaw
In brief, by Colin Barker
No.64, Mid-November 1973
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
CHRIS HARMAN
Reviews:
COLIN BARKER
NOTES OF THE MONTH:
Politics and the Shop Floor: 12 Months at Chrysler, by Peter Jones
Background to the Middle East Crisis:
- Part One: Zionism, by Jim Higgins
- Part Two: The Arab States, by Ian Birchall
The Spanish Civil War (RA The Revolution and Civil War in Spain by Pierre Broué & Témine, & The Spanish Revolution 1931-9 by Leon Trotsky), by Chris Harman
REVIEWS:
- Cromwell, by Reg Groves
- Letters to Louis Althusser, by Andrea Savonuzzi
- Guide to Charles Dickens, by Robert Giddings
- Imperialism and World Economy, by Martin Shaw
- The Axe, by Stuart Morgan
- Romania’s Ceausescu, by Chris Harman
- In Brief, by Chris Harman
No.65, Mid-December 1973
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
CHRIS HARMAN
Business Manager:
ANITA SANDBERG
Reviews:
COLIN BARKER
NOTES OF THE MONTH:
Greece: The Junta Stumbles, by Stephen Marks
Briefing: On the Oil Crisis
Trials and Unrest in the USSR, by John O’Brien
The First Shop Stewards Movement (RA The First Shop Stewards Movement by James Hinton), by Duncan Hallas
REVIEWS:
- The South African Connection, by Harold Jackson
- Marxism and the Origins of British Socialism, by James Hinton
- Anarchy in Action, by Justin Gutman
- The Myth of Population Control, by Tom Butler
- Paupers, by Sheila Sim
- The Broken Sword of Justice, by Julian Harber
- The Best of I.F. Stone’s Weekly, by Bill Kaye
- Revolutionaries, by Duncan Hallas
- Intellectual Origins of American Radicalism, by John Hellebrand
- A History of the Irish Working Class, by George Johnson
- Working Hours in British Industry, by Julian Harber
- Consciousness and Action, by Colin Barker
- Economics of the Real World, by Steve Harris
- The Pueblo, by Judith Barker
- In Brief, by Colin Barker
No.66, February 1974
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
CHRIS HARMAN
Reviews:
COLIN BARKER
NOTES OF THE MONTH:
Towards a Rank and File Movement, by Andreas Nagliati
The Tupamaros: Rise and Fall (RA The Tupamaros by Alain Labrousse), by Frank Roberts
Founding of the Communist International, by Duncan Hallas
Chile: Workers’s Struggle Under Allende, by Luis Angel Fernandez Hermana
Portrait of an Appalling Man (RA Herbert Morrison: Portrait of a Politician by Bernard Donoghue & G.W. Jones), by Paul Foot
REVIEWS:
- James Connolly, by George Johnston
- Hermanos! by Sandy Irvine
- Red Square at Noon, by Eric Cameron
- Hazards at Work, by Arthur Affleck
- Imperialism and Revolution in South Asia, by Nigel Harris
- The Philosophy of Art of Karl Marx, by Ian H. Birchall
No.67, March 1974
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
CHRIS HARMAN
Reviews:
COLIN BARKER
NOTES OF THE MONTH:
Lenin’s Pravda: Workers’ Paper as Organiser, by Tony Cliff
Briefing: Inflation
The New Arms Race, by Dennis Childs
Marx: The Grundrisse (RA), by Peter Binns
Stalinism – Criticism from Yugoslavia (RA Between Ideals and Reality: A Critique of Socialism and its Future by Svetozar Stojanovic), by Colin Barker
REVIEWS:
- The Fine Tubes Strike, by Colin Barker
- The Africans, by John Willman
- Education and Society, by Tony Barrow
- Commissar, by D. Highes
- Militarism and Anti-Militarism, by John Molyneux
- Cambodia, by Glyn Carver
- Northern Ireland, by Brian Trench
- For Sociology, by Martin Shaw
- Red Rising in Bavaria, by Ian Birchall
- In Brief, by Colin Barker
No.68, April 1974
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
CHRIS HARMAN
Reviews:
COLIN BARKER
NOTES OF THE MONTH:
Miners: A Special Strike, by Bill Message
Ireland: Latest Stage in the Struggle, by Mike Miller
The Comintern: Mass Parties and the International, by Duncan Hallas
Women’s Consciousness (RA Women’s Consciousness, Men’s World by Sheila Rowbotham), by Kathy Ennis
REVIEWS:
- The New Season, by Chanie Rosenberg
- Safety or Profit, by Peter Housden
- The Russian Revolution of February 1917, by Julian Harber
- Women’s Rights, by Anna Paczuska
- Multinationals, by Hugo Radice
- Tinker, Tailor ..., by Sarah Cox
- The Ulster Unionist Party, by George Johnston
- The Autumn of Central Paris, by Nigel Harris
- In Brief, by Colin Barker
No.69, May 1974
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
CHRIS HARMAN
Reviews:
COLIN BARKER
NOTES OF THE MONTH:
South Asia on the Brink, by Nigel Harris
The Comintern: Workers and Peasants, by Duncan Hallas
Briefing: April Dream in Portugal, by Ian Birchall
Soviets in Action, by John Reed
You Are Now Entering Free Derry (RA War and an Irish Town by Eamonn McCann), by Frank Masterton
REVIEWS:
- An Alienated Man, by Colin Humphreys
- The Socialist Register 1973, by Duncan Hallas
- Socialism Now, by Duncan Hallas
- The Palestine Problem, by Helena Cobban
- Cruel Habitations, by Alastair Hatchett
- Labour’s Giant Step, by John Newsinger
- A Social History of the Third Reich, by Richard Noss
No.70, Mid-June 1974
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
CHRIS HARMAN
Reviews:
COLIN BARKER
NOTES OF THE MONTH:
Northern Ireland: Background to the Crisis
Belfast on Strike, by Mike Miller
United States: Workers on the Move, by Fred Pilgotsky
REVIEWS:
- The Concorde Fiasco, by Martin Barker
- An Opposing Man, by Ian H. Birchall
- ‘I’ve Lived Through It All’, by Raymond Challinor
- Fascism and Big Business, by Phil Jones
- Neocolonialism in West Africa, by Wenda Clenaghan
- The Economics of Colonialism, by Jenny Fakes
- The Classic Slum, by Peter Robinson
- In Brief, by Colin Barker
No.71, September 1974
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
CHRIS HARMAN
Reviews:
COLIN BARKER
NOTES OF THE MONTH:
The NEW Industrial Relations Act, by David Beecham
Briefing: Cyprus
Fascism in Britain, by Colin Sparks
REVIEWS:
- Chile: The Gorillas Are Among Us, by David Sandberg
- Multinational Companies and the Third World, by Hugo Radice
- The Balham Group, by Harry Wicks
- Labour Movements in the Common Market, by Ian H. Birchall
- Women and Madness, by Judith Condon
No.72, October 1974
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
CHRIS HARMAN
Reviews:
COLIN BARKER
NOTES OF THE MONTH:
Portugal: The First Six Months, by Chris Harman
White Collar Workers, by Duncan Hallas
The IS Member and the Fraction, by Duncan Hallas
[_Correspondence:_]
- Letter on CP, from Monty Johnstone
- Reply to above
Solzhenitsyn: The Gulag Archipelago, by Dave Hughes
Solzhenitsyn: The Politics of Isolation, by Bruce Young
REVIEWS:
- The Labour Government 1964-1970, by John Palmer
- The Private Sector in Soviet Agriculture, by Colin Humphries
- Harry Bridges, by John Charlton
- Ideology and Insanity, by Tirril Harris
- The Lichauco Paper, by Peter Binns
- Race and Resistance, by Lester Buttnay
- In Brief, by Colin Barker
No.73, December 1974
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
Published by International Socialism, 6 Cottons Gardens, London E2 8DN
Editor:
DUNCAN HALLAS
Reviews:
COLIN BARKER
NOTES OF THE MONTH:
- Economic Prospects
- France: The Reformist Left Regroups, by Richard Kirkwood
- Portugal: Role and Nature of the Army, by Joanna Rollo
Redundancy, Closures and the Sit-in Tactic, by John Deason
The Battle at Fisher Bendix, by Malcolm Marks
The Co-Operative Solution? The NVT Experience, by Colin Sparks
The Redundancy Dispute at C.A. Parsons, by ‘Draughtsmen’
Sold Out at Strachans, by Dave Peers
Nationalisation, Workers’ Control and Workers’ Management, IS NC Policy Statement
The Class Struggle in Eastern Europe (RA Bureaucracy and Revolution in Eastern Europe by Chris Harman), by Duncan Hallas
BOOK REVIEWS:
- The Black Worker in Britain, by Europe Singh
- Will Thorne: Constructive Militant, by Richard Hyman
- The Death Pit, by Bryan Rees
- Hong Kong: A Case to Answer, by Robert Lumley
- The Death and Life of Malcolm X, by Colin Barker
- A Portrait of English Racism, by Ron Murphy
- Black Star, by Alex Callinicos
- How Israel Lost Its Soul, by Steve Faith
- In Brief, [by Colin Barker]
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