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No, this month's article quotes from the June 1926 editorial, 'The General Strike Fiasco: Its Causes and Effects'. The Gilmac article is on the net for the first time.When I get my arse in gear I will also post Jack Fitzgerald's front page article on the strike from the same issue of the Socialist Standard on the blog.
Very good article by 'Gilmac' from the June 1926 issue of the Socialist Standard, written and published in the immediate aftermath of the 1926 General Strike:Link: The Strike
Good Socialist Standard editorial from 1904:Link: The Futility of ReformHat tip to DJW for originally scanning it in.
Some May Day pieces from yesteryear on the net for the first time:Link: The Significance of May Day (1907)Link: May Day Musings: The Tragedy of Demonstrations (1936)Link: May Day—After The Shambles (1946)
"Peter felt his union activities conflicted with his membership of the Party . . . "Could Kaz expand on this? I'm intrigued.
Interesting article by a Labour Lord – Fred Montague – who quit the Labour whip because of its reformism, that was reprinted in the February 1956 issue of the Socialist Standard:Link: Why I Quit
Excellent Socialist Standard article from 1979 by Steve Coleman on the history of Labour Party reformism. One to bear in mind, what with the ongoing illusions invested in Corbyn and others:Link: Labour under illusions
The Labour Party ". . . is made up in the main of religious visionaries, taxation quacks, place-hunters, wind-bags, and would-be “statesmen"Cracking Socialist Standard editorial from 1923:Link: Labour's "Revolutionary" Leaders
Special mention for the late J. Force of the SPGB Bristol Group who mentions in an obituary for another Bristol comrade that he was studying for holy orders before joining the SPGB:Link: August 1980 obituaryThat makes it 3-2. We're making a comeback!
I see the latest issue of Socialist Studies just went online in the past week:Link: Issue 99I wonder if issue 100 will be a bumper issue?
A new batch of old Socialist Standard articles, editorials and reviews on the internet for the first time. I'm too lazy to list them individually but they date from the 1977-1983 period, and number about 80 pieces in total:Link: New Socialist Standard articlesEnjoy. Feel free to pass them on and share them on other forums and via google, etc.
