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From the January 1955 issue of the Socialist Standard, a review of the first tv adapatation of George Orwell's 1984:http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/10/1984unthinkable.htmlPeter Cushing as Winston Smith!
On the Eugene Debs connection, a couple years ago I visited the Eugene Debs museum in Terre Haute, Indiana – it is in fact Debs' own house that has been turned into a museum dedicated to him – and amongst Debs's personal collection of pamphlets on display under glass cases was a pamphet by Con Lehane. For SPGB anoraks, Lehane was a founder member of the SPGB, and the Party's first general secretary. I can't remember the title of Lehane's pamphlet but it was one published after he left the SPGB, and I'm sure it was on the subject of Ireland.
Have the issues already been forwarded onto this site?https://bataillesocialiste.wordpress.com/
Vin,I use this twitter account for posting links from the page:https://twitter.com/imposs1916It happens to be an old account that I had from years ago, which I never used, but simply reactivated once I started putting more time into the Socialist Standard Past and Present blog.It's in no way an 'official' page for the journal or the Party. I'll leave that wee endeavour for either the media department or the officialspgb twitter account.
Young Master Smeet wrote:You'll see why I put this under WSM in a minute.Anyway, the latest Private Eye has an aticle regarding the current malaise at Freedom Bookshop, which has ceased publishing its paper for some while now (leaving the Standard as basically last man standing, really, as the People died a good while ago). Apparently thee's a ghaaaastly Classwar crowd there causing trouble; but the articles of association for Freedom press say if it stops publishing they need to sell up and donate the proceeds to the cause (I hope none of our members will be willing for us to accept anarchist money).Anyway, the connection is is that someone late of our parish gets a name check, namely the Reverend Crowe, who gets bad mouthed as a hardline marxist (though at the time I recall he had become a Stirnerite Egoist), and his editorship is slated as the bginning of the slide into the end for Freedom.With regards to Toby Crowe getting the blame, I'm wondering if the person who penned the Private Eye piece cribbed part of their info from this series of blogposts?http://northernvoicesmag.blogspot.com/2015/02/who-killed-freedom-unauthorised-history.html
The second half of Bob Ambridge's Notes on Economic History series:May 1961 – Wealth of Nationshttp://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/10/notes-on-economic-history-7-1961.htmlJune 1961 – Adam Smith's theories of incomehttp://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/10/notes-on-economic-history-8-1961.htmlJuly 1961 – What is economic life?http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/10/notes-on-economic-history-9-1961.htmlAugust 1961 – The value of Labour-powerhttp://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/10/notes-on-economic-history-10-1961.htmlSeptember 1961 – The Theory of Populationhttp://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/10/notes-on-economic-history-11-1961.htmlOctober 1961 – Malthus on Povertyhttp://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/10/notes-on-economic-history-12-1961.html
I believe the articles were collected together and issued as a Common Ownership pamphlet in the 1990s sometime. Somebody will pop up to provide the detail, but I understand the Common Ownership pamphlets originated out of New Zealand. I can't remember who was behind them, but the name Chris Fackney springs to mind for some reason.
The latest undertaking on the blog is Robert Ambridge's 1960/61 12 part series entitled, 'Notes on Economic History'. The majority are already up on the blog, and they should all be up some time early next week. Here's the obligatory links:November 1960 – Economics before mercantilismhttp://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/10/notes-on-economic-history-1-1960.htmlDecember 1960 – The Mercantile Systemhttp://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/10/notes-on-economic-history-2-1960.htmlJanuary 1961 – The rise of the merchantshttp://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/10/notes-on-economic-history-3-1961.htmlFebruary 1961 – Before the physiocratshttp://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/10/notes-on-economic-history-4-1961.htmlMarch 1961 – The Physiocratshttp://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/10/notes-on-economic-history-5-1961.htmlApril 1961 – The Physiocratic Schoolhttp://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/10/notes-on-economic-history-6-1961.html
I like the interviews that have been done in recent years. I think that's something that should be encouraged.
alanjjohnstone wrote:But i think a regular "Guest Column" would be a welcomed addition to the Standard since it may perhaps strike up a more lively debate and discussion interaction, something which we presently don't have much of but possibly could capitalise upon.A regular guest column is a horrible idea. I have no objections whatsover to non-members articles appearing in the Standard but to make it a regular month-on-month feature would be a recipe for disaster. Personally, I think the Standard is going through a purple patch at the moment, but my one quibble is that the regular features format sometimes results in columns which are thinner than they should be. If I'm wrong about this, correct me, but it looks sometimes that the tv review or the sports column is hidebounded by the fact that the columns are supposed to fit a certain word length. (usually too short.)Incorporating a 'guest column' as a regular feature in the Standard would, for different reasons, perhaps result in some guest articles appearing for no other reason than the fact that the format dictates that a guest column is expected every month.Kick the idea to the kerb.
From Paul Mason's Facebook page:"Notes for my Newcastle University "Lord Patten Lecture" on Postcapitalism. 600 people turned up and despite two overflow rooms they had to turn people away. Next up is Sheffield, Saturday afternoon, Ilkey Lit Fest Sunday and then Manchester 22/10. My big LSE lecture will be on 18/11. Oh and St Paul's Cathedral on 3/11 and Leeds on 6/11."It might be worthwhile members getting along to his meetings, if they can.
Some interesting articles from yesteryear just added to the blog: From August 1979: L. E. Weidberg's Pass the Salthttp://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/10/pass-salt-ii-1979.html From September 1939: Editorial Birds of a Feather: The Russo-German Bombshellhttp://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/10/birds-of-feather-russo-german-bombshell.html From February 1977: Jim D'Arcy's Lewis Henry Morgan and the last hundred yearshttp://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/10/lewis-henry-morgan-and-last-100-years.html From November 1984: Steve Coleman's Who needs religious morality?http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/10/who-needs-religious-morality-1984.html Hat tip to Rob S. for originally putting these on the internet.
Another great article from the early days. This time from 1906:http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-need-for-intellectuals-1906.htmlIt's general theme means that it could have been written yesterday.Cheers again to ALB for scanning the article.
Just uploaded to the blog, an October 1904 Socialist Standard article sticking the boot into Keir Hardie:http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/10/is-there-class-war-1904.htmlHat tip to ALB for scanning the article.
