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pfbcarlisle wrote:

The Party's website now has a facility for users to subscribe to a newsletter which will list updates to the site, including new archive material, audio uploads, (new or old), etc. (Thanks to cde. Poynton of the Internet Committee)Go to the bottom right of any page on this website and there is a box to sign-up to the newsletter. Just enter your email address and you'll receive a confirmation email which can be clicked to activate subscription. (The option to 'unsubscribe' is also present and easy to use).As this is new, the first newsletter won't be issued until early October to allow people to sign up.

Excellent. Thanks for this.

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Ozymandias wrote:

Forgot to ask if anyone can tell me who the "Internationalist Communist Tendency" are. I've never heard of them but they look like Trots.

Left Communists. Probably better known in the UK as the Communist Workers Organisation.

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For the completists. From the February 1979 issue of the Socialist Standard, 'Devolution or revolution?':Link: Devolution or revolution?

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Possibly the first mention of Moses Baritz in the Socialist Standard:Link: The Movement in Manchester

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Another batch of articles from the Socialist Standard and elsewhere that have been uploaded to the blog in recent weeks:Link: April 1987 Article on the old CPGB journal, Marxism Today.Link: October 1995 Book Review on the Labour Party in the 1940s.Link: September 1988 Obituary for Bill Clarke, a very active socialist in Australia in the last century.Link: Article from Forum, the SPGB's internal journal in the 1950s, about William Faulkner.Link: Article from Forum, the SPGB's internal journal in the 1950s, about Carson McCullers.Link: Article from Forum, the SPGB's internal journal in the 1950s, about John Steinbeck.Link: Article from Forum, the SPGB's internal journal in the 1950s, about F Scott Fitzgerald.Link: December 1996 Review of the film, Michael CollinsLink: February 1976 Harry Young ('Horatio') on why he joined the SPGB.Link: January 1978 The working class is us by Robert BarltropLink: April 1979 Review of John Quail's history of early British Anarchism.Link: June 1987 Who remembers News on Sunday?Link: December 1997 A Heather Ball short storyLink: June 1997 Theatre Review of a play about Tom Driberg and Clement AttleeLink: March 1906 Wee reports from SPGB Branches in Watford, Peckham, Tooting and Fulham.Link: April 1913 Who are the working class? By A. E. Jacomb.Link: November 1925 The Idealists by Gilbert McClatchie. Excellent piece about the vanity and hubris of Labour politicians that could have been written yesterday.

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jondwhite wrote:

Do you use OCR?

 I have in the past, but some of the earlier Standards are not the best to OCR. It's also the case that I prefer to transcribe because I think it's easier to transcribe an article than it is to proof read a scanned article. I think more mistakes can be made with the latter.It's also the case that I enjoy reading the articles whilst transcribing. I don't think I would enjoy it half as much if I was trying to read/proof read a piece.

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yes – I practice my touch typing and listen to some good music whilst doing it. It's a win-win situation for me.

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They're articles that have yet to appear in the Socialist Standard archive. Rob W is working on it.

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A few more additions to the blog:Link: May 1993 Roots of gay oppressionLink: March 1993 Two anti-LeninistsLink: June 1985 Praise Marx (TV Review)Link: August 1979 Book Review Marge PiercyLink: November 1964 Editorial on the Labour Government of the dayLink: May 1986 Stereotypes in printLink: March 1977 Book Review of Robert Barltrop's biography of Jack LondonLink: October 1973 Book Review of Jean BarrotLink: April 1976 An article on Jimmy ReidLink: August 1987 Film Review of Lizzie Borden's Working GirlsLink: August 1974 Article on Jack London's People of the AbyssLink: November 1974 Article of the notorious Glasgow novel, No Mean CityLink: January 1975 Article on the Welsh novel These Poor HandsLink: February 1975 Article on Walter Greenwood's Love on the DoleLink: February 1971 Obituary for 'Tom King', who had been the last surviving founder member of the SPGB

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Just posted on the Socialist Standard Past and Present blog, another from the Socialist Standard's mid seventies series of article, entitled 'Why I Joined the SPGB'.This time, it's Harry Young's ('Horatio') turn and, to put it mildly, he had quite a colourful political past before joining the SPGB. Btw, Harry Young is the SPGBer who was featured on the front cover of Robert Barltrop's history of the SPGB, The Monument.Link: February 1976 – Why I Joined The SPGB

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Just a wee update with regards to the Socialist Standard Past & Present blog. It's been out of action for the past month because of a kaput laptop and personal commitments, but it is now up and running again.Once again, I invite list members to bookmark and/or subscribe to the blog. The overwhelming majority of articles, book reviews and sundry other stuff will eventually turn up on this website but if you subscribe to the blog you can steal a march on other interested parties, and be the hypest socialist in your branch, group or that dark corner in the Starbucks where you make a coffee last an hour whilst you keep refreshing the forum page to see if there any new messages on the 'rebranding the spgb in the 21st century' thread.  Some recent – and not so recent additions – to the blog:LINK: July 1997 Review of Steve Coleman's Stilled TonguesLINK: October 1982 Review of Alan Parker's Pink Floyd filmLINK: March 1977 'Carrying the platform ten thousand miles'LINK: January 1976 Why I joined the SPGBLINK: October 1973 Obituary for Sam OrnerLINK: October 1997 Book Review 'Communist Kids'LINK: World Socialist short story from the late, great Richard MontagueLink: World Socialist article Socialism and uneven developmentLink: John Crump article: Japan – the other side of the miracleLINK: June 1978 Sociology or Socialism?LINK: December 1980 Book Review of Anton PannokoekLINK: April 1973 Glasgow in the 19th Century

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Another in the Why I Joined The SPGB series from the mid 1970s. This one by Laurie Weidberg, who by all accounts – including that of his nephew, Colin Shindler, in his football fan memoir, 'Manchester United Ruined My Life' – was a bit of a character:Link: Why I Joined the SPGB

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Here's an early 'Why I Joined the S.P.G.B' article that appeared in the September 1938 issue of the Socialist Standard: Link: Why I Joined the S.P.G.B I'm not 100% sure but I'm guessing the author of the article was Sid Rubin, who gets a mention in Barltrop's unofficial history of the SPGB, The Monument, as the author of the novel 'My Time, My Place', under the pen name of George Camden. I read the novel not that long ago and it's actually not a bad read.

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First editorial from the first ever issue of the Socialist Standard.LINK: Editorial

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The Socialist Standard ran a series of articles in the mid-70s, entitled 'Why I joined the SPGB'. I'll post the links as they become available on the net. Here's Robert Barltrop's 'Why I joined the SPGB' from the September 1975 issue of the Socialist Standard:Link: Why I joined the SPGB

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