In IC14 we spoke of the Socialist Party of Great Britain and the anarchists as being less different from one another than each of them likes to think; we showed reason to believe that they both express the same , major ideology, that those calling themselves the Socialist Party of Great Britain would be better… read more »
On the opening page of ‘Socialist Principles Explained’ there is a hint that the Object and Declaration of Principles may need re-wording: Why do we adhere to wording (adopted in 1904) that in some respects may seem old-fashioned by modern standards? The reference is only to the wording, we have to expect that if anything… read more »
The Socialist Party of Great Britain is a small organisation which repudiates the gradualism and reformism commonly associated with the term ‘socialist.’ It declares itself ‘determined to wage war against all other political parties,’ but there is one political movement which is not a party and cannot become one. How does the Socialist Party relate… read more »
Ideological Commentary has faults, one of them being an excess of loving-kindness toward the Socialist Party of Great Britain (see Part Three). But it also has one virtue: it lives up to its name. IC consists entirely of commentary, more or less direct, on ideological behaviour, and it accepts the reality of its subject-matter. There… read more »
The Socialist Standard for August 1984 says: The working class […] run society from top to bottom. The same journal for October 1984 says, of the proposition that ‘the exploited control their own exploitation’ that it ‘defied logic.’ But if the workers run society from top to bottom then they must control their own exploitation,… read more »
The Socialist Standard for August 1984 says: The working class […] run society from top to bottom. The same journal for October 1984 says: The capitalists […] are busy doing multi-million pound deals with the Russians and Chinese ruling classes. So where do those deals fit in? Above the top? Or below the bottom? from… read more »
The anarchists often claim to be independent of one another, and at first sight they do seem to be if not wholly independent at least deeply divided, but their divisions have a way of disappearing on examination. One which at first sight may seem fundamental is between the orthodox (if I may use that term)… read more »
The article which follows is reprinted (slightly edited) with permission from Science and Public Policy, February 1984. The author is Zvi Lamm, MA, PhD, of the School of Education, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. – GW Professor Zvi Lamm served in the British Army in Europe (1943 – 46) and with the Israeli Defence Forces (1950… read more »