Simon Jenkins writes in the Sunday Times (13 Dec 87) of the efforts to save the famine-stricken people of Ethiopia by charity. In 1984 £85m was given, and this winter Bob Geldof and the BBC are putting Ethiopia forward again. Jenkins asks whether the effort already made has helped the starving Ethiopians; doubtless it saved… read more »
The inaugural lecture of Marilyn Butler, the new King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge, has appeared in TLS (4-10 Dec 87) under the title “Revising the Canon.” It opens by pointing out that however far Britain may have sunk in importance, the dominance of the United States assures literature… read more »
(Reprinted from the Socialist Leader 10 November 1951. Copy supplied by Ellis Hillman. – GW) In the cloud of emotional dust raised by Len Collier there is still left, when the dust has settled, a very real and vital problem for all socialists to consider. The problem is not new, but it is of vital… read more »
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Revision of June 1987. Ideological Commentary is devoted to the development and exposition of systematic ideology, a theory originated and largely developed by the late Harold Walsby. We do not claim final or exhaustive understanding of it; the formulation that looked like the ultimate last month needs alteration now, and the partial account given here… read more »