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AUT: Left-Wing Communism in Britain 1917-21 by Bob Jones

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This pamphlet is now on the Subversion web-site.  =
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/8195
This is the author's introduction:
"This short work was written in 1984 as an article for the journal =
'Black Star'. 'Black Star' expired before the article appeared and it =
eventually appeared in print in 1989 in the Grand Rapids based =
'Discussion Bulletin' and later in a slightly revised form in 'The =
Raven' (No. 11, 1990).
The pamphlet attempts to show how an evolving British Communist movement =
was taken over by the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and turned =
into something quite alien. At the moment when the Communist Parties, =
and the authoritarian communism they represent are collapsing everywhere =
it is perhaps appropriate that this work should reappear. While =
commentators are glibly enthusing over the end of "communism" and =
"socialism" it is important to remember that there was an earlier and =
very different communist tradition in Britain. Understanding the process =
by which it ws marginalised and in a large part obliterated may help us =
to understand what went wrong. It might also help to undermine the =
assumption that 'libertarian' and 'communist' or 'socialist' are =
mutually contradictory terms.
R.W.Jones"
The pamphlet is a useful supplement to the other text "Class War on the =
Home Front" also on the web site.




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1984 as an=20
article for the journal 'Black Star'. 'Black Star' expired before the =
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appeared and it eventually appeared in print in 1989 in the Grand Rapids =
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'Discussion Bulletin' and later in a slightly revised form in 'The =
Raven' (No.=20
11, 1990).<BR>The pamphlet attempts to show how an evolving British =
Communist=20
movement was taken over by the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) =
and=20
turned into something quite alien. At the moment when the Communist =
Parties, and=20
the authoritarian communism they represent are collapsing everywhere it =
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perhaps appropriate that this work should reappear. While commentators =
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glibly enthusing over the end of &quot;communism&quot; and =
&quot;socialism&quot;=20
it is important to remember that there was an earlier and very different =

communist tradition in Britain. Understanding the process by which it ws =

marginalised and in a large part obliterated may help us to understand =
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wrong. It might also help to undermine the assumption that 'libertarian' =
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'communist' or 'socialist' are mutually contradictory=20
terms.<BR>R.W.Jones&quot;</FONT></DIV>
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