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The ILP: Past and Present

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A lively, frank and well-illustrated account of the ILP’s history from its grass-roots origins in the 1890s to the present day; it provides a commentary on the Labour party’s development, including the rise and fall of the Labour left.

Price £3.50

Land and Freedom

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A short but moving account of the Spanish Civil War, using the often-silenced voices of Spanish activists. Focusing on events in Catalonia, it shows how even today, there is much more to be remembered than the courage of members of the International Brigade.

New edition 2009.
Price £2.50

A Socialism for Our Times: The ILP Perspective

admin — Fri, 22 May 2009 09:30:41 +0000

In spite of the claims regularly made that capitalism is triumphant, that it is our fate, and that there is no alternative, we seek to demonstrate that we can build a credible socialism for our times.

Published in 2003.

Price £2.50

Racism, Communities and the Far Right

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Our response to racism and fascism has to be based on genuine forms of democracy and participation, and greater control of our economic life, so we can redistribute resources to those communities living on or near the edge. This is not something that can wait for some ideal future.

Published in 2004.

Price £2.50

Co-operatives and Mutuals: The New Challenge

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The ability of the British to form mutual associations has been a hallmark of the development of civil society over the last four centuries. Can co-operatives and mutuals herald a new phase of radical politics, or are they part of the re-commondification of welfare?

Published in 2005.

Price £2.50

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Spring 2000

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Labour Watch
David Connolly wonders what happened to one member one vote.
Pushed into enemy hands
Bernard Hughes on how the leadership is turning even some of its closest friends into foes.
Impassable impasse?
Paul Dixon wonders what next for the Northern Ireland peace process.
A task of two halves
Adam Brown reports on an acrimonious end to the Football task force..

Conference:
Critical times in a back to front world
Barry Winter reports from the Critical Politics conference in London.

Obituary:
Orwell’s boy
Barry Winter remembers Staff Cottman, veteran of the Spanish Civil War.

Summer 2000

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Labour Watch
David Connolly ponders the latest example of new Labour style democracy
Republicans and the choreography of peace
Paul Dixon wonders how the Republican leaders have sold the Good Friday Agreement.
For Queen and country … and socialism
Barry Winter meets the working class unionists who tell it like it is.
Zimbabwe in crisis
William Brown looks beyond the headlines at the origins of Zimbabwe’s recent unrest.
The Travellers’ tales
Matthew Brown recalls the centuries of persecution that have afflicted Gypsy people.

Winter 2001

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Labour Watch
Ann Black describes the underground manoeuvres which damage democracy at the National Policy Forum.
Still time to change trains
Bernard Hughes picks over the origins and entrails of the railway crisis.
Gone but not forgotten
Jean Wood reports on the plight of Kosovan refugees recently sent back to their own country.
dot.com/sustainedgrowth?
William Brown wades through the myths and realities of the ‘new economy’.
No logo, no solutions
Matthew Brown finds Naomi Klein’s aim at the corporate brand bullies somewhat off target.
Theatres of conflict
Jonathan Timbers meets both Arthur and Tony in the same week, and lives to tell the tale.

Autumn 2001

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Developing democracy
Stephen Yeo argues that cooperative politics can help to address the democratic deficit.
The ILP and social change
Barry Winter outlines the ILP’s perspective and explains why it’s had to change.
Collective action and the sustainable renewal of Britain
Sean Creighton calls for a better understanding of mutual organisations, and argues that they should be a vital part of regeneration and social inclusion.

Reviews:
Traitor or whistle blower?
Gary Kent reviews Liz Davies’ recent book on the politics inside new Labour.
An activist’s life
Mike Wadsworth reviews the recent biography of lifetime communist Edmund Frow.
Defective permanent revolutionary
Mike Wadsworth reviews the autobiography of SWP founder Tony Cliff.