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Socialist Studies (1989)
''Socialist Studies'' is the name of a quarterly Socialism, socialist periodical and of the group which publishes it. The group was founded in 1991 by sixteen expelled members of the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) who claim that their expulsions were the result of an anti-socialist Conspiracy (political), conspiracy. Though small, the group has remained an active and vocal critic of the SPGB since its inception. The publication ''Socialist Studies'' was first published in 1989 by the Camden Town, Camden and NW postcode area, North West London branches of the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB), though since issue No. 3 (1991) it has been published by an independent organisation. The early issues consisted primarily of material reprinted from the works of Karl Marx and the ''Socialist Standard'', though the paper now consists of original material. The format has remained the same for the past fifteen years, namely three to twelve A4 paper, A4 sheets of single-colum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Hardcastle
Edgar Richard "Hardy" Hardcastle (1899 – June 1995) was a theoretician of Marxist economics. The son of a founder member of the Socialist Party of Great Britain, Hardcastle went to prison as a socialist conscientious objector in the First World War, formally joining his father's party in 1922. After studying at the London School of Economics under Professor Edwin Cannan, he worked all his life as a researcher in the trade union movement, first for the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers, then for a short while for the international trade union movement in Brussels, then till his retirement for the Union of Post Office Workers where he was chief adviser to a succession of UPW General Secretaries. His main interest was monetary economics. From the 1930s on, as his ''Socialist Standard'' articles (written under the pen name of H.) testify, he did battle against Keynes on behalf of Marx and also, on behalf of his old professor, Cannan. Edwin Cannan, a largely forgott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
