''International Socialism'' is a British-based quarterly
journal established in 1960 and published in London by the
Socialist Workers Party which discusses
socialist theory. It is currently edited by Joseph Choonara who replaced
Alex Callinicos
Alexander Theodore Callinicos (born 24 July 1950) is a Rhodesian-born British political theorist and activist. An adherent of Trotskyism, he is a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and serves as its Internatio ...
, who took over for ten years in November 2009 after
Chris Harman died.
The current journal is the second series following an earlier series which ran from 1960 to 1978 publishing a total of 104 issues. Originally edited by
Michael Kidron
Michael Kidron (20 September 1930 – 25 March 2003) was a British cartographer. He was one of the early founders of the International Socialists (forerunners of the Socialist Workers Party; SWP) through the 1960s and 1970s, and the first edit ...
for its first five years, with
Alasdair MacIntyre
Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (; born 12 January 1929) is a Scottish-American philosopher who has contributed to moral and political philosophy as well as history of philosophy and theology. MacIntyre's '' After Virtue'' (1981) is one of the mos ...
co-editing it alongside him for 18 months, subsequently the first series was variously edited by
Nigel Harris,
Chris Harman,
Duncan Hallas
Duncan Hallas (23 December 1925 – 19 September 2002), was a prominent member of the Trotskyist movement and a leading member of the Socialist Workers Party in Great Britain.
Biography
Born into a working-class family in Manchester, Duncan Hall ...
and
Alex Callinicos
Alexander Theodore Callinicos (born 24 July 1950) is a Rhodesian-born British political theorist and activist. An adherent of Trotskyism, he is a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and serves as its Internatio ...
. The second series was originally edited by Peter Binns, who was succeeded as editor by
John Rees. Previously, a single issue of a duplicated journal of this name had been published in 1958 and the first edition of
Tony Cliff's essay on
Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg (; ; pl, Róża Luksemburg or ; 5 March 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a Polish and naturalised-German revolutionary socialism, revolutionary socialist, Marxism, Marxist philosopher and anti-war movement, anti-war activist. Succ ...
was published, in book form, as issue 2/3 in series with this otherwise one-off publication.
References
External links
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''The Journal International Socialism''by
Alex Callinicos
Alexander Theodore Callinicos (born 24 July 1950) is a Rhodesian-born British political theorist and activist. An adherent of Trotskyism, he is a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and serves as its Internatio ...
, ''International Critical Thought'', 5, 2 (2015)
Socialist Review and International Socialism Journal Index Includes text of issues from 2:61 (Winter 1993) to 2:104 (Autumn 2004), after which the text is available on the journal website.
1958 establishments in England
Political magazines published in the United Kingdom
Quarterly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Communist magazines
Magazines established in 1958
Socialist Workers Party (UK)
Trotskyist works
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