Sam Bornstein (1920 - 1990) was a British

Trotskyist Trotskyism (, ) is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Russian revolutionary and intellectual Leon Trotsky along with some other members of the Left Opposition and the Fourth International. Trotsky described himself as an ...

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

and activist. Bornstein was a member of the ILP Guild of Youth, but eventually moved towards

ideas and joined the Workers International League, helping to build their branch in Stepney. With Al Richardson, published three books on the history of

Trotskyism Trotskyism (, ) is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Russian revolutionary and intellectual Leon Trotsky along with some other members of the Left Opposition and the Fourth International. Trotsky described himself as an ...

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through their "Socialist Platform"

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. In 1988 they founded the journal '' Revolutionary History'', dedicated to the history of the

anti-Stalinist left The anti-Stalinist left encompasses various kinds of Left-wing politics, left-wing political movements that oppose Joseph Stalin, Stalinism, neo-Stalinism and the History of the Soviet Union (1927–1953), system of governance that Stalin impleme ...

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Obituary by Sam Levy
1920 births 1990 deaths British Trotskyists British Marxist historians Revolutionary Communist Party (UK, 1944) members British Marxist writers Historians of communism {{UK-historian-stub