The Communist, No. 88
| Date: | 1975 |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | British and Irish Communist Organisation |
| Publication: | The Communist |
| Issue: | Number 88 July 1975 |
Contributors:
Info | Joe Keenan, John Lloyd, Conor Lynch, Helena Stevens, Bill Warren |
| Type: | Publication Issue |
| View: | View Document |
| Discuss: | Comments on this document |
| Subjects: | Labour Party Young Socialists |
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Commentary From The Cedar Lounge Revolution
19th April 2010
Many thanks to an anonymous contributor for forwarding this and penning the following:
About the Communist Magazine:
The Linen Hall Library Catalogue states “the Communist” magazine ran from 1967-1986. Some of the magazine’s contributors included Brendan Clifford, (several characteristically inimical pieces on Louis Althusser and Roy Medvedev) Angela Clifford, Jack Lane, Owen Evans (Sep.74, article very hostile to Welsh Nationalism), Nina Stead (pseudonym of Nina Fishman?),Rick Stead, Rosamund Mitchell, Dick Spicer, Davey Young, Niall Cusack,Martin Tyrrell, Mark Cowling, Edmond Riordan, C.K. Maisels (who is listed as a member of the Communist Organisation in the British Isles in G.A. Williams’ book “Proletarian Order”, so he must have left in the B&ICO/COBI split), M.J. Montgomery (Oct. 1985, one of several “Communist” articles supporting the anti-apartheid movement inSouth Africa) Philip O’Connor,(who later worked on the Aubane Historical Society book “Coolacrease” ) Gwydion Madawc Williams (the son of Raymond Williams) and Peter Brooke (the Irish historian, not the UK Politician).
Brooke was the author of several controversial publications under the Athol Books aegis, including “How Right Are the Racists?” (1978) and the second edition of his “Ulster Presbyterianism : the Historical Perspective, 1610-1970” (1987, Gill and MacMillan, 2nd ed. 1994, Athol Books). He also wrote a chapbook of poetry “Those Two Boys” for Reprisal Press in 1980.
“The Communist” rarely shied away from controversy, and the infamous July 1979 “Special Stalin Centenary Issue” and 1982 editorials defending the Falklands War, seem to have entered UK Left folklore. The Athol Books publication Labour and Trade Union Review, begun in 1987, seems to be “the Communist’s” successor. ]
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By: Starkadder Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:19:54
Speaking of Clifford’s regular target Paul Bew, the current
issue of the Sinn Fein magazine IRIS has a series of short
interviews with NI politicos, including Bew.
If only for the sake of balance, I would be interested in
hearing about Bew’s side of his relationship with the
B&ICO/WA/CEC grouplets.
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By: Baku26 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:12:34
When were SFWP pro-EEC? What is the evidence for this assertion based on their policy statements?
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By: Starkadder Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:11:52
In reply to NollaigO.
“Alone in supporting the Common Market were BICO (our sean cara , Seán Matgamna’s Workers Fight were abstentionist).”.
Hmm. The British Library lists a publication called
“Why Communist Organisation in the British Isles says vote for the EEC” from around 1975- perhaps this was a policy COBI retained
from their time as part of B&ICO ?
Pat Walsh of the AHS is promoting two new books about
Ireland’s relationship with Turkey –
” Forgotten Aspects Of Ireland’s Great War On Turkey ”
and ” Remembering Gallipoli, President McAleese’s Great War Crusade ”. Walsh gives an interview to this right-wing Turkish
website here, including some deeply disturbing statements
about the Armenian genocide :
http://ingiltereadd.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/interview-with-dr-pat-walsh-the-irish-author-of-the-book-forgotten-aspects-of-irelands-great-war-on-turkey/
“…However, due to increased western interest in the region, and due to the Palestinian issue, there is probably increased interest in dusting off the Blue Book and using it again to gain influence on how Turkey acts in the world..”
..”Russia and England used Christian Armenians as a kind of fifth-column and really made it impossible for them to continue in their traditional role as loyal and functional citizens…”
..”If we were to compare Turkey’s treatment of the Armenians and the British treatment of Ireland over the centuries (which did involve real campaigns of genocide) the Ottomans would always come out favourably.”
[Strange. I don’t remember the Black and Tans killing at least
600,000 Irish people ].
.And is Walsh aware he is keeping company with the
likes of the Likudnik Bernard Lewis on the Armenian issue?]
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By: Starkadder Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:59:56
The John Lloyd piece here discussing the nature of the British
media….is it a stretch to see some his ideas echoed in
publications such as Lloyd’s “What the Media are doing
to Our Politics? “
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By: WorldbyStorm Sat, 24 Apr 2010 18:05:06
In reply to Baku26.
Yep, I’m curious about that too. I don’t recall in my WP days any great love for it. Even in DL there was a strong strain of EU critical thinking going on. At least until they hit govt.
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By: Starkadder Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:37:09
The Aubane fellows are planning to hold a festival of some kind,
the ” Féile Dúthalla “,from August 27th to August 30th.
Click to access feileduthalla.pdf
Jack Lane,John Minahine, and Brendan Clifford will be launching the new Athol Books publications in Bob’s Upstairs Bar, Percival Street,
Kanturk, Co. Cork, on the 27th and 28th respectively.
Each launch will be followed by a chaired* Q&A session.
*Presumably the “chaired” aspect is to stop Filthy West-Brit Trotskyites asking awkward questions about the Irish Political Review editorials on Declan Ganley and Margaret Hassan.
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By: WorldbyStorm Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:15:49
In reply to Starkadder.
That actually sounds very interesting. Any chance any intrepid CLR readers/contributors will be there on the day?
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