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Much of the knowledge, and especially that which comes from academia and media, is extremely problematic. It is often too empirical, lacking the ability to provide general explanations of phenomena under study.

Jason Schulman writes in memory of the late socialist activist, his comrade Michael Hirsch.

Zoom study group, based on Hal Draper's "The Myth of Lenin’s “Revolutionary Defeatism” (large extracts in Workers' Liberty 2/1, 2/2, 2/3) and "The ABC of National Liberation Movements" (in Workers' Liberty 2/3). Thursdays 7pm 23 June, 7 July, 14 July 2022

Explaining and debunking the theory and practice of Maoism. Part 1.

Sidney Hook* briefly emblazoned the Marxist heavens like a revolutionary nova, only to end his political career as a menacing black hole, through which neither the illuminating vision of a socialist alternative nor the heat of insurgency's passion would ever more emerge. Unlike, say, Max Shachtman, who virtually lost the capacity to write, when to do so would have meant justifying the ideological repudiation of the work and commitment of a lifetime, Hook is remembered chiefly by the blighte...

    "As in private life one distinguishes between what a man thinks and says of himself and what he really is and does, still more in historical struggles must one distinguish the phrases and fancies of the parties from their real organism and their real interests, their conception of themselves from their reality." Karl Marx, The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte.

This 2001 publication features an array of articles, letters and debate, many of which are helpful to understanding contemporary issues on the left. £3.50 + £1.60 postage

Paul Hampton reviews Imperialism and Resistance by John Rees (SWP pamphlet, 2006) John Rees is the new pope of the SWP, establishing himself since Tony Cliff’s death as the main driver of its politics. Yet his new book is remarkably thin: light on the substance of imperialism today, poor on arguments between socialists with absolutely monstrous political conclusions.

100 years ago — 1922The Oregon cooperative hay growers’ association will meet tonight at Hermiston to close up the business for the year. The association has a membership of 240

100 years ago — 1922The University of Oregon orchestra, the largest traveling organization of its kind in the northwest, will appear in concert in the high school auditorium Wednesday evening.