Twentieth Century Communism journal
Twentieth Century Communism is a journal of communist history and theory from across the globe. Posts about radical history, and its writing and research. Published by Lawrence & Wishart.
- Reposted by Twentieth Century Communism journal#CfP “Militancias, actores y agencias en los comunismos de la España del siglo XX” 28 de mayo @sorbonne-universite.fr socialhistoryportal.org/news/article... @20thccommunism.bsky.social
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- Comradely seasons greetings from Twentieth Century Communism journal Picture: Front page of Communist Party of the Netherlands' 'De Tribune' (24 December, 1931), featuring linocut print of workers underneath Christmas star www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/v...
- British Maoist composer Cornelius Cardew died on this day (13 December) in 1981. Mike Waite wrote this piece on Cardew for Twentieth Century Communism in 2015, written in the spirit of Cardew's works. journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2015...
- The Communist Party of Spain's newspaper, 'Mundo Obrero', announcing the death of dictator Francisco Franco in November 1975. archive.org/details/mo19...
- Reposted by Twentieth Century Communism journalThe hardback edition of our new edited book, ‘In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956’, is published through @manchesterup.bsky.social today! You can get 30% discount by using the code ‘EVENT30’ right now, or tell your library! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/
- On this day in 1922, Shapurji Saklatvala was elected as joint Communist/Labour Party MP for Battersea North. Issue 18 of Twentieth Century Communism journal features an article by Daniel Edmonds on Saklatvala's anti-colonial activism during this period. journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2020...
- Anti-communism has been around for more than a century. This issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal from 2014 focused on various forms of national and transnational anti-communism. journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2014...
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- Reposted by Twentieth Century Communism journalDid you know that the first international antifascist news bulletin was called "Chronik des Faschismus", published in Berlin - below the cover from the very first issue, August 1923. For the full background story, see: www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2...
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- This week is the anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the subsequent Soviet invasion. The last two issues of Twentieth Century Communism have been dedicated to the events of 1956 and their global history. journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2025... journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2025...
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- An extended call for papers is here: lwbooks.co.uk/call-for-pap...
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- CFP for special issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal - History, Memory and the Past in Twentieth Century Communism
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- In case you missed it, here's a short 🧵 on the latest issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal
- The latest issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal has been published by @lawrencewishart.bsky.social Issue 29 is the second issue dedicated to looking at histories of 1956 globally, edited by Madeleine Davis and George Odysseos. A 🧵 of the articles... journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2025...
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- The latest issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal has been published by @lawrencewishart.bsky.social Issue 29 is the second issue dedicated to looking at histories of 1956 globally, edited by Madeleine Davis and George Odysseos. A 🧵 of the articles... journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2025...
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- We at Twentieth Century Communism journal are sad to hear of the passing of Quintin Hoare, the managing editor of New Left Review in the 1960s-70s and translator of Antonio Gramsci's works into English, which helped popularise Gramsci in Britain in the 1970s. lwbooks.co.uk/person/quint...
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- On 13 August 1977, anti-fascist activists and the local community in London's south-east heavily fought the National Front and the Metropolitan Police in the 'Battle of Lewisham'. A precursor to the formation of the Anti-Nazi League a few months later, 'Lewisham' was seen as an anti-fascist victory.
- Twentieth Century Communism journal is looking for reviewers for these books. Send a DM if you're interested reviewing one of these!
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- This week in 1936 was the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. @20thccommunism.bsky.social has published several articles on communists and the conflict. First is a 2014 article by David Featherstone on African American volunteers in the Spanish Civil War. journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2014...
- The Communist Party of Australia's newspaper, 'Tribune', in July 1974 after the Greek far right coup in Cyprus and the subsequent Turkish invasion of the island. trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
- Front page of the Communist Party of France's 'L'Humanité' newspaper on Bastille Day in 1945. gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
- OTD (13 July) in 1985, the Live Aid concerts were held to raise money for the famine in Ethiopia. In the CPGB's Marxism Today the following year, Stuart Hall and Martin Jacques famously mused whether Live Aid (and similar) pointed towards a new form of politics. banmarchive.org.uk/marxism-toda...
- From the front page of the Communist Party of the USA's Daily Worker newspaper, July 4th, 1941.
- 17 June is the anniversary of the rebellion in East Germany in 1953, which is seen as a precursor to the broader dissent across Eastern Europe in 1956. The most recent issue of Twentieth Century Communism looks at the events of 1956 through a global lens. journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2025...
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- This week in 1948, the National Party won the general election in South Africa and quickly sought to implement its policy of apartheid. The Communist Party of South Africa, banned by the regime in 1950, strongly opposed the new government led by D.F. Malan and compared them to the Nazis.
- Congratulations to Gregory on his thesis completion on British and Australian communism. He recently published an article in Twentieth Century Communism on the CPGB's empire conferences in 1947 and 1954, which was published in issue 26. journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2024...
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- Elke Weesjes, one of our editorial team, has had a chapter published in a new book on Holocaust commemoration. Elke's chapter, 'Resistance History as a Political Football', explores the 1951 Dutch ban on the commemoration of communist resistance fighter Hannie Schaft. www.boom.nl/geschiedenis...
- May Day greetings! Cover of 'Rauði fáninn', journal of the Icelandic Young Communist League, from 1 May, 1933.
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- On 30 April 1978, the first Rock Against Racism/Anti-Nazi League Carnival was held. The British left, including the CPGB, saw this as a great example of political youth culture. @evansmithhist.bsky.social's 2012 article on this topic is free to download now! journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2012...
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