Society and Morals Series (1917-18)

That's the R. W. Housley Society and Morals series done and dusted. I won't lie: it was a bit hard going at times but that probably says more about me than it does about Housley. In places it was brilliant. I'd especially recommend Part VII. The Morals of Capitalism from March 1918. A really excellent piece.

As this 15 month series was posted on the blog over many years in a rather hap hazard fashion, I thought it best to have a dedicated post which lines the articles up in chronological order. Click at your leisure:

• Aug 1917: Part I. Morality.
• Sep 1917: Part II. Economics and Social Organisation.
• Oct 1917: Part III. The Pre-Class Stage. 
• Nov 1917: Part IV. Chattel Slavery and Civilisation
• Dec 1917: Part V. Military States.
• Jan 1918: Part VI. Feudalism in Europe. 
• Mar 1918: Part VII. The Morals of Capitalism. 
• Apr 1918: Part VII. The Morals of Capitalism (continued).
• May 1918: Part VII. The Morals of Capitalism. (continued).
• Jun 1918: Part VIII. The Outlook of the Proletariat (continued).
• Jul 1918: Part IX. Socialism, its Economic and Theoretical Basis.
• Aug 1918: Part IX. Socialism, its Economic and Theoretical Basis. (continued).
• Sep 1918: Part IX. Socialism, its Economic and Theoretical basis. (continued).
• Oct 1918: Part X. Morals and Socialism. 
• Nov 1918: Part XI. Morals and Socialism.  (continued).

The Backwaters of History series (1953-54)

Whilst scanning in the last of the July 1954 issue of the Socialist Standard, I noticed that one of the earliest articles from that issue on the blog was from Bill Waters' Backwaters of History series of articles which appeared in the Socialist Standard over the course of 1953 and 1954. In eleven self-contained pieces, Waters' surveyed class struggle through via key historical events. From the Peasant Rebellion of 1381 through to Barcelona in the midst of the Spanish Civil War, and a lot more in-between..

Anyway, I thought it would be a good excuse to list them again on the blog in case people missed them first time round:

• Sep 1953: The Diggers' (English Civil War)
• Oct 1953: The Babeuf Conspiracy
• Dec 1953: The German Spartacists
• Jan 1954: Civil War in Austria
• Feb 1954: Peasant Rebellion 1381
• Mar 1954: English Naval Mutinies 1797
• Apr 1954: The Paris Commune
• Jun 1954: Münzer and the Thuringian Revolt
• Jul 1954: The Knights of Labour
• Aug 1954: Barcelona 1937
• Oct 1954: The Tolpuddle Martyrs