As promised, new pages for the blog. These new pages of old Socialist Standard columns will eventually be grouped together in one page at the head of the blog alongside the pages for the current Socialist Standard columns, film reviews and theatre reviews.
Letter From Europe was a regular Adam Buick column in the Socialist Standard in the late 1970s and early 1980s which focused on political events in Belgium, Luxemburg and, most importantly, in France. As the eighties wore on, the column applied a forensic eye to the efforts of President Francois Mitterand and his French Socialist Party's government's to enact a left-wing programme to challenge — and transform — French capitalism. It'll be no surprise to regular readers of the blog that it ended in tears.
To access the individual articles, click on the months.
1979
1980
1981
1982
- Feb: Bordiga and the Idea of Socialism [Article on Amadeo Bordiga and Left Communism.]
- Mar: The French Nationalisations
- Apr: "Produce French": who benefits? [Article on the French Communist Party's nationalism.]
- May: General Strike in Luxemburg
- Jun: Interpreting Marx [Article on Maximilien Rubel.]
- Aug: Mitterrand clamps down [Austerity and devaluation in France.]
- Sep: Money must go [The Sun newspaper and Herbert Lomas.]
- Dec: Enter the green reformists [The rise of the German Green Party.]
1983
1984
1985
1986
