tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903281042242791813.post7105102834255879264..comments2024-03-26T15:02:07.811-04:00Comments on Socialist Standard Past & Present: The Breakthrough (1977)Imposs1904http://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903281042242791813.post-82265391139554598212015-02-12T22:49:04.763-05:002015-02-12T22:49:04.763-05:00Phil B-C over at the All That Is Solid . . . blog ...Phil B-C over at the All That Is Solid . . . blog brings the sad news that Paul Breeze has died at the prematurely young of age of 62.<br /><br />http://averypublicsociologist.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/a-farewell-to-paul-breeze.html<br /><br />The blog declares an interest because for a period in the mid seventies through to the early eighties, Paul Breeze was a member of the SPGB, and an occasional contributor to the Socialist Standard.<br /><br />It was before my time but I understand that he left the SPGB not because he rejected our ultimate goal of socialism but because he wanted to jettison the terminology, the jargon and, frankly, the history, that he believed was a barrier to socialist ideas reaching a wider audience. In the spirit of this he was part of the World of Free Access group that produced interesting material in the early 80s.<br /><br />From reading Phil's tribute, it's obvious that he had long since moved away from our politics and was, in more recent years, well-respected in the Stoke area as a community activist and independent councillor, but I thought I'd take the opportunity to dig out some of Paul Breeze's old Socialist Standard articles and poems and post them on the blog, for their eventual inclusion on the SPGB website.<br /><br />Rest in peace, Paul.Imposs1904https://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.com