A rapid share of old socialist articles

The 'Isn't It About Time We Had Socialism?' blog is no more.

Not sure what happened but it appears that Graham - the Gillingham supporting death metalist SPGBer living in Denmark - (who's not to be confused with Rob, the vegan death metalist SPGBer living in Norway) decided that the blog couldn't hang around any longer for the revolution bus* to fill up.

However, not being a comrade to rest on his blogging laurels, Graham has kick-started the Ragged Trousered Philanthropist blog to take its place.

A first glance it looks like death to death metal as this blog is geared more towards reprints of old articles and pamphlets from the SPGB *cough* canon. I'm pretty sure that the majority of the articles are appearing on the web for the first time, and that it's Graham who has done most of the transcribing. So, kudos to him for performing the public service:

Of course, you should check out the blog for yourself but these are the articles that caught my eye:

From the July 1970 Socialist Standard A write up of a debate between the SPGB and the International Socialists

From the April 1969 Socialist Standard Marx and Engels and the 'Collapse' of Capitalism

5 part article from the Socialist Standard in early 1979 How Capitalism Works

From the June 1928 Socialist Standard A vintage debate between the SPGB (Jack Fitzgerald) and the ILP (James Maxton)

The SPGB 1978 introductory pamphlet, Questions of the Day

From the January 1969 Socialist Standard Rosa Luxemburg and the Collapse of Capitalism

From the October 1923 Socialist Standard Jingo Communists

There's a lot more to check out on his blog, so feel free to click on the link.

A lonely footnote

*If you can find that Peter Rigg's cartoon online, you're a better googler than me.

On A Raised Beach

A new template, a name change and a welcome back to the blogger who now goes by the name of 'Brigada Flores Magon'.

Remember reading this passage years ago in a book whose title I can no longer remember (it was someone quoting McNair, rather it being McNair's biog of Maxton itself), and I'm glad that's it finally found its way onto the net.

What's another reference to Red Clydeside and the once vibrant radical traditions of the East End of Glasgow in the current hurly burly of the blogosphere? The more the merrier, as it will all disappear from blogsearch come July 25th.