Submitted on
In the debate between Sean Matgamna and Jim Higgins (Workers’ Liberty June 1996; July 1996; September 1996; February/March 1997) both sides have, in passing, invoked Hal Draper in their defence.
Submitted on
Most of the references one hears to the student movement of the thirties, and most published references too, are quite wrong in one basic respect: they speak as if “the thirties” represented a single, homogeneous period for the student movement.
Submitted on
Submitted on
Introduction (2010)
Stalinism dominated and shaped the would-be left for two thirds of the 20th century.
Submitted on
The idea of Gordon Brown writing on the future of socialism will come as a surprise to many, but that is precisely what he invites us to discuss in his foreword to a new edition of Anthony Crosland’s The Future of British Socialism.
Submitted on
The British line was consistently directed toward fomenting the Pan-Arab reaction against the partition.
Submitted on
By Hal Draper
THERE is a paradox - only an apparent one - in the development of Stalinist imperialism. Stalinism arose out of the counter-revolution in Russia under the slogan of building “socialism in one country” as against the perspective of “world revolution” represented by the Bolshevik left wing under Trotsky. An historic internal struggle took place within the party under these different banners, in which, as everybody knows, the Stalinist wing won out.
Submitted on
The Russian revolution was the most important event of the 20th century.
Submitted on
Dear Comrade Silone
We were glad to publish your political statement in Labor Action (see left), for we know that what you have to say will be of justifiably great interest to all who admire your novels as well as all who respect your past contributions to the struggle for socialism and human rights.
Submitted on
Hal Draper (1914-1990) was another American Marxist who upheld Third Camp politics. Draper joined the socialist movement in 1932, becoming a national organiser of the Young People's Socialist League, the youth group associated with the Socialist Party. He became a Trotskyist and was a founder member of the SWP-USA in 1938.
