"new times"

Lew lew at higgins.org.uk
Sun Feb 13 01:57:39 PST 2000


In article <v0422080cb4cb9038ec03@[166.84.250.86]>, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> writes


>I also believe the CPGB was big on the new times theme. Marxism
>Today, under the editorship of Martin Jacques, was another major
>organ, right?

Basically, the new times theme was the dying swan song of the CPGB. Shortly after, the CPGB became a pressure called the Democratic Left and vanished in a cloud of reforms. Of more interest perhaps is what happened to Jacques, et al. Mostly a shift to the authoritarian right. Jacques has recently written in praise of the authoritarianism of the Chinese government. -- Lew



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