SPGB tapes

What's the point of adding spgb indexing here?

It would be interesting to know on what basis the Socialist Party of Great Britain rejected the "Right to work" campaign (24/1/76). Reddebrek is right. What is the point of recording the fact that a debate, lecture (?) took place without knowing anything of the content.

Well perhaps they will do "requests" and upload the most popular recordings.

A toss up between "The Hippies" (1967) and "The Left: Mental Constipation and Diarrhoea" (1976) for me. (Assuming the latter is a messy Fluxus-inspired aggressive performance art piece?)

It seems that the point is to pique interest. It worked with me. I am now reading a review by SPGB founder, Jack Fitzgerald, of a new translation (Swan Sonnenschein & Co., of London) of Capital. The new translation, I read, translated "modern industry" as "machinofacture", which doesn't seem such a bad idea; as Marx himself stated, manufacture is an ambiguous term, which it has proven to be. Fitzgerald goes on to say, 'to talk of the “spiritual” wants of the workers (p. 232), where Engels says “intellectual” is in contradiction to Marx’s essential views.' Again, the new translation appears more true to the spirit of Marx.

If anyone wishes to purchase the Swan Sonnenschein edition, originally retailing in old money at 12s. 6d, it is now available from Abe Books for £75,475.52, new money, plus shipping.

SPGBers are still trying to fit themselves into libertarian communism. If I were an admin, I would have removed this page as well as all the other rubbish they have uploaded to this site.