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Twentieth Century Communism is a journal of communist history and theory from across the globe. Posts about radical history, and its writing and research. Published by Lawrence & Wishart.
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Twentieth Century Communism journal @20thccommunism.bsky.social · Sep 26
The latest issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal has been published by @lawrencewishart.bsky.social

Issue 29 is the second issue dedicated to looking at histories of 1956 globally, edited by Madeleine Davis and George Odysseos.

A 🧵 of the articles...

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Twentieth Century Communism: Volume 2025 Issue 29 (2025) - Lawrence Wishart
Twentieth Century Communism: a journal of international history - Issue contents for Volume 2025 Issue 29 (2025)
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The Communist Party of Spain's newspaper, 'Mundo Obrero', announcing the death of dictator Francisco Franco in November 1975.

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November 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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The hardback edition of our new edited book, ‘In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956’, is published through @manchesterup.bsky.social today!

You can get 30% discount by using the code ‘EVENT30’ right now, or tell your library!

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Manchester University Press - In solidarity, under suspicion
In solidarity, under suspicion - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of In solidarity, under suspicion by Daniel Frost
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November 18, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Anti-communism has been around for more than a century. This issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal from 2014 focused on various forms of national and transnational anti-communism.

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Twentieth Century Communism: Volume 2014 Issue 6 (2014) - Lawrence Wishart
Twentieth Century Communism: a journal of international history - Issue contents for Volume 2014 Issue 6 (2014)
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November 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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On this day in 1922, Shapurji Saklatvala was elected as joint Communist/Labour Party MP for Battersea North.

Issue 18 of Twentieth Century Communism journal features an article by Daniel Edmonds on Saklatvala's anti-colonial activism during this period.

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Shapurji Saklatvala, the Workers’ Welfare League of India, and transnational anti-colonial labour organising in the inter-war period - Lawrence Wishart
This article focuses on the transnational organising of Shapurji Saklatvala, the communist MP for Battersea North during the 192
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November 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
20thccommunism.bsky.social
On this day in 1922, Shapurji Saklatvala was elected as joint Communist/Labour Party MP for Battersea North.

Issue 18 of Twentieth Century Communism journal features an article by Daniel Edmonds on Saklatvala's anti-colonial activism during this period.

journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2020...
Shapurji Saklatvala, the Workers’ Welfare League of India, and transnational anti-colonial labour organising in the inter-war period - Lawrence Wishart
This article focuses on the transnational organising of Shapurji Saklatvala, the communist MP for Battersea North during the 192
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November 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
20thccommunism.bsky.social
Anti-communism has been around for more than a century. This issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal from 2014 focused on various forms of national and transnational anti-communism.

journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2014...
Twentieth Century Communism: Volume 2014 Issue 6 (2014) - Lawrence Wishart
Twentieth Century Communism: a journal of international history - Issue contents for Volume 2014 Issue 6 (2014)
journals.lwbooks.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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November 7 is the anniversary of the Bolshevik (or October) Revolution of 1917.

Issue 14 of Twentieth Century Communism journal was a special issue dedicated to the centenary of 1917 and its impact on the international communist movement.

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Twentieth Century Communism: Volume 2018 Issue 14 (2018) - Lawrence Wishart
Twentieth Century Communism: a journal of international history - Issue contents for Volume 2018 Issue 14 (2018)
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November 7, 2024 at 8:12 AM
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The Communist Party of Australia's 'Tribune' newspaper the day after Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was dismissed by the Governor-General on 11 November, 1975.

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Front cover of Communist Party of Australia's 'Tribune', with headline: 'National Stoppage: Defeat Fraser-Kerr Coup'
November 11, 2024 at 4:33 AM
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On 11 November 1965, the white minority government of Rhodesia unilaterally declared its independence from the British Commonwealth.

The Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain issued this manifesto in Jan 1966, calling for an end to the Smith regime.

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November 11, 2024 at 9:55 AM
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An extended call for papers is here:

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October 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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48 years ago today (4 November 1977), the New Statesman published this article about divisions in the Communist Party of Great Britain. It is the first written use that I have found of the term ‘tankie’ to describe someone who (uncritically) supported the Soviet Union.
November 4, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Did you know that the first international antifascist news bulletin was called "Chronik des Faschismus", published in Berlin - below the cover from the very first issue, August 1923. For the full background story, see: www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2...
Chronik des Faschismus, anti-fascist newsletter published in Berlin in August 1923
October 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Today is the anniversary of the Greensboro massacre on 3 November, 1979, when neo-Nazis and the KKK opened fire on and killed several left-wing anti-racist protestors at a march organised by the Communist Workers Party.

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November 3, 2024 at 6:11 AM
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This week is the anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the subsequent Soviet invasion. The last two issues of Twentieth Century Communism have been dedicated to the events of 1956 and their global history.

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October 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Thanks to @reaktionbooks.bsky.social for making my history of protest in England's public spaces into a beautiful, well produced book with a fab cover.
Buy it here reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...
Me with book
October 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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An extended call for papers is here:

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October 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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The full article for Twentieth Century Communism journal by Denise Lynn on the deportation of CPUSA member Claudia Jones is free to download here, as part of a special issue on communism and anti-colonialism:

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Deporting black radicalism: Claudia Jones’ deportation and policing blackness in the cold war - Lawrence Wishart
This article looks at the relationship between Claudia Jones, the pioneering black Marxist feminist, and the border regime of th
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March 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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The 1952 McCarran-Walter Act was previously used to deport left-wing radicals from the US during the Cold War, including Trinidadian-born CPUSA member, Claudia Jones. Denise Lynn wrote about the deportation of Jones for the @lawrencewishart.bsky.social blog here:

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Deporting Black Radicalism: Claudia Jones’ Deportation and Policing Blackness in the Cold War - Lawrence Wishart
Denise Lynn on Claudia Jones and her fight for a racially egalitarian socialism.  This blog post is a special International Women’s Day preview of the full article, due in Twentieth Century Communism ...
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March 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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CFP for special issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal - History, Memory and the Past in Twentieth Century Communism
Call for Papers History, Memory and the Past in Twentieth Century Communism While the revolution and the future of mankind were their main concerns, Communist Parties and movements, nevertheless, also developed an interest in the past. Communist engagement with the past has often been considered in contradictory terms. On the one hand, it has been interpreted as an engagement that had manipulatory purposes. On the other, even if less frequently, some communist intellectuals became professional historians who have been widely acclaimed as major contributors to the development and renewal of the discipline - Eric J. Hobsbawn among the most famous examples. Some questions of interest include: 1. How have the political strategies and theories developed by communist parties and movements influenced the discipline of history and vice-versa? 2. How did the development of Marxist historical analysis influence professional historians and historical schools, as well as the emergence of new areas of historical research? 3. What kinds of memory policies and practices were promoted by communist movements, parties and militants outside academia? Timetable We invite you to submit an abstract of approximately 500 words by December 31, 2025 to: giuliastrippoli@fcsh.unl.pt Authors will be notified about the acceptance of their proposal by March 1, 2026. Manuscripts should be submitted by December 1, 2026. The issue will be published in 2028. For more information about Twentieth Century Communism and for general author guidelines, see: https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/ Editors Giulia Strippoli  Institute of Contemporary History (FCSH/Nova University of Lisbon), IN2PAST José Neves  Institute of Contemporary History (FCSH/Nova University of Lisbon), IN2PAST
October 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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CFP for special issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal - History, Memory and the Past in Twentieth Century Communism
Call for Papers History, Memory and the Past in Twentieth Century Communism While the revolution and the future of mankind were their main concerns, Communist Parties and movements, nevertheless, also developed an interest in the past. Communist engagement with the past has often been considered in contradictory terms. On the one hand, it has been interpreted as an engagement that had manipulatory purposes. On the other, even if less frequently, some communist intellectuals became professional historians who have been widely acclaimed as major contributors to the development and renewal of the discipline - Eric J. Hobsbawn among the most famous examples. Some questions of interest include: 1. How have the political strategies and theories developed by communist parties and movements influenced the discipline of history and vice-versa? 2. How did the development of Marxist historical analysis influence professional historians and historical schools, as well as the emergence of new areas of historical research? 3. What kinds of memory policies and practices were promoted by communist movements, parties and militants outside academia? Timetable We invite you to submit an abstract of approximately 500 words by December 31, 2025 to: giuliastrippoli@fcsh.unl.pt Authors will be notified about the acceptance of their proposal by March 1, 2026. Manuscripts should be submitted by December 1, 2026. The issue will be published in 2028. For more information about Twentieth Century Communism and for general author guidelines, see: https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/ Editors Giulia Strippoli  Institute of Contemporary History (FCSH/Nova University of Lisbon), IN2PAST José Neves  Institute of Contemporary History (FCSH/Nova University of Lisbon), IN2PAST
October 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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With the publication of our book 'In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956' next month, @manchesterup.bsky.social are offering a 30% discount using the discount code below!

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October 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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In case you missed it, here's a short 🧵 on the latest issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal
20thccommunism.bsky.social Twentieth Century Communism journal @20thccommunism.bsky.social · Sep 26
The latest issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal has been published by @lawrencewishart.bsky.social

Issue 29 is the second issue dedicated to looking at histories of 1956 globally, edited by Madeleine Davis and George Odysseos.

A 🧵 of the articles...

journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2025...
Twentieth Century Communism: Volume 2025 Issue 29 (2025) - Lawrence Wishart
Twentieth Century Communism: a journal of international history - Issue contents for Volume 2025 Issue 29 (2025)
journals.lwbooks.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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In case you missed it, here's a short 🧵 on the latest issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal
20thccommunism.bsky.social Twentieth Century Communism journal @20thccommunism.bsky.social · Sep 26
The latest issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal has been published by @lawrencewishart.bsky.social

Issue 29 is the second issue dedicated to looking at histories of 1956 globally, edited by Madeleine Davis and George Odysseos.

A 🧵 of the articles...

journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2025...
Twentieth Century Communism: Volume 2025 Issue 29 (2025) - Lawrence Wishart
Twentieth Century Communism: a journal of international history - Issue contents for Volume 2025 Issue 29 (2025)
journals.lwbooks.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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On October 4, 1936, over 100,000 people flocked to London's East End to prevent Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists from marching. Known as the 'Battle of Cable Street', this blockade is recognised as an important event in the history of British anti-fascism.
October 4, 2024 at 12:17 PM
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On 1 October, 1949, Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People's Republic of China.

This issue of @20thccommunism.bsky.social looks at the influence of Communist China and Maoism across the globe between the 1950s and 1980s, with 2 open access articles.

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Twentieth Century Communism: Volume 2022 Issue 22 (2022) - Lawrence Wishart
Twentieth Century Communism: a journal of international history - Issue contents for Volume 2022 Issue 22 (2022)
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October 1, 2024 at 6:02 AM