Eric Lee
@erictlee.bsky.social
Social Democrat. Historian, author, journalist, activist. Founding editor of LabourStart www.labourstart.org
Pawel and Lesbia, sacked for their activism, need our solidarity www.ericlee.info/blog/pawel-a...
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Pawel and Lesbia, sacked for their activism, need our solidarity www.ericlee.info/blog/pawel-a...
On Thursday, 4 December at 18:30, come join us to celebrate the publication of my newest book - The August Uprising, 1924: The Georgian Anti-Soviet Revolt and the Birth of Democratic Socialism. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-august...
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
On Thursday, 4 December at 18:30, come join us to celebrate the publication of my newest book - The August Uprising, 1924: The Georgian Anti-Soviet Revolt and the Birth of Democratic Socialism. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-august...
Today is the 108th anniversary of the Bolshevik seizure of power. There were critics on the Left from day one, most notably Karl Kautsky. My new book tells the story of how Lenin's coup d'etat led to the rupture between the socialist & communist movements. Learn more here: bit.ly/47LYp90
November 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Today is the 108th anniversary of the Bolshevik seizure of power. There were critics on the Left from day one, most notably Karl Kautsky. My new book tells the story of how Lenin's coup d'etat led to the rupture between the socialist & communist movements. Learn more here: bit.ly/47LYp90
The one-time "Prince of Darkness" Peter Mandelson is now Donald Trump's biggest fan. Starmer should sack him today. My latest column for Solidarity: www.ericlee.info/blog/the-one...
September 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The one-time "Prince of Darkness" Peter Mandelson is now Donald Trump's biggest fan. Starmer should sack him today. My latest column for Solidarity: www.ericlee.info/blog/the-one...
"Mamdani will win the support of liberals and working-class voters. But if he wants to take his progressive vision further, he needs the support of the city’s Jewish community too — and to get that, he needs to listen to their concerns." Read my full column here: www.ericlee.info/blog/zohran-...
July 2, 2025 at 7:59 AM
"Mamdani will win the support of liberals and working-class voters. But if he wants to take his progressive vision further, he needs the support of the city’s Jewish community too — and to get that, he needs to listen to their concerns." Read my full column here: www.ericlee.info/blog/zohran-...
A personal take on the life of Dan Gallin (1931-2025) - mentor, comrade and friend. www.ericlee.info/blog/dan-gal...
June 18, 2025 at 7:07 AM
A personal take on the life of Dan Gallin (1931-2025) - mentor, comrade and friend. www.ericlee.info/blog/dan-gal...
It was the final battle of the Second World War in Europe, lasting weeks beyond V-E Day. And both sides wore the same uniform. Learn more about the Georgian uprising on the Dutch island of Texel here: www.nightofthebayonets.com
April 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
It was the final battle of the Second World War in Europe, lasting weeks beyond V-E Day. And both sides wore the same uniform. Learn more about the Georgian uprising on the Dutch island of Texel here: www.nightofthebayonets.com
Are you a young worker? Start your day on the net at www.youngworker.org
March 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Are you a young worker? Start your day on the net at www.youngworker.org
"Israelis are increasingly turning to tactics like ongoing, mass street protests that are reminiscent of the 'Arab Spring' at its height. Maybe an 'Israeli Spring' could bring down the most right-wing, corrupt and unpopular government the country has ever known." More here: bit.ly/enough-of-bibi
March 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"Israelis are increasingly turning to tactics like ongoing, mass street protests that are reminiscent of the 'Arab Spring' at its height. Maybe an 'Israeli Spring' could bring down the most right-wing, corrupt and unpopular government the country has ever known." More here: bit.ly/enough-of-bibi
"As Donald Trump has embraced the foreign policy of 'America First' ... Europe needs to prepare for a world in which the United States has withdrawn back into itself. It is 1940 and blitzkrieg has been unleashed." Read the full article: www.ericlee.info/blog/why-the...
March 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"As Donald Trump has embraced the foreign policy of 'America First' ... Europe needs to prepare for a world in which the United States has withdrawn back into itself. It is 1940 and blitzkrieg has been unleashed." Read the full article: www.ericlee.info/blog/why-the...
"Putin tells Lukashenko what to do, and Lukashenko does what he is told. Putin is playing the same role in Belarus as the tsars did in the 19th century, ensuring that democratic revolutions in countries bordering the Russian empire are swiftly crushed." Read more: www.ericlee.info/blog/belarus...
March 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"Putin tells Lukashenko what to do, and Lukashenko does what he is told. Putin is playing the same role in Belarus as the tsars did in the 19th century, ensuring that democratic revolutions in countries bordering the Russian empire are swiftly crushed." Read more: www.ericlee.info/blog/belarus...
Today is World Book Day (in the UK, at least) and what better day to share with you all the cover of my next book -- coming out in English this year.
March 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Today is World Book Day (in the UK, at least) and what better day to share with you all the cover of my next book -- coming out in English this year.
In 1940, future Labour Party leader Michael Foot, wrote a blistering attack on those who appeased aggression in Europe - the "guilty men". 85 years later, another Munich conference, and more guilty men. My column this week: www.ericlee.info/blog/munich-...
February 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
In 1940, future Labour Party leader Michael Foot, wrote a blistering attack on those who appeased aggression in Europe - the "guilty men". 85 years later, another Munich conference, and more guilty men. My column this week: www.ericlee.info/blog/munich-...
Peter Gay's 1985 book makes a compelling case for historians to use psychoanalysis, to make it part of their tool kit. I was convinced. My short review is here: www.ericlee.info/blog/review-...
February 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Peter Gay's 1985 book makes a compelling case for historians to use psychoanalysis, to make it part of their tool kit. I was convinced. My short review is here: www.ericlee.info/blog/review-...
"The unimaginable horror of this war is being fueled by transnational capital." Read my full article, "Goma and Global Capitalsim", here: www.ericlee.info/blog/goma-an...
February 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"The unimaginable horror of this war is being fueled by transnational capital." Read my full article, "Goma and Global Capitalsim", here: www.ericlee.info/blog/goma-an...
This could have been a great, short introduction to the life of Stalin. Unfortunately, it isn't. I explain why in my short review. bit.ly/shaw-stalin
February 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This could have been a great, short introduction to the life of Stalin. Unfortunately, it isn't. I explain why in my short review. bit.ly/shaw-stalin
There aren't many books that I have read more than once, but this is one of them -- a short account of the life of Lenin's favourite proletarian and Okhrana super-spy Roman Malinovsky. Here's why I keep coming back to it: www.ericlee.info/blog/review-...
February 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
There aren't many books that I have read more than once, but this is one of them -- a short account of the life of Lenin's favourite proletarian and Okhrana super-spy Roman Malinovsky. Here's why I keep coming back to it: www.ericlee.info/blog/review-...
Who was McKinley -- and how did he die? Thoughts on Donald Trump's favourite president. www.ericlee.info/blog/trumps-...
January 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Who was McKinley -- and how did he die? Thoughts on Donald Trump's favourite president. www.ericlee.info/blog/trumps-...
DEEPSEEK: I know I shouldn't have done this, but I downloaded the app and tried to create an account in order to use it. It rejected my email address, saying it could not work with my domain name (labourstart.org). [1/2]
January 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
DEEPSEEK: I know I shouldn't have done this, but I downloaded the app and tried to create an account in order to use it. It rejected my email address, saying it could not work with my domain name (labourstart.org). [1/2]
I'll be there on 22 February. Will you?
January 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I'll be there on 22 February. Will you?
The Mind of Stalin is a surprisingly interesting, well-written book -- and just 143 pages long. Some of it is a bit of a stretch, but much of it quite interesting - and relevant to my current research. My review is here: bit.ly/mindofstalin
January 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The Mind of Stalin is a surprisingly interesting, well-written book -- and just 143 pages long. Some of it is a bit of a stretch, but much of it quite interesting - and relevant to my current research. My review is here: bit.ly/mindofstalin
"A Complete Unknown" is a fantastic film. Here's the bit that they left out of the story. www.ericlee.info/blog/a-compl...
January 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"A Complete Unknown" is a fantastic film. Here's the bit that they left out of the story. www.ericlee.info/blog/a-compl...
I'm reading some of the older biographies of Stalin, written in the 1930s and 1940s. The idea that the Soviet dictator had been a secret agent of the tsarist police was commonplace. Here's my very short review of I Knew Stalin: www.ericlee.info/blog/review-...
January 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'm reading some of the older biographies of Stalin, written in the 1930s and 1940s. The idea that the Soviet dictator had been a secret agent of the tsarist police was commonplace. Here's my very short review of I Knew Stalin: www.ericlee.info/blog/review-...
This is how history books used to look, back in 1940. No footnotes, no bibliography, no index. Life was easier for historians then. Read my short review of a biography of Stalin written by Eugene Lyons, the first Western journalist to interview him: www.ericlee.info/blog/review-...
January 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This is how history books used to look, back in 1940. No footnotes, no bibliography, no index. Life was easier for historians then. Read my short review of a biography of Stalin written by Eugene Lyons, the first Western journalist to interview him: www.ericlee.info/blog/review-...
Dr Michael Mosley's book makes a compelling case for very low calorie dieting and rapid weight loss, but the diet he recommended may be difficult for many to follow. My review is here: www.ericlee.info/blog/review-...
January 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Dr Michael Mosley's book makes a compelling case for very low calorie dieting and rapid weight loss, but the diet he recommended may be difficult for many to follow. My review is here: www.ericlee.info/blog/review-...