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Clement Attlee, the candidate by of in saw further advances 'left' 1935 elec154 seats.
could see power at W'estminster beckoning moderation.
The therefore ficially the of the Despite the Spanish Republican National supin meant the antiby the Communist Party were Socialist Chattenge 4 March 1983 page 10 within the OI the people. disappeared, better still mises made by Cans Illass tion ended 1945 the Tories, the media, and many of Labour got votes and majority. following books:
Parliamentary Socialism, readable. The Labour Party Docialisi publisned by Press, by David Coates, useful short guide tarian conclusions. For those wishing to read up the history of the Labour Party in Britain the author recommends the by Ralph Milliband, • Merlin Press. Easilv the best Marxisi analysis and has the advantage of being eminently and the Struggle for Cambridae University , but suffers from ultra-leftism. The Labour Party, Myth and naly by vuncan Mallas, a socialist workers pam phlet, is a concise history with good facts but secIN THIS series we have examined Germany. French, Spanish and British social democracy, showing how they have each reacted to the big week, after four years of a reactorar Tory government, we had the humiliaLO One Honesev Yet these people whose ICCOrU ot deteat remains unblemished and consistent, denounce marxists as utopians and romantics They contrast their practical common sense to the abstract theory of the marxists But it is only marxism, with ls taeory or lne class war and its understanding of the canitalist state thai can provide practical solu tions to the problems of the working class That is why the fight to win the left reformist workers to the programme of marxism is so impor tant. Today in Britain that ligal nas lo be wagea in side the unions and the If such a struggle is successful the democratic leaders will continue to mislead and to sell out to the establishment.