Communist Party – International Socialism

The PCP in the Portuguese Revolution 1974-5: crisis, state and revolution

Posted on 9th January 2018 by Camilla

How did the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), loyal to the Soviet Union deep into the second half of the 20th century, react to a social revolution in 1974-5? The moments are rare when we can study workers’ revolutions in a… Continue Reading →

A fighter who got lost

Posted on 10th January 2017 by Camilla

A review of Hugh Purcell, The Last English Revolutionary: Tom Wintringham 1898-1949 (Sutton, 2000), £20 ‘You probably have not heard of Tom Wintringham,’ writes Hugh Purcell, ‘but by the time you have finished this book I hope you will agree… Continue Reading →