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LIFE AND TIMES OF JOE THOMAS: The Road to Libertarian Socialism

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Number of pages: 
40
First published: 
2010?
This edition: 
2010?
Blurb: 

Though this booklet is formally "history", experience shows that the great majority of the happening within the workers movement is unrecorded. This publication is offered as a version, collating some of the truth but not as the last word and readers are asked to accept this booklet on that condition. It makes no pretence of being impartial, being clearly socialist. -- from the Foreword

Contents: 

Time Line
Some dates, institutions and events
1912 - 1990 (Chronology)

The Road to Libertarian Socialism
Introduction
Anti fascist
Workplace and union
War and anti war
New union
Later
Communism, state capitalism and all that
Somersault
Common Wealth
Sacked
Personal
Miscellania
Years of the locusts
Oehlerism from Trotskyism onwards
British section
Dockers revolt
In the print
Assessment
New directions
Reports of activity
May Day
Workers Mutual Aid
Hendy recalls the foundation of WMA
Workers Review and News
Rational Review
Workers Voice
And more...
Lastly
LWG
Class War
Wapping and the "Picket" bulletin
His politics ?
What they do, not what they say
Changed philosophy
Movement for Workers Councils
Death
Obsession ?
A final word
Joe and the political movement
Libertarian Socialism

Libertarian Socialists: As We See It Now

Reading List

Biographical note(s): 

The author Alan Woodward was born into a London working class family in 1939 and spent three decades in running and taking shop stewards courses. He worked in the Midlands, London, in colleges and universities and WEA, for several union organisations and rank and file bodies. He was always active in workplace and union.

Politically he was active in the newly formed International Socialists. Events move on and after two decades battling against increasingly sectarian marxist organisation, he is now active in the libertarian movement. At 70, he has retired technically but still reads widely, thinks in a hurry and writes obsessively. -- from the Foreword