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'''''Betrayal of the Left''''' (full title: '''''Betrayal of the Left: an Examination & Refutation of Communist Policy from October 1939 to January 1941: with Suggestions for an Alternative and an Epilogue on Political Morality''''') was a book of essays published in 3 March 1941 by the [[Left Book Club]], edited and largely written by [[Victor Gollancz]]. |
'''''Betrayal of the Left''''' (full title: '''''Betrayal of the Left: an Examination & Refutation of Communist Policy from October 1939 to January 1941: with Suggestions for an Alternative and an Epilogue on Political Morality''''') was a book of essays published in 3 March 1941 by the [[Left Book Club]], edited and largely written by [[Victor Gollancz]]. |
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Other contributions included two essays by [[George Orwell]], "Fascism and Democracy" and "Patriots and Revolutionaries"<ref name="IHR">http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/paper/perryMat.html Institute of Historical Research. Matt Perry. University of Sunderland</ref> that condemned the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]] for backing the [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]] of 1939 and for taking a [[revolutionary defeatist]] position in the war against [[Nazi Germany]]. |
Other contributions included two essays by [[George Orwell]], "Fascism and Democracy" and "Patriots and Revolutionaries"<ref name="IHR">http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/paper/perryMat.html Institute of Historical Research. Matt Perry. University of Sunderland</ref> that condemned the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]] for backing the [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]] of 1939 and for taking a [[revolutionary defeatist]] position in the war against [[Nazi Germany]]. ''Betrayal of the Left'' also |
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contained an essay by [[John Strachey (politician)|John Strachey]] attacking [[totalitarianism]]. <ref>Michael Newman, |
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''John Strachey'', Manchester University Press, 1989 ISBN 071902174X (p.83). </ref> |
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It was particularly critical of the CP-organised [[People's Convention]] of January 1941, the high point of the CP's revolutionary defeatism during the period of Stalin's alliance with Hitler. It marked a decisive break by the democratic left from its 1930s alliance with the CP. |
It was particularly critical of the CP-organised [[People's Convention]] of January 1941, the high point of the CP's revolutionary defeatism during the period of Stalin's alliance with Hitler. It marked a decisive break by the democratic left from its 1930s alliance with the CP. |
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Revision as of 16:19, 6 June 2012
Betrayal of the Left (full title: Betrayal of the Left: an Examination & Refutation of Communist Policy from October 1939 to January 1941: with Suggestions for an Alternative and an Epilogue on Political Morality) was a book of essays published in 3 March 1941 by the Left Book Club, edited and largely written by Victor Gollancz.
Other contributions included two essays by George Orwell, "Fascism and Democracy" and "Patriots and Revolutionaries"[1] that condemned the Communist Party of Great Britain for backing the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of 1939 and for taking a revolutionary defeatist position in the war against Nazi Germany. Betrayal of the Left also contained an essay by John Strachey attacking totalitarianism. [2]
It was particularly critical of the CP-organised People's Convention of January 1941, the high point of the CP's revolutionary defeatism during the period of Stalin's alliance with Hitler. It marked a decisive break by the democratic left from its 1930s alliance with the CP.
See also
References
- ^ http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/paper/perryMat.html Institute of Historical Research. Matt Perry. University of Sunderland
- ^ Michael Newman, John Strachey, Manchester University Press, 1989 ISBN 071902174X (p.83).