Ian Birchall

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Ian Birchall (born 1939) is a British Marxist historian and translator, a former member of the

Sartre, Victor Serge and Alfred Rosmer. He was on the editorial board of Revolutionary History, a member of the London Socialist Historians Group and has completed a biography of Tony Cliff
.

In 2013, Birchall joined opposition to the SWP Central Committee during the internal crisis over allegations of rape[2] and resigned from the organisation in December.[3]

In August 2015, Birchall was one of 20 authors of Poets for Corbyn, an anthology of poems endorsing

Labour Party leadership election.[4][5]

Selected articles/works

Works translated/edited

  • Lenin's Moscow, by Alfred Rosmer (translated from the French) (1971)
  • Flowers and revolution : a collection of writings on Jean Genet (edited with Barbara Read)(1997)
  • Witness to the German Revolution / by Victor Serge (translated from the French) (1999)
  • The German Revolution, 1917-1923 / by Pierre Broué; translated by John Archer (edited with Brian Pearce) (2005)
  • Revolution in Danger – Writings from Russia 1919-20 by Victor Serge (translated from the French) London: Redwords.(1997)

References

  1. ^ Birchall, Ian (25 July 2007). "Sartre was an Optimist, not a Nihilist". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  2. ^ "SWP crisis: Twilight of the idols - Communist Party of Great Britain". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  3. ^ Ian Birchall "2013: Letter of Resignation", Grim and Dim, 15 December 2013
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  5. ^ Bennetts, Russell (25 August 2015). "Yes we scan: Poets line up for Jeremy Corbyn". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

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