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WAR against WAR! By Ernst Friedrich Foreword by Bruce Kent Originally published in Germany on 1st May 1924, this classic pictorial record of the First World War has long been hard to obtain. ‘ War Against War! is one of the most shocking books I have ever seen. As much a series of photographs as a book, it first appeared in 1924, the work of Ernst Friedrich, an anarchist, socialist, internationalist and peace worker.' Bruce Kent It contains 200 black and white photos and drawings from the First World War, with commentary in four languages. Publication date: 1st May 2014 | Price £9.99 Available to buy from Spokesman Books

Thrillling double bill at the Renoir Cinema, WC1, Sunday 9 December, doors open 10.30am, courtesy of The London Socialist Film Co-op . Sunday 9th December 2012 BUNDA’IM Eran Torbiner, Israel 2011 (U), 48 mins, Yiddish with EST The Jewish Socialist Bund movement struggled for the right of the Jews to full equal rights. It was strong among Polish Jews on the eve of WWII and was the arch rival of the Zionist movement. Bund supporters who survived the war and chose to emigrate to Israel have tried to continue spreading Bund ideas for over 60 years. Bund activists alive today are over 80 years old but insist on speaking Yiddish and talking Socialism. Now more than ever they insist on dying as Bundists. Eran Torbiner, July 2012 WHOSE IS THIS SONG? (Chia E Tazi Pesen?) Adela Peeva, Belgium/ Bulgaria 2003 (PG) 70 mins, Bulgarian, Macedonian and Turkish with EST Music has the power to evoke passion but how can one song spark so many? Adela Peeva exposes conflicting beliefs of...

A socialist critique of New Labour's performance By Cathy Davis & Alan Wigfield 'If New Labour had abolished the Right to Buy and instituted a large scale local authority building and modernisation programme, if it had created a sector of good quality affordable rented housing that a wide range of citizens might be proud to live in and that was democratically accountable, we would now be looking at a completely different scenario. As it is, they failed collectively to recognize the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity presented to them by their election in 1997. In doing so, thirteen years of New Labour have made it much easier for the Conservatives and Liberals to cut and transfer and abolish.' Dr Cathy Davis, University of Salford Alan Wigfield, Sheffield Hallam University , Chair, Sheffield City Council Housing Committee 1986-92 Socialist Renewal no. 53 978 085124 782 3 £6.00 36 pages Pamphlet