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Twentieth Century Communism is a journal of communist history and theory from across the globe. Posts about radical history, and its writing and research. Published by Lawrence & Wishart.
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The full article for Twentieth Century Communism journal by Denise Lynn on the deportation of CPUSA member Claudia Jones is free to download here, as part of a special issue on communism and anti-colonialism:

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Deporting black radicalism: Claudia Jones’ deportation and policing blackness in the cold war - Lawrence Wishart
This article looks at the relationship between Claudia Jones, the pioneering black Marxist feminist, and the border regime of th
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March 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Plus reviews of the following books

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Max Farrar and Kevin McDonnell, Big Flame: Building Movements, New Politics DAN FROST The Latin American revolutionary movement. Proceedings of the First Latin American Communist Conference, June 1929 JEAN-GANESH FARIA LEBLANC Roman Danyluk and Gabriel Kuhn, From Hash Rebels to urban guerrillas: A documentary history of the 2nd of June Movement JAMES HOGG Dan Hancox, Multitudes: How Crowds Made the Modern World KATRINA NAVICKAS Margarite Poulos, Refugee to Revolutionary: A Transnational History of Greek Communist Women in Interwar Europe DARIA DYAKONOVA
September 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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5. 'The international Trotskyist movement and the Soviet Bloc in 1956: growing divergences' by Marcio Lauria Monteiro

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The international Trotskyist movement and the Soviet Bloc in 1956: growing divergences Marcio Lauria Monteiro Abstract: Events in the Soviet Union and its ‘satellite states’ in East Europe were significant for all those affiliated with the communist tradition, including Trotskyists, in whose theoretical-programmatic framework the characterisation of the Soviet Union always played a central role. This paper discusses how the 1956 events in the Soviet Bloc impacted the then-divided Trotskyist forces. It first presents an overview of the international Trotskyist movement, to contextualise its reactions to the 1956 events. It then goes on to demonstrate how reactions and interpretations of those events help us to better understand divisions within international Trotskyism and the divergent paths taken by its different sections. Keywords: Trotskyism, Soviet bloc, Fourth International (FI), International Committee of the Fourth International (IC), United States Socialist Workers Party (SWP), Internationalist Communist Party (PCI), Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN)
September 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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4. 'A portrait of the activist in 1956: Jordi Solé Tura and a new generation of communists' by Pablo Gil Valero

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A Portrait of the activist in 1956: Jordi Solé Tura and a new generation of communists Pablo Gil Valero Abstract: This article examines the formation of a new generation of communist militants, members of the Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya (PSUC), beginning in 1956, through one of its most unique figures: Jordi Solé Tura (1930 –2009). It explores the multi-scalar transformations – ranging from the international to the local – experienced by Spanish and Catalan communists, leading to a ‘tactical shift’ in the second half of the 1950s. In this new context, a group of young people – a generation that did not fight in the Spanish Civil War –took a stand against the Francoist dictatorship. From student activism in Barcelona to exile in Paris and Bucharest, Jordi Solé Tura rose through the ranks of the Communist Party and emerged as one of its future leaders, until his expulsion in 1964. This article seeks to situate Solé Tura’s experience within the transnational framework of Spanish and Catalan communism, to develop an actor-centred understanding in the evolution of the Partido Comunista de España (PCE) and the PSUC as the leading anti-francoist parties from the 1960s onward. By focusing on Solé Tura’s individual trajectory, this article offers a new perspective on the generational renewal of the Spanish and Catalan communist movements during the Cold War. Keywords: Francoism, Communist Party of Spain, Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia, clandestinity, Jordi Solé Tura, transnational communism
September 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM