Ian Birchall

Ian Birchall (born 1939) is a British Marxist historian and translator, a former member of the Socialist Workers Party and author of numerous articles and books, particularly relating to the French Left. Formerly Senior Lecturer in French at Middlesex University,[1] his research interests include the Comintern, the International Working Class, Communism and Trotskyism, France and Syndicalism, Babeuf, Sartre, Victor Serge and Alfred Rosmer. He is 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, he joined opposition to the SWP Central Committee during the internal crisis over allegations of rape[2] and resigned from the organisation in December.[3]

Selected articles/works

Works translated/edited

References

  1. Ian Birchall "Sartre was an Optimist, not a Nihilist". The Guardian, 25 July 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  2. http://www.cpgb.org.uk/home/weekly-worker/949/swp-crisis-twilight-of-the-idols
  3. Ian Birchall "2013: Letter of Resignation", Grim and Dim, 15 December 2013

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