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A collection of articles by Bob Pitt

Month: February 2018 (page 2)

The Battle of Cable Street: Myths and Realities

By Richard Price and Bob Pitt October 4, 1936, remains a landmark in working class history – the day when the…
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Posted on: 20th February 2018 Last updated on: 12th July 2021 Written by: bobpitt

Land and Freedom: A Reply to Jeff Sawtell

This article was written in 1996 in response to an attack on Ken Loach’s film Land and Freedom by Morning Star journalist Jeff Sawtell.…
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Posted on: 20th February 2018 Last updated on: 4th September 2025 Written by: bobpitt

The Maoist propaganda songs of Cornelius Cardew

By Bob Pitt The recent publicity over the disturbing events in Brixton, among a group of people originating in a Maoist collective…
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Posted on: 20th February 2018 Last updated on: 11th August 2023 Written by: bobpitt

Miles Davis: “The most brilliant sellout in the history of jazz”?

Miles Davis, The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions, Columbia C3K 65362 (3 CDs) £34.99; Live at the Fillmore East…
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Posted on: 20th February 2018 Last updated on: 24th June 2022 Written by: bobpitt

Educator and Agitator: Charlie Gibbons, 1888-1967

This biographical study of a leading figure in the South Wales syndicalist movement was first published in 1989 in Llafur,…
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Posted on: 20th February 2018 Last updated on: 31st August 2022 Written by: bobpitt
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