The Communist Party of Great Britain: A Historical Analysis to 1941 (1995), as cited in "Andrew Murray, Jeremy Corbyn’s aide, dreams of Soviet Britain" The Sunday Times (23 September 2018)
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For the Labour Party, the exclusion of the revolutionary trend in the movement paved the way for the unchallenged domination of the right wing and locked the party ever more firmly into class collaboration and reformism. [...]
In that sense, the decision to reject communist affiliation paved the way for the whole miserable litany of Labour-led disasters from 1931 to 1979.
— Andrew Murray (trade unionist)
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In that sense, the decision to reject communist affiliation paved the way for the whole miserable litany of Labour-led disasters from 1931 to 1979." in the context of "The Communist Party of Great Britain: A Historical Analysis to 1941 (1995), as cited in "Andrew Murray, Jeremy Corbyn’s aide, dreams of Soviet Britain" The Sunday Times (23 September 2018)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Andrew Murray (trade unionist)
Andrew Philip Drummond-Murray (born 3 July 1958), commonly known as Andrew Murray, is a British trade union and former Labour Party official. Murray was seconded from Unite the Union to Labour headquarters for the 2017 United Kingdom general election, subsequently becoming an adviser to Jeremy Corbyn from 2018 to 2020. Born into an aristocratic Scottish family, Murray began his career as a journalist and later became a senior trade union official. Murray was chair of the Stop the War Coalition from its formation in 2001 until June 2011 and again from September 2015 to 2016. After many years in the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and then the Communist Party of Britain, he joined Labour towards the end of 2016. Since Corbyn ceased to be Labour leader (in 2020), Murray has rejoined the CPB.
About Andrew Murray (trade unionist)
Andrew Philip Drummond-Murray (born 3 July 1958), commonly known as Andrew Murray, is a British trade union and former Labour Party official. Murray was seconded from Unite the Union to Labour headquarters for the 2017 United Kingdom general election, subsequently becoming an adviser to Jeremy Corbyn from 2018 to 2020. Born into an aristocratic Scottish family, Murray began his career as a journalist and later became a senior trade union official. Murray was chair of the Stop the War Coalition from its formation in 2001 until June 2011 and again from September 2015 to 2016. After many years in the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and then the Communist Party of Britain, he joined Labour towards the end of 2016. Since Corbyn ceased to be Labour leader (in 2020), Murray has rejoined the CPB.
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