This collection captures a variety of leftist ideologies, movements, and activism through 25+ magazine backfiles. Focusing on the 20th century, with overall coverage from 1891 to 2020*, it reflects over 100 years of diverse leftist political ideology and includes Marxist, socialist, communist, social democratic, and Fabianist publications. This collection enables researchers to trace ideological shifts, study their impact on social and political change, and draw connections to contemporary political debates and movements.
With this collection researchers can delve into over a century of news, reporting, opinion pieces, activism, humor, and more, shedding light on major topics such as labor history, international socialism, anti-Nazi movements, class struggles, and youth radicalism. Whether for teaching or in-depth research, this invaluable resource makes available many essential titles for which print issues have previously been hard to find and cumbersome to trawl through.
* Our policy is to include each issue from the first and to scan from cover to cover. Due to the rarity of some of the original print volumes, however, there are some gaps (issues or pages).
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Coverage spanning 1891 to 2020 – over 125 years of content
Article-level metadata and searchable text
Easy retrieval of specific content such as advertisements, photographs, and illustrations
Cover-to-cover full-color digitization to maximize the visual content
RESEARCH, TEACHING AND LEARNING
Researchers can develop fresh insights through the lens of socialist publications in various disciplines, from history and political science to economics, sociology, and cultural studies. These publications provide alternative perspectives on topics such as gender roles, economic theories, and the influence of socialist ideologies on art, literature, and music.
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