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Presenter and contributor on TV history and science documentaries, award shortlisted author, blogger, YouTuber, former BBC News producer. Topics of interest: Knights Templar, royal scandals, LGBT history, true crime, news and current affairs.
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1979 Iran revolution – a Marxist perspective
The Iran revolution in 1979 was taken over by Ayatollah Khomeini and the mullahs which most on the Left saw as a reactionary development
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The Iranian revolution – a Marxist perspective
1979 saw the overthrow of the Shah of Iran and the coming to power of Ayatollah Khomeini – an event that split the Left inside the country
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Trotsky and the horror of the Holocaust
Leon Trotsky could not have anticipated the horror of the Holocaust as he corresponded with Jewish socialists before WWII
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Liberals versus Militant in Liverpool – 1980s
1980s Liverpool saw a huge political battle between the Militant dominated Labour Party and the Liberals in the city
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Rejecting the sectarian politics of Northern Ireland
Unlike the sectarian politics of Republicanism and Loyalism, the Marxist analysis of the Troubles in Northern Ireland emphasised the class division over religion
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Karl Marx – the Euro philosopher!
The ideas of Karl Marx were a mix of German philosophy, English economics and French politics so very Euro in its ideological composition
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Welcome to Marxism Explained!
Marxism Explained looks at what this strand of political thought is all about through the eyes of a former Marxist
Marxism Explained 