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Books and Pamphlets

These books and pamphlets are provided free of charge to help you prepare for the George Walford International Essay Prize (offering £3,500 each year).

Some of these works are available (in a highly limited supply) the old fashioned way: as paper imprinted with ink bound by covers. We called them "books" in ancient times. Inquire for price and availability. In the mean time, enjoy these online editions (listed in chronological order) or try our downloads section.

See also the many pamphlets and periodicals published about systematic ideology. Our library features public domain texts that influenced George Walford, Harold Walsby and their peers.

George Walford: A Memorial (HTML)
George Walford: A Memorial. Edited by Trevor Blake and Richenda Walford. 1998. 24 pages.
A memorial to a keen thinker, astute debater and intelligent writer who challenged assumptions vigorously and persuasively. This memorial contains texts by some of those who read him, debated with him and are glad that he lived - whether they agreed with him or not.

Angles on Anarchism (in HTML)
Angles on Anarchism by George Walford, with a contribution by Peter Cadogan. London: Calabria Press 1991. 70 pages.
Consists mainly of articles which have appeared in the anarchist journals Freedom, Raven, and Bulletin of Anarchist Research, in Ethical Review or Ideological Commentary. Most have been revised, some extensively. "Lucidly written and neatly argued, the book asks all sorts of awkward questions of those whose arguments are over-simplified" (Freedom, the Anarchist Fortnightly).

Beyond Politics (in HTML)
Beyond Politics / An Outline of Systematic Ideology by George Walford. London: Calabria Press 1990. 190 pages.
"[This] theory is one of the most important and interesting in its field... its solution to the problem of the point of view from which one discusses ideology is embedded within the theory itself... written lucidly" - Dr. Zvi Lamm, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. "The lucid, witty style is a delight in itself. And it makes you think" - Freedom, the Anarchist Fortnightly.

A Challenge to the Socialist Party of Great Britain (HTML)
A Challenge to the Socialist Party of Great Britain by George Walford. London: The Bookshop, 1984. 16 pages. ISBN 0-9505445-3-1.
"The Party claims to be able to meet all criticisms of its case, and it has declared its willingness to debate with individuals, but it has not eagerly accepted my invitation. The reason, I believe, is that my explanation of their failure to establish socialism (or even to make any useful progress toward it) derives from the theory originated by the late Harold Walsby. Criticism stemming from this source they prefer to avoid. [...] I cannot force the Socialist Party either to meet my criticism in public or to admit, publicly, that they are unable to meet it. But I can and shall ensure that if they refuse to attempt to a public answer that refusal will be publicly known."

The Paradox Principle and Modular Systems Generally (HTML)
The Paradox Principle and Modular Systems Generally by Harold Walsby. Westmoreland: 1967.

The Domain of Ideologies (HTML)
The Domain of Ideologies / A Study of the Origin Development and Structure of Ideologies by Harold Walsby. Glasgow: William Maclellan in collaboration with the Social Science Association, 1947. 231 pages.
The foundation document of the study now known as systematic ideology. Familiarity with the Domain of Ideologies is essential for a thorough grasp of the theory and the changes it has undergone since inception.