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Ideological Commentary
George Walford published 64 issues of his journal Ideological Commentary betweeen 1979 and 1994. IC was very much George's journal, reflecting his perspective on systematic ideology. As his views changed, so the journal changed. IC was never meant to serve as the final word on systematic ideology, or even as the final word on George Walford's view of systematic ideology. IC was commentary; no single issue or essay summs up the whole, but with each new issue and essay a more complex understanding of the theory emerges.

The essays published at this Web site are an attempt at a representative sample of IC, as an aid to those interested in the George Walford International Essay Prize (offering £3,500 annually for the best essay on systematic ideology). If you are unfamiliar with systematic ideology, try the New Readers Start Here page. A complete index of every essay in every issue is here. This page lists the essays chronologically: you may also enjoy a list arranged by topic.

VOLUME  YEAR    NUMBERS         VOLUME  YEAR    NUMBERS
01      1979     1 -  3         09      1987    25 - 30
02      1980     4 -  8         10      1988    31 - 36
03      1981     9              11      1989    37 - 42
04      1982    10 - 11         12      1990    43 - 48
05      1983     (none)         13      1991    49 - 54
06      1984    12 - 15         14      1992    55 - 58
07      1985    16 - 21         15      1993    59 - 62
08      1986    22 - 24         16      1994    63 - 64

Issue 02
George Walford: A NEW DEPARTURE
George Walford: EDUCATION DETERMINES IDEOLOGY
George Walford: DEFINE YOUR DEFINITIONS

Issue 03
George Walford: TEACUP IDEOLOGY

Issue 04
George Walford: THE PROBLEM OF SOLUTIONS
George Walford: SIR ISAAC'S APPLE

Issue 05
George Walford: RETHINKING REVOLUTION

Issue 06
George Hay: NAMES FOR THE MAJOR IDEOLOGIES

Issue 07
George Hay: THE IDEOLOGY OF AN EXPLOSION

Issue 08
George Walford: SOME NOTES ON THE IDEOLOGY OF RELIGION
George Walford: LOOKING BACK TO THE FUTURE

Issue 09
George Walford: WHO ARE "THE WORKING CLASS?"
George Walford: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

Issue 10
George Walford: DID WALSBY GET THIS BIT WRONG?
George Walford: THE PRICE OF PRECISION

Issue 11
George Walford: WAR AND PEACE
George Walford: DRAGOONED DRAGOONS

Issue 12
George Walford: UP WITH PREJUDICE
George Walford: SYSTEMATIC IDEOLOGY
George Walford: LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD
George Walford: ON CONTROL
George Walford: DO YOU SINCERELY WANT TO BE POOR?
George Walford: OEDIPUS, COME HOME
George Walford: UP WITH CENSORSHIP
George Walford: REFORM THE REFORMERS
George Walford: HOW TO GET RID OF CAPITALISM

Issue 13
George Walford: LETTER TO AN INQUIRER
George Walford: THE WORKERS OWN NOTHING
George Walford: WHO WERE THE FIRST SOCIALISTS?
George Walford: NATIONALISM AND THE SOCIALIST PARTY

Issue 14
Zvi Lamm: IDEOLOGIES IN A HIERARCHAL ORDER
George Walford: THE CAPITALISTIC ANARCHISTS
George Walford: TOPS AND BOTTOMS
George Walford: BOTTOMS AND TOPS

Issue 15
George Walford: FULL CIRCLE
George Walford: FREEDOM OF THE MARKET
George Walford: THE QUALITY OF LIFE

Issue 16
George Walford: THE EDGES OF REALITY
George Walford: PICK YOUR GOVERNMENT
George Walford: POLITICAL GRAVITATION

Issue 18
George Walford: EDITORIAL NOTES

Issue 19
George Walford: INTERESTED IN BEING ALIVE?

Issue 20
George Walford: FRIEDMAN OR FREE MEN?

Issue 21
George Walford: ACCOUNTING FOR MARXISM

Issue 22
George Walford: BOUND TO BE FREE
George Walford: ON ECONOMIC FREEDOM
George Walford: ANARCHY AND AN ANARCH

Issue 24
George Walford: THE ANARCHIST RULERS

Issue 27
George Walford: THE MEANING OF FREEDOM
George Walford: THE PROBABLE FUTURE OF ANARCHISM
George Walford: LETTER TO AN ANARCHIST

Issue 29
George Walford: THE MEANING OF FREEDOM (CONTINUED)

Issue 34
[Author Unknown]: A LETTER FROM MOSCOW
George Walford: THE POLITICAL SERIES

Issue 35
George Walford: FROM KINSHIP TO KINGSHIP

Issue 37
George Walford: SYSTEMATIC IDEOLOGY
George Walford: SCIENTIFIC RELIGION
George Walford: THE NOBLE SAVAGES
George Walford: CHILE CON SPLINTERS
George Walford: ENGLES SAID IT
George Walford: FIRST, SECOND, THIRD...
George Walford: SUBSCRIPTIONS

Issue 39
George Walford: THE SOURCE OF ANARCHISM
George Walford: WHICH FREEDOM?

Issue 46
George Walford: DOING THE SPLITS
George Walford: FREEDOM
George Walford: INTELLECTUALS
George Walford: DOCTOR
George Walford: POLICE
George Walford: LAW
George Walford: GRADUATED
George Walford: ANARCHISM

Issue 52
George Walford: THE TWO FREEDOMS
George Walford: ANARCHY NOW!

Issue 53
George Walford: EDITORIAL NOTES
George Walford: WHAT'S WRONG WITH SYSTEMATIC IDEOLOGY?
George Walford: NOT EVEN BY FORCE
George Walford: IDEOLOGY IN THE REVIEWS
George Walford: SEEING THINGS AS WE REALLY ARE
George Walford: THE RED AND THE GREEN
George Walford: SURVEYING THE SURVEYORS
Donald Rooume and Ernie Caswell: LETTERS
George Walford: COLONIAL IDEOLOGY
George Walford: WORKING-CLASS POVERTY
George Walford: THE BIRTH OF THE GODS
George Walford: RED AND BLACK
George Walford: ARE THEY NOT ANARCHISTS?
George Walford: IDEOLOGICAL NOTES

Issue 54
George Walford: STEAM ENGINE TIME

Issue 55
George Walford: ANARCHISM

Issue 56
Lev Chernyi: REVIEW: BEYOND POLITICS, ANGLES ON ANARCHISM
George Walford: ANARCHISTS

Issue 57
George Walford: ANARCHISTS DON'T MATTER
George Walford: FROM A REPLY TO A REPLY

Issue 58
George Walford: EDITORIAL
George Walford: NOTES AND QUOTES
George Walford: THE NAPOLIONICS OF MARXISM
George Walford: FORWARD TO NATURE
Dianna Keller: IDEOLOGY IN ISRAELI EDUCATION
George Walford: THE GREEN AND THE BLUE
TWO REVIEWS OF ANGLES ON ANARCHISM
George Walford: GLOBAL WARMING
George Walford: DOING THE SPLITS
George Walford: THE CHAMPIONS OF VALIDITY
George Walford: STATE ANARCHISM
George Walford: HOW ETHNILOGIANS THINK
George Walford: THE IDEOLOGY OF THE MATERIAL
LETTERS
George Walford: IDEOLOGY IN THE REVIEWS

Issue 59
George Walford: EDITORIAL
George Walford: NOTES AND QUOTES
George Walford: PATTERNS OF FAITH
George Walford: TOGETHERNESS
LETTERS
George Walford: MODESTY
George Walford: FREEDOM FROM TRUTH
George Walford: ABOUT BOOKS
George Walford: DOING THE SPLITS
George Walford: GUESS THE DATE
George Walford: NAVIGATION
George Walford: MARXISTS
George Walford: THE POWER OF THE HELPLESS
George Walford: IDEOLOGY IN THE REVIEWS
George Walford: DOMINATION
George Walford: THE (ANARCHO-)SOCIALIST PARTIES

Issue 60
George Walford: EDITORIAL
George Walford: NOTES & QUOTES
George Walford: THE GODS OF BUDDHISM
George Walford: BEFORE THAT HAND
George Walford: CREATIVE ARGUMENT
George Walford: MISSES, MARX AND MARKETS
George Walford: SEXUAL IDEOLOGY
George Walford: THE RATIONAL EFFORT
George Walford: RIOT AGAINST REVOLUTION
George Walford: DOING THE SPLITS
George Walford: EASTERN IDEOLOGY
George Walford: NOTES ON SCIENCE
LETTERS
George Walford: DEMOCRACY
George Walford: LETS
Jonathan Simcock: BEYOND POLITICS REVIEWED
George Walford: IDEOLOGY IN THE REVIEWS
Russ Shurig: CATEGORIES
George Walford: THE (ANARCHO-) SOCIALIST PARTY

Issue 61
George Walford:
EDITORIAL
George Walford: NOTES & QUOTES
George Walford: IDEOLOGY IN THEORY
George Walford: IDEOLOGY IN PRACTICE
George Walford: FREEDOM IN FREEDOM
LETTERS
George Walford: POVERTY
George Walford: EXPEDIENCY
George Walford: IDEOLOGY IN THE REVIEWS
George Walford: THE (ANARCHO-) SOCIALIST PARTY

Issue 62
George Walford: EDITORIAL
George Walford: NOTES & QUOTES
Harold Walsby: SCIENCE & UTOPIA
George Walford: THE CORPORATION HUNTER
George Walford: IDEOLOGY IN ANTHROPOLOGY
George Walford: HISTORY IN BRIEF
George Walford: PLANNING AGAINST DISASTER
George Walford: WHY IT SELLS
George Walford: SHOOT 'EM!
George Walford: A FALLING GOD
George Walford: THE LOGIC OF LOGICS
George Walford: NIAT
George Walford: REPRESSION IN IDEOLOGY
George Walford: LIVERIED LACKEYS
George Walford: IDEOLOGY IN THE REVIEWS
George Walford: PERSISTENCE
George Walford: BEYOND MATHEMATICS
George Walford: THE (ANARCHO)-SOCIALIST PARTY

Issue 63
George Walford: EDITORIAL
George Walford: NOTES AND QUOTES
George Walford: CONTROL AGAINST OWNERSHIP
George Walford: WHITEWAY
George Walford: FREE TO OR FROM WHAT?
George Walford: CONFIRMATIONS
George Walford: CLOAK AND DAGGER
George Walford: THAT LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
John Rowan: CONDUCT AT THE LEVEL OF THE IDEOLOGY OF IDEOLOGIES
George Walford: HOW TO MAKE A WHALE
George Walford: DOMINATON
George Walford: HEGELIAN CHILDREN
George Walford: DOING THE SPLITS
George Walford: PRIMITIVE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE
George Walford: ON NOT BITING DOGS
George Walford: NIAT
George Walford: WHAT RELIGION DOES FOR FREETHINKING
George Walford: NAIT AND METANIAT
George Walford: MISCELLANIA
George Walford: THE (ANARCHO-) SOCIALIST PARTY

Issue 64
George Walford: WAR IS FUN!
George Walford: THE WEAKNESS OF THE PRESS

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