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Trevor Blake and Richenda Walford: George Walford, A Memorial (May 1919 – August 1994)

August 21, 2014

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. In 1995 Jon Halle and David Weinkove announced a memorial… read more »

George Walford and the Socialist Party of Great Britain: IC vs SP

September 6, 2012

WILL THE WORKING CLASS SUPPORT THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF GREAT BRITAIN? A Written Debate Between George Walford (Editor of Ideological Commentary) and The Socialist Party of Great Britain Introducing the Participants Opening Statement by George Walford Reply by the Socialist Party of Great Britain Answer to the Reply by George Walford Note by George Walford… read more »

George Walford: A Challenge to the Socialist Party of Great Britain

June 4, 2012

Foreword For nearly six months I have been trying to get the Socialist Party of Great Britain to meet me in debate; the history of these attempts is set out in the Appendix. The Party claims to be able to meet all criticisms of its case, and it has declared its willingness to debate with… read more »

George Walford: The Weakness of the Press

August 20, 2012

People attempting radical social changes, and failing to arouse the support they need, often blame the newspapers. These, they maintain, form public opinion; what the papers say, the people think. Experienced newspaper proprietors know better, although it often costs them millions to learn the lesson. They can maintain circulation only by saying what their readers… read more »

George Walford: War is Fun!

August 20, 2012

I Shall we ever win free of war? It would take more than a crystal ball to answer that question, but we can at least look at some of the indications. In the experience of civilised people today, and of their forebears over generations, war occurs in a world dominated by capitalism and the state…. read more »

George Walford: Miscellanea

August 22, 2012

ROUSSEAU believed that the feelings individuals experience for each other (which he called ‘natural commiseration’) could hardly exist between societies. But he recognised the presence of ‘a few great cosmopolitan spirits’ (grandes Ames Cosmopolites) who ‘cross the imaginary barriers that separate peoples, and who, following the example of the sovereign being which created them, embrace… read more »

George Walford, Eric Stockton, Jim Addison: NIAT and MetaNIAT

August 22, 2012

Letter from Jim Addison Sir, Whenever I read IC I am always baffled by this obsession with NIAT. It’s all over the place. Obviously the criticism of this made by Nicolas Walter has not been understood, so I would like to add mine as well. NIAT constitutes a paradox and as such cannot be used… read more »

George Walford: What Religion Does for Freethinking

August 22, 2012

A talk delivered to The Ethical Society at Conway Hall by George Walford. For our text this afternoon we have What Religion Does for Freethinking. Following the example set by other preachers, I should like to start by drawing your attention to the wording. Not ‘What Religion has Done’ for freethinking, but what it does…. read more »

George Walford: NIAT (63)

September 12, 2012

More than one correspondent has brought against NIAT the counter-example of the velocity of light, held to be not merely an absolute but a scientific one. IC has responded by pointing out that this uses ‘absolute’ in a different sense from NIAT, a more limited sense which amounts to hardly more than ‘invariant.’ It now… read more »

George Walford: On Not Biting Dogs

August 22, 2012

The (A)-SP(GB), and many more orthodox anarchists too, think capitalism has gone beyond tolerance; we should abolish it and make a fresh, (anarcho)-socialist start. I do not now propose to bang heads with them over what they say but rather to draw attention to things they do not mention. They speak for the most part… read more »