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Archives Solidarity (London) 1960-1988 (-1993)1960-1988 Archives Solidarity (London) 1960-1988 (-1993)1960-1988 International Institute of Social History Cruquiusweg 31 1019 AT Amsterdam The Netherlands hdl:10622/ARCH01366 © IISH Amsterdam 2020 Archives Solidarity (London) 1960-1988 (-1993)1960-1988 Table of contents Archives Solidarity (London).............................................................................................................3 Context............................................................................................................................................... 3 Content and Structure........................................................................................................................3 Access and Use.................................................................................................................................4 PRELIMINARY LIST.........................................................................................................................4 Conferences................................................................................................................................ 4 Correspondence.......................................................................................................................... 5 Circulars...................................................................................................................................... 8 Groups and regional meetings................................................................................................... 9 Organisation................................................................................................................................ 9 Publications................................................................................................................................. 9 LIST OF ACCRUAL 1961-1987 (-1991).....................................................................................9 International Institute of Social History 2 Archives Solidarity (London) 1960-1988 (-1993)1960-1988 Archives Solidarity (London) Collection ID ARCH01366 Creator Solidarity (London) Other Creator(s) Solidarity (London). Oxford group. Period 1960-1988 (-1993)1960-1988 Period (bulk) 1960-1988 Extent 5.12 m. Language list English Language of Material English Context Historical Note Originated in 1960 in London as a split off from the Socialist Labour League and first known as the Socialism Reaffirmed Group; published a more or less regular journal, the first five issues of which were called Agitator; from the sixth issue on, the paper and group took the name Solidarity; in addition to the paper, a great many pamphlets were published; greatly influenced by the French philosopher Cornelius Castoriadis (Paul Cardan) Solidarity rejected the economic determinism and elitism of much of the marxist left and was committed to a view of socialism based on self management, freedom and a radical transformation in all human relations; without the intention to appoint itself as another political leadership Solidarity supported those who were in conflict with the authoritarian structures of the 1960s; the paper and pamphlets have appeared more or less regularly until the early 1980s; divided into three tendencies at the end of the 1970s Solidarity decided by ballot on dissolution of the movement in 1981, after which one of these groups started the New Ultra-Left Review later renamed Intercom. Acquisition The archive was transferred to the IISH in 1993 by the Solidarity group, through Ken Weller and Heiner Becker; with an accrual in 1994. Content and Structure Content Minutes and other documents relating to conferences 1963-1981; correspondence by Ken Weller, Heather Russell, Chris Pallis, Bob Potter and other members of the London Solidarity Group with Andy Anderson 1968-1981, Bob Barlthrop 1966-1970, Bert Bensen 1963-1980, Forbes Browne 1966-1978, Peter Cadogan 1960-1967, Peter Constable 1963-1981, Guy Coste 1967-1970, Paul Gordon 1968-1981, John King 1966-1978, David Lamb 1967-1978, Ian Mitchell 1965-1973, Peter Neville 1964-1972, Keith Paton 1962-1976, Jim Petter 1964-1974, Eric Preston 1960-1971, George Williamson 1966-1979 and others in Great Britain; correspondence with organizations and individuals in other countries including Garry Hill 1977-1980, Colin Pollard 1969-1974 and the Self-Management Group 1969-1974 from Australia, the editors of Liaisons 1966, 1970-1975 from Belgium, Richard E. Morgan 1962-1980 and Dimitrios I. Roussopoulos 1970-1978 from Canada, Henri Simon 1965-1977 and the editors of Socialisme ou Barbarie 1960-1965 from France, Hanna and Lutz Schulenburg 1973-1977 and Monika Seifert 1961-1980 from Germany, Cajo Brendel 1967-1979, Bas Moreel 1976-1979 and Wim Mulder 1963-1979 from Holland, Franco Fiameni 1960-1964 from Italy, Guy Coste 1971-1976, Göran Lidén 1972-1975 and Carlos Maynar 1971-1979 from Sweden and Owen Cahill 1961-1964, Robert S. (Bob) Calese 1962-1971, Ralph Franklin 1975-1980, Marvin Garson 1963-1967, Robert W. (Bob) Long 1972-1979, Bernard Marszalek 1964-1968 and Benson Perry 1973-1981 from the USA; discussion papers; documents International Institute of Social History 3 Archives Solidarity (London) 1960-1988 (-1993)1960-1988 of the Solidarity Working Group on Organization 1965-1982; documents on membership and the organizational structure 1968-1969; documents on the struggle by and the support of the workers of the British motor car industries 1964-1978; some manuscripts and notes; copies of Solidarity's Infernal Newsletters 1979-1983; internal bulletins 1969-1970; pamphlets including a copy of `Socialism Reaffirmed', clippings and other documentation; documents relating to regional groups, including minutes of the Oxford Solidarity Group and the London Solidarity Group 1960, 1968-1972, 1975, 1977-1986. Processing Information Preliminary list made by Fionnuala Dunleavy. Subjects Geographic Names United Kingdom Themes International organizations Socialist and social democrat parties/Socialist International Workers movements/Workers councils/Workers International organizations Material Type Archival material Access and Use Access Not restricted Preferred Citation Archives Solidarity (London) , inventory number ..., International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam PRELIMINARY LIST Conferences 1-10 Minutes and other documents relating to conferences. 1963-1981. 10 folders 1 1963-1969. 2 1970. 3 1972. 4 1974. 5 1975. 6 1976. 7 1977. 8 1978. 9 1979. International Institute of Social History 4 Archives Solidarity (London) 1960-1988 (-1993)1960-1988 10 1980-1981. Correspondence 11-105 Correspondence with members and other persons in Great Britain. 1960-1983. 95 folders NB. Alphabetically arranged by sender. 11 A-Aq. 12 A-Av. 13 B-Bal. 14 Bal-Bay. 15 Be-Be. 16 Bent-Bis. 17 Bl-Bo. 18 Buc-By. 19 Br-Bryk. 20 Br-Bro. 21 C-Car. 22 Cas-Ches. 23 Chi-Cli. 24 Co-Coon. 25 Coop- Coste . 26 Costel-Cu. 27 D-De. 28 Di-Dy. 29 E-El. 30 Em-Ex. 31 F-Fi. 32 Fl-Fo. 33 Fr-Fy. 34 G-Gl. 35 Go. 36 Gr-Gu. 37 H- Hart . 38 Har-Hay. 39 Hc-Hil. 40 Hin-Hous. 41 How-Hy. 42 I. 43 J-Jan. International Institute of Social History 5 Archives Solidarity (London) 1960-1988 (-1993)1960-1988 44 Jar-Ji. 45 Jo. 46 K-Kh. 47 Ki-Kr. 48 L-Lan. 49 Laz- Lev . 50 Lew-Ll. 51 Lo-Ly. 52 Mc-Mac. 53 Ma. 54 Mi-Min. 55 Mit. 56 Mo-Morl. 57 Morr-M. 58 N-Nev. 59 New-Nu. 60 O. 61 P-Pat. 62 Patt-Pay. 63 Pe-Pen. 64 Per-Perr. 65 Pert-Pet. 66 Ph. 67 Pi. 68 Pl. 69 Po- Pos . 70 Potter . 71 Pot-Pow. 72 Pr-Pre. 73 Pri-Pry. 74 Q. 75 R-Re. 76 Ri. 77 Ro. 78 Ru-Ry. 79 S-Sc. 80 Se-Sha. 81 Sh-Sim. International Institute of Social History 6 Archives Solidarity (London) 1960-1988 (-1993)1960-1988 82 Sin-Smy. 83 Sn-Sp. 84 St-Stew. 85 Stew-Stran. 86 Strang-Stu. 87 Su-Sy. 88 T-Te. 89 Th-Tok. 90 Tol -Tr. 91 Tu-Ty. 92 U. 93 V-Vea. 94 Ven -V. 95 W- Wal . 96 Wan-Wav. 97 We-Whe. 98 Whi-Wille. 99 Wille-Willi. 100 G. Williams. 101 G. Williams cont`d. 102 Willia-Witt. 103 Wo-Work. 104 Worl-Wy. 105 W-Z. 106-154 Correspondence with people in other countries. 1961- 1981. 49 folders 106 Australia A-G. 107 Australia H-O. 108 Australia P-Z. 109 Austria/Belgium. 110 Canada A-L. 111 Canada M-Q. 112 Canada R-Z. 113 Denmark/Finland. 114 France A-D. 115 France E-K. 116 France L-Q. 117 France R-S. 118 France T-X. International Institute of Social History 7 Archives Solidarity (London) 1960-1988 (-1993)1960-1988 119 France Socialisme ou Barbarie . 120 Germany A-F. 121 Germany G-M. 122 Germany N-Z. 123 Greece. 124 Holland A-L. 125 Holland M-W. 126 Italy A-F. 127 Italy G-Q. 128 Italy R-Z. 129 Spain. 130 Sweden A-F. 131 Sweden G-L. 132 Sweden M-N. 133 Sweden O-W. 134 USA A-BI. 135 USA Bl-Bu. 136 USA C-Cale. 137 USA Call-Cr. 138 USA D-E. 139 USA F-Fo. 140 USA G-Gol. 141 USA Go-Hu. 142 USA I-Ku. 143 USA L. 144 USA M-Mc. 145 USA Mi-Mu. 146 USA N-Perl. 147 USA Pe-Ph. 148 USA Pi-Pr. 149 USA R. 150 USA S-Soldz. 151 USA Solid-Su. 152 USA T-Ty. 153 USA Universities. 154 USA V-Z. Circulars International Institute of Social History 8 Archives Solidarity (London) 1960-1988 (-1993)1960-1988 155 Copies of Solidarity Internal Newsletters . 1979-1983. 1 folder 156 Internal bulletins. 1969-1970. 1 folder Groups and regional meetings 157 Text of an article by the London Group of Socialism Reaffirmed. October 1960. 1 folder 158-159 Correspondence with members in London (South/East), Romford, Swansea, Aberdeen, Glasgow and the North-West, and some other documents relating to regional meetings. 1968-1972 and n.d. 2 folders Organisation 160 Letters and statements on the resignations of members from Solidarity . 1968-1969.
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