The Duncan Hallas Reader

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Duncan Hallas was one of the most erudite Marxists of the twentieth century. A tireless activist, teacher and revolutionary, He not only wrote about the class struggle, but also led that movement in his life. The Duncan Hallas Reader, edited by International Socialist Review editor Ahmed Shawki, collects Hallas' writings and speeches, but also includes transcripts of some of his best speeches and additional material such as an interview about his role in leading a revolt in the British army during WWII.

Duncan Hallas (1925 2002) was an internationally acclaimed British socialist author and activist. He joined the Trotskyist Workers International League during World War II and became a founding member of the Socialist Review Group, the forerunner of the Socialist Workers Party (UK) and the International Socialist Tendency. Ahmed Shawki is an Arab American socialist activist and journalist, the editor of the International Socialist Review and a leader of the International Socialist Organization. He also serves on the steering committee of the National Council of Arab-Americans. Shawki is the author of Black Liberation and Socialism (Haymarket Books, 2006).