Alan Thornett and the Socialist Outlook writers
Signed pieces by Alan Thornett, and by writers who later wrote for Socialist Outlook. Thornett’s 74 pieces are transcribed in full on thornett.redmole.org.
Alan Thornett
| Writer | Piece | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Thornett | “The miners' strike and the trade union left” Read the transcription | London Labour Briefing no. 39 (with the National Supplement), p. 26 |
| Alan Thornett | “Recall the T.U.C.!” Read the transcription | London Labour Briefing no. 47 (with the National Supplement), p. 17 |
| Alan Thornett | “Ballot rigging and the T&G right” Read the transcription | London Labour Briefing no. 50 (with the National Supplement), p. 21 |
| Alan Thornett | “Stop the slide to the right” Read the transcription | London Labour Briefing no. 52 (with the National Supplement), p. 16 |
| Alan Thornett | “As printworkers fight for survival: Stop Murdoch's presses!” Read the transcription | London Labour Briefing no. 57 (with the National Supplement), pp. 9–10 |
| Alan Thornett | “British Leyland: jingoistic hot air” Read the transcription | London Labour Briefing no. 58 (with the National Supplement), pp. 16–17 |
| Alan Thornett | “Bring out Fleet Street! No sell-out!” Read the transcription | London Labour Briefing no. 59 (with the National Supplement), pp. 13–14 |
| Alan Thornett | “TGWU swings to the right” Read the transcription | London Labour Briefing no. 60 (with the National Supplement), pp. 23–24 |
| Alan Thornett | “Wapping: build on the ballot victory: Bring out Fleet Street!” Read the transcription | London Labour Briefing no. 61 (with the National Supplement), pp. 5–6 |
| Alan Thornett | “Victimised miners fight on” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing, pilot issue, p. 4 |
| Alan Thornett | “TUC'86: workers sacrificed on electoral altar” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 31, p. 4 |
| Alan Thornett | “TUC Congress: limbering up for another betrayal” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 47, p. 4 |
| Alan Thornett | “TUC Congress: when Norman's eyes lost their twinkle” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 48 (the 4-page pull-out is missing), p. 4 |
| Alan Thornett | “Capitalism in crisis: don't be part of it!” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 50, pp. 1–2 |
| Alan Thornett | “FUSE turns into damp squib” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 51, p. 4 |
| Alan Thornett | “Cowley workers strike: rank and file defies leadership” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 52, p. 5 |
| Alan Thornett | “Single-union deal in Dundee: AEU undermines Ford workers” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 52, p. 5 |
| Alan Thornett | “Labour and the unions” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 53, p. 4 |
| Alan Thornett | “Fords sell out denies us the victory we needed: what a lost opportunity!” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 57, pp. 8–9 |
| Alan Thornett | “Why the car companies are cracking down” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 57, pp. 8–9 |
| Alan Thornett | “After Broad Left ballot victory: Where now for the T&G?” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 58, p. 5 |
| Alan Thornett | “Yes, the working class still wants to fight!” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 58, p. 4 |
| Alan Thornett | “Bosses' backlash against upturn” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 60, p. 4 |
| Alan Thornett | “Dundee: what really happened” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 60, p. 4 |
| Alan Thornett | “Solidarity with the seafarers!: Behind the P&O dispute” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 62, p. 5 |
| Alan Thornett | “Solidarity with the seafarers!: Unite to defy Tory anti-union laws!” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 62, p. 1 |
| Alan Thornett | “Seafarers' strike: where do we go after the NUS climbdown?” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 63, p. 5 |
| Alan Thornett | “Norman and Eric square up for a fight: bring down Hammond empire!” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 64, p. 4 |
| Alan Thornett | “Defend the right to picket!” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 64, p. 5 |
| Alan Thornett | “Closure and redundancies at Cowley” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 67 (also London Labour Briefing no. 99): Summer Special, p. 5 |
| Alan Thornett | “TUC suspend EETPU at last: the enemy within is nearly out!” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 66, p. 4 |
| Alan Thornett | “GCHQ: TUC won't face up to the crunch” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 70, p. 4 |
| Alan Thornett | “EETPU: why electricians should leave the EETPU” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 70, p. 4 |
| Alan Thornett | “Trade Union Solidarity Conference: in solidarity with workers in struggle” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 71, p. 5 |
| Alan Thornett | “Solidarity Network Conference: How can workers take on the Tories?” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 73, p. 5 |
| Alan Thornett | “Confrontation on the docks?” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 76, p. 12 |
| Alan Thornett | “Organising the left in the unions” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 80, pp. 8–9 |
| Alan Thornett | “NJMC annual meeting: Still wanted: justice for the miners” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 82, p. 12 |
| Alan Thornett | “Dockers, unite against the Tories: TGWU must defy the law!” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 82, p. 1 |
| Alan Thornett | “TGWU: discussing defence” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 82, p. 13 |
| Alan Thornett | “Dockers start to ballot: Todd spreads political confusion” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 83, p. 5 |
| Alan Thornett | “Docks: after the vote, start the strike!” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 84, p. 13 |
| Alan Thornett | “Trade unions: Time to bust out of court!” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 85, p. 9 |
| Alan Thornett | “Dockers waiting for strike call: Todd dithers as docks burn” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 85, p. 13 |
| Alan Thornett | “\"Unofficial\" action stymied, but… New chance for dockers!” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 86, p. 16 |
| Alan Thornett | “TGWU Conference: a shift to the right” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 87, p. 12 |
| Alan Thornett | “Trade unions and the law: victory takes us back to square one!” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 87, p. 13 |
| Alan Thornett | “Defeat of the dockers; a step forward on wages: industrial action lives again!” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 88, p. 12 |
| Alan Thornett | “Afternoon session: Hammond's law” Read the transcription | Conference Briefing Thursday, p. 4 |
| Alan Thornett | “Socialist Movement trade union conference: Come and develop a strategy for today!” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 90, p. 12 |
| Alan Thornett | “Anti-union laws: \"In Place of Strife\" – Mark II” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 90, p. 7 |
| Alan Thornett | “Socialist Movement trade union conference: Trade union left moves ahead” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 93, p. 12 |
| Alan Thornett | “\"35\" hour week: extend the action!” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 94, p. 12 |
| Alan Thornett | “35 hour week: union leaders fudge” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 95, p. 12 |
| Alan Thornett | “SOTSPROF appeal: solidarity with USSR independent unions” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 95, p. 4 |
| Alan Thornett | “Ambulance dispute: nation-wide solidarity action” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 96, p. 13 |
| Alan Thornett | “Book review: Cowley against closure” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 97 (misnumbered), p. 11 |
| Alan Thornett | “Ford: engineers dispute: EPIU cross picket lines” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 97 (misnumbered), p. 13 |
| Alan Thornett | “NUM: witch-hunt against Scargill” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 99, p. 12 |
| Alan Thornett | “TGWU elections: victory for the left!” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 100, p. 14 |
| Alan Thornett | “Car industry: Honda and Rover plan first British non-union car plant” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 101, p. 13 |
| Alan Thornett | “New wage round: the pressure is on” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 101, p. 13 |
| Alan Thornett | “Car industry: Rover workers reject "the best deal in the world"” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 102, p. 12 |
| Alan Thornett | “Trade Union Committee: the Poll Tax and the unions” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 103, p. 4 |
| Alan Thornett | “Labour and the unions: Kinnock keeps Tory laws for confrontation with the unions” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 104, pp. 8–9 |
| Alan Thornett | “Rover: hours betrayal at Longbridge” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 104, p. 11 |
| Alan Thornett | “Poll Tax and the unions: organise the counter-offensive!” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 106, p. 13 |
| Alan Thornett | “Who's afraid of militant trade unionism? TUC backs Tory laws” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 107, p. 11 |
| Alan Thornett | “Interview: Chair, OILC Humberside: winning the ballot in the North Sea” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 107, p. 5 |
| Alan Thornett | “Repeal anti-union laws: ten years of betrayal” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing no. 108, p. 8 |
| Alan Thornett | “Euro marches head for Amsterdam” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing, 1997: General Election edition, p. 26 |
| Alan Thornett | “Euromarchers demand social justice” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing, June 1997, p. 26 |
| Alan Thornett | “Debate: how could the left back the Kosovars?” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing, July 1999, p. 16 |
| Alan Thornett | “Rover – a fight to the death” Read the transcription | Labour Briefing, May 2000, p. 7 |
Later Socialist Outlook writers
| Writer | Piece | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Terry Conway | “Women support lesbian rights” | London Labour Briefing no. 61 (with the National Supplement), p. 17 |
| Valerie Coultas | “Miners' dispute: Solidarity is spreading” | London Labour Briefing no. 39 (with the National Supplement), p. 23 |
| Gus Fagan | “Bujak arrest: A body-blow to Solidarnosc” | Labour Briefing, pilot issue, p. 18 |
| Jenny Fisher | “Problems with ELWAR” | London Labour Briefing no. 34 (with the National Supplement), p. 11 |
| Kevin Flack | “on hospital cleaning contracts” | London Labour Briefing no. 49 (with the National Supplement), p. 16 |
| Kevin Flack | “Is there a socialist alternative?” | Why Socialists Should Stay in the Labour Party (pamphlet), p. 19 |
| Richard Hatcher | “Anti-racist education – is the council serious?” | Birmingham Labour Briefing no. 27, p. 5 |
| Phil Hearse | “Despite Kinnock and Hattersley: Why we fight for a Labour government” | Labour Briefing, pilot issue, p. 13 |
| Phil Hearse | “Why we fight for a Labour government” | Devon and Exeter Labour Briefing no. 20, pp. 2–3 |
| Phil Hearse | “Catch 22” | Devon and Exeter Labour Briefing no. 28, p. 8 |
| Fred Leplat | “Close ranks with council unions to beat privatisation” | Budget What's At Stake, p. 3 |
| Fred Leplat | “No secret deals with developers” | Camden Labour Briefing, 5 May 1988, p. 2 |
| Fred Leplat | “Anti-Poll Tax councillors vindicated” | Anti-Poll Tax councillors vindicated, p. 1 |
| John Lister | “Time to step up fight for the N.H.S.” | London Labour Briefing no. 61 (with the National Supplement), p. 14 |
| John Lister | “What about Left Aid?” | London Labour Briefing no. 61 (with the National Supplement), p. 27 |
| John Lister | “Tip of a racist iceberg” | Labour Briefing, pilot issue, p. 8 |
| John Lister | “Trades unionists: Why we should vote Labour!” | Labour Briefing, election special, p. 2 |
| Leonora Lloyd | “Only through struggle” | Why Socialists Should Stay in the Labour Party (pamphlet), p. 4 |
| Oliver MacDonald | “Mitterand threatens Polish socialists” | London Labour Briefing no. 39 (with the National Supplement), p. 33 |
| Oliver MacDonald | “Popieluszko affair: Jaruzelski under threat” | London Labour Briefing no. 47 (with the National Supplement), p. 30 |
| Oliver MacDonald | “27th CPSU Congress: political reform off the agenda” | London Labour Briefing no. 59 (with the National Supplement), pp. 26–27 |
| Mike Marqusee | “Introduction” | Why Socialists Should Stay in the Labour Party (pamphlet), p. 1 |
| Piers Mostyn | “Building opposition to the Anglo-Irish Accord” | London Labour Briefing no. 59 (with the National Supplement), p. 27 |
| Piers Mostyn | “Fight don't fiddle” | 1987/88 budget: Fight don't fiddle, p. 1 |
| Harry Sloan | “Union conferences sum up the problem: Unholy alliances against the left” | Labour Briefing, pilot issue, p. 4 |
| Dave Spencer | “Kick out Cunningham!” | Labour Briefing, pilot issue, p. 6 |
| Greg Tucker | “Railworkers support the miners” | London Labour Briefing no. 47 (with the National Supplement), p. 16 |
| Charlie van Gelderen | “… miners support NUM” | London Labour Briefing no. 47 (with the National Supplement), pp. 28–29 |
| Charlie van Gelderen | “South Africa: beyond the national democratic programme” | London Labour Briefing no. 59 (with the National Supplement), p. 25 |
| Charlie van Gelderen | “Apartheid — the ruptured society” | London Labour Briefing no. 61 (with the National Supplement), p. 23 |