[Commlist] New book - Wars of Position? Marxism Today, Cultural Politics and the Remaking of the Left Press, 1979-90

H. F. Pimlott is pleased to announce the publication of my book,*_“Wars 
of Position? Marxism Today, Cultural Politics and the Remaking of the 
Left Press, 1979-90”_*, last month (December 2021) by Brill Academic 
Publishers in the Historical Materialism Book Series (No. 248).

“Inspired by Raymond Williams’ cultural materialism, H.F. Pimlott 
explores the connections between political practice and cultural form 
through _Marxism Today_’s transformation from a Communist Party 
theoretical journal into a ‘glossy’ left magazine. _Marxism Today_’s 
successes and failures during the 1980s are analysed through its 
political and cultural critiques of Thatcherism and the left, especially 
by Stuart Hall and Eric Hobsbawm, innovative publicity and marketplace 
distribution, relationships with the national UK press, cultural 
coverage, design and format, and writing style. _Wars of 
Position?_ offers insights for contemporary media activists and 
challenges the neglect of the left press by media scholars.”

He added that the book also draws upon some of the insights and 
critiques that Raymond Williams’s offered during this period that were 
larger overlooked or ignored on the left.

The book also includes a series of images of the changes in_Marxism 
Today_’s design.

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The hardback and e-book costs make this book more suitable as a purchase 
by a University Library.

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Table of Contents

·Introduction The Left, Cultural Form and Political Practice 
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·Chapter 1  Marxism Today’s Story: An Historical Narrative of a Cultural 
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·Chapter 2 From ‘New Left’ to ‘New Labour’: Marxism Today’s ‘Political 
Project’ and the ‘Retreat from Class’ 
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·Chapter 3 ‘The Party Line versus the Bottom Line’? The Political 
Economy of Radical Magazine Production 
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·Chapter 4 ‘From the Party Line to the Politics of Design’: Marxism 
Today’s Cultural Transformation 
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·Chapter 5 ‘From the Margins into the Mainstream’: Publicity, Promotion 
and Distribution in the Marketplace of Ideas 
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·Chapter 6 ‘Write Out of the Margins’: Communist Ideology and 
Accessibility, Rhetoric and Writing Style 
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·Chapter 7 ‘W(h)ither the Party Paper’? What Lessons for the Left Press? 
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