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Eric Lee
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Founding editor of LabourStart. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Next book: The August Uprising: Georgia and the Birth of Democratic Socialism.
Fraudulent election! No, not THAT one. This one: https://www.ericlee.info/blog/georgia-for-democracy-and-a-european-future/
April 6, 1945. The final battle of WW2 begins in Europe on the Dutch island of Texel. It ends long after V-E day. Both sides wore German uniforms. Check out my book, Night of the Bayonets, here: http://www.nightofthebayonets.com/
Great news! My book on the first Georgian republic is now out in German. https://bit.ly/georgia-de Stay tuned for news about the book launch in Berlin.
It's International Translation Day and I want to pay tribute to the wonderful translators who have made my books available to read in Czech, Dutch, Esperanto, Georgian, German, Korean, and Russian.
Some people in the Israeli opposition are talking about moving 'from protest to politics'. If that sounds familiar, and it did to me, it's because Bayard Rustin talked about the same thing 60 years ago. My latest column for Solidarity: https://bit.ly/fromprotest
Noe Khomeriki, Social Democrat, architect of the agrarian reform in Georgia. Smuggled into Georgia to help organise resistance to the Russian Bolsheviks. Murdered by the Cheka in September 1924 following the crushing of the revolt. #augustuprising
Iulii Martov's World Bolshevism is an important, though flawed, left-wing critique of Lenin and the Bolsheviks. Good that it's back in print. My review is here: https://www.ericlee.info/blog/review-world-bolshevism-by-iulii-martov/
I love the fact that 'Solidarity' continues to publish my articles even when they don't agree with a single word that I write. For example, this week's column: https://www.ericlee.info/blog/1923-the-german-october/
The 2nd book in the Camden-set Cassie Raven series is as good as the first. My short review is here: https://www.ericlee.info/blog/review-life-sentence-by-a-k-turner/