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Source: The Nation

6-13-17

Is E.P. Thompson still relevant?

The latest book by Christos Efstathiou – in E.P. Thompson: A Twentieth-Century Romantic – makes the case he is.

Source: The Guardian

9-27-16

Historian EP Thompson denounced Communist party chiefs, files show

Declassified MI5 records reveal party member thought leaders misled rank and file over Stalin’s crimes at height of cold war.

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Is E.P. Thompson still relevant?

Historian EP Thompson denounced Communist party chiefs, files show