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The Stalin question (2018)
Journal Article
Callaghan, J. (2018). The Stalin question. Twentieth Century Communism: A Journal of International History, 14, 96-114

When polling on the topic first began in 1989, Stalin was ranked bottom of the list of the most important Russians, scoring 12 per cent. The same survey, by the independent Levada Centre, placed him at the top in 2017, with an approval rating of 38 p... Read More about The Stalin question.

Left intellectuals and the atomic dilemma in the age of the US atomic monopoly, 1945-9 (2015)
Journal Article
Callaghan, J., & Phythian, M. (2015). Left intellectuals and the atomic dilemma in the age of the US atomic monopoly, 1945-9. Contemporary British History, 29(4), 441-463. https://doi.org/10.1080/13619462.2014.987530

Given its close association with the formation of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, it is tempting to assume that the response of Left intellectuals to the advent of atomic weapons was rooted in consistent opposition. This article demonstrates th... Read More about Left intellectuals and the atomic dilemma in the age of the US atomic monopoly, 1945-9.

Engagements with Trotsky (2014)
Book Chapter

This article considers the broader cultural impact of Trotsky and Trotskyism in Britain beyond the small groups associated with his name.

Social democracy in the light of capitalist financial crises (2014)
Book Chapter

The crisis of 2008 was not the first time that social democratic parties were found wanting when faced with bank and financial failures. But it was the first since they had learned to praise the wisdom as well as the creativity of 'the market'.

Bertrand Russell : The committed sceptic in public life (2014)
Journal Article
Callaghan, J. (2014). Bertrand Russell : The committed sceptic in public life. Moving the social (Internet), 51, 239-263. https://doi.org/10.13154/mts.51.2014.239-261

Bertrand Russell came from a political family but was devoted to an academic life before 1914. It was the Great War which transformed him. He broke from the Liberal Party, began to regard himself as a socialist and became a prominent public intellect... Read More about Bertrand Russell : The committed sceptic in public life.

Anti-communism in the USA and American foreign policy in the late 1940s (2014)
Journal Article
Callaghan, J. (2014). Anti-communism in the USA and American foreign policy in the late 1940s. Twentieth Century Communism: A Journal of International History, 6, 149-171

As the post-war configuration of power became clearer in 1946 – involving an uncooperative Soviet Union in Europe and stronger Communist parties in Europe and Asia – American foreign policy drew upon and greatly reinforced domestic anti-Communism in... Read More about Anti-communism in the USA and American foreign policy in the late 1940s.

In search of social democratic foreign policy (2009)
Journal Article
Callaghan, J. (2009). In search of social democratic foreign policy. Renewal: A journal of social democracy, 17(1), 1-26

This article asks if a distinctive social democratic foreign policy exists or has existed.

British Labour's turn to socialism in 1931 (2009)
Journal Article
Callaghan, J. (2009). British Labour's turn to socialism in 1931. Journal of Political Ideologies, 14(2), 115-132. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569310902925691

The article examines Labour’s turn to socialism in 1931. While the
events of that year have been examined in meticulous detail in the existing
academic literature Labour’s turn to socialism has not. I seek to explain that turn
to socialism with re... Read More about British Labour's turn to socialism in 1931.

Pivotal powers : the British Labour Party and European unity since 1945 (2007)
Journal Article
Callaghan, J. (2007). Pivotal powers : the British Labour Party and European unity since 1945. Capital and Class, 31(3), 199-215. https://doi.org/10.1177/030981680709300112

This article examines the roots of European unity and Britain's relationship to it, primarily in terms of foreign policy and the failed alternative political economy of the empire/Commonwealth. Continuity of policy emerges as the dominant theme. The... Read More about Pivotal powers : the British Labour Party and European unity since 1945.