It is not generally known that John McGovern's pamphlet Terror in Spain referred to in Revolutionary History No.2, p40, Introduction, was withdrawn by the Independent Labour Party. This, too, is part of the hidden history of the Spanish Civil War.

The Communist Party accused the ILP of helping Franco by the publication of anti-Communist propaganda. The ILP leadership disowned the pamphlet and withdrew it from official circulation. This action was defended by Fenner Brockway with pleas for working class unity.

Brockway had previously explained to Harry Wicks that whilst the Moscow Trials were regrettable in the interests of working class unity, he could not lead a campaign against the murder of Lenin's comrades. (Harry Wicks related this to Al Richardson in interviews on 11 March and 1 April 1978.)

So now once more in the name of unity, a proletarian revolution could be strangled and Stalinism could continue its counterrevolutionary activities without ILP opposition.

Small wonder that in later years the Communist Party of Great Britain and Fenner Brockway could become comfortable sleeping partners. They earned each others' respect.

Fraternally, Sam Bornstein