Tribune (magazine)

Tribune is a democratic socialist weekly, currently a magazine though in the past more often a newspaper, published in London.

Bevanism and CND

Foot remained in the editorial chair until 1952, when Bob Edwards took over, but returned after losing his parliamentary seat in Plymouth in 1955. During the early 1950s, Tribune became the organ of the Bevanite left opposition to the Labour Party leadership, turning against America over its handling of the Korean war then arguing strongly against West German rearmament and nuclear arms. Tribune remained critical of the Soviet Union, however: almost alone on the British left, it denounced Stalin on his death in 1953 and in 1956 opposed the Soviet suppression of the Hungarian Revolution as well as the British government's Suez adventure. The paper and Bevan parted company after his "naked into the conference chamber" speech at the 1957 Labour Party conference: for the next five years Tribune was at the forefront of the campaign to commit Labour to a non-nuclear defence policy, "the official weekly of the

Related Topics:
Bob Edwards - Bevanite - Labour Party - Soviet Union - Hungarian Revolution - Suez

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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament" as the direct actionists in the peace movement put it.

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