LETTER
Spink, Allan & Emsley, Joe & Wash, P.C.R.
May I as a British Socialist pay tribute to the really fine magazine that you pub- fish in DISSENT? I have now read the first four editions, covering the first year of publication, almost...
...1 should he most gratefnl if you could send a sample c'x~py to a friend of miue in India...
...The darkness I refer to is that which .~ou exhibit in your attitude towiird Iht: ~Jviet regi,tc...
...You have struck just the right balance between scholarship and journalism...
...1 have placed to-day a subscription to your magazine through your local agent, Whyte Btmk Shop 8: Gallery...
...inste:td, you responded emotionally to the Stalinist t~egimr Wouldn't it have been better if you had confined yourseh'es to a critiqne of Deutscher's a]gnments...
...Suffit~es it to say that it provides the best (if nut the only worthwhile) socialist forum remaining...
...in fact, I get the impression I'm i.i quite good intellcetual company...
...How about it...
...I was espc.dally interested in Silone's Choice Of ComtY~dc.b Kosenberg's Trilling lind Dreiser (an excellent job), Cole's ,~orhdi.~'m vs...
...Please put me down for another year...
...It provides for the critical socialist what is found hardly anywhere else today--certainly there is no British publication at the present time which provid~ such important material for the thinking socialist...
...IIl1: limits of ils .~pat'c., Ralcs, p.'ly:d)le i. ad,ance: 51~ a line...
...Enclosed is $5...
...And The ]ournal Of The Ojulrter always gets things under way nicely...
...Congratulations...
...May I as a British Socialist pay tribute to the really fine magazine that you pubfish in DISSENT...
...The existence of a laber Party of course leads to a certain theoretical inertia, which the present tragic weakness of the Americ~m left naturally does not permit...
...The Detitscilcr rumpus Was the most flagrant example of the harm tiffs blind spot does you...
...I felt that .Air...
...Believe me when I say t.hat I experient~,'d no sense of satisfacti,,m...
...Enclosed find my second contribution of ~5.00...
...My own copy is seen by about l.ale a dozen people, but I would naturally like to see more people subscribe to it...
...You didn't really answer him...
...Howe's article on the ADA was ve~ perceptive...
...IStJL why Ilat~ atlacks on Dcutscher...
...Thank you for your circular letter of April 4 and a sample copy of Dt~sLx'r...
...I've read a fair number of American Jell-wing journals and yours is by far superior...
...I am naturally anxious to see its widest possible circulation in Britain, and I would be glad to do anything I can to assist its circulation here...
...hand...
...With th,~e bouquetish remarks toss'd, allow me to say I think you've a blind .~pot...
...fur...
...H. R., Philadelphia CLASSIFIED ADS IlPls~l,~,'i" will ;.ccpl cl.'l.~sified ads will:i...
...I hope other and larger contributions will come from me in the futnre...
...in his reply, gave yon ahout what you dcserx'ed...
...Wel/are ~tate, Neumann's Anxiety In Politics...
...Especially the application of Rabbi Zusza's philo~phy...
...Here, in quaUty as well as quantity, yota, in your attempted refutations, tipped your heavy (anvilish...
...It is HOt...
...respect, eng;ige in :q l:lillbarb such as Ihat one was--one that could havc been avoided...
...Yolir atlilnde...
...ihe rt:~,ohlliOlt ht~l.r:tyc'd, ihe wliort: Itas ~1r ~ir!Hc...
...May 1 take this opportunity Ix~ congratulate you on your bold venture and wish D[~E.'CT a long life iq the service of socialist cause...
...I honestly hclieve you do yourselves art injustice in allowing it to govern your response to discu&~ions re the Stalinista...
...K, lit) argttltjellt...
...at all pleasant to watch two parties, hnlh of whot'tl VOt...
...My subscription runs out after the Summer ix~ue...
...You have just come out w:.th a.mther fine issue of Dlsscxr...
...I have now read the first four editions, covering the first year of publication, almost from cover to cover...
Vol. 2 • July 1955 • No. 3
