There is actually more to the story of the Pankhursts. Sylvia's mother (sorry, but her name escapes me) was a founder of the women's suffragist movement in the UK. Her story was featured in a television series on the U.S. suffragist movement, which she influenced. I watched it a month or so ago, maybe on netflix or PBS. Sylvia was also a left communist and a critic/supporter of Lenin. Eventually the left communist current faded and she took up the cause of anti-fascism. Regardless of whether we agree or disagree with her politics, she showed courage and principle at a difficult time.
On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 12:54 PM Ken Hiebert <[email protected]> wrote: > The only article by Trotsky i could find regarding Ethiopia is this one. > https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1936/04/oslo.htm > Those who are interested can read it for themselves and decide if Trotsky > was glorifying Haile Selassie. > > My thanks to Peter Turner for the history of Sylvia Pankhurst and > Ethiopia. There's a lot I don't know about Ethiopia and this was a > fascinating part of the story. She started her own newspaper. called > *New Times and Ethiopia News*. She is honoured in Ethiopia to the > present day. > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#416): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/416 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/76151064/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES<br />#1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message.<br />#2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived.<br />#3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
