Lawrence and Wishart

Lawrence & Wishart is a British publishing company formerly associated with the Communist Party of Great Britain. It was formed in 1936, through the merger of Martin Lawrence, the Communist Party's press and Wishart Ltd, a family-owned liberal and anti-fascist publisher.^[1]

It publishes the journals New Formations, Anarchist Studies, Renewal, Twentieth Century Communism, and Soundings.^[2]

History

Founded in 1936, Lawrence and Wishart initially became involved with the political and cultural life of the Popular Front, publishing literature, drama and poetry, as well as political economy, working-class history and the classics of Marxism. Post-war, the company published work from the CPGB's History Group, including early work by Eric Hobsbawm. Later in the century Lawrence and Wishart began its project of translating the work of Antonio Gramsci whose work on the relationship between politics and culture has ongoing significance for the company. The mid-1980s saw the publication of works by writers who brought the insights of cultural studies to bear on more traditional political concerns with ideology, politics and power, a field of research that ultimately led to the range of journals that Lawrence and Wishart now publish.^[3]

Lawrence and Wishart Today

Continuing to publish the journals New Formations, Anarchist Studies, Renewal, Twentieth Century Communism, and Soundings, Lawrence and Wishart are also developing their work with online books. Recent online publications have included Regeneration, on generational politics,^[4] and the Soundings collection The Neoliberal Crisis.^[5] The company has also published books with a number of partners, including Compass,^[6] the International Brigade Memorial Trust,^[7] the Marx Memorial Library,^[8] the Socialist History Society,^[9] UNISON^[10] and Unite the Union.^[11]

References

1. ↑ Lawrence and Wishart About Us
2. ↑ Lawrence and Wishart Journals
3. ↑ Lawrence and Wishart About Us
4. ↑ Regeneration
5. ↑ The Neoliberal Crisis
6. ↑ A New Political Economy
7. ↑ Antifacista: British & Irish Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War
8. ↑ Marx In London
9. ↑ John Saville: Commitment and History
10. ↑ Leadership and Democracy: A History of the National Union of Public Employees Vol 2 1928-1993
11. ↑ The T&G Story: A History of the Transport and General Workers Union

External links

• About Lawrence and Wishart