In recent months, both of my websites have undergone a
transformation that I could not have anticipated even a year ago. What began as
a modest corner of the internet — a place to publish essays, polemics, and
historical reflections — has suddenly become a destination for thousands of
readers across the world. Yesterday alone brought 6,000 hits, a figure that
would once have seemed fantastical. If this trajectory continues, the month’s
total will exceed 70,000. For a project built slowly, often in solitude, this
surge feels both surreal and strangely vindicating.
Several forces have converged to produce this moment. The
most obvious is the political climate. Periods of instability always drive
people back to history, theory, and analysis that can explain the world’s
accelerating contradictions. My work, rooted in Marxist historiography and the
long arc of revolutionary movements, has found itself unexpectedly aligned with
the needs of a growing audience.
Another catalyst arrived unexpectedly: two of the world’s
most influential Marxists, David North and Joseph Kishore, followed my Twitter
account. Their interest acted as a signal, prompting thousands of politically
engaged readers to explore my work. On the very first day of this surge,
visitors from 32 countries arrived — a reminder that political inquiry is now
global, and that the questions raised by the English Revolution, the Levellers,
Winstanley, or Trotsky resonate far beyond Britain.
A further transformation has come from technology. The
integration of AI into my research and editorial workflow has been nothing
short of revolutionary. Socialism AI on the WSWS has sharpened the political
edge of my work. Copilot and Claude have accelerated the research process to a
degree I would once have considered impossible. Tasks that previously required
days or weeks — collating sources, structuring arguments, revising drafts — can
now be completed within hours. The bottleneck is no longer labour but thought
itself.
This acceleration has made possible a project I have long
postponed: a complete rewrite of the entire archive. Beginning with the
earliest essays from 2008, I am now working through 2012. Many of these pieces
were written quickly, often under pressure, and with limited resources. They
deserve better. Some of the more substantial articles will be republished later
this year in significantly improved form.
Two major rewrites deserve mention. My BA dissertation —
previously weak and not up to the subject — has been completely revised, incorporating the latest historiography and a more rigorous
analytical framework. Likewise, my work on Raphael Samuel, originally part of
an incomplete Master’s degree, has been revised to a standard I can finally
accept. There is a real possibility that this material may develop into a book.
Samuel’s relationship to working‑class history, memory, and radical
historiography aligns closely with my own intellectual trajectory.
The Why I Write series has also been fully edited and
is now fit for publication. It may be time to add new essays to this
collection, reflecting the changes in my work and the political moment.
A CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS
This website has never been a passive repository of
historical curiosities. It is a platform built in the tradition of the
Levellers, the Chartists, the early Marxists, and every working‑class
intellectual who refused to accept the official version of history. It exists
to challenge the complacency of academic orthodoxy, to expose the distortions
of bourgeois historiography, and to confront the political lies that saturate
public life.
The present moment demands more voices, not fewer.
If you are a historian, a socialist, a researcher, a
polemicist, or simply someone who refuses to accept the intellectual poverty of
mainstream commentary, I invite you to contribute. The only requirement is
seriousness — seriousness about history, seriousness about politics, and
seriousness about the working class as the decisive force in world events.
I am not looking for polite essays that tiptoe around the
truth. I am looking for writers who understand that history is a battleground,
that ideas have consequences, and that the struggle for clarity is inseparable
from the struggle for emancipation. If you have something to say — about the
English Revolution, the Paris Commune, the Russian Revolution, the rise of
fascism, the crisis of capitalism, or the lived experience of the working class
today — then say it here.
This platform is growing. The readership is international.
The political situation is accelerating. If you have been waiting for the right
moment to write, that moment has arrived.
Send your work. Add your voice. Join the fight for
historical truth.
