The 27th, New Left Review, now on sale, contains a number of important articles which will greatly interest the left wing in their present context. Since the issue was written, the Wilson era has dawned. _The scope and content of that era is analysed in some dpeth by the Review!s contributors. Professor Titmuss sketches out "The Limits of the Welfare State” in a perc= eptive contribution which requires that the Labour Party should rethink its basic orientation, evolving towards an explosion of the scope of the social services calculated to meet the demands of an economy of abundance rather than scarcity. Tom Nairn contributes a perceptive account of the "Anatomy of the Labour Party.'' And Perry Anderson has written a nost valuable "Critique of Wilsonism" which, for its balanced assessment, provides a model for the level. He shows very clearly how ambivelent the Wilsonian programme is, and how it nonetheless offers real scope for the development of an offensive socialist strateszy, if the left is mature enough to meet the challenge which is facing it. All socialists, and especially those active in the Labour Party, should read and discuss this piece.
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