Michael Chessum
Socialist Resistance did not print a byline field. The names here were read out of the articles themselves, from the paper's own house styles — “… writes Andy Stowe”, “Dave Kellaway explains…”, a name standing alone at the top. That works for about a third of the archive and it can misread: a name may belong to someone quoted rather than the author. Treat these as a finding aid, not as an attribution — the article itself is the authority. A few, where the author has told us directly, are recorded rather than inferred.
4 September 2019 · · Britain · 2 comments
This Is Always How Brexit Was Going to End
Brexit was always going to end in an attack on democracy. The two can't be separated, writes Michael Chessum. This is always how it was going to end. Brexit is useful to the establishment be…
8 August 2015 · · 1 comment
Fourth International youth camp
Michael Chessum reports on a week of politics, self-organisation and glorious sunshine. The 32nd Fourth International Youth Summer Camp took place between the 27th July and the 2nd August ne…