http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/1957 <!--paging_filter--><p>I was saddened to hear of the death of the great Polish thinker Leszek Kolakowski whose demolition of Marxism helped clear the way for the Solidarity movement. In Britain, or to be more precise among the small band of British leftish intellectuals, he is best remembered for a pamphlet war with the Marxist Historian E P Thompson.</p><p><p><a href="/node/1957"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/1957#comments E.P. Thompson Leszek Kolakowski Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:29:58 +0100 1957 at http://standpointmag.co.uk