Contains papers relating to the 'New Left' in Britain and the 1956 Hungarian incident resulting in a split of the British Communist Party over the issue of freedom of speech, with which Saville and E.P. Thompson were closely involved. Contains references to: subscribers; E.P. Thompson and Saville's defiance of Communist Party ban on open discussion; Fife Socialist League rules; chronology of 1956; Len Wincott; pamphlet 'Controversy within the British Left'.

Papers comprise: limited correspondence; press cuttings; copy articles; notes; pamphlet; draft articles; subscribers lists [for The Reasoner?]. Correspondents include: Tom Steel; Andy Croft.

[See also U DJS/1/43, 61-71, U DJS/4/1]