The Black Dwarf was a political and cultural newspaper published between May 1968 and 1972 by a collective of socialists in the United Kingdom.

It is often identified with Tariq Ali[1] who edited and published the newspaper until 1970, when the editorial board split between Leninist and non-Leninist currents, with the contributors joining the planning group of 7 Days.

[2] The editorial and production group included Ali, Clive Goodwin, Robin Fior, David Mercer, Mo Teitlebaum, Douglas Gill, Adrian Mitchell, Sheila Rowbotham, Bob Rowthorn, D. A. N. Jones, Sean Thompson, Neil Lyndon,[3] Roger Tyrrell and Fred Halliday.

This edition appeared to be in response to a version of the diaries put out by "some publishers in league with those who murdered Che".

[5] Hoyland in "An Open Letter to John Lennon", ostensibly a review of the Beatles recent eponymous white album, wrote that Lennon's song "Revolution" was no more revolutionary than Mrs Dale's Diary and that "In order to change the world we've got to understand what's wrong with the world then destroy it ruthlessly....