Miscellaneous communist activists (xi), 1922-1995
Miscellaneous communist activists (xi), 1922-1995
Collection: Notable Individuals of British Communism, 1886-1997 Volumes Miscellaneous communist activists (xi), 1922-1995
Material related to the Communist activism of Idris Cox, C.K. Cullen, Minnie Bowles, Sharpurji Saklatavla, John Mahon, Bert Gilpin, and many more. The material covers everything from memoirs recounting the political radicalisation and activism of various individuals, to personal correspondence and writings on a range of Marxist theory.
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Material related to Peter Kerrigan, 1947-1974
Peter Kerrigan was a trade unionist and national organiser for the CPGB. The document contains reports, correspondence, speeches, articles, and other material from Kerrigan’s time in the Amalgamated Engineering Union....
Date:1947-1974Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-misc-18-16
Interview with Maggie Nelson, 1970s
This document features a long-form interview with Maggie Nelson, exploring her experience of brutal poverty and her radicalisation during the early 20th century.
Date:1970-1979Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-misc-18-15
Memoirs of Bert Gilpin, 1979
An incomplete copy of ‘Sketches from the Life of a Proletariat’, an autobiography documenting the political background and activities of the Gilpin family at the turn of the 19th century.
Date:1979-1979Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-misc-18-14
Alastair and Olive Wilson’s activism in Llanelli, c. 1930s
This document contains handwritten notes recalling the personal and political experiences of Llanelli in the 1930s, with particular interest paid to the parliamentary by-election of 1936.
Date:1930-1939Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-misc-18-13
George Thomson on the post-war politics of Marxist-Leninism, 1949
This document contains an article by George Thomson examining Marxist-Leninist theory in the context of the post-war period, as well as brief minutes from a meeting of the CPGB's Executive...
Date:1949-1949Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-misc-18-12
John Mahon and the history of the National Minority Movement, 1924-1970
This document contains material related to the National Minority Movement (NMM), including newspaper clippings, memoirs and handwritten notes on the political initiatives of the NMM. More specifically, the material covers...
Date:1924-1970Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-misc-18-11
Christopher Hill’s lecture on ‘Science and Magic in Seventeenth Century England’, 1976
Christopher Hill was a Communist activist and historian. This document contains the transcript of a lecture delivered by Chistopher Hill to Balliol College Oxford on the subject of ‘Science and...
Date:1976-1976Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-misc-18-10
George Hardy and the International Workers of the World, 1922
This document contains an open letter to the U.S. President from members of the 'International Workers of the World' union, who were imprisoned for organising industrial action during the First...
Date:1922-1922Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-misc-18-09
