The Twenty-Fourth National Congress, 1956
The Twenty-Fourth National Congress, 1956
Collection: The Political Culture of British Communism, 1920-1991 Volumes The Twenty-Fourth National Congress, 1956
This volume hosts material from the Communist Party of Great Britain’s (CPGB) Twenty-Fourth National Congress. Much of the Congress dealt with the fallout from Khrushchev’s secret speech at the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, in which he denounced the crimes of Stalin.
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Papers of Max Egelnick, 1956
This document contains handwritten notes, lecture notes for ‘How a People’s Government would transform Britain’, an agenda, and extracts from World News derived from the personal Congress papers of Max...
Date:1956-1956Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-cong-10-04
London circulars and correspondence, 1956
This document contains discussion material sent to members before Congress, a memorandum to delegates on Congress and the recruitment of new members, circulars from London branches, statistics on party branches,...
Date:1956-1956Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-cong-10-03
'Daily Worker' press coverage, 1956
This document contains newspaper clippings from the Daily Worker about the CPGB’s Twenty-Fourth Party Congress.
Date:1956-1956Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-cong-10-02
Correspondence on resolutions, 1956
This document contains correspondence to party branches and members letting them know the fate of their submitted Congress resolutions.
Date:1956-1956Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-cong-10-01
Draft reports and copies of World News, 1956
This document contains a draft and amended draft report on the Political Resolution sent to the Executive Committee, various other reports to Congress, as well as copies of World News...
Date:1956-1956Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-cong-09-13
Executive Committee discussions on the Political Resolution, 1956
This document contains a memorandum to members of the Executive Committee on the draft Political Resolution, a copy of the draft Political Resolution, handwritten notes, and correspondence discussing Congress proposals.
Date:1956-1956Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-cong-09-12
Fraternal greetings to Congress, 1956
This document contains fraternal greetings from other Communist parties from across the world, in the form of telegrams, letters, and typescript messages.
Date:1956-1956Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-cong-09-11
Transcripts of Monday, 1956
This document contains transcripts of the proceedings from Monday the 2nd April 1956 at the Twenty-Fourth National Congress, including speeches from various delegates.
Date:1956-1956Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-cong-09-10
