Labour-communist Relations, 1920-1951: 1920-1935
Author : Noreen Branson
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Page : 72 pages
File Size : 26,66 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780714731476
Author : Noreen Branson
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 26,66 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780714731476
Author : Noreen Branson
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 13,74 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Political parties
ISBN : 9780714731483
Author : Noreen Branson
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,1 MB
Release : 1990
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Author : Douglas Jones
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 44,21 MB
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1786831325
While electorally weak, the Communist Party of Great Britain and its Welsh Committee was a constant feature of twentieth century Welsh politics, in particular through its influence in the trade union movement. Based on original archival research, the present volume offers the first in-depth study of the Communist Party’s attitude to devolution in Wales, to Welsh nationhood and Welsh identity, as well as examining the party’s relationship with the Labour Party, Plaid Cymru and the labour and nationalist movements in relation to these issues. Placing the party’s engagement of these issues within the context of the rapid changes in twentieth century Welsh society, debates on devolution and identity on the British left, the role of nationalism within the communist movement, and the interplay of international and domestic factors, the volume provides new insight into the development of ideas by the political left on devolution and identity in Wales during the twentieth century. It also offers a broad outline of the party’s policy in relation to Wales during the twentieth century, and an assessment of the role played by leading figures in the Welsh party in developing its policy on Wales and devolution.
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Page : 314 pages
File Size : 34,45 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Labor
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Page : 758 pages
File Size : 46,97 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Communism
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Author : Neil Redfern
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 35,22 MB
Release : 2005-02-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0857711423
The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) has been seen by many as a microcosm of the Communist-Capitalist struggle in the early twentieth century. Its size belied its influence and so, despite never being a mainstream political movement, it had a powerful presence in British society. Neil Redfern re-examines the movement and its relationship to imperialism, tracing the history of British communism from its revolutionary roots, forged during the turmoil of 1917-1921. He finds that the CPGB never made a clean break with the reformism, nationalism and Euro-centrism, despite World War I, the 1917 revolution and] mass movements in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Redfern argues that this led most of the left to support the First World War and so, by extension, found itself supporting the Second World War and Britain's reconquest of its colonial possessions. This is essential reading for scholars of British Political and Social History, as well as Imperialism, Communism and left-wing ideology.
Author : Keith Robbins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 962 pages
File Size : 45,40 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780198224969
Containing over 25,000 entries, this unique volume will be absolutely indispensable for all those with an interest in Britain in the twentieth century. Accessibly arranged by theme, with helpful introductions to each chapter, a huge range of topics is covered. There is a comprehensiveindex.
Author : Willie Thompson
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 11,62 MB
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN :
Succinct and readable ... A valuable and fair assessment, not only of the general history of the Communist Party of Great Britain but of the factors that led to its undoing.' American Historical Review
Author : Roger Seifert
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 31,67 MB
Release : 2022-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1802071199
This is the second volume on the history of the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU), covering the period 1932 to 1945. In 1931, when the economic slump created mass unemployment, the TGWU was a large rambling union. The union lost members, struggled to hold its activists together, and split politically between communists and their allies and the right-wing labour leadership of Bevin. This spilled over to the struggle of the unemployed, the role of the state, and attitudes to the growth of fascism at home and abroad. By the late 1930s, an armament-inspired boom allowed the TGWU to negotiate industry-wide formal agreements in many of its strongholds – docks, passenger and commercial road transport, and general labourers. These deals favoured the weak but held back the strong such as the London bus workers who staged strikes based on rank-and-file organisation. These were matched by local strikes against a range of speed-up initiatives. The TGWU backed rearmament and the war when it came. The leadership put aside its anti-communism for the duration, and communist-inspired shop stewards played major roles in improving war-time productivity. The union grew and large numbers of women joined, forming their own groups and playing an increasing role in union affairs. At the same time the TGWU hesitantly supported liberation in the colonies. As the war came to an end, the union supported the welfare reforms of the Beveridge report and backed the election of a Labour Government.