The First May Day – History Today
In London there was a much smaller demonstration on May 1st supported by those purists who preferred to meet the hopes of the most radical at the Paris Congress for…Read more…
Class Distinctions and the War – WW1
Article – November 1914
Class Distinctions and The WarEver since the outbreak of the war the press and politicians have been telling us that all sections of the community have dropped their…Read more…
The People’s advent’s coming – Gerald Massey
Room! for the men of mind make way!
Ye robber Rulers, Pause no longer;
Ye cannot stay the opening day;
The World rolls on, the light grows stronger;
The People’s advent’s coming.
Poem by Gerald…Read more…
International Brigaders Pledge to Fight Nazi Germany August 1939
Brigaders will fight fascismThe men of the International Brigade, Britons who fought for peace and democracy in Spain, applied himself to continue the struggle against fascist aggression. A statement…Read more…
CPGB Speakers – Meetings – Meeting places September 1939
Communist Party of Great Britain speakers, meetings and meeting places for September 1939 (soon after the beginning of WW2) published in the Daily Worker
Weekend 30th September 1939 and Sunday 31st…Read more…
Socialist League Branches and Meetings April 1892
The Socialist League, was an offshoot from the more famous Social Democratic Federation (Britain’s first socialist party).
The break from the Social Democratic Federation occurred in in 1884 by…Read more…
Pollitt – If War Should Come – DW August 1939
Harry PollittIf war should come
Daily Worker, Monday, August 28, 1939
“The
Communist Party, with the help of the sound core of the Labour movement
must now rouse people to bring about the…Read more…
Upper Clyde Shipbuilders’ work-in solidarity rally London
Upper Clyde Shipbuilders’ (UCS) work-in solidarity rally Trafalgar Square, London
Hillingdon Trades Council bannerRead more…
Homeless Sleeping Rough In St James’s Park 1887
Drawing of homeless people sleeping out in St James’s Park (close to Buckingham Palace) in 1887. Britain was in the grip of a depression, many poor unemployed workers were forced to sleep rough in St…Read more…
Dundee International Brigade Banner 1937
Roll of honour of Dundee men killed fighting for the International Brigade against fascism in Spain (up to 1937)
William McGuire
McGuire was a Branch Secretary of the Dundee Young Communist…Read more…
Sean O’Casey’s – "The Star Turns Red" Unity Theatre BANNED 1940
Sean O’Casey’s play “The Star Turns Red” was banned in Britain in May 1940
An anti-fascist play about a future workers government and the opposition it faces from fascistsRead more…
Southwark Support The Print Workers
Wapping Dispute – Southwark Support the print Workers badge
One of the leaders of the print unions Mike Hicks lived in HayesRead more…
Labour campaign against the Common Market 1975
Lord Rothermere (Daily Mail) Support For The Nazi’s
Daily Worker cartoon illustrating
Lord Rothermere’s Daily Mail supporting Hitler and the Nazi’s rehabilitation – 18th March 1935
Daily Worker cartoon illustrating
Lord Rothermere’s Daily Mail…Read more…
Morning Star – Festival For All 1917-1987
Scunthorpe Steel Works 1948
London YCL Netball Team 1953
London Young Communist League (YCL) Netball team formed March 1953
Hackney Workers Sports Club had a netball team formed in the late 1920’s Read more…
Women Shipbuilders WW2
Women shipbuilders in the North East WW2Read more…
Warrington Print Workers Dispute 1983
Anarchist Holiday Camp 1915 – Wales
Anarchist holiday camp at Harlech (Wales) in 1915. The camp was
situated by the house of wealthy anarchist George Davison and it later
became Coleg Harlech.
Davison also financed Communist Clubs…Read more…