The History of the British Communist Movement | 1920 - 1943

Podcast: Proletarian Radio · The Communists

Opublikowano: 2026-10-14

Steve Cook of the CPGB-ML gives a concise and inspiring history of the British communist movement between 1920 and 1943. The talk was originally given to a CPGB-ML party school in January 2011. He begins with the groups (the British Socialist Party, Independent Labour Party, Socialist Labour Party, Workers' Socialist Federation, South Wales Socialist Society, Shop stewards and workers Committees, Guild socialists, etc.), and some of their great leaders - William Gallagher, Sylvia Pankhurst, James Connolly, Harry Pollitt, Arthur Macmanus, Rajni Palme Dutt, John McClain, et. al. - who came together on 31 July 1920, to form the original Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB...