The British Communist Party and the Trade Unions, 1933–1945
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1995
Scolar Press (Verlag)
978-1-85928-116-1 (ISBN)
Scolar Press (Verlag)
978-1-85928-116-1 (ISBN)
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This work on the British Communist Party begins with the origins of revolutionary pragmatism; goes on to cover the British road to a united front; describes rank and file movements; deals with organizing against the bosses and fascism; and concludes with the shopfloor war economy of 1939-45.
This is a pathbreaking book, essential reading for students of interwar political and social history. Previous histories of the period have underestimated the crucial role which Communists played in trade union organisation from top to bottom. Despite its relatively small size the Communist Party occupied a strategic place in the trade union movement: the leaders of the movement, notably Ernest Bevin, refused to acknowledge this at the time. Thanks to her extensive research and numerous interviews, and to the ’opening of the books’ of the Communist Part, Nina Fishman has been able to uncover a fascinating story, one which official Communist historians have never told, and which other historians could only recount in fragments. The main protagonists are the Communist Party General Seretary, Harry Pollitt, and the Editor of the Daily Worker, Johnny Campbell. The book brings to vivid life the work of activists on the shop floor and in the coalmines during the Depression and the Second World War. The book includes the first comprehensive analysis of Communist activity in key sectors of the British economy, notably in engineering shop stewards’ movements and among London busmen. It concludes with an authoritative review of Communists' part in the British war economy and a vigorous challenge to the conventional wisdom about the effect of Communist Party changes of line on the war on activists’ abilities to incite and lead strikes.
This is a pathbreaking book, essential reading for students of interwar political and social history. Previous histories of the period have underestimated the crucial role which Communists played in trade union organisation from top to bottom. Despite its relatively small size the Communist Party occupied a strategic place in the trade union movement: the leaders of the movement, notably Ernest Bevin, refused to acknowledge this at the time. Thanks to her extensive research and numerous interviews, and to the ’opening of the books’ of the Communist Part, Nina Fishman has been able to uncover a fascinating story, one which official Communist historians have never told, and which other historians could only recount in fragments. The main protagonists are the Communist Party General Seretary, Harry Pollitt, and the Editor of the Daily Worker, Johnny Campbell. The book brings to vivid life the work of activists on the shop floor and in the coalmines during the Depression and the Second World War. The book includes the first comprehensive analysis of Communist activity in key sectors of the British economy, notably in engineering shop stewards’ movements and among London busmen. It concludes with an authoritative review of Communists' part in the British war economy and a vigorous challenge to the conventional wisdom about the effect of Communist Party changes of line on the war on activists’ abilities to incite and lead strikes.
Nina Fishman, University of Westminster, UK
Contents: Introduction; The origins of revolutionary pragmatism; The British road to the united front; In pursuit of the real united front; Waiting for the national militant upsurge; Rank-and-file movements: I The London busmen’s rank and file movement; II The aircraft shop stewards’ national council; The battle of Harworth; Organising the united front against the bosses; Organizing the united front against Fascism; Fighting the war on two fronts; The shopfloor war economy: class collaboration or dual power?; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.1.1995 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 453 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Wirtschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-85928-116-8 / 1859281168 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-85928-116-1 / 9781859281161 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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