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The Revolutionary Movement in Britain 1900–21 - Walter Kendall

The Revolutionary Movement in Britain 1900–21

The Origins of British Communism

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John McIlroy, Paul Flewers (Herausgeber)

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588 Seiten
2025
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This powerful pioneering analysis of the birth of British Communism vividly portrays the precursive influence of the politics, personalities and struggles of the British working class through the Great Unrest, 1910–14, wartime militancy, and crucially the impact of the Russian Revolution and the Comintern in forging a new revolutionary movement.
Kendall’s classic work has been widely appreciated for its rich contextualisation of the events and forensic examination of both the national and international factors influencing the nativity of the British Communist Party. It imaginatively recuperates and critically evaluates the politics of the party’s predecessors, notably the British Socialist Party and the Socialist Labour Party, the radical upsurge of 1910–14, the wartime shop-stewards movement, the resonance of the Russian Revolution, and the role of the Comintern in moulding the form that British Communism took. Vivid portraits of the human actors — H M Hyndman, John Maclean, Arthur MacManus and Theodore Rothstein — illuminate the text. First published in 1969, The Revolutionary Movement in Britain has stood the test of time. It remains indispensable reading for everyone interested in understanding socialist history. John McIlroy has provided a detailed Introduction to this republication.

Walter Kendall (1926–2003), PhD Oxon 1966, author The Revolutionary Movement in Britain 1900–21 (1969), The Labour Movement in Europe (1975), and many papers and articles. Paul Flewers, PhD London 2003, author The New Civilisation? Understanding Stalin’s Soviet Union 1929–41 (2008). John McIlroy has taught at the Universities of Oxford and Keele. He is a visiting professor of employment relations at Middlesex University and has written extensively on labour history, industrial relations and labour law.

Acknowledgements

Preface: Walter Kendall and The Revolutionary Movement in Britain

Abbreviations



Introduction: The Origins of British Communism



Part 1



1 Stress and Strain in the Social Democratic Federation



2 The Radical Upsurge



3 Nationalism and Chauvinism in the Social Democratic Federation



4 The British Socialist Labour Party



5 The Russian Émigrés



6 War and the British Socialist Party



7 Clydeside in Wartime



8 The Shop Stewards’ Movement



9 The British Socialist Party after Hyndman



Part 2



10 The British and European Scene 1918 to 1920



11 The Unity Negotiations, Easter 1918 to August 1920



12 The Communist International and the Communist Party of Great Britain



13 The Russian Influence



14 Unity and Consolidation, August 1920 to January 1921



15 The Independent Labour Party and the Communist International



16 Guild Socialism and the Labour Research Department



17 John Maclean and the Communist Party of Great Britain



18 Conclusion



Appendix 1: The Membership of the Communist Party of Great Britain

Appendix 2: The Executives of the Social Democratic Federation, the British Socialist Party and the Communist Party of Great Britain

Appendix 3: The Social Democratic Federation–British Socialist Party Participation in General Elections

Appendix 4: The Social Democratic Federation–British Socialist Party Conferences, Branches and Membership

Appendix 5: The Socialist Labour Party

Appendix 6: The Social Democratic Federation–British Socialist Party in Local Government

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Historical Materialism Book Series ; 347
Verlagsort Leiden
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 1101 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 90-04-73416-3 / 9004734163
ISBN-13 978-90-04-73416-6 / 9789004734166
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