Red Clydeside: Communist Party of Great Britain

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Red Clydeside: A history of the labour movement in Glasgow 1910-1932

Political parties and organisations of the Red Clydeside period

Communist Party of Great Britain

The Communist Party of Great Britain was formed in 1920 after a meeting of the Communist Unity Convention, attended by delegates from the British Socialist Party, the Communist Unity Group of the Socialist Labour Party, the South Wales Socialist Society and other groups. William Gallagher was one of those who played an influential role in the formation of the party. During a trip to Russia for the Third International (the Comintern) in 1920 he had several meetings with Russian leader Lenin which persuaded Gallagher to help form of a British communist party.

Cover of booklet entitled 'The Communist Party on Trial: Wm. Gallacher's defence and Judge Rigby Swift's summing up' published by the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1926.

Election address of Helen Crawfurd contesting the Govan ward in the Glasgow municipal election of November 1921 as a candidate for the Communist Party of Great Britain.

Postcard showing the 12 Communist Party officials put on trial for seditious libel and incitement to mutiny in 1925. Published by the International Class War Prisoners' Aid.

Portrait photograph of Tom Bell, pioneer of the socialist movement on Clydeside and leading member of the Communist Party of Great Britain until his death in 1944.

Portrait photograph of Arthur McManus, leader of the Clyde Workers' Committee and first chairmain of the Communist Party of Great Britain.

Photograph of 14 delegates at the 2nd Moscow Congress of the Third International. Those shown include William Gallacher, John Reed and Sylvia Pankhurst.

Group of Communist Party members selling 'The Communist' magazine in Glasgow in the 1920s.

Helen Crawfurd with the Methill branch of the Womens Communist Party in the 1920s.

Cover of booklet entitled 'Communist Parliamentary policy & electoral programme

Cover of booklet entitled 'What is the United Front?', published by the CPGB.

Cover of booklet entitled 'Handbook for Party Members: No.1- Organisation', published by the CPGB.

Cover of booklet entitled 'Handbook on Local Organisation', published by the CPGB.

Cover of booklet entitled 'The Reds and the General Strike', published by the CPGB.

Cover of booklet entitled 'The Communist Party and the Labour Government', published by the CPGB.

Cover of booklet entitled 'Can Labour Govern?' by William Gallacher, published by the Communist Party of Great Britain.