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Date:1907-1959
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Identifier:cp-ind-poll-01-01
Europe Politics and Social Movements Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom 1940s 1950s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s Personal Affairs Ephemera

Handwritten notes by Harry Pollitt discussing matters of the Openshaw Branch of the British Socialist Party.

Date:1909-1913
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Identifier:cp-ind-poll-04-01
Europe Politics and Social Movements Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom 1900s 1910s British Socialist Party Notes

Includes a printed statement to members of the union by ‘The Strike Committee’ detailing the events leading to the strike and justifying their action, as well as a balance sheet...

Date:1915-1915
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Identifier:cp-ind-poll-05-01
Europe Politics and Social Movements Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom 1910s Statements Trade Unionism Accounts

A range of translated pamphlets written by key figures from the 1917 Revolution in Russia. Includes a pamphlet written by Lenin, titled ‘Lessons of the Revolution’, a pamphlet by Lenin...

Date:1918-1920
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Identifier:cp-ind-poll-06-01
Europe Asia Politics and Social Movements Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom Eastern Europe Soviet Union 1910s 1920s Soviet Asia Leon Trotsky Vladimir Lenin Pamphlets

Contains discussions of the Charter Campaign and disputes over the ‘correct’ party line between Dutt and Pollitt in relation to the ‘united front’.

Date:1931-1931
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Identifier:cp-ind-poll-15-04
Europe Politics and Social Movements Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom Soviet Union Palme Dutt 1931 Correspondence

Correspondence with Pollitt, newspaper cuttings regarding the death of William Rust, a collection of Rust’s own articles, an extract from Montagu’s ‘A Traitor Class’, letters from Dutt to the Central...

Date:1930-1949
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Identifier:cp-ind-poll-15-05
Europe Politics and Social Movements Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom 1940s 1930s Independent Labour Party (ILP) William Rust Print Media Books Correspondence

Personal correspondence in which Salme Dutt questions Pollitt’s speech regarding his disillusionment at Comintern opposing war with Germany due to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, as well as a letter discussing Marxist...

Date:1939-1939
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Identifier:cp-ind-poll-16-01
International Relations War, Security, and Intelligence Europe Asia Politics and Social Movements Northern Europe Western Europe Germany United Kingdom Central Europe Eastern Europe Soviet Union 1930s Soviet Asia Salme Dutt Correspondence

Contains an article titled ‘Who is the Enemy?’, discussions of an article criticising the Labour Party, a draft copy of said article discussing the legacy of the 1945 Labour government,...

Date:1951-1957
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Identifier:cp-ind-poll-17-01
Europe Politics and Social Movements Northern Europe Western Europe United Kingdom 1950s Labour Party Notes Print Media Correspondence