Communist Women in Scotland: Red Clydeside from the Russian by Neil C. Rafeek

By Neil C. Rafeek

Throughout the first half the 20 th century, Glasgow used to be witness to an unheard of wave of operating type protest and political agitation. The protesters challenged the capitalist social order and in addition, once in a while, the country itself. What used to be the legacy of this turbulence and upheaval which strengthened Glasgow's attractiveness because the middle of operating category fight in Britain?In this unique and meticulously researched research, Neil Rafeek makes the 1st systematic learn of "Red Clydeside," the time period given to Communism, radical exertions and alternate Unionism in Scotland, a mythical phenomenon in British or even foreign exertions historical past. He specializes in the function of ladies within the Communist celebration and describes women’s reports of assembly prime foreign personalities of the period: Khrushchev, Gagarin, Tereshkova, Castro and the Ceauescus. utilizing wealthy and evocative own testimony combined with the author’s personal research, Rafeek exhibits the idealistic socialist motivation in the back of the institution of "Red Clydeside" and the next starting to be traces and discord in Communism and the exertions circulate often, the world over and in Scotland.

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The Socialist Sunday School played a large part in developing a militant and well-educated cadre of young people from which the CP benefited. Other small groups promoted revolutionary politics and became prominent in the conflict between workers and the government during the First World War. ‘Red Clydeside’ came to symbolize not only opposition to the war regulations imposed on the workforce but also a tradition that those on the left, including the CP, could proudly point to when tracing their socialist roots.

The Socialist Sunday School played a large part in developing a militant and well-educated cadre of young people from which the CP benefited. Other small groups promoted revolutionary politics and became prominent in the conflict between workers and the government during the First World War. ‘Red Clydeside’ came to symbolize not only opposition to the war regulations imposed on the workforce but also a tradition that those on the left, including the CP, could proudly point to when tracing their socialist roots.

Here an important area was the way the party handled women’s issues and how INTRODUCTION 21 much women thought should have been done in this area. ) Also, there were areas of disagreements that crossed gender lines and came to a head over national and international issues. Again, the danger arose of the predominant party line on policy decisions being ignored and a bias developing from myself towards any one view or group of respondents; certainly, I would not do this intentionally, but there is undoubtedly a danger here.

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