Class Against Class: The Communist Party in Britain Between the Wars

by Matthew Worley

Overview

A major study of the Communist party of Great Britain between the wars, when it adopted the military strategy of class against class, in its struggle to be the effective alternative to both the Labour Party and the TUC. This revisionary study, based on newly-discovered material in the Manchester archive of the Communist Party, shows that far from losing influence and being driven to the brink of collapse, the CPGB then consolidated its position, led national hunger marches and organized social and cultural events, while membership grew and the party developed as an effective and valued body in the pantheon of leftwing British politics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781860647475
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/22/2001
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Matthew Worley is Lecturer in History at the University of Reading.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Towards the Third Period
Shifting Sands: The Communist Party and the Third Period in
Context
Communists Under Fire: The Need for Change?
A New Line for a New Period
Comrade Against Comrade: The CPGB in Crisis
Now For Action: The Party at Work I
Forging a Communist Culture: The Party at Work II
Excesses, Ambiguities, Reappraisal
Crisis and Insurgence: The Third Period Justifiedr
Conclusion: The Third Period Reassessed

Editorial Reviews

" This fascinating and thorough-provoking book closely analyses the CPGB's policies between 1926 and 1932."—Will Podmore, UNISON Journal, Tribune, Morning Star and the Voice of Unions

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