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William Gallacher (25 December 1881 – 12 August 1965) was a Scottish trade unionist, activist and communist. He was one of the leading figures of the Shop Stewards' Movement in wartime Glasgow (the ' Red Clydeside ' period) and a founding member of the Communist Party of Great Britain.
2K views 3 years ago. Aug 12th 2020 marks the 55th anniversary of the passing of one of Paisley's best loved Buddies, Willie Gallacher. Willie Gallacher was a Communist MP for West Fife and as a ...
IT was in this week in 1965 that Scotland’s last Communist MP Willie Gallacher passed away. Gallacher is often thought to have been the only Communist MP in Scotland but Walton Newbold stood as a Communist in Motherwell in 1922, only to lose the seat a year later. Gallacher won West Fife in 1935 and kept the seat until 1950, making ...
Learn about the life and achievements of Willie Gallacher, a trade unionist and Communist MP who opposed Britain's involvement in the First World War and campaigned for workers' rights. Find out how he was imprisoned, elected, and became the President of the Communist Party of Great Britain.
Communist MP: Willie Gallacher and British Communism. Andrew Thorpe, University of Exeter, UK. Introduction. The rescue of leading British Communists from obscurity continues has become something of. a minor sport among labour historians in recent years. Since the 1980s there has been a.
30 de ene. de 2019 · Several strike leaders, including militant union leader Willie Gallacher, were arrested and given jail sentences. The British government, employers, local politicians and some trade union...
Speaking in 1962, Willie Gallacher regretted the missed opportunity In London, the war cabinet met as the riot raged in Glasgow. Scottish Secretary Robert Munro is said to have called the...
