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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.
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...
29 de may. de 2019 · Johnny Campbell was the editor of the Daily Worker; Willie Gallacher had been one of the CPGB’s very few MPs. 156 Harry Pollitt, ‘Don’t Sack the Workers – Sack the Tories’, World News, 24 March 1956, p. 177. Gallacher was just as forthright.
Revolt on the Clyde: An Autobiography. William Gallacher. Lawrence and Wishart, 1978 - Biography & Autobiography - 301 pages. No one speaks of the Red Clyde, the shop stewards movements, the...
