Sound recordings and transcriptions of interviews by Joan Smith of Harry McShane, Marxist activist... 1.24 (side 2); 1.25 "1920 - unemployed 1922 - rent eviction fight" (side 1), [c1972]
Subjects of 1.24 include (transcript page numbers given in brackets): break by McShane’s branch of the British Socialist Party from the main party in 1920 because of an apparent lack of political leadership (D1-D4); campaign visits to various Scottish towns in 1920 with John Maclean and others (D5-D9); production and sale of Maclean’s leaflets (D9-D10); Jimmy McDougal, including his effective speaking style (D13-D18); McShane’s difficulties in continuing to campaign largely single-handedly to provide food to the imprisoned Maclean in 1921-1922 until he himself was arrested (D15-D16); imprisonment of Sandy Ross for revolutionary statements during the miners’ lock-out of 1921 (D18-D20).
Subjects of 1.25 include (transcript page numbers given in brackets): campaigning for the unemployed in Glasgow in the early 1920s, including failed attempt by communists to take control of the campaign (C2-C3), imprisonment of John Maclean in 1921 for a speech to the unemployed (C3), formation of unemployed committees (C4), occupation of house from which the tenants were to be evicted, leading to trial of McShane for sedition (C4-C6).
Brand: Not legible C60.