Sound recordings and transcriptions of interviews by Joan Smith of Harry McShane, Marxist activist... 2.16 "1922 Tramps Trust & joining the CP" (side 1); side 2 "rerecord - too slow", [c1972]
2.16 "1922 Tramps Trust & joining the CP" (side 1); side 2 "rerecord - too slow", [c1972]
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Subjects of 2.16 include (transcript page numbers given in brackets): McShane’s and John Maclean’s relationship with the Socialist Labour Party (1-3); campaigning for the unemployed with Maclean in the early 1920s (7-9); Tramps Trust’s support for miners’ lock-out (9-10); belief in 1920s and 1930s that it was possible to follow the example of the Russian Revolution (14); notable members of the Communist Part in Scotland when McShane joined in 1922 (16-17).
Brand: Crusader C90.