Why publication of the 1921 census will matter to labour historians
Data on 38 million households from the 1921 census will be published early in the new year. Continue reading Why publication of the 1921 census will matter to labour historians
Tag: 1920s
Daily Herald’s front page reports the first Labour government and the death of Lenin
What a day to be a headline writer on a Labour newspaper. On 23 January 1924, the TUC-owned Daily Herald led its news coverage with the formation of the first ever Labour government. But big as it was, the story had to share the front page with news from Moscow of the sudden death of Lenin. Born out of a strike bulletin first published by … Continue reading Daily Herald’s front page reports the first Labour government and the death of Lenin
Strategies of letter-writing and letter-reading in the 1920s-1930s Soviet Union
Dr Hannah Parker reports on 10th International Congress for Central and East European Studies Continue reading Strategies of letter-writing and letter-reading in the 1920s-1930s Soviet Union
Labour Party League of Youth members’ badge
The Labour Party began to recruit individual members in 1918, and youth sections appeared in a handful of divisional party organisations soon afterwards. But it was not until 1924 that the National Executive Committee formalised their existence and established a Labour Party League of Youth to act as a national co-ordinating body – albeit one with strictly limited representation and voice within the party’s structures. … Continue reading Labour Party League of Youth members’ badge
Edda Nicolson (Wolverhampton) on the early history of the General Federation of Trade Unions, 1899-1926
My thesis examines the early history of the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) from its inception in 1899 until the general strike in 1926. It uses emotions history methodologies to consider how feelings were used in their publications, reports and minutes. Continue reading Edda Nicolson (Wolverhampton) on the early history of the General Federation of Trade Unions, 1899-1926
‘A little judgement and ordinary human kindness’: the Peterborough Celta Mill strike, 1928
Industrial action at the Celta Mill in 1928 resulted in the longest phase of strike action in Peterborough’s industrial history. However, the strike was important for other reasons too, writes Hazel Perry. Continue reading ‘A little judgement and ordinary human kindness’: the Peterborough Celta Mill strike, 1928
Labour History in Ireland’s ‘Decade of Centenaries’
This paper examines the thinking behind the Decade of Centenaries, the state of the Irish Labour History Society and Irish labour historiography, the involvement of state authorities with labour anniversaries, and the consequences for publications on labour and on the public understanding of labour historiography. Continue reading Labour History in Ireland’s ‘Decade of Centenaries’
A new investigation of the leaders of British Communism in the 1920s
Two new articles report research into the backgrounds of the CPGB leadership in the 1920s using prosopography as an investigative tool. Continue reading A new investigation of the leaders of British Communism in the 1920s
In search of Peter Keating and the (Belfast) Expelled Workers’ Representative Committee
I would be obliged for information on: 1) Peter Keating, Labour councillor, London, 1921-1922, associate inter alia of Shapurji Saklatvala and Rev. Herbert Dunnico, a prominent Baptist minister, future Labour MP and General Secretary of the Peace Society. Keating may also have been connected with Marylebone Trades Council; and 2) the activities in London of the (Belfast) Expelled Workers’ Representative Committee, who had an office at 2 … Continue reading In search of Peter Keating and the (Belfast) Expelled Workers’ Representative Committee
Looking for records on Egerton Wake
I am currently researching a PhD at St Andrews University on the demise of the Liberal Party in Scotland in the 1920s. Egerton Wake played a very active role in building up the Labour Party in Scotland, first as the party’s Organising Secretary, active in Scotland, and latterly as Labour’s National Agent. He was prominent in the Union of Democratic Control during the First World War, … Continue reading Looking for records on Egerton Wake
Society for the Study of Labour History 