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My review of “Never Counted Out! The story of Len Johnson Manchester’s Black Boxing Hero and Communist” by Michael Herbert

Posted on June 19, 2020 by lipstick socialist

When my parents moved to Clayton, a working class suburb of Manchester in 1963, it was a large sprawling council estate surrounded by engineering and manufacturing factories and dominated by two busy main roads, Ashton New and Ashton Old Roads. … Continue reading →

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Political Women: Betty Tebbs

Posted on June 26, 2014 by lipstick socialist

Betty Tebbs…peace, women’s rights and trade unionism Betty is like many of the people whom I have come across over the years, people who have spent their lives working for all kinds of campaigns and who have a truly internationalist … Continue reading →

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Belle Vue; more than just a theme park….

Posted on March 13, 2014 by lipstick socialist

East Manchester used to be one of the most vibrant areas of the city. People flocked there to work in engineering, manufacturing and its own colliery in Bradford. My parents moved there after they got married in the early 50s, … Continue reading →

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Building a Socialist Library (3) Ellen Wilkinson From Red Suffragist to Government Minister by Paula Bartley

Posted on February 6, 2014 by lipstick socialist

In 1924 Ellen Wilkinson returned to her home city of Manchester as a newly elected Labour Member of Parliament and spoke to several thousand people in a cinema in Moston. She attacked the capitalist system and its effects on declining … Continue reading →

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Book review; A World between Us by Lydia Syson

Posted on November 8, 2012 by lipstick socialist

  A World Between Us by Lydia Syson Hot Key Books ISBN 978-1-4714-0009-4 Taking part in the march on the 75th anniversary of Cable Street in October 2011 made me feel very proud of the history of working people’s opposition … Continue reading →

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Political Women(9) Linda Clair

Posted on November 1, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Communist, political activist…….. Linda comes from a Jewish, Communist background in Manchester: My father joined the Young Communists at 14, he wanted to fight in the Spanish Civil War but was too young. He was my biggest influence , he … Continue reading →

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Book review; After the Party;reflections on life since the CPGB

Posted on August 9, 2012 by lipstick socialist

After the Party, Reflections on life since the CPGB Edited by Andy Croft (Lawrence & Wishart) 2012  ISBN 978-1-907103-47-6 It is twenty years since the demise of the Communist Party, a party which the editor Andy Croft says, “was unlike … Continue reading →

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