Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
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The Communist Party in Liverpool and Birkenhead, 1920-1940
Chris Jones
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WRITING local labour movement history is never an easy task. Unlike the ruling class, who litter themselves with memoirs about their contribution to the locality and its wellbeing, the organisations of the working class often fail to see the value of reserving records.
Nowhere is this more true than with the Communist Party.
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