Communist Party of Great Britain
Communist Party of Great Britain | |
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| Abbreviation | CPGB |
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| Founded | 31 July 1920 |
| Dissolved | 23 November 1991 |
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| Headquarters | Marx House, Covent Garden, London |
| Newspaper | |
| Student wing | Communist Students |
| Youth wing | Young Communist League (YCL) |
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Far-left Centre-left (later) |
| International affiliation | Comintern |
| Channel Islands Affiliates |
Jersey Communist Party Communist Party of Guernsey |
| Other Affiliates |
West African National Secretariat National Minority Movement (1924–1929) Popular Front (UK) (1936–1940) |
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The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was a communist party located in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1920 through a merger of several smaller Marxist groups.
In 1991, the party's revisionist leadership would liquidate the CPGB and reform it into the Democratic Left.
Ideology
The CPGB would adopt revisionism by 1956 with the rise of Nikita Khrushchev to power in the Soviet Union and de-Stalinization. By the 1970s, the party would take on Eurocommunism.
See also
References
- ↑ Barberis, Peter/McHugh, John/Tyldesley, Mike. Encyclopedia of British and Irish political organizations : parties, groups and movements of the 20th century. New York City/London: Continuum, 2001. 149
- ↑ Collette, Christine/Leybourn, Keith. Modern Britain since 1979 a reader. London/New York City: I.B. Tauris, 2003. p. 2
- ↑ Wheeler, Brian. What happened to the Communist Party of Great Britain's millions?, BBC News, London, published 13 June 2012, retrieved 16 July 2015
Notes
- ↑ Called The Daily Worker from 1930 to 1966
- ↑ Theoretical magazine