Communist Party of Great Britain

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The Communist Party of Great Britain was a Marxist-Leninist political party that represented the main organized communist movement in the United Kingdom throughout much of the 20th century.

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Generate an image of the Communist Party of Great Britain (The Communist Party of Great Britain was a Marxist-Leninist political party that represented the main organized communist movement in the United Kingdom throughout much of the 20th century.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Communist Party of Great Britain canonical 52
British Communist Party 1
British Socialist Party 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Marxist-Leninist organization ⓘ
communist party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
activeInCentury 20th century ⓘ
alignedWith Soviet Union ⓘ
archivalCollectionLocation People's History Museum, Manchester ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1991 ⓘ
experiencedDeclineAfter 1956 ⓘ
founded 1920 ⓘ
fullName Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
hadParliamentaryRepresentation House of Commons ⓘ
hadPeakInfluencePeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
headquartersLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
ideology Marxism-Leninism ⓘ
linked to: Marxism–Leninism

communism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
mainOrganizedCommunistMovementIn United Kingdom ⓘ
memberOf Comintern ⓘ
Communist International ⓘ
linked to: Comintern
notableLeader Gordon McLennan ⓘ
Harry Pollitt ⓘ
John Gollan ⓘ
Willie Gallacher ⓘ
notableMember Phil Piratin ⓘ
Willie Gallacher ⓘ
notableTheorist Ralph Miliband ⓘ
operatedIn Great Britain ⓘ
opposedIdeology capitalism ⓘ
fascism ⓘ
organized British volunteers for International Brigades ⓘ
participatedIn British general elections ⓘ
anti-fascist campaigns in Britain ⓘ
politicalPosition far-left ⓘ
publishedNewspaper Daily Worker ⓘ
Morning Star ⓘ
publishedTheoreticalJournal Marxism Today ⓘ
reasonFor1956Crisis Soviet invasion of Hungary ⓘ
shortName CPGB ⓘ
successorOrganization Communist Party of Britain ⓘ
Democratic Left ⓘ
supportedMovement trade union movement ⓘ
supportedPolicy nationalization of industry ⓘ
welfare state expansion ⓘ
workers' control of production ⓘ
supportedSideInSpanishCivilWar Spanish Republic ⓘ
youthWing Young Communist League ⓘ

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Referenced by (55)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Comintern → memberOrganization → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Hugh MacDiarmid → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Klaus Fuchs → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
J. B. S. Haldane → politicalParty → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Thomas Lionel Hodgkin → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
British Battalion → associatedWith → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
John Desmond Bernal → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Third International → notableMemberOrganization → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Communist Party of Great Britain → shortName → CPGB ⓘ
linked to: Communist Party of Great Britain
Communist Party of Great Britain → fullName → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
British Union of Fascists → opposedBy → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Ellen Wilkinson → memberOfPoliticalParty → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Claudia Jones → politicalParty → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Social Democratic Federation → mergedInto → British Socialist Party ⓘ
linked to: Communist Party of Great Britain
Morning Star → foundedBy → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Morning Star → associatedWith → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Communist and Allies Group → hasMemberParty → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Liz Gold → politicalAffiliation → British Communist Party ⓘ
linked to: Communist Party of Great Britain
Eric Hobsbawm → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Tom Wintringham → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Fred Copeman → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Christopher Caudwell → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
John Cornford → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Ivor Montagu → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Campbell Case controversy → mainSubject → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Zinoviev letter scandal → involves → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Daily Worker → publisher → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Daily Worker → ownedBy → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Daily Worker → associatedWith → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Marxism Today → publisher → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Marxism Today → associatedWith → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Democratic Left → precededBy → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Harry Pollitt → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Harry Pollitt → politicalParty → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Harry Pollitt → employer → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Willie Gallacher → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Gordon McLennan → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Gordon McLennan → politicalParty → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Phil Piratin → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Communist Party of Britain → precededBy → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
John Gollan → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
James Klugmann → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Valentine Ackland → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Benny Rothman → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Edward Upward → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
John Strachey → memberOfPoliticalParty → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Workers' Socialist Federation → associatedWith → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Allan Nunn May → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Shapurji Saklatvala → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
subject linked to: Shapurji