Bill Watson joined the Communist Party in 1965, after a chance encounter with a Communist at a construction site in Wolverhampton. He had been working as a bricklayer for six years and after witnessing the exploitation on building sites and how his parents had suffered at work, Bill immediately joined the party. He went on [...]
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Bill Watson and Eccles Communist Party
Posted in Anti-Fascism, Children & Young People, Communism, Human Rights & Civil Liberties (UK), Northern Ireland, Preserving local facilities, South Africa, Workers' Rights, tagged Eccles, Irlam, Salford on October 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Sam Wild and Bessie Berry – the Spanish Civil War, Communism and Feminisn
Posted in Anti-Fascism, Communism, Feminism, South Africa, Spanish Civil War, Unemployed Workers' Movement, tagged Ardwick, Greater Manchester, Longsight on July 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Sam Wild, born in Ardwick, was one of the Manchester men who fought in the Spanish Civil War, eventually becoming the commander of the British Battalion of the International Brigade. Bessie Berry, his wife, was a pioneering women activist in British Communist circles.
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