Communist Party of Great Britain

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Marxist-Leninist organization communist party political party

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
CPGB	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Marxist-Leninist organization ⓘ communist party ⓘ political party ⓘ
activeInCentury	20th century ⓘ
alignedWith	Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
archivalCollectionLocation	People’s History Museum ⓘ surface form: People's History Museum, Manchester
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved	1991 ⓘ
experiencedDeclineAfter	1956 ⓘ
founded	1920 ⓘ
fullName	Communist Party of Great Britain self-link ⓘ
hadParliamentaryRepresentation	House of Commons NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadPeakInfluencePeriod	1930s ⓘ 1940s ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ surface form: Marxism-Leninism communism ⓘ socialism ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
mainOrganizedCommunistMovementIn	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	Comintern NERFINISHED ⓘ Comintern ⓘ surface form: Communist International
notableLeader	Gordon McLennan ⓘ Harry Pollitt ⓘ John Gollan NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie Gallacher ⓘ
notableMember	Phil Piratin ⓘ Willie Gallacher NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableTheorist	Ralph Miliband ⓘ
operatedIn	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
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	Hungarian Revolution of 1956 ⓘ surface form: Soviet invasion of Hungary
shortName	Communist Party of Great Britain self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CPGB
successorOrganization	Communist Party of Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Democratic Left ⓘ
supportedMovement	trade union movement ⓘ
supportedPolicy	nationalization of industry ⓘ welfare state expansion ⓘ workers' control of production ⓘ
supportedSideInSpanishCivilWar	Spanish Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
youthWing	Young Communist League ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

British Battalion → associatedWith → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ

Communist Party of Great Britain → fullName → Communist Party of Great Britain self-link ⓘ

Hugh MacDiarmid → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ

John Desmond Bernal → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ

Klaus Fuchs → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ

Thomas Lionel Hodgkin → memberOf → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ

Comintern → memberOrganization → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ

Third International → notableMemberOrganization → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ

J. B. S. Haldane → politicalParty → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ

Communist Party of Great Britain → shortName → Communist Party of Great Britain self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CPGB