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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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Communist Party of Great Britain canonical 21
British Communist Party 1
British Socialist Party 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Marxist-Leninist organization ⓘ
communist party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
activeInCentury 20th century ⓘ
alignedWith Soviet Union ⓘ
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 of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons
hadPeakInfluencePeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
headquartersLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
surface form: Marxism-Leninism

communism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
mainOrganizedCommunistMovementIn United Kingdom ⓘ
memberOf Comintern ⓘ
Comintern ⓘ
surface form: Communist International
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 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 ⓘ
Democratic Left ⓘ
supportedMovement trade union movement ⓘ
supportedPolicy nationalization of industry ⓘ
welfare state expansion ⓘ
workers' control of production ⓘ
supportedSideInSpanishCivilWar Second Spanish Republic ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Republic
youthWing Young Communist League ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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 → Communist Party of Great Britain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: CPGB
Communist Party of Great Britain → fullName → Communist Party of Great Britain self-link ⓘ
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 → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Socialist Party
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 → Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Communist Party
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 ⓘ