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Today is the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the 1926 General Strike in Britain. In 2022, Gavin Bowd wrote this article for Twentieth Century Communism on French-British communist solidarity during the strike, compared with strikes in 1948 and 1984-85. journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2022...

Franco-British communist solidarity in the miners’ strikes of 1926, 1948 and 1984-85 - Lawrence WishartThe British and French communist movements have rarely been an object of comparison, partly because of the huge difference in fojournals.lwbooks.co.uk

25 April is Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand, commemorating when troops landed in Gallipoli in 1915. In the 1930s, the CPA-led Movement Against War and Fascism warned against the day's use by militarists, as outlined in this 1936 pamphlet by Len Fox. viewer.slv.vic.gov.au?entity=IE270...

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The latest issue of Twentieth Century Communism is now out! Available via the @lawrencewishart.bsky.social website, it is a non-themed issue, featuring communist history from Germany, Poland, Britain and Italy. journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2026...

Twentieth Century Communism: Volume 2026 Issue 30 (2026) - Lawrence WishartTwentieth Century Communism: a journal of international history - Issue contents for Volume 2026 Issue 30 (2026)journals.lwbooks.co.uk

For International Women's Day, Twentieth Century Communism journal is sharing this free to download article by Christina Chatzitheodorou on the memorialisation of Ilektra Apostolou, a Greek anti-fascist heroine from the Second World War. journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2023...

Ilektra Apostolou: A Greek female resistance fighter and a heroine of the left - Lawrence WishartThe Greek resistance fighter Ilektra Apostolou was executed on 26 July 1944, by the collaborationist security forces in Greece djournals.lwbooks.co.uk

25 February is the 70th anniversary of Khrushchev's 'Secret Speech', given at the 20th Congress of the CPSU in 1956, which outlined the crimes of the Stalin era. The last two issues of Twentieth Century Communism journal are special issues dedicated to the global experience of '1956'.

Comradely seasons greetings from Twentieth Century Communism journal Picture: Front page of Communist Party of the Netherlands' 'De Tribune' (24 December, 1931), featuring linocut print of workers underneath Christmas star www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/v...

British Maoist composer Cornelius Cardew died on this day (13 December) in 1981. Mike Waite wrote this piece on Cardew for Twentieth Century Communism in 2015, written in the spirit of Cardew's works. journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2015...

The Communist Party of Spain's newspaper, 'Mundo Obrero', announcing the death of dictator Francisco Franco in November 1975. archive.org/details/mo19...

On this day in 1922, Shapurji Saklatvala was elected as joint Communist/Labour Party MP for Battersea North. Issue 18 of Twentieth Century Communism journal features an article by Daniel Edmonds on Saklatvala's anti-colonial activism during this period. journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2020...

Shapurji Saklatvala, the Workers’ Welfare League of India, and transnational anti-colonial labour organising in the inter-war period - Lawrence WishartThis article focuses on the transnational organising of Shapurji Saklatvala, the communist MP for Battersea North during the 192journals.lwbooks.co.uk

Anti-communism has been around for more than a century. This issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal from 2014 focused on various forms of national and transnational anti-communism. journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2014...

Twentieth Century Communism: Volume 2014 Issue 6 (2014) - Lawrence WishartTwentieth Century Communism: a journal of international history - Issue contents for Volume 2014 Issue 6 (2014)journals.lwbooks.co.uk

This week is the anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the subsequent Soviet invasion. The last two issues of Twentieth Century Communism have been dedicated to the events of 1956 and their global history. journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2025... journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2025...

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