Leninist League (UK)
The Leninist League was Oehlerite organisation set up by Dennis Levin in Glasgow, Scotland in 1932, originally as the Glasgow Leninist League.
August Thalheimer of the Communist Party Opposition (KPO) sent regular reports to the Leninist League while he was in Spain, during the Spanish Revolution.[1]
During the Second World War the Leninist League opposed the war, both before and after the Hitler-Stalin Pact.[2]
They participated in the Glasgow Apprentices Strike of March 1937.[3]
In 1939 they participated in the founding of the Provisional International Contact Commission for the New Communist (Fourth) International alongside:
- Red Front of Greater Germany
- Revolutionary Workers League
- Revolutionary Communist Organisation of Austria.[4]
In 1947 it amalgamated with the Socialist Workers League.[5]
Members included:
- Hugh Esson
- Ernest Rogers
- Joe Thomas
References
- ↑ Notes on a Stay in Catalonia by August Thalheimer, accessed 29 January 2010
- ↑ Some Comments & Anecdotes On The Mood Of The Working Class During The Blitz & How Far The Working Class Supported The War by Ernie Rogers, accessed 29 January 2010
- ↑ Glasgow apprentices Strike by Ernest Rogers,accessed 29 January 2010
- ↑ Revolutionary History, Letters by Ernie Rogers, accessed 29 January 2010
- ↑ The Life and Times of Joe Thomas - the road to libertarian socialism by Alan Woodward, Gorter Press, 2009, p13
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