James Klugmann. History of the Communist Party of Great Britain.

CONTENTS

Volume One

Formation and Early Years, 1919-1924

Preface

I – The Formation of the Communist Party

Appendix I. Lenin’s Letter to Tom Bell

II – The Communist Party in Action: August 1920-December 1923

Appendix I. First Five Communist Party Congresses

Appendix II. Timetable of Labour Party-Communist Party Negotiations on Affiliation

Appendix III. Results of Communist Candidates at the General Election of 1922

Appendix IV. Short Biographies of Communist MPs, 1920-1923

III – The Communist Party during the First Labour Government

Appendix I. Results of Communist Candidates at the General Election of December 1923

Appendix II. Composition of the First Labour Government

Appendix III. C.P.G.B, Circular on the London Traffic Strike, March 1924 (extracts)

Appendix IV. The First Leadership of the National Minority Movement

Appendix V. Position in the Party Districts, 1924-1925

Appendix VI. The Article that caused the “Campbell Case”

Appendix VII. Results of Communist Candidates at the General Election of October 1924.

Appendix VIII. The “Zinoviev” Letter

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Volume Two

1925-1927: The General Strike

Preface

I – Prelude to the General Strike

Appendix I. Instructions for Embargo on Coal Movements, July 30, 1925

Appendix II. “Communists and the Labour Party”: Communist Party Statement, October 1925

II – The Party and the General Strike

Appendix I. Communist Party Executive Statement of January 10, 1926

Appendix II. Communist Party Statement on the Royal Commission Report on the Mining Industry

Appendix III. “All Together For the Fight!”, Communist Party Executive Statement of April 23, 1926

Appendix IV. Communist Party Manifesto, of May 2, 1926

Appendix V. “The Political Meaning of the General Strike’, Communist Party Executive Statement of May 5, 1926

Appendix VI. “Stand by the Miners’. Communist Party Appeal of May 13, 1926

Appendix VII. “Why the Strike Failed”. Communist Party Statement of June 4, 1926

Appendix VIII. The Preliminary Railway Settlement of May 14, 1926

Appendix IX. Communist Party’s Statement on the General Strike, October 1926

III – The Communist Party and the Labour Movement, May-November 1926

IV – Against Imperialism and War, 1925-1926

Appendix I. Party Press and Publications on Imperialism, 1925-1926

Appendix II. Communist Party Executive Committee Resolution on China, October 1926

Appendix III. Congresses and Extended Plenums of Communist International, 1919-1926

V – Communist Party Life and Organisation, 1925-1926

Appendix I. Communist Party Congresses, 1924-1926

Appendix I. Communist Party Leadership between the Sixth and Eighth Party Congresses

Appendix III. Young Communist League Leadership between Second and Fourth Congresses