Marjorie Pollitt, born Marjorie Brewer (1902–1991) was a British teacher and communist activist.
Marjorie Brewer was a founder member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) in 1920. In 1925 she married Harry Pollitt.[1] During the 1926 General Strike she was arrested and charged with sedition for distributing The Workers Bulletin, a Communist newsletter. Fined £50, she was dismissed from her teaching post, and risked having her teaching certificate suspended.[2]
Defeat of Trotskyism. London: Communist Party of Great Britain, 1937.
A Rebel Life: Marjorie Pollitt recalls her life and times. Ultimo: Red Pen Publications, 1989. With an introduction by Laurie Aarons. ISBN9780909913687
Referencesedit
^Matthew R. Kavanagh, British Communism and the Politics of Education, 1926–1968, PhD thesis, University of Manchester, 2015, pp.11, 30
^'Obituary. Mr. Harry Pollitt: Communism in Britain', The Times, 28 June 1960, p.15
External linksedit
Marjorie Pollitt Archive
January 01, 1970
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