Anglo-Russian Committee (ARC; ) was an organization created as a body of cooperation between Soviet and British

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s. Officially it was formed in April 1925 on the initiative of the trade unions of the

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at the Anglo-Soviet trade union conference in

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. Formally, the committee was created to "achieve unity in the international trade union movement," to fight against preparations for war and "strengthen the struggle against the offensive of capital on the working class." The organization was in conflict with the british General Council of Trade Unions: the conflict ended in September 1927, when - in connection with the rupture of diplomatic relations between Britain and the USSR - the committee was liquidated.

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Literature

* ''Twiss T. M.'' Trotsky and the Problem of Soviet Bureaucracy. — Haymarket Books, 2015. — 502 p. — (Historical Materialism Book Series, ISSN 1570-1522, Vol. 67). — . — . * ''Calhoun D. F.'' The United Front: The TUC and the Russians 1923—1928. —

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, 1976. — 514 p. — (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, Vol. 18; Soviet and East European studies). — . — . — . — {{ISBN, 0521089697.

External links

* John G. Wright
Anglo-Soviet Trade Union Committee Aids British Imperialists
September 1941. Soviet Union–United Kingdom relations International and regional union federations