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 The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was the largest communist organisation in Britain and was founded in 1920 through a merger of several smaller Marxist groups. Many miners joined the CPGB in the 1926 general strike. In 1930, the CPGB ...

(CPGB) in 1920. In 1925 she married

Harry Pollitt Harry Pollitt (22 November 1890 – 27 June 1960) was a British communist who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) from July 1929 to September 1939 and again from 1941 until his death in 1960. Pollitt ...

.Matthew R. Kavanagh
British Communism and the Politics of Education, 1926–1968
PhD thesis,

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, 2015, pp.11, 30 During the

1926 General Strike The 1926 general strike in the United Kingdom was a general strike that lasted nine days, from 4 to 12 May 1926. It was called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government ...

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. In the 1950 general election she unsuccessfully contested Hendon North for the Communist Party.'Obituary. Mr. Harry Pollitt: Communism in Britain', ''

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'', 28 June 1960, p.15

Works

* ''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.

References

External links

Marjorie Pollitt Archive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pollitt, Marjorie 1902 births 1991 deaths Communist Party of Great Britain members British schoolteachers