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Fred Shaw (socialist activist)

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96:, taking around 2,500 votes but not coming close to election. His employer fired him for taking time off to campaign, but he was reinstated following a strike, only to be fired again in 1921. 238: 248: 233: 228: 243: 162: 93: 73: 89: 123: 62: 100: 130:, also joining the ILP. He filled various labour movement posts until his retirement in 1946, dying five years later. 115: 81: 66: 190: 77: 39: 58:
By 1903 he was active in the Lindley Labour Representation Committee, and in 1905, he was a founder of the
223: 218: 103:(CPGB) and sat on its first executive. In addition to trade union activity, he was prominent in the 122:
by employers in his area and had various short-term jobs before he found regular work with the
158: 152: 127: 104: 108: 27: 20: 212: 59: 119: 85: 200: 43: 42:, Shaw attended elementary school before working at the Wellington Mills as a 47: 23: 88:, he was elected to the executive of the BSP in 1916, and at the 72:
In 1912, Shaw was elected as secretary of his branch of the
69:'s socialist books and gradually became a popular speaker. 99:
Shaw attended the 1920 Unity Convention that founded the
118:, serving for four years. By this point, he had been 107:campaign, and served as president of Huddersfield 80:(BSP), speaking on both their behalf and for the 157:. Vol. 4. Politico's. pp. 156–160. 8: 239:Communist Party of Great Britain councillors 146: 144: 142: 126:. In 1923, he left the CPGB and joined the 173: 249:Socialist Labour Party (UK, 1903) members 65:. He became the first British agent for 138: 19:(25 May 1881 – 22 January 1951) was a 7: 76:and he had by this point joined the 124:National Council of Labour Colleges 46:' assistant. He gradually became a 14: 234:Trade unionists from Huddersfield 101:Communist Party of Great Britain 74:Amalgamated Society of Engineers 229:British Socialist Party members 154:Dictionary of Labour biography 1: 244:Councillors in West Yorkshire 92:, he stood for the party in 114:In 1919, he was elected to 265: 197: 187: 181: 176: 116:Huddersfield Town Council 67:Charles H. Kerr & Co. 177:Party political offices 82:Independent Labour Party 191:British Socialist Party 111:for much of the 1920s. 78:British Socialist Party 63:Socialist Labour Party 90:1918 general election 151:Rosen, Greg (2001). 84:(ILP). Opposed to 207: 206: 198:Succeeded by 189:President of the 164:978-1-902301-18-1 256: 182:Preceded by 174: 169: 168: 148: 105:Hands Off Russia 264: 263: 259: 258: 257: 255: 254: 253: 209: 208: 203: 194: 185: 172: 165: 150: 149: 140: 136: 56: 36: 12: 11: 5: 262: 260: 252: 251: 246: 241: 236: 231: 226: 221: 211: 210: 205: 204: 199: 196: 186: 183: 179: 178: 171: 170: 163: 137: 135: 132: 109:Trades Council 55: 52: 35: 32: 28:trade unionist 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 261: 250: 247: 245: 242: 240: 237: 235: 232: 230: 227: 225: 222: 220: 217: 216: 214: 202: 193: 192: 180: 175: 166: 160: 156: 155: 147: 145: 143: 139: 133: 131: 129: 125: 121: 117: 112: 110: 106: 102: 97: 95: 91: 87: 83: 79: 75: 70: 68: 64: 61: 53: 51: 49: 45: 41: 33: 31: 29: 26:activist and 25: 22: 18: 188: 153: 128:Labour Party 113: 98: 71: 60:Huddersfield 57: 37: 16: 15: 224:1951 deaths 219:1881 births 120:blacklisted 86:World War I 44:blacksmiths 213:Categories 201:Alf Barton 184:Sam Farrow 134:References 34:Early life 54:Organiser 48:socialist 24:socialist 17:Fred Shaw 94:Greenock 38:Born in 40:Lindley 21:British 161:  195:1918 159:ISBN 215:: 141:^ 50:. 30:. 167:.

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British
socialist
trade unionist
Lindley
blacksmiths
socialist
Huddersfield
Socialist Labour Party
Charles H. Kerr & Co.
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
British Socialist Party
Independent Labour Party
World War I
1918 general election
Greenock
Communist Party of Great Britain
Hands Off Russia
Trades Council
Huddersfield Town Council
blacklisted
National Council of Labour Colleges
Labour Party



Dictionary of Labour biography
ISBN
978-1-902301-18-1
British Socialist Party
Alf Barton

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