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Description: | This recording was distributed with "Lansbury's Labour Weekly" (1925-1927). It features a speech by the magazine's editor, the future leader of the Labour Party, George Lansbury (1859-1940). Lansbury was on the left of the Labour Party and at the time of this recording had not long completed a spell in prison for his part in Poplar Council's refusal to remit money to the London County Council. Here, he defines the Labour movement as a revolutionary movement. In support of this, he quotes lyrics from the series of songs which are to be published on gramophone record by "Lansbury's Labour Weekly". Lansbury's rhetoric is significant, focusing on unity, the struggle and the need to win emancipation for the workers. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Bishopsgate Institute | Rights holder: | Bishopsgate Institute | Subjects: | Power and Politics | Temporal: | c1925 | Source: | Bishopsgate Institute | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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