Communist Labour Party (Scotland)

The Communist Labour Party was a small Communist Party in Scotland. A Political party described as a communist party includes those that advocate the application of the social principles of Communism through a communist form of Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It was formed in September 1920 by the Scottish Workers' Committee and the Scottish section of the Communist Party (British Section of the Third International) (CP(BSTI)), some members of the Socialist Labour Party (SLP) and various local communist groups. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar The Communist Party (British Section of the Third International was a Left Communist organisation established at an emergency conference held on 19 - 20 June 1920 The Socialist Labour Party was a Socialist Political party in the United Kingdom. In the same month, the Communist Party of South Wales and the West of England was founded, with a very similar programme. The Communist Party of South Wales and the West of England was a Political party in Britain, formed in September 1920

Under the influence of John Maclean MA, the group was provisionally named the Scottish Communist Party. John Maclean MA (24 August 1879 - 30 November 1923 was a Scottish schoolteacher and Revolutionary socialist. However, its founding conference, which Maclean did not attend, renamed it the Communist Labour Party. It also decided that it should remain a provisional body with the aim of joining the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), a position championed by Willie Gallacher. The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB was the largest Communist party in the United Kingdom, though it never became a mass party like the Communist parties of William Gallacher (popularly known as Willie Gallacher, born 25 December 1881 -died 12 August 1965) was a Scottish His positions defeated, Maclean left the group and instead joined the SLP. The Communist Labour Party then joined the CPGB, along with the remainder of the CP(BSTI) in January 1921. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar

References

Reclaiming Maclean
Anti-Parliamentarianism and Communism in Britain, 1917-1921
The British Communist Left 1914-45, Mark Hayes (International Communist Current)

The International Communist Current is an international centralised left communist organisation which was formed in 1975 and which has sections in France Great Britain

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