Wing Collection (page 8)

Harold Pinter, English writer, director, political activist
Harold Pinter (1930-2008), English playwright, poet, screenwriter, actor, theatre director and left-wing political activist. Seen here giving a speech. Date: circa 1980s

John Pilger, Australian journalist and documentary maker
John Richard Pilger (b 1939), Australian journalist, writer and documentary film maker, based in London. Date: circa 1980s

Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and communist politician
Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), Chilean poet and Communist Party politician, previously named Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. Date: circa 1960s

Pete Seeger, American folk musician and singer-songwriter
Peter "Pete" Seeger (b 1919), American folk musician and singer-songwriter. From the 1960s onwards he has performed protest music in support of international disarmament

Scargill Arthur Speaking Speech Rhetoric Left
scargill, arthur, speaking, speech, rhetoric, left, wing, politics, political, trade, trades, union, unionist, unionism, activist, activism, 1938, leader, conference, 1970s, empty, chairs, seats

Scargill Arthur Sitting Audience Conference 1938
scargill, arthur, sitting, audience, conference, 1938, leader, trade, trades, union, unionist, unionism, tuc, miners, num, 1970s, suit, tie, smart, political, man, reading, morning, star, newspaper

Hugh Scanlon, British trade union leader
Hugh Parr Scanlon, Baron Scanlon (1913-2004), British trade union leader. Seen here giving a speech at a conference. Barbara Castle can be seen in the background on the left. Date: circa 1970s

Shapurji Saklatvala, British Communist politician
Shapurji Saklatvala (1874-1936), British politician of Indian Parsi background. He belonged to both the Labour Party and the Communist Party of Great Britain

Mervyn Stockwood, Barbara Cartland and Eric Heffer
Bishop Mervyn Stockwood (1913-1995), Anglican Bishop of Southwark, with Barbara Cartland (1901-2000), English romantic novelist, and Eric Heffer (1922-1991), left-wing Labour politician

Andrew Thorndike, German film producer, director, writer
Andrew Thorndike (1909-1979), German documentary film producer, director and writer. Date: circa 1940s

Sybil Thorndike, British actress of stage and screen
Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike (1882-1976), British actress of stage and screen. An active member of the Labour Party, she is seen here holding a copy of the left-wing newspaper, the Morning Star

Bill Wainwright, journalist and Communist Party member
William (Bill) Wainwright (1908-2000), journalist, pamphleteer and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. He became the CPGB Assistant Secretary in 1956

David Warburton, trades unionist, at a conference
David Warburton (b 1942), British trades unionist with the GMWU (General and Municipal Workers Union), seen here at a conference reading a copy of the Morning Star newspaper. Date: circa 1970s

Jimmy Reid, Scottish trade unionist, journalist, etc
James "Jimmy" Reid (1932-2010), Scottish trade union activist, orator, politician and journalist. Seen here (centre) taking part in a street demonstration

Pieck Wilhelm Smiling White Hair Elderly Old
pieck, wilhelm, smiling, white, hair, elderly, old, age, friedrich, reinhold, 1876, 1960, german, germany, east, berlin, politics, political, politician, communism, communist, left, wing, president

Wilhelm Pieck, German politician and communist
Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck (1876-1960), German politician and communist, first (and only) President of the German Democratic Republic from 1949 to 1960. Date: circa 1950s

Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician
Andreas G Papandreou (1919-1996), Greek economist and prominent socialist politician. Exiled during the Greek military regime, he returned after the fall of the junta in 1974

Christina Page, trades unionist
Christina Page (1920-1997), trades unionist, member of USDAW and the TUC. She joined the Labour Party in 1945, then later joined the Communist Party. Date: circa 1970s

Webb Beatrice Fabian Society Fabians Left Wing
webb, beatrice, fabian, society, fabians, left, wing, politics, political, socialist, socialism, labour, woman, women, old, age, elderly, elegant, martha, 1858, 1943, english, sociology, sociologist

Ken Livingstone with Adrian Edmonson and Rik Mayall
Ken Livingstone (Kenneth Robert Livingstone, b 1945), British Labour politician (centre). Seen here Adrian Edmondson (Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson)

Michael Foot and Tony Benn, Labour politicians
Michael Foot (Michael Mackintosh Foot, 1913-2010), and Tony Benn (Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, 1925-2014), British Labour politicians

Michael Foot and Tony Blair, British Labour politicians
Michael Foot (Michael Mackintosh Foot, 1913-2010), British Labour politician and writer, Leader of the Opposition 1980-1983, CND supporter

Ray Bernard, left-wing campaigner, giving a speech
Ray Bernard, a left-wing political campaigner, giving a speech in the street. Various people have stopped to listen. Date: circa 1950s

Tony Benn, Labour politician, giving a speech
Tony Benn (Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, 1925-2014), Labour politician, former Cabinet Minister and currently President of the Stop the War Coalition

Jessica Mitford at a book signing event
Jessica Mitford (Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford, 1917-1996), nicknamed Decca, English author, journalist, communist and political campaigner, one of the Mitford sisters

Jessica Mitford speaking at a microphone
Jessica Mitford (Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford, 1917-1996), nicknamed Decca, English author, journalist, communist and political campaigner, one of the Mitford sisters

Ian Mikardo, British Labour politician
Ian Mikardo (1908-1993), nicknamed Mik, British Labour and Co-operative politician, a left-wing backbench MP for four decades in the House of Commons, and a Zionist

Gordon McLennan with Susannah York
Gordon McLennan (1924-2011), former leader of the Communist Party of Great Britain, its National Organiser 1966-1975 and its General Secretary 1976-1989

Gordon McLennan, communist and political activist
Gordon McLennan (1924-2011), former leader of the Communist Party of Great Britain, its National Organiser 1966-1975 and its General Secretary 1976-1989

Leo McGree, communist and trades union activist
Leo McGree (1900-1967), member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and trades union activist Seen here taking part in a political rally

Mick McGahey, trade unionist and communist
Mick McGahey (1925-1999), Scottish miners leader, NUM trade unionist and lifelong communist. Seen here around the time of the 1980s miners strike. Date: circa 1980s

Mick McGahey with Arthur Scargill, trade union leaders
Mick McGahey (1925-1999), Scottish miners leader, trade unionist and lifelong communist, with Arthur Scargill (b 1938), miners leader and trade unionist

John Mahon, British Communist Party district secretary
John Mahon, London district secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain and biographer of Harry Pollitt, Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Date: circa 1940s

John Mahon London District Secretary Communist
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Ken Livingstone and Tony Banks at the GLC
Ken Livingstone (Kenneth Robert Livingstone, b 1945), and Tony Banks (Anthony Louis Banks, Baron Stratford, 1943-2006), British Labour politicians and MPs

Ken Livingstone, British Labour politician
Ken Livingstone (Kenneth Robert Livingstone, b 1945), British Labour politician. Seen here with flags or bunting outside County Hall, London, where he was leader of the GLC. Date: circa 1980s

Ken Livingstone with The Flying Pickets
Ken Livingstone (Kenneth Robert Livingstone, b 1945), British Labour politician. Seen here in front of the GLC premises at County Hall, London, with the Flying Pickets

Denis Healey, Labour politician, with colleague
Denis Healey (Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey, b 1917), British Labour politician, served as Secretary of State for Defence 1964-1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1974-1979

George Galloway Bruce Kent 1954 Scottish British
george, galloway, bruce, kent, 1954, scottish, british, left, wing, politics, political, politician, labour, socialist, socialism, mp, founder, respect, party, walking, 1929, activist, activism

Mikhail Gorbachev with Margaret Thatcher
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (b 1931), Soviet leader, General Secretary of the Communist Party (1985-1991), last head of state of the USSR (1988-1991)

Keir Hardie, socialist politician, as a young man
James Keir Hardie (1856-1915), Scottish socialist politician and labour leader, a founder of the Independent Labour Party and of the British Labour Party. Seen here as a young man. Date: circa 1880s

Karl Marx with Friedrich Engels and family members
Karl Marx (1818-1883), German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist and revolutionary (right)

Michael Foot giving a speech, with Nye Bevan on the left
Michael Foot (Michael Mackintosh Foot, 1913-2010), British Labour politician and writer, Leader of the Opposition 1980-1983, CND supporter

Michael Foot, Labour politician, giving a speech
Michael Foot (Michael Mackintosh Foot, 1913-2010), British Labour politician and writer, Leader of the Opposition 1980-1983, CND supporter

Michael Foot, Labour politician and writer
Michael Foot (Michael Mackintosh Foot, 1913-2010), British Labour politician and writer, Leader of the Opposition 1980-1983, CND supporter

Joe Bent, Communist Party politician in Southwark, London
Joe Bent (Spencer John Bent) Communist Party politician in Southwark, south-east London. Seen here outside a Polling Station, talking with a voter

Fidel Castro, President of Cuba
Fidel Castro (Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, b 1926), Cuban communist politician and former President of Cuba (1976-2008). Date: circa 1980s

Jennie Lee and Aneurin Bevan
Aneurin Bevan, also known as Nye Bevan (1897-1960), Welsh Labour politician. He served as Minister of Health in the mid-20th century

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