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William Rust, British communist and newspaper editorWilliam Charles Rust (1903-1949), British communist activist, member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and editor of the Daily Worker newspaper, seen here at his desk
George Lansbury Pamphlet, Smash Up the WorkhouseThe cover of George Lansburys 1909 pamphlet Smash Up the Workhouse. Lansbury (1859-1940) was a socialist politician and campaigner for social justice
Lesley AbdelaLESLEY ABDELA MBE An expert advisor to governments and international organisations in the fields of gender, human rights and democratic enpowerment
NUPE and GMBATU school meals campaign, CroydonNUPE and GMBATU representatives at a press conference to launch a Save our school meals campaign in the London Borough of Croydon, 29 June 1983. Date: 1983
NUPE members protesting against cuts, CoventryStriking NUPE (National Union of Public Employees) members protesting against proposed council cuts outside Whitley Abbey Comprehensive School, Coventry, 10 November 1981. Date: 1981
Millicent Fawcett speaking at end of pilgrimage march, 1913Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847-1929), suffragist and early feminist, co-founder of Newnham College, Cambridge, and president of the moderate National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)
Bert Bissell MBE - mountain climber and peace campaignerBert Bissell MBE, 1902?1998, was a mountain climber and peace campaigner. Mr Bissell led a pilgrimage from the Dudley Bible Class to the summit of Ben Nevis on VJ Day in 1945
Karl Marx at IWMA meeting, LondonReproduction of a painting by O.G. Verejski entitled Marx at the IWMA Meeting. Karl Marx was attending, but not speaking at, a meeting of the IWMA (International Working Men's Association)
Overseas students demonstrating over fees, LondonStudents from Hong Kong, studying at Queen Mary College, demonstrating outside their government's London office, December 1980
Students demonstrating over grant offerStudents demonstrating over a 4% grant offer, in the days when students were awarded grants rather than loans. More than 75
NUS students demonstrating in the snow, London, 29 November 1980. Date: 1980
Staff and students campaigning against fee increasesAcademic staff and students of SOAS (the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London) campaigning against tuition fee increases. Date: 1977
NUS President Trevor Phillips and campaignersNUS President Trevor Phillips (left, b. 1953, later a writer and broadcaster) and campaigning students from the London Boroughs of Harrow and Kingston, outside the Education Department in Waterloo
NUS President Charles Clarke and three colleaguesNUS President Charles Clarke (standing, b.1950, later a Labour MP and Cabinet Minister)) with NUS executive colleagues, from left to right, Alastair Stewart (b)
NUS President Charles Clarke with two studentsNUS (National Union of Students) President Charles Clarke (b.1950, later a Labour MP and Cabinet Minister) with two students, Clare Weber and Paul Butler
Children demonstrating to save school playing fieldsChildren demonstrating to save their school playing fields, Havering, Essex. Date: circa 1970s
Little girl demonstrating for nursery places, HackneyLittle girl with a placard, demonstrating for more nursery places, Hackney, London, 22 May 1978. Date: 1978
Children and adults demonstrating against nursery cuts, May 1972. Date: 1972
Children campaigning for more nursery places, 7 July 1979. With them is the Labour MP, Neil Kinnock. As indicated on their badges, some of the children were also campaigning in 1968
Children campaigning against nursery cutsChildren campaigning against cuts to nursery education, some of them wearing teeshirts which read: I Like Nursery, 7 July 1979. Date: 1979
Child campaigning against nursery cuts, Lewes, SussexA child and several mothers campaigning against cuts in nursery education, Lewes, Sussex, 17 June 1980. Date: 1980
Children campaigning against cuts in free school milkChildren campaigning against planned cuts in free school milk and other services, October 1970. Date: 1970
Children campaigning against education cuts, EssexChildren campaigning against education cuts in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, March 1982. Their placards read: No Cuts, and I Need My Teacher. Date: 1982
Children campaigning against education cuts, EalingChildren campaigning against education cuts outside Ealing Town Hall, West London, January 1980, where an anti-cuts meeting was being held about the possible closure of a local school
Children campaigning against education cuts, Sussex, May 1981. Their placards read: No Art, No Music = No Joy, The Unkindest Cuts, Keep Nursery School, and Save School Swimming. Date: 1981
Children campaigning against education cuts, BristolChildren campaigning against education cuts, April 1977. The walkout and march from a Bristol comprehensive school was organised by the NUSS (National Union of School Students). Date: 1977
People campaigning against cuts, Ilford, EssexPeople campaigning against cuts in education and social services, Ilford, Essex, 28 May 1976. Date: 1976
Trainee teachers campaigning against education cutsTrainee teachers from the College of All Saints campaigning against education cuts, June 1976. Date: 1976
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Peter Tatchell, Australian-born British political activistPeter Gary Tatchell (b 1952), Australian-born British political activist. Seen here talking to people on the street and handing out leaflets while fighting a by-election in Bermondsey
Ray Bernard, left-wing campaigner, giving a speechRay Bernard, a left-wing political campaigner, giving a speech in the street. Various people have stopped to listen. Date: circa 1950s
Jessica Mitford at a book signing eventJessica 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 microphoneJessica Mitford (Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford, 1917-1996), nicknamed Decca, English author, journalist, communist and political campaigner, one of the Mitford sisters
Jesse Jackson, American civil rights activistJesse Jackson (Jesse Louis Jackson Sr, b 1941), American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. Seen here speaking at a press conference. Date: circa 1980s
Paul Foot, British investigative journalist and campaignerPaul Foot (Paul Mackintosh Foot, 1937-2004), British investigative journalist, political campaigner, author, and member of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP)
Tony Benn with Peter Tatchell in Bermondsey, LondonTony 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
Bernadette Devlin, political activist and MPBernadette Devlin (Josephine Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, b 1947), socialist republican political activist in Northern Ireland, MP for Mid Ulster 1969-1974
Jesse Jackson with Linda BellosJesse Jackson (Jesse Louis Jackson Sr, b 1941), American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. Seen here at a press conference with Linda Bellos (b 1950)
Tariq Ali speaking under an NUJ bannerTariq Ali (b 1943), British Pakistani historian, novelist, filmmaker, political campaigner and commentator. Seen here speaking under a National Union of Journalists (NUJ) banner. Date: 1991
Richard Cobden (1804 - 1865), English Radical and Liberal politician, manufacturer, and a campaigner for free trade and peace. Date: 1857
Roger David Casement, diplomat and Irish nationalistRoger David Casement (1864-1916), diplomat, humanitarian activist, poet, Irish nationalist and leader of the Easter Rising of April 1916
William E Pussyfoot Johnson, American prohibitionistWilliam Eugene Pussyfoot Johnson (1862-1945), American campaigner against the consumption of alcohol, seated (right) at a table during an alcohol prohibition meeting in Britain. 1919
The General - Flora Drummond - suffrage campaignerFlora Drummond Suffragette. Mrs. Florrie (Flora) Drummond of the W.S.P.U, also known as General Drummond, pictured in The Sketch magazine in 1912. Date: 1912
Millicent FawcettMillicent Garrett Fawcett (1847-1929), suffragist and early feminist, co-founder of Newnham College, Cambridge, and president of the moderate National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)
William Thomas Stead - Newspaper editor and Peace campaignerA Pushing Stead. William Thomas Stead (18491912) - English newspaper editor who, pioneer of investigative journalism and peace campaigner. Died in the sinking of the Titanic
Lord RobertsFrederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832 - 1914), British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time. Date: 1913
A couple of hikers stop to read the inscription on the sundial monument to daylight saving campaigner William Willet, Chistlehurst, Kent, England. Date: 1939
Mothers and children at a Cecil House, LondonMothers and children at one of the womens lodging houses known as Cecil Houses. The hostels, for homeless and vagrant women