Campaigning Collection (page 2)

APEX union members campaigning with placards
APEX (Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff) union members campaigning with placards to demand equal pay for women. Date: circa 1970s

Babcock and Wilcox workers, Renfrew plant, Scotland
Babcock and Wilcox workers at the Renfrew plant, Scotland, during a mass meeting as part of an employment dispute. Date: circa 1970

Members of NUTGW campaigning
Members of NUTGW (National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers), NATSOPA (National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants)

Members of DATA campaigning, Tothill Street, London
Members of DATA (Draughtsmen's and Allied Technicians Association) from Rolls Royce, Coventry, campaigning in Tothill Street, London, 21 August 1970

Members of British Equity campaigning with banner
Members of British Equity campaigning with a banner outside the Spanish Embassy in London, 4 August 1978. They include (left to right) John Barron (union President), Robert Morley, Paul Eddington

Protest, National campaign against rent increases
Adults and children taking part in a protest by the National Campaign against rent increases in Walsall, West Midlands, 29 March 1982. Date: 1982

Communist party candidate campaigning
Gladys Easton (?), who stood as the Communist Party candidate in the London constituency of Battersea North in two elections (1964 & 1966), speaking to roadworkers. Date: 1960s

Robinson Tom Charter 88 Subject Citizen Politics
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Peter Tatchell, Australian-born British political activist
Peter 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

Political demonstration against Margaret Thatcher
A political demonstration against Margaret Thatcher, with photographs of her on display bearing the words Not Wanted, and another one saying Stop Thatcher Now

George Thomas, British Labour Party politician
Thomas George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy (1909-1997), British Labour Party politician, MP from 1945 to 1983, best known as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1976 to 1983

People campaigning on behalf of London teachers
A group of people campaigning on behalf of London teachers. The placards read: "Where have London teachers gone? Gone to the provinces every one

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

John Miller campaigning against Dunlop closures
John Miller, British journalist and author, with others, campaigning against closures and redundancies at the Dunlop works in Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Date: circa 1982

Peter Hain, Labour politician, campaigning outside a bank
Peter Gerald Hain (b 1950), British Labour politician, has served in various ministerial posts, including Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Secretary of State for Wales

George Galloway Bruce Kent 1954 Scottish British
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Michael Meacher, British Labour politician
Michael Hugh Meacher (b 1939), British Labour politician, served as Minister of State for the Environment 1997-2003. Seen here campaigning with others against the closure of the Peter Pan Ward in

Keir Hardie James 1856 1915 Scottish Socialism
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Paul Foot, British investigative journalist and campaigner
Paul Foot (Paul Mackintosh Foot, 1937-2004), British investigative journalist, political campaigner, author, and member of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP)

Bob Crow, RMT trade union leader, with a banner
Bob Crow, British trade union leader, General Secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) and a member of the General Council of the TUC

Bob Crow, RMT trade union leader, in Trafalgar Square
Bob Crow, British trade union leader, General Secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) and a member of the General Council of the TUC

Bob Crow, RMT trade union leader, giving a speech
Bob Crow, British trade union leader, General Secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) and a member of the General Council of the TUC

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

Gordon Brown James 1951 New Labour Socialist
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Tony Benn with Peter Tatchell in Bermondsey, London
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

Robin Cook and Margaret Beckett, Labour politicians
Robin Cook (Robert Finlayson Cook, 1946-2005) and Margaret Beckett (Margaret Mary Beckett, nee Jackson, b 1943), both of them British Labour politicians and MPs

Bernadette Devlin, political activist and MP
Bernadette Devlin (Josephine Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, b 1947), socialist republican political activist in Northern Ireland, MP for Mid Ulster 1969-1974

Robin Cook with members of the NUPE trades union
Robin Cook (Robert Finlayson Cook, 1946-2005), British Labour politician. Seen here in the street with members of the trades union NUPE (National Union of Public Employees). Date: circa 1990s

Len Murray Lionel Baron Epping Forest 1922 2004
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Len Murray Tuc Trades Union Congress Lionel Baron
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HOCHE DIES AT WETZLAR
LOUIS LAZARE HOCHE, French general, dies of a pulmonary infection at Wetzlar, while campaigning. He is aged only 29 and is a severe loss to the French military. Date: 1797

Comic postcard, Temperance campaigner in pub Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two political candidates campaigning Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Temperance argument for water, not beer Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Teddy bear suffragette and policeman. Come Along, Christabear! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Temperance satire Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Votes for Women satire - We only want what the men have got!! Date: 20th century

William E Pussyfoot Johnson, American prohibitionist
William 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

Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick (1861-1938), campaigning socialist and mistress of Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII). She inspired the music hall song, Daisy, Daisy

Italian soldier wearing white camoflague, for action in the snow of the Italian Alps, winter protection uniform. This uniform protects all parts of the body, including the feet

Speaker at an anti-nuclear demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London. Date: late 1960s

Speakers at an anti-nuclear demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London, with several photographers alongside. A large banner behind them reads: Scrap Polaris. Date: late 1960s

Demonstration outside Gamages department store, Holborn, London, with struggles between protesters and police. Date: late 1960s

Demonstration in London -- young protesters walking purposefully along a road. Two of the banners belong to the Hyde Park Diggers, a land ownership campaigning group. Date: late 1960s

Anti-nuclear demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London. One placard reads: Scrap Polaris, Build For Peace. The banner in the lower left belongs to the Hyde Park Diggers

Demonstration in London -- the man with his arms raised is probably Sid Rawle (1945-2010), nicknamed King of the Hippies, founder of the Hyde Park Diggers

Demonstration in London -- the man on the left is probably Sid Rawle (1945-2010), nicknamed King of the Hippies, founder of the Hyde Park Diggers

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