Marjorie Pollitt Explained

Marjorie Pollitt, born Marjorie Brewer (1902–1991) was a British teacher and communist activist.

Marjorie Brewer was a founder member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) in 1920. In 1925 she married Harry Pollitt.^[1] During the 1926 General Strike she was arrested and charged with sedition for distributing The Workers Bulletin, a Communist newsletter. Fined £50, she was dismissed from her teaching post, and risked having her teaching certificate suspended.^[2]

In the 1950 general election she unsuccessfully contested Hendon North for the Communist Party.^[3]

Works

• Defeat of Trotskyism. London: Communist Party of Great Britain, 1937.
• A Rebel Life: Marjorie Pollitt recalls her life and times. Ultimo: Red Pen Publications, 1989. With an introduction by Laurie Aarons.

External links

• Marjorie Pollitt Archive

Notes and References

1. Matthew R. Kavanagh, British Communism and the Politics of Education, 1926–1968, PhD thesis, University of Manchester, 2015, pp.11, 30
2. Book: Rowbotham, Sheila. Sheila Rowbotham

   . Sheila Rowbotham. Hidden From History: 300 Years of Women's Oppression and the Fight Agai. 1977. Pluto Press. 978-0-904383-56-0. 132.

3. 'Obituary. Mr. Harry Pollitt: Communism in Britain', The Times, 28 June 1960, p.15