Socialism Collection (page 7)

Enver Hoxha's speech in Mallakast; Albania
A huge crowd gather in Mallakast;to hear the Albanian leader Enver Hoxha speak to the people from a balcony, along with other officials. Date: c. 1970s

Jo Richardson, Labour politician, with group at Dagenham
Josephine (Jo) Richardson (second from left) (1923-1994), Labour politician, MP for Barking and feminist, with a group of workers at Dagenham, in her own constituency. Date: 1979

Prescott John Leslie Baron Labour Socialist Socialism
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Jo Richardson, Labour politician, in a group photograph
Josephine (Jo) Richardson (second from left) (1923-1994), Labour politician, MP for Barking and feminist, in a group photograph with five other women

John Prescott, Labour politician
John Prescott (John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott, b 1938), Labour politician and government minister, seen here speaking at a conference about the Eurotunnel Project. Date: circa 1990s

Brian Walden, Edward Heath and Peter Shore
Edward Heath (Conservative politician, 1916-2005) and Peter Shore (Labour politician, 1924-2001), with the television interviewer and former Labour politician Brian Walden (b 1932). Date: circa 1980s

Peter Shore, Labour politician and government minister
Peter David Shore, Baron Shore of Stepney (1924-2001), Labour politician and government minister. Seen here raising his hand at a meeting. Date: circa 1980s

Gould Bryan Brian Charles 1939 Uk Labour Socialist
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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

John Smith, British Labour MP and Party leader
John Smith (1938-1994), British Labour MP and Party leader, seen here giving a speech with a bar chart beside him, showing inflation statistics. Date: circa 1990s

Chris Smith, Labour politician and government minister
Chris Smith (Christopher Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, b 1951), British Labour politician and government minister. Date: circa 1970s

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

Michael Stewart, British Foreign Secretary
Robert Michael Maitland Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham (1906-1990), British Labour politician, Fabian Socialist and government minister

Straw Jack Labour Socialist Socialism Politics
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Marjorie Mo Mowlam, British Labour politician
Marjorie Mo Mowlam (1949-2005), British Labour politician and government minister. As Northern Ireland Secretary she oversaw the signing of the historic Good Friday Peace Agreement of 1998

Peter Tatchell and others, Bermondsey by-election
Peter Gary Tatchell (b 1952), Australian-born British political activist. Seen here (second from left) as the Labour Party candidate at the declaration of votes for a by-election in Bermondsey

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

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

Emanuel Shinwell, trade unionist and Labour politician
Emanuel (Manny) Shinwell, Baron Shinwell (1884-1986), British trade union official and Labour politician, MP and government minister. Date: circa 1940s

Bryan Gould, Labour politician and MP
Bryan Charles Gould (b 1939), UK Labour politician and MP, born in New Zealand, where he returned in the early 1990s. Seen here (just left of centre)

Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman
Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980), Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman, Prime Minister of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) from 1943 to 1963 and its President from 1953 to 1980

Keith Vaz and Bill Morris at a meeting
Keith Vaz (Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz, b 1956), British Labour Party politician (left) and Bill Morris (William Manuel Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, b 1938), leader of the TGWU

Keith Vaz and Bernie Grant, Labour Party politicians
Keith Vaz (Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz, b 1956) and Bernie Grant (Bernard Alexander Montgomery Grant, 1944-2000), British Labour politicians

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

Webb Beatrice Fabian Society Fabians Left Wing
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Donald Soper, Methodist minister, socialist and pacifist
Donald Oliver Soper, Baron Soper (1903-1998), prominent Methodist minister, socialist and pacifist. Date: circa 1980s

Jack Straw, Labour MP and government minister
Jack Straw (John Whitaker Straw, b 1946), British Labour Party politician, MP and government minister. Date: circa 1970s

Karl Marx and his wife, Jenny (nee von Westphalen)
Karl Marx (1818-1883), German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist and revolutionary

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

David Blunkett, British Labour politician, giving a speech
David Blunkett (b 1947), British Labour politician, MP for Sheffield Brightside from 1987. He served as Education Secretary and Home Secretary

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

William Morris, artist, writer, publisher and socialist
William Morris (1834-1896), English textile designer, artist, writer, publisher and socialist, associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement

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

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

James Ramsay MacDonald and Stanley Baldwin
James Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937), British Labour politician, Prime Minister in 1924, and again 1929-1935. Seen here with Stanley Baldwin (1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, 1867-1947)

James Ramsay MacDonald, British Labour politician
James Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937), British Labour politician, Prime Minister in 1924, and again 1929-1935. Seen here (second from right) with his daughter Ishbel (1903-1982)

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

Neil Kinnock, British Labour politician
Neil Kinnock (Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock, b 1942), Labour Party Leader 1983-1992, later served on the European Commission. Date: circa 1980s

Nikita Khrushchev and Harold Wilson shaking hands
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), Russian Soviet leader, seen here shaking hands with Harold Wilson (James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, 1916-1995)

Denis Healey, Labour politician, wearing a poppy
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

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

Denis Healey, Labour politician
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

Roy Hattersley with Brian Walden
Roy Hattersley (Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Baron Hattersley, b 1932), British Labour politician, writer and journalist, served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party 1983-1992

Roy Hattersley and Neil Kinnock at a Party conference
Roy Hattersley (Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Baron Hattersley, b 1932), British Labour politician, writer and journalist, served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party 1983-1992

Jacquetta Hawkes, Bertrand Russell and Stephen King-Hall
Jacquetta Hawkes (1910-1996), British writer and archaeologist, Bertrand Russell (Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, 1872-1970), British philosopher, logician, mathematician

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"Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Socialism: From Workers' Empowerment to Revolutionary Ideals" Socialism, a concept that has sparked both admiration and controversy throughout history, encompasses a diverse range of ideas and movements, and is symbolized by powerful images such as "The Workers May-Pole, " an emblematic design for a socialist poster celebrating the unity and strength of working-class individuals. In North Korea's capital city, Pyongyang, we find a painting showcasing the Great Leaders Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung. This artwork represents their vision in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), highlighting their role as guiding figures in shaping society according to socialist principles. Moving back in time to the Soviet Union during the 1970s, we encounter Boris Parmeev's propaganda poster titled "Under the Sun of The Motherland We Strengthen. " This piece captures the spirit of collective effort under socialism, emphasizing national unity and progress towards common goals. Taking another step into history brings us to Rochdale, Lancashire in 1844 when Co-operative shops emerged as pioneers in implementing socialist ideals. The first Co-operative shop opened there, marking an important milestone on the path towards economic equality and fair distribution. Semyon Chuikov's painting "Daughter of Soviet Kirghizia" showcases socialist realism—a genre prevalent during Stalinist times—depicting ordinary people engaged in everyday activities with pride and purpose. Such art aimed to inspire citizens by portraying an idealized version of life under socialism. France has also played a significant role in promoting socialism through iconic posters like "The Future Lies In Socialism. " These visuals captured public attention while advocating for social justice reforms within French society. Rosa Luxemburg emerges as one prominent figure among many Marxist activists who passionately fought for workers' rights and social change in Germany. Her legacy continues to inspire those seeking alternatives to capitalist systems worldwide.