On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 07:27 PM, Marv Gandall wrote: > > I said I had never known of a prominent social democratic or Communist > intellectual, trade union leader or politician vying for influence and/or > power who hadn't been forced to adapt to mass reformist and ruling class > pressures. Reg Birch ... never got close enough to follow suit.
Birch was on the Executive Council of the AUEW 1966-79 and on the TUC General Council 1975-79. If that is not prominent in the British labor movement, then your criteria and definition are close to circular. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#40786): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/40786 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/117927517/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
