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Charlie Baird Sr. : An Interview

Before the war I’d been sympathetic to the Communist Party, as early as 1 6 or 17 years of age. It wasn’t until the war, when Russia had signed the (...)

CALDWELL, John Taylor. With fate conspire: memoirs of a Glasgow seafarer and anarchist.

Bradford, Northern Herald, West Yorkshire, UK, 1999. 230p., illus. ISBN 0952316714 With Fate Conspire is the long-awaited second (and (...)

Anarchism in Glasgow: Charlie Baird Snr, Mollie Baird, John Taylor Caldwell, Babs Raeside

In August 1987 the Raesides, who had been living in Australia for many years, returned to Glasgow for a visit. This provided a rare opportunity (...)

The Glasgow Anarchists and the Russian Revolution: A Tentative Interpretation

The Soviet Revolution of 1917 raised a wave of enthusiasm among workers all over the world. More and more radicals had felt estranged since the (...)