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{{Infobox political party|name=Communist Party of Great Britain|abbreviation=CPGB|general_secretary=[[Albert Inkpin]] (first)<br>[[Nina Temple]] (last)|founded=31 July 1920|dissolved=23 November 1991|membership_year=1945|membership=60,000|political_orientation=[[Marxism-Leninism]]<br>[[Revisionism]] ( | <blockquote>''Not to be confused with [[Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee)]], [[Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist)]], [[Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist)]], [[Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist)]], [[Communist Party of Britain]], or [[New Communist Party of Britain]].''</blockquote>{{Infobox political party|name=Communist Party of Great Britain|abbreviation=CPGB|general_secretary=[[Albert Inkpin]] (first)<br>[[Nina Temple]] (last)|founded=31 July 1920|dissolved=23 November 1991|membership_year=1945|membership=60,000|political_orientation=[[Marxism-Leninism]]<br>[[Revisionism]](Later)<br>[[Eurocommunism]](later)|native_name=Plaid Gomiwnyddol Prydain Fawr|logo=CPGB logo.png}} | ||
The '''Communist Party of Great Britain''' ('''CPGB''') was a [[communist party]] in the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]] from 1920 to 1991. | The '''Communist Party of Great Britain''' ('''CPGB''') was a [[communist party]] in the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]] from 1920 to 1991. | ||
==History== | == History == | ||
The Communist Party of Great Britain was founded in 1920 and participated in | The Communist Party of Great Britain was founded in 1920 and participated in a general strike in 1926. It organized a mass movement against the [[British Union of Fascists]] and sent over a thousand volunteers to fight in the [[Spanish Civil War]].<ref name=":0">{{News citation|newspaper=Communist Party of Britain|title=The communist party|url=https://www.communistparty.org.uk/what-we-stand-for/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505074537/https://www.communistparty.org.uk/what-we-stand-for/|archive-date=2022-05-05|retrieved=2022-06-19}}</ref> In 1945, it won two seats in the [[House of Commons]].<ref>{{News citation|title=1945 General election results summary|url=http://www.ukpolitical.info/1945.htm|newspaper=UK Political Info|retrieved=2022-03-20}}</ref> | ||
After the [[Second World War]], the CPGB campaigned against British membership in [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]]. It organized miners' strikes in the 1970s and '80s. In 1988, a group of [[Communism|communists]] who had been expelled by the revisionist party leadership founded the [[Communist Party of Britain]].<ref name=":0" /> Former members would also found and join the [[Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist)]].<ref>{{News citation|date=2009-12-01|title=Jack Shapiro lives forever in our hearts!|url=https://thecommunists.org/2009/12/01/news/jack-shapiro-lives-forever-in-our-hearts/|newspaper=[[Proletarian (newspaper)|Proletarian]]}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|date=2008-12-01|title=Remembering departed comrades|url=https://thecommunists.org/2008/12/01/news/remembering-departed-comrades/|newspaper=Proletarian}}</ref> The CPGB was dissolved in 1991. | After the [[Second World War]], the CPGB campaigned against British membership in [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]]. It organized miners' strikes in the 1970s and '80s. In 1988, a group of [[Communism|communists]] who had been expelled by the revisionist party leadership founded the [[Communist Party of Britain]].<ref name=":0" /> Former members would also found and join the [[Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist)]].<ref>{{News citation|date=2009-12-01|title=Jack Shapiro lives forever in our hearts!|url=https://thecommunists.org/2009/12/01/news/jack-shapiro-lives-forever-in-our-hearts/|newspaper=[[Proletarian (newspaper)|Proletarian]]}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|date=2008-12-01|title=Remembering departed comrades|url=https://thecommunists.org/2008/12/01/news/remembering-departed-comrades/|newspaper=Proletarian}}</ref> The CPGB was dissolved in 1991. | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
{{Communist parties}} | {{Communist parties}} | ||
[[Category:Political parties]] | [[Category:Political parties]] | ||
[[Category:Communist parties]] | [[Category:Communist parties]] | ||