Socialists Took Down the British Empire
When the Comintern was founded in 1919, the British Empire was the most powerful state in the world. Scottish communist John Maclean promised to destroy it from within.
Henry Bell is a poet and biographer based in Glasgow. His book John Maclean: Hero of Red Clydeside is available from Pluto Press.
When the Comintern was founded in 1919, the British Empire was the most powerful state in the world. Scottish communist John Maclean promised to destroy it from within.