Russia and the British Left

David Burke is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He has also taught at the universities of Cambridge, Salford and Leeds. He holds a PhD from University of Greenwich.

`The contribution of Russian political emigres to the development of the British communist tradition has finally been given the attention it deserves. Through his long standing interest in Theodore Rothstein, and by making extensive use of Security Service files, David Burke has deepened our understanding of British responses to the Russian Revolution.’ – Geoff Andrews, author of The Shadow Man, `Excellent … really well written and delves very deep into the Rothsteins’ lives … the archival basis of the study makes it genuinely original. The book is well conceived, neatly structured and astute in its analysis.’ – Matthew Worley, Professor of Modern History, University of Reading

• IntroductionThe Tsarist Russian Political EmigrationEast End Jewish Marxist‘Imperialism and the Struggle of the Working Class’WarRevolutionThe ‘Dual Policy’The CPGB and ‘Hands Off Russia’Prising Open the Lion’s JawsThe Anglo-Russian Committee and the Zinoviev LetterThe General Strike and the Arcos RaidEpilogueBibliography