Walter Kendall (1926–2003), PhD Oxon 1966, author The Revolutionary Movement in Britain 1900–21 (1969), The Labour Movement in Europe (1975), and many papers and articles.Paul Flewers, PhD London 2003, author The New Civilisation? Understanding Stalin’s Soviet Union 1929–41 (2008).John McIlroy has taught at the Universities of Oxford and Keele. He is a visiting professor of employment relations at Middlesex University and has written extensively on labour history, industrial relations and labour law.

• AcknowledgementsPreface: Walter Kendall and The Revolutionary Movement in BritainAbbreviationsIntroduction: The Origins of British CommunismPart 11 Stress and Strain in the Social Democratic Federation2 The Radical Upsurge3 Nationalism and Chauvinism in the Social Democratic Federation4 The British Socialist Labour Party5 The Russian Émigrés6 War and the British Socialist Party7 Clydeside in Wartime8 The Shop Stewards’ Movement9 The British Socialist Party after HyndmanPart 210 The British and European Scene 1918 to 192011 The Unity Negotiations, Easter 1918 to August 192012 The Communist International and the Communist Party of Great Britain13 The Russian Influence14 Unity and Consolidation, August 1920 to January 192115 The Independent Labour Party and the Communist International16 Guild Socialism and the Labour Research Department17 John Maclean and the Communist Party of Great Britain18 ConclusionAppendix 1: The Membership of the Communist Party of Great BritainAppendix 2: The Executives of the Social Democratic Federation, the British Socialist Party and the Communist Party of Great BritainAppendix 3: The Social Democratic Federation–British Socialist Party Participation in General ElectionsAppendix 4: The Social Democratic Federation–British Socialist Party Conferences, Branches and MembershipAppendix 5: The Socialist Labour PartyAppendix 6: The Social Democratic Federation–British Socialist Party in Local GovernmentBibliographyIndex