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Insurgents in London: A Brief History of the Great National Hunger March of the Unemployed on London ... October 17th, 1922 ... until the End of February, 1923 ... under the Auspices of the National Unemployed Workers Committee
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Communist Party of Great Britain. From the time of its formation in 1921 until its dissolution in 1939 Hannington was the head of the
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What's Wrong in the
Engineering Industry: Being an Analysis of the Present State of Industry and of the Unions, and an Answer to the Question: Can the Demands of the Unions Be Met?"
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Crimes
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Memorial Trades and Labour Hall Fund Committee, n.d. .
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Unemployed Struggles, 1919–1936: My Life and Struggles Amongst the Unemployed.
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Work for Wages, Not Slave Camps: Positive Proposals for Reducing Unemployment.
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How to Get Unemployment Benefit: A Practical Guide for Unemployed Workers.
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The British Communist Party: Its Origin and Development until 1929.
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National Organiser of the Amalgamated Engineering Union.
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The March of the Miners: How We Smashed the Opposition.
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An Exposure of the Unemployed Social Service Schemes.
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