Person Open DS/UK/3398 Pollitt; Harry (1890-1960); British head of the trade union department of the Communist Party of Great Britain Pollitt Harry 1890-1960 British head of the trade union department of the Communist Party of Great Britain Male

Harry Pollitt (22 November 1890 – 27 June 1960) was the head of the trade union department of the Communist Party of Great Britain and the General Secretary of the party for more than 20 years. In 1919 Pollitt was involved in the "Hands off Russia" campaign to protest against western intervention in the Russian Civil War. At the end of the war he joined Sylvia Pankhurst's Workers Socialist Federation, which became the Communist Party (British Section of the Third International). As a member of this group he joined the Communist Party of Great Britain when it was formed in mid-1920. Pankhurst soon left the party, but Pollitt remained. He was heavily influenced by the Communist intellectual Rajani Palme Dutt, and the two remained close allies for many years. From 1924 to 1929 Pollitt was General Secretary of the National Minority Movement, a Communist-led united front within the trade unions. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbryony 12/11/2012 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 55c99392-d837-4a07-b1b7-5b743fa13642