ZILLIACUS
Today Archie Potts confirmed he will talk about his latest book published by Merlin Press (details below). This will be at together with Dave Douglass at 2.30pm, during the 2nd North East Working Class bookfair on November 22nd..

More news to follow.


A Life For Peace and Socialism

by Archie Potts

A biography of Konni Zilliacus, based on original research, drawing on interviews and private sources. It reveals his links with Arthur Henderson, Hugh Dalton and Philip Noel-Baker; relates his life in the Far East and Vladivostock in the era of the Russian Revolution; his work for the League of Nations against fascism in the 1930s; and as a prolific pamphleteer under the pseudonym 'Vigilantes'.
He was elected as a Labour MP for Gateshead in 1945, but expelled by Labour for opposing Ernest Bevin's Cold War politics. Readmitted, he was elected as a Manchester Labour MP in 1955. He met Stalin, Tito, Krushchev and Castro.

'I strongly recommend this book as a contribution to the understanding of international affairs and to an important aspect of Labour history.' Stan Newans, The Morning Star.
Archie Potts has done the Left a great service with his very well researched biography of this outstanding but hitherto neglected socialist and internationalist. Zilly's life is an inspiration to all on the Left in these difficult times. What Next.
'It is a book that can be heartily recommended'. North East History.
Illustrated.

didn't you recently make a number of postings about how the anarchist book fair was a "farce" and how you where somehow god's gift to the class struggle movement?
just a little confused as your "working class book fair" sounds alot like the anarchist book fair you where slagging off last week?

Stop trying to Confuse me!

Who is doing what? That is very confusing/confused...

This is a North Eastern Working class bookfair - far more working class than the anarchist bookfair...

Good effort to sort out a book stall in the north you are right that there is a lack of radical info,but why Durham? it's a total toff town, full of uni rarfs! why not ushaw moor,brancepeth or even toon?? or you could try ashington where yet another awful opencast coal site has been given the go ahead much to the dismay of the local working class community! maybe the folk in ashington could do with some solidarty in their struggle against capitalism.

A Local.

The North East is a large place, and people do not travel well in the North East. Given the large working class presence in 3 cities Boro, Toon, Sunderland, and given that there is too much concentration on Newcastle in the region. It was decided to follow in the Big Meeting tradition and go for Durham, which is equi-distant for the 3 cities, and given that we are sponsored by North East NUM this makes sense too. This it was felt was a neutral venue, and given that there is antipathy between the cities, we are not 'queering the pitch'.

The political left does not travel well either, does not take part in other entire North East region forums, and this is an attempt to Network across the North East, which is being achieved very well.