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A life of service to the people and the struggle
LES DOHERTY and PHIL KATZ pay tribute to a much-loved and respected leader of the Communist Party, Harry Pollitt, who died 60 years ago today
Harry Pollitt, former Communist Party general secretary
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ON JUNE 27 the Greater Manchester CPB branch pays tribute to former CPGB chair and general secretary Harry Pollitt who died on this day 60 years ago, at the age of 69.
Pollitt was born in Droylsden in conditions similar to those described by Friedrich Engels in an eyewitness account 46 years earlier, published as Conditions of the Working Class in England.
A “blue plaque” (in red) was fixed to the local library in 1995 in recognition of Pollitt’s tireless work for the cause of workers everywhere by then Tameside Mayor Pat Haslam.
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