Social History Journal: Red Lives Issue 21

"Presented here is an overview of the recent scholarship on the sub- and counter-culture aspects of the Communist movement. The articles cover Britain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, and Finland, spanning the entire history of Communism, from the 1920s to the 1980s. Such issues as ethnic organizations, cadre formation, the Communist scouts movement, party families, and Communist fiction are explored. Themes discussed include gender, ethnicity, generation, local milieu, and the role of intellectuals."

Kevin Morgan teaches politics at the University of Manchester. He has written extensively on comparative labor history. He is the author of a biography of Henry Pollitt and the editor of Opening the Books, which deals with the social and cultural history of the British Communist Party.