Sylvia Pankhurst

An archive of texts and documents by and about Sylvia Pankhurst on libcom.org.

The Workers' Dreadnought (Vol. 7 No. 43 - 15 January 1921)

Including: Clara Zetkin on the deaths of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, establishing communist…

East End of London 1919

The parties in the streets - Sylvia Pankhurst

A short account of the organisation of street parties in the East End of London in 1919, following the conclusion of the armistice in World War…

The Workers' Dreadnought (Vol. 5 No. 32 - 2 November 1918)

Including: Sylvia Pankhurst in court for sedition in Derbyshire, Sylvia Pankhurst on parliament…

Pankhurst responds to Lenin cover

Notes from Pankhurst on Lenin's Pamphlet "Left-Wing" Communism: An Infantile Disorder

Some notes from Pankhurst on Lenin's pamphlet "Left-Wing" Communism: An Infantile Disorder, which…

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Socialism - Sylvia Pankhurst

Article by Pankhurst describing her vision of a socialist society. The article appeared in the Vol. 10 No. 19 (28 July 1923) issue of the Workers…

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What Socialism Is Not - Sylvia Pankhurst

Article by Pankhurst describing what socialism is not, in which she emphasizes the importance of worker councils as the main instruments of…

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Manifesto of the Unemployed Workers' Organisation

The Manifesto of the Unemployed Workers' Organisation as it appeared in the Vol. 10 No. 16 (7 July 1923) issue of the Workers' Dreadnought. The…

Saving the Boss - Sylvia Pankhurst

Short article from the Workers' Dreadnought (17 December 1921) on the crisis of post-war German debt and hyperinflation. The article argued…

The Workers' Dreadnought

Online archive of over 100 issues of this weekly suffragette and later left-wing communist newspaper founded by Sylvia Pankhurst, first appearing…

Labour Advice Bureau

Labour Advice Bureau – Workers’ Dreadnought

Here is a sarcastic piece from Sylvia Pankhurst’s Workers’ Dreadnought paper in 1922, it was reprinted as follows in 1961 by the UK-based…

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The British Anarchist Movement and the Russian Revolution

A short account of how British anarchists related to the Russian Revolution of 1917

Voting as Counter-Revolution – how the politicians who gave us the vote saw things 100 years ago

A hundred years ago, the British ruling class decided to extend the vote to women…