Tower Hamlets

Content on libcom.org about the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Tower Hamlets

A photograph of the "Tom Mann Centuria" group of English communists who fought in the Spanish Civil War with banner including hammer and sickle

11. ‘Verbal Battlefields’

Joe Jacobs on the intense political, organisational, and personal struggles within the Stepney branch of the Communist Party of Great Britain in…

CPGB march with CP Holborn banner

8. The Party Grows in ‘My East End’

Joe Jacobs on mid‑1930s East London as a committed Communist activist balancing demanding political work with his job in tailoring, personal…

Harry Pollitt standing by a poster advertising a Harry Pollitt rally

7. Conflicts inside the Party

Joe Jacobs on his increasing dissatisfaction with the Communist Party of Great Britain.

Maro, "Neither Lions, Rats, Nor Skunks," Daily Worker (UK), 2 January 1934.

6. Enter the Fascists in Force

Joe Jacobs on fighting the British Union of Fascists in the East End of London in the 1930s.

Phil Piratin addressing a meeting in 1945 with Stepney Communist Party banner

5. Work in the Stepney Communist Party

Joe Jacobs on CP activism in the East End of London in the 1930s, including the build up to the Second World War.

Joe and Pearl on a corner.

3. Fateful Meeting

Joe Jacobs on young adult working class life in the East End of London in the 1930s. Including his involvement with the Communist Party of Great…

Whitechapel street market 1939

2. Work and Contact

Joe Jacobs on working class life in the East End in the early 20th Century, including the garment trade, union work and his early membership of…

Joe Jacobs school photo 1925

1. My East End

Joe Jacobs on growing up in a working class Jewish community in the East End of London in the early 20th Century.

Joe Jacobs Out of the Ghetto cover

Out of the Ghetto - Joe Jacobs

"My Youth In The East End: Communism and Fascism 1913-1939." Essential autobiograpy of a working class Jewish activist in London.

EastEnder

Local newsletter of East London Class War, published from 1987.

"Meccano on Crack" Or "Tatlin on Crack" - Stuart Wise

A Psychotic Amalgam of Architecture/Sculpture/Engineering. The unveiling on April Fools Day of Anish…

fence in front of a railway bridge in the Olympic Park "Danger Protected by Razor Wire"

London's Olympic Legacy: Town Planning For Insects

By David & Stuart Wise. Originally published on the Revolt Against Plenty website.